 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar don't tell her what do we do about Doris McLean? Find out if she's telling the truth about being legally dead and having her husband collect her insurance done No, no Johnny. I mean right now. You can't press any charges against her or him until we get some facts She gave us a statement admitting everything can't we file charges on that? I'd rather not huh why? Just a feeling call it a hunch if you like now wait a minute done. I don't think she's told us the truth 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 account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to try state insurance underwriters international building Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditure is during my investigation of the McLean matter a dead girl who was very much alive Expense account item two five dollars lunch at a little place called the copper kettle of myself and Don Taylor You think we should act Johnny? Yeah, well, I don't not yet Look I listened to her whole story you listen only a part of it. So get this She was married to a doctor in Los Angeles Dr. David McLean Yeah, yeah one night two years ago a girl named Teresa Corbett walked into his office little drunk and a little sick She had a heart attack. She died The doctor found a name and a Jersey City address in the girl's purse He called up the new Jersey address and an apartment house manager told him the girl's mother her only living relative died two days before Dr. McLean hangs up and tells his wife He'll bury the other girl under her name and collect the insurance. Oh sense. I'm going into all this Johnny Oh, wait a minute Doris McLean agreed to this her husband calls in another doctor and has the death certified Doris McLean goes to New York her husband collects the insurance But didn't meet her in New York as he said he would Two years ago this happened Don today. She comes in and says I'm tired of waiting for him We cheated you do something to us. He also said she'd rather notice that her husband's going to marry some other girl Makes sense to me. Yeah, well not to me Don at least not all of it. Why why not? What are you looking for the holes the holes and there are plenty of them Don Look for one reason she told it the same way both times for the second reason if all this happened on the spur of The moment in Los Angeles that is the girl came into the doctor's office off the street and died suddenly Why would the doctor bother to call New Jersey? Why wouldn't he call the Los Angeles police for instance because he had the insurance thing in mind? Well, what do you think? Now look Johnny, I think you're pushing too hard in here. I'm trying to tell you what we're up against All we have to do is verify her story. Yeah. Well, there's something cock-eyed in the way it comes out According to mrs. McLean statement the doctor thought of the insurance trick as he went along That is after he called Jersey City and found out the dead girl in his office had no one else in the world because her mother died a Couple of days before After he saw he had a good chance Yeah He wouldn't have known he had a chance to pull a trick if he'd done what he was supposed to do and call the Los Angeles police Yes, but now that's important and look here's another thing Mrs. McLean says she was acting as receptionist in his office when this strange girl came in I Don't know about you But every receptionist I've ever seen in the doctor's office will ask you your name and address before you see the doctor Mrs. McLean didn't do that at all. They'll get your name and address unless they already know it Where's mrs. McLean now over at the new Hartford hotel? I asked Sam Benson to keep an eye on until we file charges and take her into custody and you can call him off Now look here Johnny every word she has told us will have to be verified before we can take any action like that every word I don't know whether I want you to handle this or not It's okay with me either way and I wait Johnny Want some more coffee? Oh, thanks Let's not argue anymore. Okay. Let's not Mrs. McLean admitted she helped her husband cheat us out of ten thousand dollars. We've got that on paper look here I made a check on the policy We issued a straight life policy endorse marry McLean in Los Angeles April 23rd 1945 Only now records mrs. McLean passed away February 1st 1954 Name was filed by the beneficiary husband David Earl McLean MD February 4th and paid off in the 10th ten thousand dollars full claim Here you are And that's a photo stand of the death certificate attached cause Coronary thrombosis look at that signature Dr. Willis Reed. That's the same doctor. She said her husband called in I know What else business about her living and working in New York in a medical lab This is the name of the place She said she'd use the name of Patricia Kennedy When I put in a call to their personnel manager and described mrs. McLean to him and he said that sounded like her checked out Even with them almost two years Yeah, that's about it. Well, I call the airport and they'll get me out to Los Angeles by tomorrow morning Thought it'd take a few hours in New York to check some other things out Joe That looks pretty definite to me, especially with her statement and all the things she said So what have you got to worry about Johnny all the things she didn't say Expense account item three thirty eight dollars and fourteen cents transportation Hartford, Connecticut to New York, New York I checked my bag at idle wild and took the limousine in as far as the Waldorf Expense account item four three dollars cab ferrant tip number twenty two fifty seven street Doris McLean's residence where she'd lived as Patricia Kennedy apartment 23. I talked to the manager This is her apartment mr. Dollar. I see how long she lived here moved in Two years ago next month March 1954 good tenant very quiet ever talked to her not much Christmas time. We had a drink together down in my apartment with my wife First time I knew she worked in a medical laboratory Does she have any friends in the building that I could talk to not that I know about she keeps to herself minds her own business May I ask where she is now in Hartford, Connecticut at the New Hartford hotel if you want to talk to her about anything I might want to talk to her about you So you knock on my door and say you're an insurance investigator and you want to look at her apartment I saw your credentials and all that but I don't know about you now she asked me to investigate a matter This is part of the investigation Well, if you feel any better, why don't you telephone a long distance tell her I'm here. I'll pay the charges That's okay. Do you mind if I look around? I'll have to stay with you mr. Dollar An hour later I located a mr. Platte at the Hyde Park Laboratories where Doris McLean had been working using the name Patricia Kennedy His answers concerning her conduct habits and attitude were identical with those of the apartment house manager I talked to three people who had been working with her in the lab same result Expensive car item five two dollars and twenty five cents long distance phone call to Dom Taylor in Hartford. Yeah What'd you find out Johnny all clear here her story checks out about living in New York? I talked to the coroner's office in Jersey City. Oh According to their records a Constance May Corbett age 61 died there January 27th, 1954 body unclaimed County Barrier Corners office unable to locate the next of kin a daughter Teresa Mary Corbett believed living in Los Angeles Well Well, what do you want me to say coincidence or not this part of it all checks out Yeah, I'll admit that thank you. You're welcome Expense account item six one hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty five cents transportation New York to Los Angeles We landed an international airport in a heavy fog at 835 in the morning When I in 35 I was in my room at the Statler Hotel sleeping 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I got up and showered and shaved and had something to eat There was a special delivery airmail folder for me at the desk from Don Taylor It contained a flash picture of Doris McLean a sample of a fingerprints and handwriting along with the names and addresses of several people in Los Angeles mrs. McLean thought might be able to identify Expense account item seven fifty bucks to posit on a rented car to get around Los Angeles The first three addresses furnished by mrs. McLean were blanks. No one home or whoever had been there had moved a long time ago Was beginning to get dark by the time I got to the fourth one an address on Borendo Street in Hollywood I'm looking for Pauline Henderson. What do you want? I want to talk to her for a minute. My name is Johnny dollar Well, I'm Pauline Henderson. Oh may I come in what's your business? I'm an insurance investigator. I don't have any insurance I don't want any well. It's about a case Wait a minute. I'll put on a roll. Yeah, sure No, no nothing like that mrs. Anderson Johnny dollar huh? Yeah, that's right insurance investigated you say yes Come in. I thought maybe you could help me. I'll try I'm in something of a hurry only take a minute mrs. Henderson Like to have you look at this. Have you ever seen the woman in that picture before mrs. Henderson looks terribly familiar Is the light alright? Yeah, I can see it My lord. Yes, I know her wishy. Well, that was Daris McLean You're positive. Yeah, she was married to Dave McLean. He's a doctor here in Los Angeles She died a year or so ago very suddenly. Yes, so I understand How well did you know mrs. McLean mrs. Henderson? Oh, we were friends I mean we worked together in a medical lab here before she married Dave. How long did you know her? Five or six years What is all this? Just wanted to make sure this was mrs. McLean my pictures of her eyes. Yes You know, I don't think you've been exactly telling me the truth Well, I just had your name on a list mrs. Henderson I was told that you might be able to recognize a picture of Doris McLean if you saw one who told you that I Rather not say So mysterious, I don't mean to be That all you want to know yes, well one more thing When did you hear about mrs. McLean's death? The day after it happened. I read about it in the paper It's quite a shock. Doris was always so healthy. How uh How did dr. McLean take it? What? How did her husband take her death? Looking at a picture and saying yes and no is one thing Wish you'd tell me what this is all about. Let's say I wanted to make sure this was Doris McLean And I wanted to make sure she died two years ago. I'm any authority you can be sure of it. How about the other part? Dave McLean. Yeah He got over it. I suppose don't you know why I'm seeing him since the funeral What's your name again? Johnny dollar Where do you live Hartford, Connecticut? I'm at the Stafford hotel here right now. Why it just occurred to me If you wanted someone to look at the picture and identify it you'd go to Dave McLean ask him After all he was married to you'd go to him. I would You go to him before anybody else I think I'll call him and tell him about you. What do you think of that? That's all right with me mrs. Henderson Expense account at a mate three dollars and fifteen cents long-distance phone call Los Angeles to Hartford Hi Johnny dollar Doris McLean still at the new Hartford hotel Yeah, why better call your private eye pal Sam Benson and tell him to keep an eye on her 24 hours a day What are you talking about the cats getting out of the bag here? What I could be wrong Don But if I'm right Somebody might want a killer now. Here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow A bit of information about a girl who had a date to die That's right Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar yours truly? Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood written by John Dawson It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking