 From Hollywood, it's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollar. My name is Ed Best I'm in the investment part of the financial surety company sure. I've worked for the company. Yes, Bruce Hardwick told me about you I have something I'd like to have you look into what is it briefly a few years ago We bought controlling interest in the Stanley Springs company an organization in the Southwest that deals in cotton I just got a letter from out there that the effect that behind the scenes the company is carrying on illegal traffic across the Mexican water How close a check do you keep on the outfit our accountant goes out for a quarterly examination and he certainly reported nothing suspicious But yeah, well training is very subtle enough, but I'll come down this afternoon talking over with you Edmund O'Brien and another adventure of the man with the action-packed expensive God America's fabulous freelance insurance Investigator yours truly Johnny dollar and as his special guest this evening. You're truly August San Juan Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to home office financial surety company Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditure during my investigation of the Stanley Springs matter Expense account item one a dollar seventy five cab fare from my apartment to Hartford's insurance row and the financial surety offices Happy to meet you Bruce raised you quite highly. Oh, I know Bruce well enough to suspect. He was selling me so he wouldn't have to take the trip himself No, I doubt that Not be that as it may Thank you Here's the letter I mentioned to you very brief Unsigned He's not generous with details is he know nothing with a bald accusation. What does he call it illegal shipment? Yeah What do you make of it? Oh, no no Stanley Springs stationery must be an employee. Maybe a crank Yes, that had occurred to us You have no reason to think that what he says is true. Is that right? Good Lord. No, we'd have the fater suspicions We would have investigated them. Don't you think it'd be a good idea to turn the matter over to the federal people? After discussing it, we decided that it wouldn't be a good idea at this time. There's not enough Perhaps there's nothing behind the letter We decided to carry out our own investigation first and then if there's basis we'll turn to the federal agency That was about it from the heart for them My only instruction was to keep secret if possible my identity and the investigation Expense account item to one hundred and thirty five dollars transportation first by air then by train then by bus Stanley Springs I arrived there late in the afternoon and at first I couldn't see the true character of the town Dusty sat in a depression of the desert that's called Stanley Springs Valley It was a company built town to dirty streets Sloons a few cafes and stores made up the center of town The rest was a cluster of identical flight dwellings There was only one small hotel And I checked into it under the curious glance of a dark-haired girl who knocked on the door a few minutes after I've gotten to my room Hello Hello, are you busy? I know not at the moment Then could I come in? Sure. Sure. I don't see why not I I'm not quite ready to receive visitors. I I don't have anything to offer you with a cigarette. I don't want anything I only wanted to talk to you My name is Dan and I live here in the hotel You don't see many strangers here in Stanley Springs. Well, I'm not all right Sam. Why are you here? Taking a look at a lot of organizations like the Stanley Springs company. I I'm gonna write an article for a textiles magazine Yeah, New York you I lived in Denver before I came here and I have been in Fort Worth in Tucson Why do you want to write about the company being paid to a lot of men who own controlling interest in a lot of companies And they're too fat and wealthy to come out themselves to find out how they earn their money You don't like these men. I can take him. I'll leave him alone What do you do? I work in one of the clubs clubs Is that a pretty fancy name for them? I know they don't look like much in the daytime, but at night you see Is the company own these clubs? I think they sold them that was before I came here I take it I can drop my money on a craft table if I want to yes, there are games in all of them But you aren't interested in that and I'm talking too much Do you want me to go? No, of course not I'm glad you came Then so am I It's good to have someone new to talk to She stayed about an hour long enough for me to learn among other things that her name was Anne Salivar and that she sang It seemed to me then that she as well as I was leaving things unsaid And I wondered if her warm friendly and seemingly honest approach Wouldn't be a good method of learning why any stranger dropped into Stanley Springs I didn't do anything that first evening at night, but recovered from my long 15 hours of travel the next morning I started out on the only lead I had the unsigned two-sentence note on company stationery There were three men in the Stanley Springs office when I got there one of them was Norman Steger Manager well, that's interesting. Mr. Dollar. What sections have you been through on your survey? I came up through the southeastern states and through Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona California now here quite an extensive trip. They see the thing is worth it You'll find us about the same as the rest of the ginning concerns except the ones that handle American upland cotton They use saw gins. We use roller gins You'll find nothing new here. I won't bother you, Mr. Steger I'd like to talk to your personnel go through your warehouses But I meet the men here in the office as you can meet them But I'd rather you didn't talk to them until after we close tonight There's a lot of work this week. I'm sure anything you say come on Phillips yes meet mr. Dollar came out from the east to look over our plant How do you do Phillips is our chief clerk. Mr. Dollar is going to write a magazine article. Oh, I see I want you to help him with any information. He wants Phillips, but not until after hours. All right Phillips is through at five. You can meet him then fine. I'll see you mr. Phillips. Yes, that's fine This is a child's over here. He's our shipping clerk. Mr. Dollar child. Hello, mr. Child. Howdy gonna write us up Try not to get in the way. Hey, you've got a shipment going out this morning, haven't you child? Yeah Maybe mr. Dollar can go out and watch the bales being loaded that won't slow things down. Oh, sure. I'm going out now good Get an idea the size of our shipments. We send one about like this every other week Like with a girl there was nothing there in the office that I could put my finger on Only things to wonder about like the quick look Phillips the clerk threw at me when I was introduced and something about the tone Stega used with him. I went through the formalities of watching the loading operation and noting the number of bales And then returned to stager's office for my meeting with Phillips. They're making out. All right Phillips in no he isn't he was Feeling sick this afternoon. Let him go home at about two thirty. Oh What's the matter with him? I don't know something with his stomach. I think he worries too much It seemed like he'd have very much to worry about in his job I wouldn't but I guess it can be quite a strain if you let it. I mean, I don't worry about anything. Well, that's the way to be All right, I'll find him at home then I guess or he doesn't feel good. I can wait over the morrow You'd better catch him. Maybe he's sicker than he thinks That's what I said, maybe he's in worse shape than he realizes What do you say that just seemed to me that he acted kind of funny when I introduced you to him this morning Didn't you notice I guess I didn't I've had my doubts about him for quite a while I think there's something wrong with him like what something about his past that he's hiding I've even thought he may have had a criminal record When he met you it was almost like he was afraid you'd come out here after him easy enough to check if you wanted to We could phone the state authorities. Oh, not yet. Dollar. Let's wait till after you talk to him Find out how he reacts lives in number 18. That's on first street Okay, stay good. Thanks. I'll go right over. I would let me know how you find out I was almost positive then who'd written the note and that there was something behind it I banged on the door of number 18 for a reasonable length of time and then forced my way in Phillips wasn't there and according to some unwashed dishes hadn't been there since breakfast. I Found only one thing that pointed someplace a photograph of the girl and salivar I didn't find her at the hotel when I got back so at eight that night. I walked into the club where she worked I'm glad you came There any place we can go talk to you about Irving Phillips. Why I had an appointment with him at five I can't find him. Why can't we talk? I don't want to talk to you Please leave me alone. You know what Phillips is. No, why don't you want to talk about him? Because he wrote a letter I tried to come to your room after I finish It will be about four I'll wait for you. Both of us would have been better off if they hadn't been any deception You came to my room yesterday because you were expecting somebody to show up in the east. Isn't that right? Who are you really Johnny? Phillips write the letter to you were sent here by the owners of the company Yes, that's right. The letter got there then We didn't know if it had been mailed it got there They were following Irving and he was sure they saw him give the letter to the man They asked him about it and he told him he hadn't he gave it to somebody else because he couldn't mail it himself They were following him and this stuff about traffic across the border is true, huh? Why did Phillips write the letter? He wanted to leave sandy springs, but they wouldn't let him because he knew about the smuggling. Yes He didn't have anything to do with it and he didn't try to find out about it, but he learned about it and they knew it So they couldn't let him leave. Yeah How much do you know about it there? It's narcotics a cotton grower right in the border brings it up Doesn't that put you on about the same spot as Phillips? They won't let me leave Irving wrote the letter because the only thing we could do was to tell somebody else about it Now you know We'll do something about it. Oh Johnny, I'm gonna get worried out I'm going to call the nearest Treasury Department office. Oh, no Johnny This is Stanley Springs the company owns everything and Stega has thought of everything There's only one telephone in town. That's in the company office I'll have to use that when I get you go back to your room. I'll get worried out some way Oh Pretty obvious that I wasn't going to get worried out 430 in the morning when I left the hotel But two men were waiting for me in the street. Oh, it's you child. Oh, you're late. I can ask the same thing of you You get a lot of information from Phillips for that article you're writing I think you know more about Phillips than I do Well, why he acted when he met you I thought he was afraid of you. I wonder if you What are you driving at child's I didn't see him. I went to his house. He wasn't there. He wasn't That's funny. I saw him go on about 830 and 9 last night Maybe I ought to try again. Yeah, I guess so You know, you can't start too early in Stanley Springs Thanks for the tip. I'll go right over I Figured it for a cat and mouse game. They wanted me to find Phillips and I did Phillips was dead from a bullet wound in his temple the 38 revolver was still held in his right hand Except for one completely worthless bit of evidence Irving Phillips death was apparently a result of suicide We will return you to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar in just a moment There've been some changes made and it's faster. It's funnier It's got new life and a brand new punch because Jan Murray's taken over. What show is this? Why CBS's Saturday Night musical quiz sing it again at our of melody mirth and money has heard on most of the same CBS station Yes, Jan Murray is your new host Alan Dale Judy Lynn the Red Lure's and Ray block are your music makers And there are still loads and loads of cash for identifying the Phantom voice Be sure to hear the new sing it again starring Jan Murray tonight dawn CBS Now with our star Edmund O'Brien we return you to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar a Brief and faltering examination of the scene was made about an hour later by an agent deputy sheriff Stanley Springs only law enforcement officer He didn't ask for a statement. I did not for one because I knew it would be useless I watched the removal of Phillips body and then with Charles and the other man following me I went back to the hotel I have to see you. I didn't think I could sleep. I don't know what he meant to you But I don't have time to pull me punches Phillips is dead. I Thought he would be because they didn't want him to talk to me Here's the key to my room. I want you to get out of this one. Stay in mind Don't answer if anybody knocks don't say anything. All right, Johnny. What about you? I'll be all right I'll get back to you as fast as I can The two men still tailing the eye found an early cafe and spend some time over coffee. I Knew what their mission was but to check it I started toward the bus station at a little after 7 30 when I got within a block of it They started to close in and they were ready to jump me when I reached the point directly across the street from it It looked like I was in Stanley Springs to stay At a quarter past eight I walked into the company office again Helping you come in wanted to talk to you about what well about Phillips, of course I told you I wondered about his past Behind his suicide anyway, do you know I know it wasn't suicide stager that'll help you Of course it was done was found in the man's hand wasn't it? Yeah, but he still smelled of chloroform when I saw him Chloroform It wasn't mentioned to me. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you I understand the traces disappear in a short time But let's understand each other you and I know that he was chloroform But when he was unconscious a gun was put in his hand and it was pointed at his head and somebody helped him pull the trigger You saw this happen it happened But the tests will prove that his hand fired the gun you and probably a couple of your men know he was murdered and I know it As far as proof goes you're safe for a textile writer. You seem to know quite a bit about these things. I Think we understand each other now stager. I hope you do I know you've been sitting on a good thing probably for a long time the whole town has been a front for you Control everything for trying to control me as a different proposition I guess I didn't realize that your men have made it clear that they won't let me leave town things will change. You're right They will The people who sent me out here suspect you're dealing in contraband What do you think they'll do forget it if they don't hear from me according to plan you can worry about that dollar I'm not going to I don't know what you're talking about made a lot of empty accusations The only reason I can think of is that you're a stupid stumbling bum It's that way I guess you won't mind my using your phone Come on get up The accusations stager the company rule nobody uses that phone, but employees now get out of here and get yourself cleaned up And that's worst of all and He's been toying with me ever since I got here leading me around Showing me the murder he committed because he knows he'll get away with it Oh, please sit down John. I can put something on your face. I know what he's doing and I can't stop him I think this will hurt You're gonna hold me here until he gets rid of the narcotics evidence and there won't be a thing I can prove against Oh, I'm sorry does it hurt? There's only this one more You aren't very pretty now Johnny Come here. Yes How can you be so calm about this? Aren't you afraid of them? I've been afraid of a lot of things What things I don't want to talk about them Johnny. I've made my life the way it is. I Didn't have to come to Stanley Springs Okay, we'll leave it at that Why do you want to know about me? Less than 24 hours, but it seems like I've known you for a long time. I know I Guess meeting like this in trouble does that sort of thing to people. I have heard that life goes very fast And there is danger You haven't slept and you should do you want me to go now? I don't want you to go not for a while All right Johnny I've been trying to think what this day would have been without you If I've helped you I'm glad Only a few times in my life when I've been driven to the point where I could kill a man It reached it today and stager and his men kicked me out of that office. I Think if you hadn't been here, I I would have gone back to it Oh, I think it would be better if you forgot all about that I got it I'm afraid that's a luxury. That's not allowed me Paid to forget even for a little while. I Don't need stay for a little while. You haven't slept and you sure But tell me about yourself That was the last time I saw Anne Salivar. She stayed an hour maybe less When she'd gone I slept There hadn't been any secrets left be between Norman Stager and me after our last meeting I Told him what I knew and he told me how he felt because of that I thought Anne Salivar was no longer in danger as a giver of information. That's why I let her leave But after I'd rested I went to her room and she wasn't there The desk clerk told me that she left with two men and his description came close enough to fitting childs and the other man Who'd been following me This time when I started for the Stanley Springs office. I was carrying an automatic That's just why I came back. Where is she? Who looked at time for tossing worries around his gun childs. Where is she? You know I've gone don't make you mayor this town You use it you'll be cut down for you can move a hundred yards. I won't have to use it if you tell me where she is. I Don't know what you're talking about. Where's Stager? He's out where I Don't know where childs I Don't know you took her out of the hotel the clerk told me that where'd you take her? What did you do with it? Huh? I don't know what you're talking about Understand this child's I'll kill you if I have to Now where is she? I don't know Where is Stager? Hey, he's out in the warehouse. Which one number three take me out there. No, I won't No, no Take me out there Take me out there. I'll kill you. I mean that all right All right, I'll take you out there I'm said he was coming here. Don't play with me. Don't tell me anything but the truth. I'm not I'm not You said he was coming here. Yes, Stager Gotting yourself into enough trouble dollar. Yeah, honey Man with you child. He hit me with a gun You're liable to find yourself in prison dollar. Do you know that I thought about it. I'm the salt That's a felony. I believe I want to know where an salivar is Didn't know you were acquainted. Yes, you did. Tell me what you did with it. I didn't do anything. Where is she? I don't know Another example of these halfway accusations of yours with no proof You can't find her. It's quite possible that she left town. You wouldn't let her do that You don't know what you're talking about and I've heard enough. I think you've lost your mind Stager don't Don't leave I'll kill you if I have to have proof of anything Kill it. What's the matter? You're crazy. You kill Stager. No, I didn't But you might not be so lucky So don't do anything. I don't tell you to do it. No, I won't. I won't do nothing What do you want from me? Take me to that deputy sheriff I want to be arrested Expense account item three one hundred dollars retainer for a lawyer in Farmington the county seat and Salivar was found in the building where she was being held and she was released The rest of it is up to the treasury men who moved into Stanley Springs after I gave them my statement remarks I won't total this account at the moment as I'm mailing it from the county jail Where I'm being held on the charge of assault with intent to kill The word is that I'll be freed on the grounds that myself was justifiable since it was the only way to stop a man of Norman Stager's power So I hope to see you soon. It was truly Johnny dollar yours truly Johnny dollar stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and is written by gildowd with music by Wilbur hatch Edmund O'Brien's special guest this evening was Olga San Juan Featured in tonight's cast were Ray Hartman Bill Conrad and Herb Butterfield Yours truly Johnny dollar is produced and directed by Jaime del Valle This is dick cutting inviting you to join us next week at this time when Edmund O'Brien returns as yours truly Johnny dollar Since the fighting began in Korea prices have been modding throughout the country the cost of living today is at an all-time high and Under pressure will rise still higher we can protect ourselves our families and our country against dangerous inflation If each of us will resolve to pay no more than fair prices to watch for repeated price rises To buy only what we need and to refrain from hoarding at the expense of our neighbors and our country Fight inflation by following those simple rules Stay tuned now for von Monroe's caravan which follows immediately over most of these same CBS station This is CBS where you laugh at Jack Benny every Sunday night the Columbia broadcasting system