 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollars Well, it's about time Paul I began to think you've had yourself another boy Which one oh, I got it when there's a chance of somebody getting hurt you don't want your own man to take any chances 1836 homicide down in New York How much Well, it's been a long time since I've seen Randy saying maybe I ought to run down there and say hello The exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator Act one of yours truly Johnny dollars Friends account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollars for the continental insurance and trust company home office Hartford, Connecticut Following as an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the wayward killer matter Account out of one six twenty seven fair to New York and taxi from Grand Central Station to 18 free things head for others me 40 My old pal Sergeant Randy Singer, uh, Lieutenant Randy Singer for the long face Uh-oh now, I know my luck has run out. Hi, Randy. Oh, what are you beefing about this time? Might as well sit down. I guess I say sure These insurance companies are usually with the loan might as handle things our own way What do you mean? Well a minute one of their clients gets into a jam and send somebody like you down to petters Johnny there isn't a thing you can do about this man. Welcome the company says something about his life being in danger Yeah, yeah, that's what he said. Well, is it true? Yeah, I got it. Why should his life being in danger? I don't think it's good. Okay. Okay Why does he think his life being in danger? Because he was a witness who was shooting a murder. Oh, where? What? Remember reading about the book who was still last week over in an alley on the first avenue? Well, you know anything about bookies? All right. Now did you read about it or did you? Yeah, I read about it. Don't tell me the whole week is going by and you haven't found a killer We haven't found them. Even with a witness for the crime is John Welkin Oh, Randy you're slipping Except for the description Mr. Welkin gave us we having a single solitary thing to go on. No fingerprints. No No, no clues of any kind. A weapon? 38 special make unknown the same one apparently that would use this plug Mr. Welkin. Just what happened already? Yeah, it was Tuesday night. It was last week that he got placed at about 2 a.m. Welkin was taking his dog for a walk for going to bed And he passed this particular alley and saw these two men struggling. He heard a shot, started his dog Put that out of yelp, galloped around in circles, tied up his legs in a leash, and down he went. The dog are Welkin Welkin, and don't be funny. Oh, Jacob, look where the killer came running out of the alley and stumbled over Welkin Welkin got a good look at him in the street light The dog pulled a hunk out of a killer's pants, killer smacked Welkin on the head and took off The dog kept yowling until a patrolman came around and found him there and found a bookie in the alley. Dead panties All I want to know is what you think you can do about it No clues, huh? Except Welkin's description. You give him a look at the muckbook? Yeah, and he came up with nothing. You find a gun? No, but let's accept it with a 38 to do the job Tried looking in the storm drains around there, and I get it Look, why does Welkin feel he's in danger? Because some full reporter wrote it up in Sunday's paper that Welkin not only saw the killer He's been trying to keep that quiet But said he could positively identify him, and when Welkin tied that up with the fact that the victim was a bookie Yeah, I see. That means the possibility of a connection with a syndicate Or if he didn't play ball with a syndicate, they decided to knock him off Well, now Johnny, we don't like to admit that there might be a syndicate in operation Oh, I'm not sure Yeah, the towns are absolutely clean Well, now I get to say All your hands and legs in uniform have to do as much in the St. Patrick's Day parade Be an hand to welcome important foreign dignitary Yeah, as far as sniffed apples off the truth stands over on Sands Avenue Johnny Exactly means that I think Welkin's right Book making is a racket. Rackets mean racketeers And as a mobster who killed that bookie was smart enough to leave you no clues He's smart enough to shut the mouth of anybody who might be able to identify him permanently Have you got a gun on Welkin? Well, he's that's the one and I'm arranged for What does he look? No, Brian's just a third That's Tim Conroy and a man I'm gonna send over there just to port it in Then tell Conroy I'm going over there with him But Johnny, what for? What can you possibly do that we haven't done? Well, look, Randy, I'm getting such a nice big fat fee on this I have to at least look like I'm earning it Yeah, I'm not sure Oh, is that the goal of this? Oh, Conroy, come in, come in Who knows, Randy? Maybe I'll even solve a murder Conroy, get this wise guy out of here Well, here's the dollar, nice to see you again Hi, Conroy Yeah, you're doing old pal Johnny, darling I'll take him with you, take him anywhere, but get him out of here Yes, sir You'll be sorry you're being nasty to me, Randy No need to help me It was pretty obvious Randy hadn't gotten anywhere on the case I believe it or not, but he was glad I'd come along But my job was solely to protect Mr. Welkin So, in Conroy's fall, Conroy, we drove over to the little apartment building on each 53rd Go over to find a crowd knowing about in front of the place A crowd that included a couple of New York's clients Something's happened here Yeah, and I started to think what it might be Wilson, McCartney, what's happening around here? You're a little late, Conroy What's up? Well, don't you see him laying there? What? What's wrong? What is he up to? Man named Welkin, John R. 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And now, act two of your truly Johnny Dollar and the wayward killer matter It looks as though I got there too late The man from home I was supposed to act as bodyguard Lay sprawled awkwardly on the sidewalk in front of the department Yeah, that's Mr. Wilson, alright Johnny looks like you and your insurance company just lost a flight Hey, get this crowd back, he's still breathing Come on, get him back Get mad now, get back, all of you, get back in the center Is anybody comfortable back there? We got one on the way, Mr. Dollar How did that happen, Patrick, you know? Well, some kids were playing out here on the sidewalk a couple of mothers with him They heard a lot of noise up in Mr. Wilson's apartment Up there on the second floor What kind of? You see up there where the windows go down in the frame Yeah, I see, what kind of noise? Like a big fight they said And Mr. Wilson yelling for help He was yelling bloody murder they said They hear anybody else? Anything else? No, sir, not even the dog For sure Then all of a sudden he comes smashing us through the window and lands here on the sidewalk Have you men been inside there yet? Yes, sir, Wilson went in Come on, get back, stay back in that line, will ya? He said Mr. Wilton's place is an unholy mess like a big fight Any sign of his feeling? No, sir, but the door of his apartment was flung open So was the back door leading to a cord in the alley Yes, sir, that's what Wilson told me That's the fire door that can be opened only from the inside So it looks like whoever did this to Wilton made his getaway through the alley No doubt about it Well, all I have to say is I hope this man lives We'll still find out, sir Here comes Dr. Trader Dr. Trader made a quick inspection And had a fake Wilton up to the department on the second floor Of course, he wasn't hurt badly, no problem He's a mediocre kid, may you talk down, you put it in the right place Quite frankly, Mr. Dollar, I think that it's shocked more than anything else After all, thrown out of a window Even if he did suffer only a few bruises and confusions Yeah, Dr. Trader, see what you mean Down by it Down by it How long before I'll be able to talk to him? Well, the federation I've given him should keep him asleep until the old day, mid-afternoon After that, you and your chief can question all you want My chief? Aren't you working under Lieutenant Stinger? Yeah, maybe I am Randy Singer himself came over and took charge While John Wilton slept, he and his men closed off the alley And went over it with a fine-tooth comb Meanwhile, since Wilton had all the police protection he could possibly need And then some, I went out and gave the fine-to-lunch He left Adam 2, 175 Then I took a cab, Adam 3, a dollar, even to the alley Off First Avenue, Wilton had witnessed a murder the week before Just why I don't know But I'm sure glad I did Yeah, because of a crew working on the street lights Who came up with some rather interesting information I'll tell you what I mean later And any event had led to Adam 4 at the time for a phone call You know, a fellow in my business has to have some rather strange contact My call was to one of them Who a man Lieutenant Randy Singer would have known by name, I believe Would probably have liked to get his hands on Or one of the points Would like to have had some concrete evidence against For, uh, not the number thing My contact's name is Smokey Joe Sullivan Ex-convictor, ex-footlegger, burglary suspect, numbers racket A man who's been picked up on more petty charges than you can possibly think of Yeah, in a city with an underworld of size in New York A man like Smokey's good to know On a case Smokey? This is Johnny Dollard How would you like to pick up a fast hundred bucks? That's right I'll be standing in the lobby of the hotel election And come out over and treat yourself Well, Smokey, you know me better than that Yeah I'll see you in the lobby of the election Then five a dollar ten for taxi over to the election Where I waited An hour and two hours No time to smoke you Then suddenly I realized why There must have been somebody important there in the hotel Who outside of the curb is a police car with a man in the uniform with a wheel No wonder Smokey hasn't shown up I found it out the third avenue, started around the block Sure enough, at the first newsstand A figure that has been hiding behind a newspaper, someone's separately What took you so long to spot that copper sitting out front, Johnny? Now look, Smokey, I asked you if you'd like to pick up a fast phenom Get down, Johnny I need some information What kind of information, Johnny? You've been taking any threats from the voices like me That I have to make honest bucks now and then Have you been working through the syndicate? Not Johnny, you know you don't ask questions like that But if the information I want is in the books of the syndicate You don't want me to play silly You know me better than that Okay Ask me questions Yeah There's twenty twenty fifteen You said a phenom to get the rest when you get the dope call me If there's any to get Okay, go ahead Ask me, all right I want to know how much I want to get anything And I may be playing the wrong If I find out anything, sir You call me on a phone again Maybe three thirty, four o'clock Sir, and Smokey Yeah If there is such information in there and you get it Maybe I'll double that Maybe I'll double that Okay, Johnny So is truly Johnny Dollar in a moment Times have changed And so has the man Fabius Rowe in the year eighteen hundred and sixty one Organized what has been considered the first airborne reconnaissance unit Of the United States Army His craft Are balloons Which was in constant use during the battle of Richmond Making observations every fifteen minutes But because of the balloons limited maneuverability And extreme vulnerability Military thinking and interest soon switched to the Heavier than aircraft experiments being conducted by the Wright brothers At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Finally, in nineteen hundred and nine The army accepted the Wright brothers Forty-two and one half mile per hour aircraft Contrast this with the faster than sound aircraft The supersonic speed of our modern planes Contrast the skill, the technological know-how of the modern airman With that of the pioneers You'll agree I'm sure that Times have changed And so has the man And now act free of your truly Johnny Dollar And the wayward killer matter Prince of Cal, item six ninety-five cents for a cab Back to John R. Welton's apartment on each fifty-third Randy Singer's voice has found no clue to the identity of Welton's attack Welton's self is beginning to stir We'll be able to talk to him any minute now, Johnny Okay, good No, no, now get down, get down, boy Go lay on your pillow No, incidentally we found the gun that was using the Murder he witnessed last week Oh, where? Like you said, in the storm drain near that alley on First Avenue Yeah, but no, Prince No, Prince Randy, I didn't think there would be What time is it? Three fifty-one, why? I'm gonna make a phone call Oh, the phone's right over there Hey, Welton's coming to you Oh, what do you do? What goes on here? Oh, it's all right, Mr. Welton, you're gonna be okay Oh, please That's right Yeah, got it Thank you I beg you Yeah, I'm afraid we got here a little too late But you're gonna be okay, the doc says so That man, the man who attacked me The same one you talked about the murder? Yes No Smokey, this is Johnny Dolley Johnny, dollar Yeah? What? Twenty-three thousand four hundred and... Twenty-three Yeah, I got it, good boy What? What did you say about it? Well, meet you at the likes of today, six p.m. Okay, okay, the newsstand Mr. Dolley, what did you say about, about you? Yeah, Johnny, what goes? Funny, how would you like to make an arrest? Arrest? That's right, Randy The man who killed that bookie When you... You know who he is? Yeah, well, my sure do And, Randy, I'm ashamed of you All right, good boy Now listen, Johnny... This pup really deserves a credit Good boy Now, don't come Johnny, what under the sun are you talking about? The night of that murder Welton says the pup shoot a hunk out of the killer's pants Oh, yes, yes He was trying to defend me You say that killer struck you, Welton? He did But he made no move to hurt the dog Well... Now, believe me, that doesn't make sense He would have put a bullet in him even before he struck you No, Mr. Dolley How about this so-called fight here in your apartment a couple of hours ago? He was the same man Yeah And did the dog attempt to fight him off? No Because there was nobody for him to fight You think he wouldn't have been heard down in the street if somebody really plummeted you? Well, he... You faked this attack on you, Welton to make it look like the killer was somebody else Too bad you didn't break your neck when you jumped out that window Or you don't know what you're talking about Another thing And this is where you missed a bet, Randy Yeah? Over on First Avenue, I checked with a crew from the electric company They finally got around to fixing that street light Huh? Yeah That light's been up for nearly three weeks So how could Welton have seen another man in that alley well enough to make a positive identification? Oh, listen, dollar Set up, Welton Send my phone call just now Randy Welton was in hot to that bookie he murdered To the tune of 23,000 bucks And he threatened me He said he'd kill me if I didn't pay him I had to kill him If I hadn't killed him, you... Breaks my heart, Johnny, but... Thanks Okay, Welton, up on your feet $7.65 even for a night in the town Uh, Randy needed some relaxation I had to make 200 bucks to smokey Joe Sullivan Expense account total including a trip back to Hartford $315.17 And, uh, don't forget that two grand, you're promising After all, Welton's still alive For a while at least You're truly... Johnny Dollar Bob Bailey, originally from Hollywood And is produced and directed by Jack Jumstone Who also wrote today's stories Ferdinand Casper, Edgar Berrier Her Vigrant, James McCallion Paul Dubov, Lawrence Dobkin John Daener, Bill James, and Vic Perron Be sure to join us next week, same time and station For another exciting story of your truly Johnny Dollar Five facilities of the United States Armed Forces Radio And television service