 Johnny dollar. Hi, Johnny. This is Harvey Wakeman. Well, it's state unity life down here in New York. Sure. I know how are you? They got me a problem. Well, you're not alone in that or rather one of my clients has every of a man named Thomas Rayburn Morgan No, I don't recall. I don't have no reason to he's a broker Johnny a stock for in New York and Jay Well, what seems to be well, I'll tell you what he called me up on the phone Oh, do Johnny dollar right away you and nobody else. Did he tell you what his problem? No, he didn't say what's bothering him Not the slightest hint, but he did make it plain. There's no time to wait Well, unless I have some idea I promised I'd call you right away. So I've called you so his office address is 138 27 North Carmer Street over there in New York. So grab your hat and get on down to see him. Okay? Now, Harvey, will you shut up long enough for me to get in a word edgewise? Well, sure. Go ahead, Johnny. Don't get sore. I said just that he's a very important client. So anything we can do I said that unless I have some idea just what this man Morgan wants me for Johnny Johnny boy Didn't you hear me? I haven't got the least idea. What's troubling mr. Morgan? Maybe I better phone him myself No, no, no, no, there is no point in calling him. He'll only say to come and see him and he'll tell you what it's all about himself Well, and I'm sorry, but these blind assignments for the birds you tell him I'm not interested unless I can find out exactly And I'll tell you this too Johnny considering the size of all the policies we've written for No, I'm wondering that when I call him back and tell him you're on the way No, now listen a guy like you comes high and that you have to be sure of a nice big fee and Johnny when you see how generous He can be when he wants you said fee What's your guess? Thomas Rayburn Morgan, right? I'm on my way. Yes radio network brings you Bob Reddick in the exciting adventures of the man with the Action-Pact expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense accounts submitted by a special investigator Johnny dollar to the state unity life insurance company, New York City office Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the lone wolf matter Expense account item one Well as long as mr. Morgan is supposed to be such a generous soul call it $30 even for the plane to Newark in a cab To the brokerage office on North Commerce Mr. Morgan turned out to be a friendly Distinguished prosperous-looking man of about 50 They also looked more than just a little worried Sit down dollar sit down, please right Morgan. Thanks. No. No. No, I'm I'm the one to say thanks I mean to you for coming here Strictly speaking. This is not an insurance matter, but to tell you the truth You're the only one I know of who might be able to help me in this situation Now why is that sir? Well, I mean help me with a proper regard for its confidential aspects You see I I haven't dared to contact the police about this matter not even the authority down there in Philadelphia No, why Philadelphia? Well, that's where the letter came from. What letter is that mr. Morgan? You see if the facts were to become public knowledge Well, it could mean only one thing Complete and utter ruin not only for me. I don't care about that But for my family my wife and two splendid young sons Suppose you tell me what it's all about, sir, but I must be sure Absolutely sure that I can depend on you to to keep this completely confidential believe me I'll pay you well for it very well. Just go ahead sir. All right Yeah, read it for yourself Okay Dear Thomas or should I say Danny Fairland? Danny Fairland that was a name that I I used when I was younger and I But but read on please all right You may be surprised to hear from me after all this time That doesn't mean I haven't kept myself. We're informed about you Ever since that day some years ago when our little investment scheme took a sizable sum of money from Handful of gullible suckers You've done well Thomas. I Am sure your share of the money is what started you so nicely Is that true mr. Morgan just just read on please all right However, I was somewhat less fortunate and especially recently things have gone very badly for me But I am certain you will be only too glad to help me out. Let us say for the sake of our old friendship And because so far I have never revealed the details of our illicit enterprise to the authorities or anyone else After all I fully realize that such a revelation Just what such a revelation I do to you my friend your business and of course your nice family Now in view of your being in a position to help me what I suggest you do is this Make a couple of withdrawals from your bank account in cash Until you have say your $10,000 on hand For a man of your means this shouldn't be too difficult. It'll take very long I'll contact you as to where and when you may deliver this money Not not blackmail read on sir One other thing being a man of conscience nothing been always afraid at some time I might die without opportunity to get our crime off my conscience. I Have carefully written it out in all detail Including of course your part in it I have given this to a friend in a sealed envelope Needless to say should anything happen to me any Trouble of any kind This friend would have immediately turned it over to the newspapers. Do you see? Thomas I shall call you shortly. There at your office rather than needlessly bother your fine family Your old friend HBW. That's very neat. Mr. Morgan neat Mr. Dollar and just who is HBW His name is Henry B. Wolfe and this crime he talks about a most reprehensible stock swindle But I was young and inexperienced when he proposed it to me It it simply looked to me like an easy way to accumulate money enough to start this business And I thought without hurting anyone But it was wrong and we took thousands from innocent people Then aren't your skirts just as dirty as his mr. Morgan? Well, they're not quite mr. Dollar Well, I mean except for this blackmail bit. No, no Because at the time I kept a list of all the people we'd defrauded and then later anonymously I paid them all back with considerable interest why anonymously who could heaven's man Don't you see if what I'd done would have become known don't you see what it would do to this stockbroke Which business of mine it would ruin me but far more important though it would Needlessly hurt my wife my family the kind of looks as though he has you over a barrel, isn't it? This man wolf has nothing to lose and you have plenty and he knows it. What can I do mr. Dollar? What can you do? You know something mr. Morgan. Yes That's a good question Johnny dollars adventures take him to many out-of-the-way places around the world CBS news takes you to every corner of the globe where trained reporters are constantly on the alert to bring you accurate accounts Of what happens the very minute it happens You can always count on CBS news to be first and most accurate with the news Here expanded CBS news on CBS radio every hour on the hour every weekday. It's your clue to what's new everywhere We'd also like to remind you that today begins National Hospital Week During the year one out of every eight Americans receives some type of hospital care in addition your community hospital stands ever ready to Serve you in case of a disaster or an epidemic It is the training center for doctors nurses and medical research scientists Your community hospital needs and deserves your support You can give that support not only financially But also by serving as a hospital volunteer and by encouraging the young people in your community to enter health careers Remember your hospital is a community partnership Morgan convinced me that he was telling the truth That his ex-powel Henry Wolf had engineered the stock swindles some 25 years before That he himself had made complete restitution and then some for his part in the affair But how to locate this Henry B. Wolf The only helpful information on that letter was a Philadelphia postmark and Philadelphia is a pretty big town But he said that he would telephone me mr. Dollar. Yeah, I know and tell you where and when to hand over the $10,000 have you done that done what he told you to drawing the amount from the bank Oh, what else could I do if I set the police on his trail if he's arrested in jailed His friend will release the sealed envelope to the press and I'll be ruined And if I myself try to to stop them in any way, I I mean when I deliver the money to them the Same thing will happen stop him. You mean by putting a bullet through him something like that Believe me if it weren't for my family mr. Doc. Oh No, no, I don't mean that I just couldn't do a thing like that But what can I do? Just pay him off is what it looks like doesn't it ten thousand dollars. That's right and When he runs out another ten thousand and another and another You have the same hold on you in a year in ten years that he has right now Then you must do something to stop him now and you must do it now Okay How's about letting your secretary go out and pick me up a handful of magazines Magazines mr. Dollar what for below said that he'd call you here at the office didn't mean yes He did so right here is where I'm staying But mr. Dollar any better ideas Until we find out where and when and how he wants that money I See and when we do that depends now How about her getting me a stack of reading matter In the three days that followed I plowed through four mystery magazines three paperback novels a lot of back copies of the Wall Street Journal and all The daily newspapers available including the funny papers When Morgan went out to lunch, I went to lunch When he went home at night to his beautiful place and upper Montclair I went along with him He introduced me to his wife as an old college chum spending a few days in town But I think mrs. Morgan kind of wondered why more of our small talk wasn't about the old school tie She was a lovely woman. I could well understand why Morgan would never want to hurt her She showed me pictures of the boys. They were good-looking kids too both going to Princeton both doing very well But then the afternoon of the third day there in the office came the phone call that we'd been waiting for Had a sign from mr. Morgan. I carefully picked up the extension phone. I'm still on Henry I'm sure you're prepared for anything Henry. I know I know I guess you've made that very clear But now listen if I do give you this money But what guarantee can I have that you won't be back for more? Where do you want it when? Henry I told her you told her but you heard what he's told me to do to meet him tonight with the money If I were you that's just exactly what I would do but good heavens mr. Dollar your pal wolf is a real clever fellow It looks from here as though any interference in this plan of his from anybody can only end up in disaster for you Well, doesn't it? Yes. Yes, of course it does But you well I thought that somehow you could help just take my advice and be there in Monroe Park tonight and hand over that Money to him so long mr. Morgan. No, no, please please mr. Dollar. See you sometime Item 2 a dime for a telephone call and then item 3 1170 to some early cocktails and dinner at the tavern with an old friend of mine Judge Amos Ordway retired The judge had been around for a long time and has a good memory Yes, Johnny. I recall that investment swindle very well And some of the people seeking their money back from those two swindlers were clients of mine Are you mean from Henry wolf and mr. Thomas Thomas? Oh No, no, no, no, it was wolf and a fellow by the name of Danny Fairland At least that's what he called himself Would there still be a case against this Danny Fairland even if he were calling himself something else now No, when the people got their money back and then some and withdrew their charges. Well, nonetheless judge Just remember this Johnny Laws governing the handling of securities weren't what they are today Possibly I say possibly at that time that operation could have been construed as being within the law barely But even more important Suppose the last guilty of the two perhaps the one who called himself Danny Fairland Suppose that ever since then he has lived a holy exemplary life More than merely made up for his youthful indiscretion. I see Yes, in other words, you know full well the name of the man who used to call himself Danny Fairland Now what are you talking about Johnny? How could I possibly know anything about him now? I see Well, thanks Incidentally, though yes, sir if you should happen to need the services of a good completely dependable stockbroker here in town May I recommend a man by the name of Thomas R. Morgan? It was after dark by now, but I still had plenty of time item for a dollar even for a cab to the southern edge of Monroe Park Trying to bribe a certain key from one of the guards about to go off duty wouldn't work So I did the only thing I could think of the moment and help myself to it after roughing him up a little But then tucking a sawbuck into one of his pockets As a result The appointed meeting place a little tool shed there in a dark tree covered corner of the park held not only me but the guard He lay quietly among the rakes and shovels securely bound and gagged at the time passed slowly nine o'clock Ten o'clock Began to get chilly uncomfortable, and I began to feel a bit uneasy Finally as a distant clock boomed out 11. I heard footsteps outside the shack Footsteps of only one however pacing slowly back and forth. I Hope it was Thomas Morgan But what if wolf played it smart and didn't show Gently Gently as possible I Opened the door a bit just a crack And then I froze because I heard the steps of another man Good evening Thomas Henry. I didn't think you were coming. You said 11 o'clock What's it? That noise what nothing nothing You're late You didn't think I'd meet you in a place like this without first making certain you had them in foolish and tried to bring someone along with you I wish to heaven I had been able to which case the friend I told you about would release the information in the sealed envelope to the papers And in 24 hours You'd be ruined Oh Thomas Don't ever make that mistake. You mean if you should do this to me again exactly And I probably will There's nothing you can do about it ever Now there's money, please Very well, Henry Here you are Brenda, thank you And now Thomas will you aren't going to count it? Or should I you know, I trust you implicitly Even as you can trust me you know leave by the south gate and go home. I'll Just wait here to be sure that you do Good night Thomas Not bad for an evening's work Not bad is right buddy. That is for me. I'll take that dough from you. Come on. Come on Thanks For you blackmail racket, huh? What are you talking about what I heard from inside the shack put down that gun now and listen to me Now you listen to me, buddy You got that poor guy on a string so maybe I can take him to huh you sure you somebody's holding some dope on I'm in a sealed envelope. No, that's what you told him So if I get the envelope whatever's in it I can put the bee on him, too I don't know please you don't understand no and whatever it is you know about him You're doing okay, and now friend when you leave me to that envelope. I'll have a racket of my own, right? So buddy if you want to stay alive you take me to that envelope, but there is none. You're lying No, I'm not that's the truth and put that gun away now listen You don't produce that envelope for me all I gotta do is blow your lion head I'll tell you there is none. That was just a bluff to keep them on the hook. I swear that it was only a bluff You think for a minute I'd ask anyone else in with they are the thing like this. You mean you're just alone wolf Mr. Wolf believe me. I'm the only one It happens to be my job my name is Johnny dollar Investigator that's right. Your friend Morgan is a client of mine. I see now. Should we take a little walk? Why are you kidding? You're all through wolf. You bet you are That's where you're wrong daughter You're forgetting that the only names connected with that stock swindle years ago were yours and that of a man who called himself Danny Fairland listen Danny listen if a crook like you tried to claim that today Danny Fairland It's somebody else you think anybody believe you Yes Because daughter if I tell what I know you'll only hang yourself Not for the swindle that nobody cares about anymore, but for this blackmail bit As for any tales about the past you might think of telling you can take my word for it. They'll never hit the papers You see I know a judge well Mr. Wolf turn him in Take the chance that he might be able to hurt Thomas Morgan or Let him go With the full knowledge that I could prove a charge of blackmail against it What would you have done? Oh Well, that's just exactly what I did Expense account total including incidentals 8840 Yours truly Johnny dollar Oh here is our star to tell you about next week story next week a raging blizzard in the middle of May and The pure white snow carries the mark of death Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar? Starring Bob Reddick is written by Jack Johnstone produced and directed by Bruno Zerato, Jr. Musical supervision by Ethel Huber Here in our cast were Santa's hortega as Henry B. Wolf Sam Gray is Thomas Morgan William Redfield is Harvey Wakeman Robert Briden as judge Amos Horkway Be sure to join us next week same time same station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar This is Art Hanna speaking the laughs are on Arthur Godfrey every weekday on the CBS radio network