 Johnny dollar Down here in Sarasota Earl's a house insurance business down on Florida these days to say nothing in the fishing Why don't you come down here and find out for yourself? But now listen, I'm listening You remember how my home is situated out here on St. Armand ski. Well, sure. I ought to I've been there often enough It's near the end of a long bayou that comes in from Sarasota Bay Yeah, and the bayou is lined with expensive homes private docks, and it's full of mullets seat droughts Sheep said flounder. So what about it Johnny? What would you think if I told you I'd sold a man $50,000 worth of straight life insurance? Oh, I think you were just doing your normal, huh? Did you call to talk fishing or business? Listen, will you? Okay, what would I think if you sold a man a $50,000 policy and and then three days later Just this morning as a matter of fact found his body floating under my dock. Oh Okay, I think I'd better grab the first one. I can't that's what I think and not to go fishing The B.S. Radio brings you Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yes, truly Johnny dollar Talk about best-selling records. Here's a familiar tune about America's best-selling filter cigarette Winston real flavor full rich Tobacco flavor and you know, that's because only Winston has filter blend up front Choice flavorful tobaccos specially selected and specially processed for filter smoking. No wonder Winston tastes good like a cigarette should Smoke Winston and now act one of yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the tri-state life and casualty insurance company Sarasota office Following as the kind of expenses incurred during my investigation of the bayou body matter Expense account item one seventy three fifty plane fair and incidentals Hartford to Tampa, Florida There I'd figured on getting a ferry plane to Sarasota instead Earl poorman met me at the international airport with his car Oh Johnny, I'm glad you got down here so quickly. You realize they only phoned you about five hours ago Yeah, Earl. I just finished my breakfast matter of fact I called you before even contacted the police and you probably aren't sure whether it was natural death or suicide or what I will find out what the police have found out when we get to Sarasota Yes, me though I think the old man simply went out on his dock this morning had a heart attack killed over and by the time he floated down To my place. He was dead. Who was he? Well, his name Johnny is Ralph P. Carter. He lives Rather he lived in the fourth home up the bayou from mine that new place that was just being built the last time I was down here. That's the one he was a man of 64 used to live in New York where he had a business of some kind But he had some heart trouble so he quit and came down here to live and take it easy pretty well to do Considering the house he put out the way he and his wife lived I'd say he was loaded matter of fact I happen to know he was fancy car private dog as a wife you say Yes, uh-huh hold this year about 50 You know what I was thinking of course what oh if he'd been married to some much younger gal and having money and some insurance But you know You were thinking his wife had knocked him over to collect on this policy. I sold him such things have happened Well, it didn't this time for several reasons one one You already owned a couple of other policies issued by some company up north big ones totaling over 200,000 to both he and his wife have so much in blue chips stocks so much in the bank that Well that 200,000 won't mean a thing to her funny Then that he should buy 50,000 more from you third Carter's wife never knew about this policy I sold all no nor is she named as beneficiary of it. Who is? Hold your hat Johnny. This is right out of the pulp magazines. What do you mean the beneficiary happens to be a former stripper Stripper you mean from burles. That's exactly what I mean. Her name is Mitzi Taylor. She lives up in New York I see you know the Connection Earl well from what he told me when he bought the policy Well, I guess he'd known her pretty well in the old days before he and his present wife got married They were only married about three years ago incidentally incidentally, huh? Well, what's that mean? Well, I got a kind of funny idea cooking in the back of my head about his wife. I mean about his wife Yeah, let's get on down to Sarasota and find out what the police have learned The police hadn't wasted any time after recovering the body from the bayou They'd immediately turned it over to the coroner dr. Phillips Sergeant Edwards who was in charge of the case made us cool our heels until the corner could finish his preliminary examinations But why an autopsy sergeant you mean you suspect foul play something like that. He was alone He was unattended when he died mr. Pullman. That means an autopsy is mandatory Hey, tell me this sergeant Do you yourself have any reason to be suspicious of how mr. Carter may have died? You don't mind sir I'd rather wait until dr. Phillips is through before we talk about it Which means you did find something suspicious. I didn't say that sir. Well, you might just as well. Have did you talk to mrs. Carter knows what it happens. She isn't home Then she doesn't know her husband is dead Look said way doesn't oh come on now wait a minute sergeant. That's a pretty evasive answer Truth is mr. Dollar. It was meant to be. Oh great great then I can expect a lot of cooperation from this department Oh, we can possibly give you sir when we find out what we have to go on Earl do you know if Carter had a regular physician? Yeah, dr. Theo foot Johnny we've checked with him mr. Dollar and Mr. Carter's heart condition was such as he was ready to go at any moment and without warning What if you're suspicious of something else? Have I given you any real reason to be suspicious? Dr. Phillips Johnny Johnny darling. Hi a doc. I might have known you'd be called in on this Johnny He certainly got down here in a hurry. Oh woman. Hello Carter. Did you find out anything doctor? You were right sergeant? I've got a lot more work to do of course before making out my report on this case But there's no question about it. Mr. Carter died neither from a heart attack nor from drowning. Oh What did kill him doc? He was struck so hard at the face of the skull that death must have been instantaneous murder Johnny and without question The murder weapon was the wrought iron poker that you found there in his home No reason for suspicion sergeant Thanks doctor. I'll get out an APB on Mrs. Carter right away. I think you'd better and mr. Dollar I'm afraid you just have to wait around until we pick up. You want a bet on that? Act two of yours truly Johnny dollar in a moment Bonjour, I am Jacques Leroy expert on the stereophonic phonograph I will now clear up this whole subject. As you will play listen to ordinary stereo a girl crossing the street Now on Columbia stereo one That was a pretty girl crossing the street kill difference the fantastic Columbia stereo one phonograph gives you all the realism and excitement of a live performance What in a moment? 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I could kill you Ralph I could kill you well, that's not proof that she did no then why would she say haven't you ever told somebody you'd like to kill him Well saying I'd like to or saying I could or would a two different things and look here Sir if she didn't do it, then why would she hightail it out of town earlier this morning all those nervous reported that she did yes She drove away from their place at approximately the same time as the corner says he was killed well Let's face it Johnny the sergeant must be right. She must have done it. No question about it. Mr. Dollar Why what could her motive have been who knows could have been most anything now that we know there was friction between them And what about his money? She stands to be worth an awful lot with him out of the way. Don't you forget for one minute? She's much younger than he was not only that but she's a nice healthy attractive woman too, and he with his heart condition Well, he was probably just a millstone around her neck makes sense Johnny sure it does Did you or the corner find any fingerprints on that poker that was used on him? No, sir But there was some lint from a pair of cotton gloves on all right Johnny all right I've seen Mrs. Carter many times she prides herself on her dress She can afford to and I've never seen her outside that house without a hat without a pair of gloves And of course a lot of people wear gloves when they have a car Okay, now don't you worry mr. Dollar the APB is out in every highway north of Bradenton South of Venice and east of Arcadia is being watched for when we get I'll let you know. Yeah, you do that Let's have some lunch sure nothing more we can do here weeks you had mr. Pullman's house I take it don't bank on it sergeant So oil drove me to his home on said I'm on ski and by then I was beginning to wish I'd made the trip to Florida solely for Purposes of fishing the blue waters of the Gulf with him But then after saying hello to his charming wife and having a drink and a good lunch for them I walked over to the Carter place a hundred yards or so of the bayou Much to my surprise there was no policeman there to keep an eye on things in case mrs. Carter should return I Was even more surprised to find the side door standing wide open so needless to say I walked in and looked around One of the first things that caught my eye in a den off the living room was a desk It was locked, but I managed to pry it open without too much difficulty And there among other things kind of half hitting away in a folder I found some canceled checks a whole series of them written twice a year for a period of over three years They were made out to Mitzi Taylor the ex burley queen pretty sizable checks to all for the same amount of money Now wonder he kept this desk locked But during one period of time well three checks that should have been there were missing they gave me an idea Out in the living room was another desk a tombore obviously mrs. Carter's Hidden away in the bottom of one of the drawers of that desk with the three missing checks Huh? I beg your pardon Mrs. Carter, that's right. Who are you Johnny dollar special investigator for one of your husband's insurance companies special investigator. Yeah here my credentials I See and as my husband sent for you your Husband of course. Where is he? You mind telling me where you've been since early this morning mrs. Carter. I don't know why not I Was I was somewhat upset this morning and well being a woman I chose to do something a man probably wouldn't understand I've been at a beauty parer. Where just the side of Braydenton. All right now, Mrs. Carter This is some kind of inquisition. I had a shampoo was set in a manicure. Tell me just one thing Did you leave this house before or after your husband died? I don't believe Ralph was even up at the time Ralph Dead his body was found on the bayou this morning or did you know that I? Am shocked mr. Dollar terribly shocked I Am not sorry go on mrs. Carter I'm married Ralph Three years ago With my second marriage my first husband though very wealthy was a I don't know why I'm telling you this go on place I Thought that Ralph because who was older than I would Well, I thought that with my money he'd be content to settle down to the quiet sort of home life. I'd oh Don't you see it was only for my money that he married me the only woman he ever cared about whom he continued to support with my money was a Horrible See you've been through my desk. Yes I'd known about her for some time to tell her But yesterday when I found those checks in his desk Would you call them? Motive for murder mrs. Carter. I told him I would divorce him. I told him last night. I'm afraid it was quite a scene, but Good heaven. All right now listen carefully. I want you to answer my questions carefully regardless of how absurd you may think they are All right, you always wear gloves, don't you of course this kind of gloves like you're wearing now only this kind I have them made for me in France and sent to me on special order You know when you're working in the garden say of course I save the old ones for that kind of thing Any other kind of cotton a wall of domestic leather. I'm allergic to but mr. Dollar I don't understand like a little thing yet what and yet murder cases have been solved on a whole lot less Murder did you say murder so you found her for us dollar Sergeant Edwin's so maybe you private dicks do have some value after all All right, mrs. Carter Yes, sergeant. I'm arresting you on suspicion of murdering your husband you what now just a minute Well go along with her mrs. Carter mr. Dollar I'm glad you threw that word suspicion in there sergeant. What's that? It may save you from being sued for a lot of money Huh? 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This is Louis. Yeah, Louis What's the matter with you? Why are you talking like that kind of keep my voice down? Didn't I tell you not to call me from down there in Florida come right back here? Louie are you back here in New York already took a plane? You take care of Ralph Carter. Don't worry, baby. It'll be in all the papers Come on over here. I'll pay you off. Sure But then you're to clear off you to get out of this town as far away from me as you can sure Okay, come on over Yeah, a real break Now it was up to me to take the fullest possible advantage of it Item five another dime for another phone call this time to Lieutenant Randy Singer the 18th precinct No question about it Johnny. Oh man Carter must have known that sooner or later his wife would catch on to all the money He's been given his name right and maybe was getting tired to send it out those check Right so to get off the hook and still provide for Mitzi He named her his beneficiary to a $50,000 insurance policy sure his wife would know about it after he died But she wouldn't be able to do anything about it Little Mitzi just couldn't wait now look. I don't anticipate any trouble with her Randy But if you're gonna be around for a while Well after I've wrapped it all up, I'll call you to come over and make the arrest, huh? Sit tight Randy, and I'll call you mind if I come in Mitzi. Who are you Johnny dollars special investigation? Yeah for who? The company that issued that $50,000 policy you are not going to collect on you know something Johnny That's where you're wrong. Oh, you think so Do you see Ralph Carter's body floating around in that bar you down there in Florida? I'm afraid I didn't well You shoulda Johnny because then you'd know what you're gonna look like floating down the dirty East River Sorry, Mitzi, but Yeah, wait a minute How did you know Carter's body was thrown into the bio you took too long getting over here Johnny after that phony phone call Come on in Louie. Take care of him. What move for a gun and I blow your head off. Mr. Go ahead. Mitzi take his gun away. Okay. Got it. I'll keep it on him Well, I take him apart so we can feed the fish up in that river. No wait a minute We'd like close the door to the car or so that That's right Mitzi don't bother cops the cops Okay boys Take what's left of them out of here right lieutenant. Maybe you better put some cops on the dame, right? Come on, baby Hi, Johnny fancy meeting you here very funny and hey, what happened? I thought you were gonna call me back. Oh, stop hammering it up. Would you Randy? But thanks think nothing of it It's to survive and I understand that the way he shot of his mouth in the hospital Well, I understand he pretty much cinched the case against both himself and Mitzi So expense account total including a big midnight supper for Randy and myself and a train back to Hartford a hundred sixty eight sixty five You know, it's truly shiny dollar Our star will return in just a moment This is the cold season. What do medical authorities say about the common cold? 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