 From Hollywood. It's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollars Jim Madison at tri-state. How are you? Well, Jim? I'm fine, but what's this I read about you people? You mean the told her stuff, I suppose yeah, no progress yet as a matter of fact That's why I'm phoning we tried to get you right after the robbery, but you weren't in I was on a case most of last week Well, we had a call this morning. It was a woman who said she knew something about the case Of course, it doesn't necessarily mean anything. How did she say she wanted me to swear that we wouldn't call the police And then she said she'd give us time to decide and call back about three you want me to talk to her if she caused bang Yes, I don't know anything about these things. Are you willing to work without the police? We stand to lose almost fifty thousand dollars. We'll cut some corners if you will Edmund O'Brien in a transcribed adventure of a man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by a special investigator Johnny dollar to home office tri-state insurance group Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the told first theft matter. I Know here the accepted report of the robbery because as will be seen both the police and the press missed a number of details The told her first shop was entered at closing time Saturday evening by three disguised men who at gunpoint relieved Mr. Tollhurst of almost fifty thousand dollars Answering a radio alarm the police spotted the getaway cars at left Hartford and later south of town after a running gun fight with another Squad car it was abandoned by the four men who were seen to split up and who escaped into some wooded terrain That's where it stood Expense account item on a dollar and a half cab fare from my apartment to the tri-state offices where your mr. Madison Was waiting for me a little before 3 p.m. The second call from his alleged informer came at two minutes after Yes Yes, put her on Hello Well, I'm glad you did I have someone here that I want you to talk to No, no, no, he's not from the police. He's a representative of the company just a second Here she is darling, okay Hello, I don't like this. How do I know you're not from the police? Well, I guess you can't be sure all I can do is give you our word And if you do want to talk to us you'll have to take it the other man didn't say he was going to have somebody else He decided he'd rather do it this way now listen for a second To us the recovery of the money is more important than having anybody arrested if we can recover it more easily Without going to the police. We're willing to do it. Doesn't that make sense? And with some time I know that but also I know I'm right. I've got my own reasons for calling like this, and I know I'm right And we'll keep it now. What is it that you know? I know where one of the men is hiding. Oh Which one in a hotel in Boston? He's not using his real name, and I can't tell you what it is You mean you know what it is and can't tell us That's why I'm calling. He's got to give himself up and get clear of it That's what you've got to make even do I will if I can what name is he using and what's the hotel? I know I'm right. I know it, but you can't tell him how you found out where he is You can't say anything about this call and some promise to I won't the name. He's using his past He's in the standing hotel the standing okay anything else. Oh How do I get in touch with you again? You can't there's nothing more I can do just be careful. I'll be this awful desperate. Goodbye Huh gone What do you make of it? It's hard to tell She says one of them is in a hotel in Boston and that I have to make him give himself up and be careful because he's desperate She could be sincere If she were just fingering this guy, it seems to me she would have called the police then you think it's worth looking into There's only one way to find out follow it up. See what's there I Got item to 3250 car rental and mileage between Hartford and Boston on the way I try to figure ways and means of making an appointment with a hunted armed bug If that's what he was going to turn out to be I found the standing hotel on the fringe of the commercial and waterfront section And a man named Walter Tapp was registered there I staked out his car and saw him leave his room at about 7 30 that evening Came back an hour later when he put his key into the lock I was trolling toward him when he opened the door I was behind him. Can you hold it a second? What do you want? I want to talk to you. I don't know you haven't got time. I'm interested in the man who's registered here under a phony name Taft that's my name. Is there anything wrong with it? I know that's your real name that I'm wrong Have you got anything that says it is? Well, I don't see how it's any of your business, but Sure go on in thanks Now who are you and what do you want? I guess the automatic tells me what I came to find out. Who are you? I'm a private detective Insurance company that stands to lose on the tolver's job hired me. That's a lie You brought the cops if you were I've got a wallet in my hip pocket. There's a license. I'll reach for it Just turn around sure You're really jumpy, aren't you? Hey catch You don't expect me to swallow this to you you were hired by Alan Lace See you found me now. What do you think you're gonna do with me? You having trouble with your friends? I said, what do you think you're gonna do with me? It's going to help if you can convince yourself I'm telling the truth. We want to recover the money and if you'll help us to do it We'll try to see that you get a break How in an insurance company find out where I was sometimes they get a tip and the police don't they can pay for information The police can't Somebody here in the hotel that figured something was wrong with you There are fair descriptions out on you and your buddies for size and color and clothes somebody could have spotted you I can't buy it. It happened and the tip was right You might do yourself a lot of good going to the police by yourself either. You're off. You're nutty. You think I am Come on start backing up. What for because I'm leaving go on get started If you were thinking straight you'd talk it over you are mixed up in a double-cross so you can't believe anything. That's for enough Who told you about a double-cross you did you said you thought I was hired by Alan less they were in the job with you weren't they All right, turn around open the closet door Turn around By the time I was on my feet again He's had at least 20 minutes start after I cleaned up some in the crummy bathroom and stopped the bleeding I looked the place over there was nothing in it He'd obviously checked in without anything but the clothes he'd been wearing and the automatic That was all at the standing hotel I drove back to Hartford and phone mr. Madison Sorry, are you all right? Yeah, I'm not complaining just telling you what happened I guess I asked for it pulling in like that But I couldn't think of another way to get to him alone and get to the point in a hurry I didn't for two reasons. They just be sore at us for not reporting the girls call to them And I hated to cross her at this point in case you might come back to us with some more information Guess we aren't any worse often. We were before she called are we no We made a little progress. We know there's trouble between the men We're fairly sure they're all still in this part of the country and we have a couple of first names And if you want me to stay on the case, there's another angle. I'd like to look into From the beginning it's bothered me that a furrier would have that much money in his store no matter how fancy It's still too much money I suppose the police have coveted but a thing like that could develop into a lead All right, let's try it good I'll go see tolhurst in the morning. Maybe I can handle him without getting myself slugged I'm at your service. Thanks, mr. Tolhurst. I know you've answered a lot of questions already Yes, I have so I won't drag you through the details of the actual theft again Well, thank you for that. Thank you. Now the amount of money you lost almost $50,000 that question again. Why did I have that much in my shop? I have answered that question every possible way without smearing my own good name The police have driven me mad. I'd like to have the answers to very well Don't most of your customers purchase with checks, mr. Tolhurst or on credit. No, they do not I think that they would because you don't understand the fur business even more than the jewelry business is concerned with making beautiful women More beautiful. Don't you agree? Sure. I do. Well, I hope this doesn't come as a shock to you that there are many many more Wealthy husbands than there are beautiful wives as opposed to women that is So, uh, who would you expect these wealthy husbands to buy the first four? Yeah, I see what you mean cash purchases, too Precisely if wifey doesn't get the coat she better not run across a check paying for one the fur would fly you might say But almost 50,000 one week. That's a a lot of intrigue one sable was worth 35 And if the name of the purchaser became known it could literally endanger the national security But I really mean that it would be discussed from the floor of the Senate. What can I do? There's no record at all of these sales barely enough to keep my books legal I've rather specialized in this cash and carry trade if I was strapped to the rack. I couldn't name these men I'm helpless. I think the insurance company might be able to fight your claim because of the stand you're taking Had you thought of that? Oh No, I hadn't Well, it makes no difference. I'm completely helpless Unless a member of the board or somebody is an old customer of mine And that is possible, you know, I Tried a few more approaches on told her's without getting any place I didn't fully believe him, but I did have to admit that business dealings like that were possible I left the shop a little after 11 went to my apartment to call in a report on this phase of the deadlock My phone was ringing when I got there. I can't hear you. Who is it? You're the woman I talked to yesterday. Well, what's the matter with you? What happened? Here, where are you? Where are you? Stoddard Street What number? 5860 an apartment number All right, I'll be there in 10 minutes I'm coming in. I'll help him. No, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Who are you talking about the men called Alan less? I don't know them First they said I had the bunny and they beat me One of them held my mouth so I couldn't scream and the other one hit me. Do you know where the money is? No No, they wouldn't believe me Then they made me tell him where Fred is Fred is the man I saw last night at the standing hotel Yes, I can't keep quiet for him anymore His name is Fred Zarell and he's holding out the money. That's what they said They said they killing if they had to they look for him at the standing They won't find him. He left there last night. I know he called I tried to lie that he was still there, but they phoned and found out he wasn't And they started it again until I told him He moved to an auto court and that's where they're going. Where is it? I'm not sure between here and Boston But I think it's in this state It's called the Oaks Springs Motel. I Tried to warn him But whoever answered hung up because they couldn't hear what I was saying. I couldn't talk. What's your name? Virginia Collie. Well, how do you fit into this? How much do you know about the robbery? Nothing? I didn't know about until afterwards Red's car was here He came to get it and said everything had gone wrong. He wasn't bad trouble. Yeah, now we all are You should have told the police and I should have promised a no I'm gonna call them now and hope I can fight my way clear of this mess. Where's the telephone? We will return you to yours truly Johnny dollar in just a moment Americans now have a double job to do we must produce enough goods to supply our armed forces and we must also see that Civilian needs are met so that we can prevent further inflation Better production means greater strength and greater insurance that our free American way will continue Do your part now with our star Edmond O'Brien. We bring you the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar In an attempt to help what was left of my position with the police The first thing I told them about was the possibility of nailing the 300 men together for that backfire, too It took me 20 minutes to learn that the Oak Springs Motel was about 12 miles south of town And it took me another 15 minutes to get there two squad cars were in the driveway And that looked all right, but when I got to the cottage where Lieutenant Crockett and the other officers were Things looked all wrong the bodies of two men lay on the floor neither one was Fred Sorrell How are you? My name is Donald a tenant. Oh, yeah Sorrell did this seems to be some confusion about the name The cottage was rented by an AJ white. Well was hiding under a couple of aliases too bad We didn't have that information. I didn't know who he was until a half hour ago when I called him They were already dead a half hour ago. Is there some reason you couldn't have found out 20 minutes before that? Yeah, I didn't happen to be any place this Cali woman could get a hold of me She's the one you just got around to turning in that's right First time I'd even seen her first time. I knew where she lived first time. I knew anything about it I've done the same thing before and it's worked out this time. It didn't worry of me An anonymous call she said she had information about the totalist robbery that she couldn't give it to you She gave it to me in confidence and I played it that way. You're still playing it that way No, I'll give you everything. I've got which which still isn't much. Let's go back to town We can get a real statement Henderson take over here. Will you I'm going back to the office With the lieutenant he listened to my story point by point But as he mentioned actually the only useful thing I gave him was a slightly better description of sorrel than he'd gotten from the manager of the Autocord I don't know what to think about it darling I know you guys figure you can operate that way and maybe it works sometime sure People will talk to you when they won't talk to us But you're always taking a chance that'll get out of hand like this day This one was out of hand from the beginning and it's turned into murder now. You aren't blaming me for that Are you know, but I want you to leave the case alone from here on stay away from a cowley woman stay away from everything Does that mean I can go now? Yeah, it might be a good idea if you went home and brushed up on a little police work You're really digging it in aren't you lieutenant you got it coming go on now. I got to get back on this thing I knew my license was probably at stake, but Crockett's attitude right or wrong was more than I could take Virginia Cowley had been put in the police hospital suffering from internal injuries caused by the beating I went back to her address lied my way past a landlady and into the apartment From a notebook on the telephone stand. I learned that sorrel lived in Princeton. That was my next stop That's well, yeah, he still lives here. I haven't seen him some time now seems to me. He's out of town I came all the way up from New York just to see him. You suppose I could get into his place leave an odor something Well, why don't you just go up and see if the other fellas there name a hacker? Oh a roommate. Yeah, you could leave an odor with him Oh good. How do I get there second floor rear numbers to 10? I Got to see you. Yeah, they sleep in this joint It's about it with that jerk anyway Friend when did you hear from him last couple of days ago? Ain't some kind of trouble. He sure is I'm the bars and money from me the lazy jerk told him to go take a jump or get a job one or both You wanted to borrow money. Yeah, I'm gonna mail him 50 bucks. It's a matter with him anyway, you know Yeah, yeah, he's done it up pretty good. Have you heard about the toll hurts robbery? What are you handing me? You know a couple of his friends called Al unless somebody Who are you anyway? Oh Yeah Detective We're telling me Fred's mixed up with nothing as big as the toll hurts thing. He ain't got the brains He hasn't if he has to write you for 50 bucks after he pulled it. What about Alan less? Yeah Less vernick and Al Hudson. I met him and that's all that's not a town Turn it to her Hey You ain't pulling my leg. Are you know did he write you from Boston by any chance the standing hotel? Using the name Walter Taft. That's right Those guys are no good and I told him so he was always talking big money I never thought he had the guts for anything like that. Don't congratulate him. He built it up to murder today Quit it. It must have been Alan less you'll read about it But for now take my word for it. There was a double-cross or they figured there was they were both shot and Sorrell is still on the loose This is straighty. He wouldn't come here. Would he I don't know what he'd do must be half crazy by now Can you think of any place else he might go? He's got a girly mooch is off all the time. Yeah, I know about him He wouldn't go there not now want a place to hide out He was driving his car so he could travel for some distance, but not far He's thinking at all. He'll know he has to get rid of it I'm not holding nothing back a guy does anything like this. He doesn't deserve help from anybody By this time he probably thinks he does you don't think you pull his old lady into the mess. Do you you mind? Where is she? She's got a farm. I never saw it, but he talked about it once in a while Little place she runs with an old guy helping her ain't far from here. You know where it is somewhere west Hey, that's her picture. I think the name of the town is on it Down here in a corner. I just remembered it. I noticed it Torrington. Sure. I know where that is about 25 miles I'd like to look at some of the rest of this stuff. You know my go ahead This is as bad as you say it is you can do anything you want If you don't mind I'm gonna move out until this is cleared up I don't want that crazy jerk to be coming back here while I'm around Nothing in Surreal's things gave a hint as to where he'd be likely to go But to stay on the move more than for any other reason I decided to cover the farm And to stay on the same side I stopped by my apartment to pick up a pocket Well, it's a sort of a social call Mrs. Surreal here. Nope. She she went to town Why she went with her? I was passing through. I know a son. I thought I'd stop by You're a policeman there. What makes you say that we heard about Frederick at least some of us did We kept it from Mrs. Surreal. That's why we send him to town We don't want that poor soul learn about him till it's all finished Did you think he'd come here? How much do you know about it? Somebody heard on the radio about the murders You think he'd be hidden here not exactly but every possibility has to be covered He'd never come here. He wouldn't be turned out by his mother, but the rest of us would make short work of him Welcome to search the place if you choose to has he been in touch with Mrs. Surreal through this thing. Nobody's been in touch with Mrs. Surreal She don't read her own mail or papers either Because she's blind She don't listen to the radio talking to telephone because she's she's nearly deaf Frederick is a rotten apple that hasn't been allowed back here for three years And she doesn't know about him not for almost that whole time Oh, yeah, she thinks he's a big success in the hardware business and we've talked about it already We think he's gonna start a business in Australia His mother will think he's there until she dies And you ain't gonna tell her any different. I don't see why I should Want to search the place? No, I don't want to but as long as I'm here Wasn't there by the time I left I was made to be like a criminal myself for looking the place over By the time I got back to heart for the extras were out saying widespread search fails to uncover killer And something that had been bothering me came to mind again Why with a $50,000 hole hadn't Surreal gotten out of New England a few more questions fell into line, too How could an amateur like Surreal escape a full-fledged police search and why would he even think of a double-cross on his first job and Finally why after running out of Boston where he had come back to an autocourt 12 miles south of Hartford Covered the final point and learned that the Oak Springs Motel Was within a few miles of the point where he and the other two men had abandoned their car and taken off on foot I thought I told you to stay away from this case. You can't take away my right to make a living lieutenant I found his car is not worth anything. How do I know what it's worth? It's something you haven't done with all your roadblocks I'm five minutes away from his car and I think you'll come back to it as soon as it starts to get dark Can't you take a chance on it and have a few men out there? Oh my men are busy I'll see what I can do. It's less than an hour till dark. I hope you make it I'd come back to the autocourt and then found the approximate spot where Surreal and his friends had left their car I found a pair of ruts winding through the trees and where they'd stopped I'd found his car when I got back to it after talking with lieutenant Crockett I put my car under as much cover as I could find and waited I was still there alone when the Sun started to set and then I heard him before I saw him Yo What are you doing here? Don't try with a gun Surreal. I've got one too this time What are you doing here? I've been almost every place else doesn't make any difference to you that I'm here There's no place for you to go anyway You've been safe here in the trees But you couldn't get any place else I couldn't make it if I wanted to know you couldn't You missed when you didn't make it before everybody knew who you were right after you pulled the job Yes, but not now you must have realized that I can make it not now Why didn't you go any farther than Boston? Why did you come back to Hartford? I had my reasons you still got them What do you mean you kill less vernic and Al Hudson and then came right back here to the trees? I don't think you double-crossed them. I don't think you even got the money beyond this grove. You know it is No, I don't Surreal. That's only what I think and you had to kill them because all they could figure was that you double-crossed You want to help me you want to it's here all of it It's too late to help you kill them, but it's all here Fifty thousand dollars. I I came down the road and then then I turned that way. That's when they were shooting at us I was carrying the money, but I Was excited Alan Allen less went that way and I came this way. I'm sure it was here Yeah, I remember that big tree. I went past that. I'm sure you could find two hundred thousand dollars and wouldn't do any good Yes, it would you could buy anything with money and it's all here I know it was here because I ran on this road and then this is where this is where the road ends Then I went past that tree and I Just remember how far I went Because I put it down and I covered it over with some leaves. I Just saw them. I'm sure I'd remember Surreal. I know where it is Hey, what are you? I want your guns. Get away from me. Get away. Quit it. No, it's all here It's all here. I'm gonna get it now. Get away from me. Get away. You all right. Get away All right Account item free extra mileage, etc. $43.60 expense account total $77.60 remarks a police searching party finally found the satchel of missing money So the company is not out Lieutenant Crocker and I finally got together so I'm not out. The girl is nothing So it leaves Surreal who really lost his mind over money and the furrier told first who didn't lose anything Not even that universal customer the wealthy American husband yours truly Johnny dollar truly Johnny dollars stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and is written by gilded out with music by Wilbur hatch Edmund O'Brien can soon be seen starring in the Paramount Pictures Technicolor production Silver City Featured in tonight's cast for Parley Bear Virginia Greg Stacey Harris Bob Sweeney Herb Butterfield Clayton Post and Howard McNeer Yours truly Johnny dollar is transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime del Valle This is Dan coverley inviting you to join us next week at this time when Edmund O'Brien returns as yours truly Johnny dollar This of its people is a nation's greatest strength You can show your faith in freedom and you can help keep America free by investing regularly in United States defense bonds Remember peace is for the strong security for those who earn it start now investing in peace and security by investing in defense bonds Buy an extra bond now buy United States defense bonds The direction is straight ahead no turns on your dial for the wonderful comedy of CBS radios to an only Amos and Andy Enjoy Amos and Andy the King fish and the rest of those fabulous characters tomorrow night on most of these same CBS radio stations Stay tuned now for the Vaughan Monroe show, which follows immediately on most of these same stations And remember King Arthur Godfrey's round table holds court Sunday afternoon on the CBS radio network