 Johnny dollar well at long last what I say it's high time it is home well isn't it I don't know I time for what I time he answered that phone and listen well this is Jimmy Bartel Oh Jimmy you know over here at Mono guarantee insurance, of course. I know how are you what happened to you Johnny? Where you've been? I've been trying to reach you for about four weeks now. Didn't you try my call service? Yeah, I tried you Oh, no, I guess I kind of forgot about that. Oh, well if you had you to find out that last week I was at Grand Canyon the week before in Corpus Christi the week before that in Knoxville, Tennessee And before that up in Boston. Yes, you're a gal the batting around the country while I've been sitting here up to my neck in Trouble beating my brains out working my head off Sounds to me like you need a plastic surgeon. What's the problem Jimmy the Burma red Johnny the what you heard me the Burma red Jimmy are you sure you want me and not the State Department? Yeah, I'm sure all right. I'll bite Who is the Burma red not who but what well and listen? We carry the insurance half a million dollars worth you hear that fella half a million I am deeply impressed and baby if you can't get it back for us that's exactly what we're gonna have to hand over in cold hard cash 500 G's well, maybe I had better get to work on it good And I don't need to tell you what your commission will be if you do recover it What else do you think I'm thinking of and the job is yours Johnny and brother I sure hope that you can find it and get it back the Burma red right Just one thing Jimmy if you don't mind sure Johnny before I start gallivanting around the country as you put it looking for this thing Yeah, don't you think that it might be nice if I have some slight idea some inkling of what it is this Burma red I told you I told you I oh Yeah, yeah, okay come on over here. No, I'll tell you all I know about it. Okay We interrupt this program to bring you a special message To the parents of schoolboy patrol members who were taking the Washington trip the buses with the patrol will arrive at Durham Union bus station this evening about 715 to 730 we repeat the Durham schoolboy patrol Washington buses will arrive at the Union bus station this evening at 715 to 730 Parents are asked to be present to pick up their children. They are the parents brother also asked to use the Sears parking lot 715 to 730 the time Expense account submitted by a special investigator Johnny dollar to mono guarantee insurance company home office Hartford, Connecticut Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Burma red matter Expense account item one a dollar 20 for a cab from my apartment to Jimmy Bartel's office in the spear building down on the square Jimmy specialty incidentally is property insurance Especially where fine artwork is concerned and in this case Yeah, Johnny four solid weeks I buzzed that phone yours and what I thought of you for not being there to answer it wouldn't be fit to print All right, I'm here now to stop bellyache But maybe you're too late fellas already got another country with it the Burma red that's right the Burma red which is what I told you Johnny It's it. Oh, yeah, that's right. I didn't I'll listen. I'm listening It was brought over here a couple of years ago was part of the collection by some Countess or other got Britain up in all the picture magazines. Do I hear a slight echo echo? Yes, in the case I had on my hands last week I don't know because I don't know what you had a case of but listen go on having been a part originally of the Buckingham collection Over there in England, you know Well, as you might expect it was picked up here by Winkler and Winkler the big jewelry outfit down in New York the same Oh, then I do hear an echo. So it's a piece of jewelry and it's been stolen from them No, the same as the otaris necklace. I recovered last week. No again For northeast indemnity. No No, Johnny It's just a single unmounted stone a ruby, but so help me. It's big enough to choke a horse and now it's gone When did you say it was stolen from them? I didn't because it wasn't they've sold it to that wealthy old Mrs. Harvey Lerriman, Brittingham lives up in the edge of town. No, I sin but four weeks ago Somebody neatly chiseled open her wall safe and walked off with it chiseled. Okay blew it. What's the difference plenty? Knowing a safe crackers method can help a lot and pinning him down No, the police think they know who did it all right now What do you need me for to get that stone back? But if they already know who did it they couldn't prove that you're the modus operandi the way the safe was blown it pointed straight to him and nobody else But also he was known to be hearing down who but they couldn't pin it on him He had himself a perfect alibi who Jimmy so maybe it was rigged. They couldn't break it Jimmy But Johnny it had to be Oscar mayfield Mayfield they held him as long as they could went through everything he owns checked out every contact He made while he was here in Hartford and all that got him was nothing and not very much of that now say this If Oscar mayfield the old master made that heist So what could they do but let him traipse merrily on back to New York where he's been living lately Look Jimmy, but I figure despite the police report on all the work They did I figure that somehow mayfield got away with that ruby Jimmy. I'm inclined to think you may be right. I know Oscar mayfield he's clever I've tangled with him before and Come to think of it. He made a promise to me once mayfield made a promise. Mm-hmm. What was it Johnny? That if I ever tried to interfere with him again. Yeah, well He'd see to it that I had a very nice funeral Decron on the label cuz they run is a man's best friend Right man day Cron is your best friend when it comes to staying wrinkle-free and need all summer Look for day Cron in lightweight suits and some slacks good-looking sport coats, too You'll stay well-pressed and well-dressed thanks to day Cron by Dupont. There's just no denying in the clothes He'll be buying day Cron is a man's best friend Expense account item to 65 cents for a cab to police headquarters where after some inquiries I Ended up talking with Sergeant Holly Holcomb He wasn't very encouraging Sure, darling. He was known to be in town No one who has tried to leave right after it trade market after the wall safe with his Famous and those in your face. Mm-hmm And we brought ourselves to knowing the MO's of all the safe man within a thousand miles. Yes I know you do and rightly so but we couldn't pin a thing on him All the direct evidence we didn't have on him because of his alibi apparently checking out all the way He simply couldn't hold on nothing more than suspicion any longer now Especially with that smart mouthpiece he dragged in we tried he would have sued us and here the kingdom come I mean if you know us come a fish only too well Sergeant and you know what I mean. I Suspect him just as much as you do, but sure we have something definite some real tangible cool Anyhow he went back to New York. Have you notified the police down there? Sure. Sure tenant singer at the 18th precinct and Isn't he an old friend of yours brandy singer? He certainly is well. I haven't heard a word from him Not in over a week now, so why don't you call him? Well better still go down there and see him see what goes All right sergeant. Maybe I'll do that There was some more talk between us and sergeant Hockham gave me every detail of the job Told me what they found and what they'd done about it. Yes all the completely unconfirmed evidence pointed straight to Oscar Mayfield Unconfirmed and Unconfirmable evidence because of the man's unshakable alibi Item 3 85 cents for a phone call to Lieutenant Randy singer 18th precinct, New York Police Department You mean to say you just now found out about that ice. That's right Randy. I just found out You see Johnny if you didn't spend so much time gallivanting all over the place You might be of some use around here you you didn't get a promotion for all the gallivanting I did for you last week Oh, darn it. I guess I should have worked that case myself Well, how about this mayfield you've kept an eye on him and everything but tap his phone line and Nothing Johnny absolutely nothing. You just didn't get on this one soon enough. I know what you mean Unless he's changed these last couple of years Oscar Mayfield is not one to hold on very long to whatever he's lifted All right, and if he did snatch that stone you can be sure he passed it on and collected for it long before this And yet there's always the chance So in the case of a big hunk of rock like that, it means one of two things The guy who bought it from him is either carting it out of the country and far away You're having it cut up into little ones that nobody'll ever be able to identify I guess Mayfield would have passed it along in one big fat hurry I know we couldn't find it anywhere on or around and we tried every trick And I mean trick Johnny Until he started to yell at the DA and the DA started yelling at us Johnny I understand how I've just heard this mind you. Yeah Well, I understand that one of my boys how all he was off duty, of course, so it was completely unofficial. You understand? Yeah Well, I heard he even went so far as to rule Mayfield one night in the alley back of a nightclub Not a sign of that Ruby Randy if the department ever catches up with these unofficial tricks look I told you Johnny I only heard that But I know myself. It isn't hidden anywhere in his apartment. Oh you do. I do Randy Didn't you and your clever little boys completely overlooked the otaris necklace that was hidden in the back of a camera just about a week ago Oh, now that was different so that I had to get lucky and find it for you. Okay, okay So you happen to guess right For once so maybe I better get on down your way and look around for myself. Tell me where does Mayfield live a hotel apartment over at 614 East 49th It's no use Johnny. Why just because he's always gotten rid of things quickly in the past No, because you knuckleheads couldn't find the Ruby No, you haven't been able to hold him on suspicion and make a real investigation I mean because with the time you can get here he won't be all right then I'll grab the first plane I can and Was that Your pal may feel this paid up his rent and he's moving out He's got himself a reservation on a plane to Mexico City this afternoon The time you get to his place. He'll be gone Randy Yeah, can't a genius like you come up with some excuse to hold him there for me flatter. You'll get you know where Johnny The answer is no I've run out of tricks anything else. I might try would only get me into hot water. No wait, Randy Yeah, maybe I know a little trick to hold him over. Well, don't expect any official help for a mirror the department if you do come down What kind of a trick Johnny what's the difference? Oh, look if you're thinking you're doing something Oh, Randy, I would only get us in order to clamp down on you. Don't worry about it. I'll be in touch I don't know why but I'd suddenly remember that during my run in with Mayfield a couple of years ago They've been talked about a man who was fencing his stuff a man who had been only vaguely identified as Hugo The last name had never come to light Okay Maybe that name still meant something to him if so it justified item four a dollar twenty six for a telegram to Mayfield It read as follows Urgent that before you make any deal you call me immediately at plaza three nine nine seven oh and I signed it Hugo and I had them put a rush on it hoping would give me some much needed time Item five six dollars for a cab to Bradley field item six ten dollars and twelve cents for a plane to New York And when I got there item seven is five eighty for a taxi to 614 East 49th Street It was a smart good-looking apartment hotel Which is more than I can say for the stuffy uniform don't man. Mr. Mayfield. Did you say that's right? Mr. Oscar Mayfield Is he still here is he in whom shall I say he's calling sir don't Don't just give me his apartment number your name, please don't worry about it. I'm sorry, but I must have your name, sir It's dollar now. What's the apartment number? Dollar hmm Very well. Oh, no, no, no, you don't just put the phone down. I think you're part It's granted now the number of his apartment not unless I announce you sir Now look I am I am a special investigator. Oh You are yes, and if you'd like to call the police and check on me only I haven't time look Look here. These are my credentials and I tell you sir that unless I oh Oh, I see mr. Johnny dollar that's right the insurance investigator. Yes, I didn't know well you do now Well, nonetheless, mr. Dollar. Just give me Mayfield's apartment number, please now. What is it? Well, it's it's Seven G. Okay. Thank you, and I'll phone that you're on your way up sir. You do and I'll break your neck Seven G Just in case he remembers what he wants promised I better make sure that This thing is working properly. Let's see highest seven a Seven oh there seven e I'm Mr. Mayfield. I hope you are still here Mr. Mayfield Mayfield and gone it if he's already flown the coop left it wide open Mr. Mayfield. Oh furnished living room was empty So as a kind of study off at one side in the little bar kitchenette beyond it That's for the bedroom in the back Well as I started through the door I caught sight of a couple of handbags in front of a chest of drawers So he was still here What I didn't catch sight of though was the gun shoved around the side of the door into my back just Lift them up slowly, darling slowly See with your arm Yes, here it is. Thank you. Okay, may feel now over there next to the bed go on sure sure why not now you happy now Dollar I made you a promise once kind of foolish of you wasn't I'm going to keep that promise Now you're gonna pull up a shot in a place like this apartment is absolutely soundproof one of the reasons I selected it I See Well Now you're ready Have you tried the mild kind taste of Kent you should be cause It makes the taste of a cigarette miles as a bar me day in the month of May Kent is the best for a mild kind taste smoke a carton of Kent without switching Discover the kind taste of Kent's blend of the world's finest quality tobaccos then try your old brand What a difference in taste You'll enjoy the mild kind taste of Kent with the micronite filter and it looks like you were expecting me may feel oh Yes, I was You see I figured right from the beginning that you might be called in on this case And you do have the Burma red the ruby now Oh, of course not you should know that I wouldn't hold on to a thing like that. Let's say it's been Successfully disposed of and why do you hang around here because I'm waiting for Yes, I Was waiting for you to settle my old score with you When I received that silly telegram, I was certain that you would be here No, you mean I pulled a booboo your old pal Hugo is dead. I mean that ridiculous number you gave me to call It's too bad. I thought it was a pretty good idea to keep you trying until I could get here Oh, I'll confess it did make me change my reservation to a later plane But after all when I got nothing but a busy signal eight times in a row I naturally called the operator and she told you yes But it's a number used for testing that a busy signal is all it ever gets Obviously a trick then worthy of you So I waited for you and when the doorman following my explicit instructions called me told me it arrived. I oh But I'm wasting time What's more I'm expecting someone else so dollar This is it expecting me Randy just drop it right there may feel gently now All right now dollars again I sit over there in that chair next to the window All right anything you say lieutenant. Oh Randy you're like the US Marines Here you were you better keep this gun of his you know I'm just glad you got careless and left that front door open up I thought I heard a door close just before you made your dramatic entrance, but how come Randy? Well, do you mean how come well from what you said on the phone? Oh, well, I'm off-duty any reason I shouldn't just kind of drop around for a visit. Oh, I'm glad you did you know something Johnny when so am I? And I'll probably hate myself in the morning for saying this but I've waited a long time for a chance to return some of the favors you've done me over the years, but I've done you Well may feel I'm afraid your so-called visit is completely pointless lieutenant You must know very well that you won't find the ruby around here or anything to even remotely connect me with it Do I need to after the little party I walked in on? Yeah, that's right. You can stop smiling now. Oh Very well very well if you insist on booking me for an alleged attack on Johnny dollar with a quote deadly weapon on quote Let us go down to your station house and have done with it's grand central station. Shall we? There we go lieutenant. You just stay in that chair may feel well. I know Randy while I answer the door Okay, but leave this one open so I can hear right Yes Yes, what a fancy layout. This is who you you ask her may feel Well, who did you expect to find here Santa Claus? Yeah? Well, look mr. Mayfield you might put him down at gun Not till I'm sure you're okay come inside. Yeah. Yeah, you sure all right now. What's your name? Yeah, they're Rosie Rosie Gilliam. Look you can frisk me. I'm clean and that package Well, you know it's from the boss. It's from Hugo. It's what you've been waiting for. Oh, it's from Hugo Oh, yeah, sure honesty. He said I should deliver it and get a receipt then. Maybe you'd hand me a finler a tenner. Oh, we did Maybe I better make sure that it's Whatever he was supposed to send over to me. Well, do you think I'd meddle with it? Maybe do myself out of these delivery jobs. He gives me and pays me so good. You're on the level Yeah, yeah, this contains and I think it does by the way, where does Hugo hang out? How should I know all I know is he calls me now and then meets me at some place and gives me something I should deliver I guess you're okay then Sit down there while I take a look at this We'll just see now You know, you're the first gentle ever open one of those deliveries in front of me am I yeah, you're the very first Holy jumping look at that loot Where is he waiting to pick up the receipt Rosie? I don't know he only hunts me up when he's ready Look at all that dough what kind of a receipt Rosie. He said you'd know what kind oh man Would you look at that? Would you look at it? All right? I'll write you one. Yeah, yeah, maybe yeah, maybe I could have a 20 for Bring it up. I'll give you a receipt to mr. Hugo. Um, let's see. How is it now that he spells his last name? You don't know mr. Mayfield. Well, don't you know I should know how to spell hemper schlag Hemper schlag So that's it and now wait a minute. Listen you you are Mayfield, ain't you all right Randy Randy? Who the tenant singer of the police come in Randy the police on now. I've been talking mr. Hugo kill now Rosie I don't think you'll ever get the chance. I just take it easy on an adolescent copper I was we'll give you all the protection you need after we sign even at headquarters Rosie whatever your name is you have Just take it easy Mayfield and sit down You too Rosie Well Look at all this beautiful money Randy unless I'm awfully wrong. It's payment to Mayfield for the ruby And if you can locate a hugo with the unlikely name of hemper schlag Or maybe you'll save us the trouble Mayfield after all now that we have his name And who knows if you talk maybe the judge won't throw the whole book at you Well Okay, darling. I know when I'm licked I'll talk Mr. Hugo hemper schlag believe it or not turned out to be a gem set it for the famous jewelry house of Winkler and Winkler Where he couldn't help knowing about all the important stuff brought into this country and with a know-how to break it up After he'd arranged to have it stolen Expense account total well and view the commission I'll get on this one forget it yours truly Johnny dollar Now here is our star to tell you about next week story next week. I'll be back with a rather unusual story join us Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar? Yours truly Johnny dollar is written by Jack Johnstone produced and directed by Bruno Zorato, Jr. Music supervision by Ethel Huber sound patterns by Joseph Kabebo Johnny dollar is played by Mandel Kramer also featured in our cast where Paul McGrath as Oscar Mayfield Al Hodge as Lieutenant Randy Singer Ivor Francis as Jimmy Bartel Jack Grimes as Rosie Santas Ortega as the sergeant Mercer McLeod as the doorman be sure to join us next week same time same station for another Exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar. This is Roger Foster speaking Derwood Kirby's favorite program the Gary Moore show weekdays on the CBS radio network CBS for Durham Raleigh WDNC