 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar Ray Roland Johnny. Oh, hi Ray. Just got your message What are you doing in Philadelphia? Oh a case for filling mutual liability and casualty, and I may need your help What do you know about layered Douglas Douglas of Hetherscote? Why he's one of Scotland's finest Wait a minute. That's your case. Yep Insurance and bodyguard. How's about lunch? Johnny have you met the Have you met his lair ship? Yeah, and I nearly lost a leg doing it. Oh, yeah, I know Oh shut up Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly Johnny dollar Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the Philadelphia Mutual Liability and Casualty Company in connection with my Investigation or rather my involvement in the layered Douglas Douglas of Hetherscote matter And I wish I'd had some idea of what I was getting into before I ever left Hartford, but it's too late now Expense account item 3 3950 one pair of slacks For within a few minutes of my arrival in Philadelphia Harry Branson of Philly Mutual button-hold me and drag me up to his office To meet two important clients. He had first was Mrs. Peter Malcolm Kelly van python Wonderful wonderful man. I am so glad that you've agreed to take on this assignment Let Douglas Douglas means everything to me, and I have the utmost confidence in you I'm sure they're Douglas will too And then came well, Mrs. Van python made the introduction Douglas Douglas of Hetherscote This is Mr. Johnny dollar, huh? Oh Oh my oh dear good heavens get on your own here Harry. This one's taken. Sorry John down Douglas down There dear, that's the boy. That's a nice boy. Yes. That is layered Douglas Douglas of Hetherscote. Yes, isn't he adorable He's so playful. He was really just playing you know Yes, John this is the client you call me all the way down from Hartford to see yes, John Yes, 750 a week practically unlimited expense account. Oh dear. Just look at your trousers, mr. Dollar, I don't need to thanks I can feel the draft, but you'll need new ones here, and I insist you let me pay for Douglas down here, mr. Dollar will a hundred dollars be enough No here a hundred and fifty I can see those are very very nice. Well, are you what I mean John? Yeah, please now. I insist you take it and if it isn't no no no thanks That's funny, but now Harry you listen John I know what you're going to say, but as I explained to you on the way up your money, but not nearly enough But I tried I really Had better have a quiet little talk Harry and the sooner the better boys, please Can't you do that another time? Please come down from those chairs? So mr. Dollar can meet Douglas and we can make all the arrangements Please mrs. Van python. That's precisely what I want to talk about You really look very funny up there and see Douglas does want so much to be friends with you Sure, it isn't a piece of my leg. He wants. Oh, no, of course not here, mr. Dollar Just give him one of these biscuits. I have them specially baked for him and he'll be your friend for life really Here now just come down and hand it to him. He'll love you. It's true John. I know yeah Then what are you doing up on that chair? I I forgot that's all Nice Douglas, please mr. Dollar Well, all I hope is he doesn't forget. That's right. Just hand it to him and then he knows which is biscuit and Which is my hand Dear boy, dear boy now take it easy take it easy There you see now. He's your friend is and that's sweet Yeah, sure is well, well, I'd better get back to my hotel and change and Harry I'll call you oh, but we haven't made the definite arrangements yet And I'll want you staying out at our place in german town the maples It's a lovely little place mr. Dollar. Well much as I hate to say it. I'm not quite sure about taking this I know the money. Well, don't you worry about it not at all not one bit if you'd rather have a thousand dollars a week That's what we'll make it and I do Mrs. Van Pyton do more about these poor trousers I know Why don't you go straight over to Wanamaker's men's store and have them tailor you a whole suit wouldn't that be nice You'd look lovely. You've already given me more than enough to buy us that now just forget it Now you have them make you anything you want and just charge it to me Oh Douglas here is licking your hand. I knew he'd like you Never underestimate the power of a woman somebody once said Or maybe they should have said never underestimate the power of a fast buck or a thousand bucks Anyhow, mr. Peter Malcolm Kelly van python had set her heart on my handling this whole affair and she simply wasn't to be denied Couple that with a chance to pick up enough loot in a few days to uh Well, what would you do? And the darn mutt did take a liking to me So with lair douglas douglas in my lap. Oh, he's a scottie by the way Scott is terry or mr. Duller if you pardon my correcting you Sorry And it's all because of the show at balakinwood on friday balaware B a l a c y n w y d john Yes balakinwood lair douglas douglas simply must win not only best of class But best of show and he will If somebody doesn't interfere. Oh, you uh, you think somebody might uh might do something to to uh douglas I'm sure of it because you've been tried before You mean poison emmer or something like that worse. Oh dope Poison would let him die a hero a martyr But drugs would keep him from winning the show Well, what makes you suspect somebody might try as I said it's been tried before Last year and again a few days ago And if harrison r kenworthy thinks he can do it again. He's mistaken. Then you know who did it before I refuse to divulge any names But you just mr. Duller I will not tell you all I ask is that you watch over lair douglas douglas until he has won the show Oh, and if he does win as I'm sure he will I'll insist that you accept a nice bonus so you can see I'm very very serious And so it went on for another half hour or so and finally she left after I promised to pick up my bags at the hotel and move out to Her joint in fashionable german town I talked a few minutes longer with harry branson I'm so glad you've agreed to take this on john as I told you mrs. Van python is the most important Individual policy holder we have and doing this favor Harry It's not the much show at balla kinwood or lair douglas or mrs. Kelly van python or you I'm doing this for It's purely love of the green stuff That old day must be really loaded john. She has so much money Well, she doesn't know how much she has industrial empire that sort of thing. All right, all right But harry if word ever gets around in the trade that I came down here to play bodyguard to a much So help me. I'll have your head. Yes But now hadn't you better go on out to the maples? Well, first I want to know about this harrison r kenworthy She mentioned oh that yeah that she accused him of doping up her scotty. Well, she really doesn't know and it's really quite complicated How do you mean can where the owns a beautiful carry blue terry a lady o diddies roll him on me Holy cats and no pun. Why can't they give an honest dog an honest name? Look, we'll call her me me Go ahead. Hi dog lovers gray just in time meet harry branson re-roll. Oh, we know each other. Hello harry boy Mr. Roland sure harry called me in last year when these two dogs were at each other's She doesn't mean that literally john you see mr. Roland is quite an authority on show I've held it against him for years ever since school. Well, there's no need to hold it against him And I don't mean that literally oh Well, john boy, so you came down to help yourself to a handful of dear mrs. Kelly vyan python's coin more power to you I knew harry would call you in on the case felt it in my bones And brother you may be in deeper than you think. Oh, what's that supposed to mean re as harry told you about the villain of the Peace harry sonar kenworthy. I was just starting to when you saw Yeah, well, johnny the whole setup is a riot, but just remember one thing a lot of people have been killed in riots Now, what's that supposed to mean? I'll tell you what he means. Let me tell it harry. It would take you all day Sorry, no offense. All right. Go ahead. Very good. Okay. Bella kinwit is the biggest event of the year and the dog He said okay. Okay. All right. Mrs. Kelly van python owns lair douglas douglas of heather skull real fine scotty Yeah, good tea. See hey those pants are really gone. Anyhow harryson kenworthy owns lady. Oh diddy's rolemar meme Kerry blue me me, huh? I'd get indigestion trying to say that other name. Okay, me me They're two pretty good dogs, especially me me international championship blood and all that but me me's the better dog douglas won't stand a chance. I've tried to tell her this but Well, go on go on. Okay harryson kenworthy loves kelly van python. See oh loves her money him He's loaded too. No, I think the old coot really loves her and I think she loves him, right harry Yes, I think I'm inclined right but now get this She won't marry him until her lair douglas beats his lady. Oh diddy Me me far and squar at the balikinwood show. How do you like that? Are you kidding? Oh, no, john It's an accepted price. So what happens for over a minute. Wait a minute If he really wants to marry her why doesn't he just let her dog beat his and let her be one up on him Right from the start never no boy. He'd never live it down. You don't know these people Well, this is about the craziest thing I ever heard of you and me sure but to them It's deadly serious. Are they in love with each other or with their dog Well, it's not just love where the dogs are concerned But pride which is just about all a lot of these old lonely millionaires have to think about to live for Yay, sometimes even unto the fifth and sixth generation. Yeah, okay, okay I'll take your word for it But now she said something about her dog being doped at the show last year Oh, yes, john And you see it was just a couple of right just before the finals It was an attempt to murder the dog with poison but emergency care both times pulled lair douglas through She told me it was only some kind of a dope that was sure sure we kept the truth from her You don't realize it boy, but if that dog were to die she would fact Oh now ray Oh, yes, john and the insurance company must keep that dog alive in order to obviate having to pay off right After all her policies amount to a right It may sound absurd to you johnny But it's no joke as I said you don't know these people But look it still doesn't make any sense. You just have to take my word for it and it's happened right here in philadelphia Yes, john, and we held the policy. It was an old lady, right? So there you have it Okay, okay, I'll I'll believe you And so the finger points at harris and herkinoe Well, she might like to think that Especially since she doesn't know that poison was used both times, but I don't what's more the police feel the same Oh now if you say police dogs, I'll slug you john there are times when the sense of Airy dead right and I do mean dead now in all seriousness johnny if I were you I'd duck out of this assignment now I don't say that ray unless john no no go go ahead and say it something on a start to make sense around All right, listen the reason I'm sure harris and our kenworthy had nothing to do with the attempted poisonings The reason the police were called in the reason. I think you ought to get out of this point ray On each occasion mrs. Kelly van python had a bodyguard attending lair douglas in addition to the dogs Governors and medicos and so on get to the point each time in order for the poisoner to get to that ray Please each time the bodyguard was murdered Still want this case johnny Now here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow Well, the joke's no longer a joke Especially when a killer trains his sights on me Join us won't you yours truly johnny dollar Yours truly johnny dollar starring bob bailey is transcribed in hollywood It is produced and directed by jack johnstone who also wrote tonight's story Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly johnny dollar roi roan speaking