 From Hollywood, it's time now for Bob Bailey as Johnny dollar guess who Johnny whoa Lutang when they told me you had called my heart jump and beat faster. It has been a long time too long And look I want to see you Lou. Where are you? They only gave me a phone number It's a waterfront bar foot of drum streets sailors hang out that I'll call a taxi. No, wait there I've got a drunk on my hands. Well get rid of him Can't do it honey. This is a valuable drunk you wait. I'll get there as soon as I can and look will you do me a favor Lou Anything you want Johnny There's a man named Benny Wong. I think he's been hiding out in Chinatown for the last two days. Can you find him for me? So that is why you are here The sinking of the Marley K. That's right Lou Too bad Johnny. I'm sorry to hear that awfully sorry Tonight at every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yes, truly Johnny dollar From special investigator Johnny dollar location San Francisco to the home office marine and maritime casualty limited Hartford, Connecticut Assignment the Molly K matter expense account continued Item five eleven dollars even drinks consumed by one Josiah Hawkins able-bodied seaman last birth ships carpenter on the freighter Molly K And Hawkins was scared scared half to death So the fear worked against the liquor and the drinks weren't doing much good Who was you talking to on the phone a friend you say anything about me about me being with you. No How about another drink mr. Hawkins I had enough What's the name of your friend mr. Dollar? Oh you wouldn't know her just a girl. I know here in town Mr. Hawkins did Bill Mack have a girl? Yes, he got himself engaged to a girl. I Know what you're aiming at mr. Dollar. You're trying to play on my sympathy. He was your friend that he was One of the best now. He's dead drowned in the Pacific when the Molly K went down However, Sanker is responsible for his death You can help me if you wouldn't bring him back And I got to think of myself. You're in more danger before you talk than you'd be afterwards the whole idea is to keep you from talking Sure, there's sense in that all right somebody shot at you out there in the docks tried to kill you You'll never be safe as long as they're running loose Well, mr. Hawkins The Molly K was sunk deliberate. We're sure of that all of us. It was a border things Just wasn't right even before it happened what things will that fire for one ten days ago The first time we started out for you Oklahoma Bill Mack was the one that discovered it did Mack think the fire had been set that he did he told the captain that And you know what happened mr. Dollar what happened captain Brawley knocked him down the bridge ladder Told him to keep his mouth shut and not go around spreading wild rumors All right, the second time he sailed what happened. Well Soon as we cleared the gate and headed out to see Bill and me was on watch He had me cover for him while he sneaked down in the hole to see what he could find out He still hadn't come back when it happened. I I think you was right mr. Dollar what what you said at the hearing. What do you mean? We didn't hit no derelict an explosion That's what it was in the bottom of the forward hole somewhere's I was on the bow deck right above it when it happened What about that Chinese Stuart the one who got ashore and then disappeared did you notice anything special about him Benny Wong? You know We was only a couple of hours out of port. I don't even remember seeing them One thing though that seemed kind of funny at the time was that the first mate done all the hiring for this trip Same as always just one exception Benny Wong was hired on by Captain Brawley himself Uh-huh and something else mr. Dollar About Bill Mack being drowned He was wrong about that Bill Mack is alive No, he was dead before the Molly Kay ever sunk what I went looking for him as soon as it happened And I found him down on the lower boat deck lying in the pool of blood Somebody cut his throat. I'll have another drink now I sat there looking at him across the table not saying anything There was nothing I could say Bill Mack had been his friend. I Thought over what he just told me tried to fit it in with what I already knew It didn't add up to an answer yet. Not quite, but I was close and I was getting closer all the time Mr. Dollar, it's him huh Captain Brawley over there. He just come in. Yeah, he's seen us too He's coming over this way. I gotta get out of here sit down mr. Hawkins He won't start it. You don't know him. You don't know how he is when he gets mad. No, but it looks like I'm gonna find out You're not very particular about the company you keep either my captain pull up a chair What are you up to dollar? Offering him a bribe to testify against me. Don't need to there's enough against you already Yeah, there will be more than likely when you and them smart company lawyers get through You insurance people are all alike. You're right there to collect when it's due year But just squirm when it comes to paying off well now that depends on the circumstances captain and in this case Well, I wouldn't go spending that money yet if I were you that's what you've been telling them Huh when I've got anything to tell I'll tell it to the court Yeah, along with anybody else you can turn against me like my own daughter for instance She even sneaked around tried to turn her against me Not that that took much doing and Dean Sutton owner of the cargo But there's a limit to what a man will take dollar and I took enough already Now you better quit pushing me. I'm warning you. I am We'll take your warning and stick it where it'll do the most good You've been trying to block every attempt I've made to get to the bottom of this thing You've dragged your feet every step of the way deliberately dollar nobody talks to me like that And it's time somebody did I think you're in this thing right up to your big fat neck And if you are I'm gonna pin it on you not just for swindling if you were behind the sinking of the Molly Okay, I'm gonna see to it that you stand trial for murder too. I want you All right captain learn it's a hard way Sorry the party's over right now You better get out of here Hawkins He's not gonna feel very friendly when he comes to you're the only man I ever seen stand up to and mr. Dollar There was one other one Bill Mack I Left captain brawley lying there on the floor They were throwing water on it when I walked out I hadn't wanted the fight, but there'd been no choice and it had given me one new fact to fit in The captain's coat fell open when he hit the floor and I saw he was packing a gun Expense account item 6 80 cents a taxi fare to Chinatown and a rendezvous with Lutang Shanghai Lou The strange woman this one wise shrewd and alert Hard and tough when she feels that way Soft as a kitten when she feels that way Financiality history age nothing certain about any of that But there's one thing that is certain She's the most beautiful woman I've ever known it is good to see you Johnny. How long has it been? last year Lou in Paris How could you forget I don't forget I only wanted to see if you had Kiss me Johnny I Came here to talk business. Oh business. I don't feel like talking business simmer down, baby. Let's get married. All right First let's say tomorrow now. Why not tonight? It's too late. We'd have to wake somebody up always problems reasons I don't think you even want to marry me. Sure. I do. I've been mad too for years Then why didn't you in Paris? Oh, it's no time to go into that again. Look, I'm on a case a rough one And it's just possible that you may be mixed up in it Johnny. I Did not sink the Molly case. So there you are that takes care of the business. Let's get married Would you sit back down there? That does not take care of the business. What more do you want to know several things? Benny Wong for instance that man you asked me about yeah They said he went down with the Molly cave, but I found out different from one of the crew I've not found Benny yet, but I have people looking so Why don't you know? I've known you too long. You're not fooling me fooling you the pattern is good But it's not covering the fact that you're bothered You've always bothered me Johnny. That's not it. How do you figure in this thing though? I? Don't really know what you mean by this thing Johnny You had a pretty heavy stake in the Molly cave a hundred thousand dollar mortgage loaned to captain Brawley sound business deal That's all I have investments in many ships at sale out of San Francisco Ah, and of course the investment was covered by insurance actually. I made sure of that before I advanced the loan Don't let this off brown-eyes fool you Johnny. I'm a hard-headed business woman. Yeah, I know was a business deal nothing else Showed every chance of being a profitable voyage. He was carrying a cargo of wheat the Tokyo grain market has been advancing steadily for three months As to what happened. I Don't know anything about it. I don't understand it That's straight Johnny That's all I know What about this fellow Dean Sutton? Do you know him Lou? I've met him. I understand. He's engaged to captain Brawley daughter But beyond that Pardon me a moment. I see who it is The visitor was a young Chinese land she stepped outside to talk to him and I lit a cigarette and waited for her I Thought over what she'd said tried to see behind it and to decide whether to believe it or not Lutang was not a person you could push. I Stood up when she came back into the wrong You're not leaving Johnny. Yeah, I think I'd better by you see me tomorrow. You know I will What if I were mixed up in this would you send me to jail? You know the answer Yes, and you're the only man. I know who would I'd be channeled about it though. I think you really would You're sweet Johnny awfully sweet I'm a doll I've made up my mind to take no part in this to stay completely out of it But I'm going to tell you something. What do you mean that man who just came to the door? I've had him out looking for Benny Wong. Has he found him not yet But he's found out something about him Johnny if the Molly K was sunk on purpose How do you think it was done by an explosion in the bottom of the fort hold? Mm-hmm Benny Wong was a demolition sergeant during World War two He's rather well known as an expert on explosives Now here's our star Bob Bailey to tell you about tomorrow's episode of this story Thanks tomorrow night a double cross a double play and a lovely girl forces the jealous sea to give up its dead Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar? Yours truly Johnny dollar is transcribed in Hollywood Written by Les Crutchfield the entire production is under the direction of 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