 Johnny dollar George read here. Well good for you George What I can use an assignment about now who's in trouble this time John Patrick O'Shea never heard him He's retired in the wheelchair for the past couple of years. Now. What's happened to him? I want to give me his address. I'll run over and see him. Oh, whatever you say. You see Johnny you Okay, George. I'll see you in a couple of minutes Johnny dollars by special investigator Johnny dollar De Floyd's of England North American office Hartford, Connecticut All he is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the wrong man matter George read somehow involved in the beating up of a helpless old man hard to believe But I grabbed a taxi that's item one a dollar 20 and met him in his office then using his car. We drove east on Maple Drive Yes, Harry Marshall He's the young male nurse who's been taking care of mr. O'Shea these past couple of years Johnny ever since the old man Lost the use of his legs and started living in a wheelchair I see last night mr. O'Shea sent Marshall over to see me regarding a change in his life insurance What what kind of a change George? Well O'Shea's nearest relative is a ne'er-do-well nephew boy of 25 or so lives up in Boston Beneficiary of the ominance policy. No, you see mr. O'Shea doesn't have much money only a small pension and the residue of whatever He was able to collect on the accident to his late So just what he's been paying Marshall for taking care of him. I don't know but I doubt if it's very much Nevertheless Marshall has devoted himself entirely and unselfishly to the old man So to make up for the lack of fancy wages mr. O'Shea bought some insurance and named Harry Marshall as the beneficiary exactly But Marshall felt that O'Shea ought to make some provision for his nephew whether he liked him or not After all his only living relative. Well, this Marshall sounds like a pretty unusual fellow. He is he's a very fine chap Johnny Anyhow, he came over to my house last night to tell me he'd finally persuaded mr. O'Shea to change his policy To cut in this worthless nephew. Yes. What time did he get there and tell you this? He didn't That is the poor fellow must have waited for a couple of hours. What do you mean? My wife and I were out. We'd gone to the movies. She insisted on seeing the second feature a horrible picture by the way So we didn't get home until nearly 11 30 Here I found this note in the door Mr. Reed sorry to have missed you, but it's after 11 now. So I think I'd better get back to mr. O'Shea Please call me in the morning. I believe I have convinced him that he should name Walter and his insurance And that refers to Walter Perry the nephew hope you and Mrs. Reed enjoyed the movie respectfully Harry Marshall So so by the time Marshall got back home the old man had been attacked and his neighbor it called in the police First thing this morning Marshall phoned me. Oh now here. We are John. I'm able to come I told you on the phone this morning This is a terrible thing terrible. Yes, Harry. I'm sure it is This is mr. Johnny dollar a special investigator for us. Oh good excellent. Would you come in, please? Lieutenant Barley is already here. Yeah, sure. Thanks. Has he found anything that might indicate? Oh, hello, Lieutenant. Hello, dollar Here take a look at this. Yeah The attacker must have come and gone by way of the living room window Apparently tore this off his coat or pants on his way out. Oh, Harris Tweed. Yeah, anything else? Nothing where's mr. O'Shea upstairs in bed doc says he's in pretty bad shape But that he'll pull through the doctor left a few minutes ago, mr. I know she himself hasn't been able to give you anything hello tenant nothing Except that the man sneaked up on him from behind and slugged him. He didn't hear him didn't see him Oh, great somehow mr. Dollar. You've got to find the man who did this and when you do I only wish you turned him over to me easy boy. Just leave him up to us Don't bank on that lieutenant. I've got to go back to hit course Huh What do you mean by that Marshall? I simply mean that I could kill the man who did this don't try it Find anything dollar. Give me a thought. Yeah, sure lieutenant. Oh, would you like to see mr. O'Shea now? No No, Marshall There are a couple of other things I'd like to do first. Oh What Johnny let's just sit down here in the living room and talk for a few minutes. You have some idea Yes, mr. Dunno. No, I didn't say that but come on Let's sit down and talk fully Johnny dollar in a moment in the history of America the inventor has had a place of importance equal to that of statesmen and other national leaders Indeed our inventors many of the mechanics craftsmen or even thoughtful tinkerers have strongly influenced our destiny They have contributed greatly to our amazing development from a barren outpost of civilization to the foremost industrial nation in the world Incidentally when we think of great inventions, it's natural to think of involved mechanisms like the McCormick Reaper the sewing machine or the phonograph However, some inventions are so simple one wonders why they weren't thought of centuries before an Invention in this category is of all things the universal all-important safety pin This was the invention of Walter Hunt who lived in New York in the first hatchery between 1832 and 1859 he created and patented more original and worthwhile inventions than any man in the country a Revolver a repeating rifle and a bullet with a metal cartridge containing its own explosive charge But of all his simple inventions the safety pin is the most useful It was patented in 1849 and he gave the patent to a draftsman in discharge of a very small debt Somehow there must be a way and now act two of yours truly Johnny dollar and the wrong man matters This house last night Marshall a few minutes of ten. I went over to see mr. Reed here to tell him about a Well about a change that mr. O'Shea had finally agreed to make in his insurance It was something mr. Reed and I had discussed before yes, but as I told you Johnny my wife and I were at the movie Yeah, George had mr. O'Shea gone to bed by then Marshall. No, sir He was sitting here in the living room in his wheelchair of course watching television He always stayed up late watching television And well to be honest about it. He usually slept through most of it that I can understand So I quietly left and I went over to mr. Reed's home When I found they were out Well, when 11 o'clock came around they still hadn't returned. I decided I'd better come back here go on When I got here, I found the front door wide open Inside with mr. Wakeley from next door and a couple of policemen and his Poor old mr. O'Shea that neighbor mr. Wakeley. Did you say that's right stored? In other words me I didn't hear you ringing mr. Wakeley Time like this you expect me to be formal young man And who are you sir another policeman plain clothesman? Mr. Dollar is an investigator for my insurance company mr. Wakeley I'm George Reed. Why didn't you send for me Marshall? What was that this man dollar? I probably want to know just what I found here last night while you were out gallivanting around some place instead of being here Where you should have been take care of that old old O'Shea. I beg your pardon. Well, weren't you? I hardly see as any business of yours But I just happened to have been out on an errand for mr. O'Shea Yeah, all right, which reminds me mr. Reed You will make the changes in the policy won't you? Oh, well, of course Well, I got to say yeah, go ahead and say it mr. Wakeley is that if it wasn't for me coming over here the way I did old man O'Shea'd be dead as a doornail right now Not that kid particular just how was it you happen to come over here last night mr. Wakeley Are you in the habit of dropping in here at all hours? On that old crack part O'Shea. Well, I am not good heavens. No, it's the first time mr. Wakeley ever so much as entered this house After all just what time did you get here by the way? Well, it's not more than two three minutes after 11 o'clock. You're sure that of course. I'm sure I've been trying you hear me I've been trying to hear the 11 o'clock news on the radio That's the reason I come Marshall. That's the same time ready to leave George Reed's home and come back here Yes, I started to say the reason I come over here was to tell that crazy old man to turn down his television What? Considered old fool night after night that dang thing Squawking away so loud you can hear it all over the block driving me and everybody else out of their mind This Roshay is slightly harder hearing mr. Wakeley right there I'm gonna call you on the telephone Marshall almost every single night and big you to turn that thing down I come over and do something about it. Yes, you certainly did But a lot of good it done me so that's why I come over here last night Mr. Dollar to tell the old man in this smart young whipper snapper And as they didn't turn down that TV and leave us have some peace around here Yes, I'm sure and I would when I got up on the porch I heard the old cooter Howling for help even though that squawk box I could hear him and I heard his wheelchair fall over And he's still yelling for help. So what if you so I banged on the door and I finally busted open You know what I found in here just what did you find? Oh, man? Oh, she Laying down for all cut net when the back of them wide open and you call the police Yes, sir, and that's when Marshall it should have been here take care of that when he come in and of course I sent for the doctor and Marshall you have no idea who might have done it. I wish there heaven I had I tell you this mister. Yes Everybody living on the block That noise machine would have been willing to murder him part. Yes, sir even you mr. Wakeman. Yes, sir. Yes, sir No, no, no wait. I didn't mean that. Yeah, sure. Now listen carefully. Oh, there's opportunity Let's give a little thought to that, huh? Turn to Johnny dollar in a moment the two men approach each other cautiously intently a fearful murmur sweeps through the crowd women and children scurry for cover The two men stop about 30 paces apart Silence fills the street Each man's hand harbors over the pearl handle in his holster and At an unheard signal pistols are drawn two shots ring out and one man falls to the dusty streets dead The hero holsters his weapon and ambles toward the saloon Thus ends or begins a great source of American entertainment the Western Although glamorized now the six shooter did play an important part in the settling of the West The man responsible for that ingenious weapon was Samuel Colt Born in 1814 Colt as a child had an insatiable interest in gunpowder and the weapons that used it as A young man. He was dissatisfied with the current one-shot pistols then in use One day he remembered a sea voyage he had taken when he was 13 and how he had been fascinated by the ship's paddle wheel Why not use a similar wheel in a pistol? Working feverishly he finally perfected a weapon with a rotating barrel of six chambers Thus the six shooter was born Like most inventions, however, it took time to gain the public's acceptance The opportunity came War with Mexico was declared in 1846 and Soldiers returning from the war told of the great success they had had with the Colt 45 Soon the Texas Rangers adopted the repeating pistol and their money battles with the Indian Samuel Colt and inspired American with a philosophy that somehow there must be a way Let's find it. I mean about me, but I warn you now. I warned me. Mr. Wakeley, that's right. You'll accuse me of anything. I'll make you mad. You saw how you did See what I mean Johnny good heavens. Oh, no, wait a minute. Have you got a license for that thing, Mr. Wakeley? You bet I am ever since I was a bank messenger and if you think I wouldn't use it to protect myself or to quiet an old man Who was disturbing you stop talking like that, but then when you realize you'd gone to Okay, okay That's they get easy and let me have that mr. Duller Mr. Duller if he is all right take it easy I'll kill oh no you won't George. Yes, John call Lieutenant Barley to come back here and take over Yes, and Marshall you keep an eye on Wakeley while I go up and talk with mr. O'Shea Don't worry mr. Duller and that means don't lay a hand on him even after what he's done That's right, but listen we haven't proved anything. Good heavens and I'm in charge here now and you'll take orders from me understand well Yes, sir All right. I started up the stairway hoping mr. O'Shea would be in condition to talk But then suddenly something had overlooked from the very beginning Hey George come on a minute. Would you yes? Yes, tell me come here Hey, look tell me one thing before you make that phone call Yes, just when did you and your wife decide to go to that movie last night what well come on come well? It was after dinner. We had no other plans. We weren't expecting any No, what does that mean plenty George? Quick look and mr. O'Shea's room told me he was out like a light No doubt the doctor had given him something to make him sleep. That was all right by me I had other ideas now I look in the meantime you're to keep an eye on mr. Wiggly you are George what I gotta leave you to for a few minutes and keep an eye on Marshall to on me mr. Don't I don't want mr. Wiggly harm. Just see that he stays here Marshall if I come back and find that you've so much as touched him. I gave you my word, okay? See that you keep Mr. Marshall keeps the room for himself right upstairs Oh, then if you don't clean cut young man 80 is he don't use the room very much So yeah, well if you play for him to relax and be alone by himself now and then yeah No after having to spend all the rest of his time nursing that old man. He works take me up to his room, please would you well now? I don't all right here here my credentials Hey Johnny dollars. Yes special investigation. That's right. Let's go, please. You mean he's in trouble, mr. I didn't say that. Oh, but I'm glad you didn't very Marshall somebody nice young man voting all his time to that Mr. O'Shane not every young fellow these days. Oh, here we are What does he keep his clothes? Yes, here it is. Nice looking one. Here is tweed ain't it? Yeah, I see. Ask me. He should have that mended Ask me. It's his ways. He should have mended. Why you've nailed down the man we're after I mean nailed him down Wakely still out cold. I just started to tell the lieutenant what went on here, mr. Darling, I must say I wouldn't have suspected him. Well, I guess there's no question is that the state Yeah, you found the coat that was torn when he escaped out the window where where'd you find it and a little roaming house over on South Elm Well, I don't Marshall your suggestion that mr. O'Shane had another beneficiary to his policy was real smart Worthless nephew that way even if your plan failed not too much of the money would be diverted away from you His plan Johnny, but of course if mr. O'Shane were to die or be murdered before the change was made in the policy Why nobody in the world would think to suspect you you don't think young Marshall was in this too It was a one-man job lieutenant fortunately it failed Because of mr. Wakely, huh? Yeah, you better call it dr. George. I'm afraid I must have hit mr. Wakeley pretty hard And now look here dollar Tell me mr. Dollar What uh Well, I guess the expression is tipped you off Marshall you must have been waiting for your opportunity very patiently Marshall You must have checked on George Reed very carefully to make sure he wouldn't be home when you called on him to establish your alibi Somebody please tell now look Johnny How is he to know that my wife and I were out to a movie last night? I didn't tell him where we'd been until he phoned this morning But the note he left on your front door said pretty stupid of me wasn't it? Yeah Got a pair of handcuffs little time. I sure have they Won't be necessary Congratulations So George having saved your company from having to pay off the old man's insurance Well, how much is my fee gonna be if it's big enough, of course, I'll forget all about the What expense account allows he bucked for the trip over to your office this morning? I'll be yours truly Johnny's up She's Stanley Jones chap Straton Sam Edwards and Junius Matthews Be sure to join us next week same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar