 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar. This is Janice Floyd mr. Dollar. Hello. I understand you don't quite believe that Jeannie Perling is dead That's about right. I'm really not concerned one way or the other what you believe or disbelieve I do know that I've been through quite an ordeal lately And if you have any plans for end of fearing or bothering me in any way, I'll call the police all right I hope you understand that I do well then goodbye Goodbye Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to eastern liability and trust company Hartford, Connecticut The following isn't accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Perling matter I wrote to Morton Scottman at eastern liability and I explained the circumstances under which I had arrived in New Orleans and located Jeannie Perling I Enclosed a death certificate in the medical statement I also reported on the conduct of her ex-roommate Janice Floyd Then I sat down and called Janice on the phone. This is Johnny dollar miss Floyd I think it's time. We had a talk. We have nothing to discuss. I think we have what how you're being taken By a couple of people Don't hang up on me miss Floyd. I came down here to find Jean Perling. I'm with an insurance company It was my job to check on a story her father told finding her was part of it Let me come over and talk to you The apartment was six blocks from the hotel. I walked it for a reason All kinds of people have followed me at one time or another and I followed all kinds of people But the man who followed me off and on in New Orleans the big blonde man with a 38 knew what he was doing He was a professional. I made up my mind about that the first time I saw him and I thought I was ready for him But I wasn't he waited until the street lights got dim and no one was in sight I vaguely remember that he caught me under the arms and laid me gently down on the street. That was all Easy, buddy. He is it you've been making too much whoopie Folks visiting down here ought to be more careful. Get your suit all dirty. I wouldn't have found you But my cab conked out right here my head the side of my head. You must have fallen hard You had enough for tonight. You want to keep going? I've had plenty. Yes, sir. I'll call it out. No, no help me I'll be all right He isn't he is it thanks? What time is it? Almost midnight two hours. Where you want go wrestling Street get in get in Expense account item 16 $10 to one good Samaritan cab driver who picked me up and dropped me at Janice Floyd's apartment I was still weaving on my feet when I tapped on the door Mr. Dollar you've been hurt come in. I'm all right Packing yes, I've decided to leave town tonight as a matter of fact. Yeah, I thought it'd be something like that Did a big fella a blonde man have anything to do with your decision to leave? That's none of your business Let me tell you my business miss Floyd. I came down here to see Jean Perling. You saw her. She's dead Yes, I saw her dead Yesterday, I mailed a copy of her death certificate to New York Well, then what else what other business the man who came here yesterday and reported to you the man who told you I'd left town and you could breathe easier again the same man who called you later and told you I was still around Still asking questions. He's my business. He followed me on my way here tonight. He slugged me. I Don't believe you're telling me the truth. What's his name? Any idea why he carries a gun carries a gun you're making all this up. Why would I I've got what I came for or Practically what I came for legal proof of the whereabouts of one Jean Perling if Al hit you He was trying to protect me. Now listen to me. I think I have pretty much of an in hand now you tell me if I'm wrong First off you're not any Janice Floyd. I'd guess the Janice Floyd was the girl who died of leukemia I've got her picture in my wallet. It was given to me by David Perling who said it was his daughter This is all crazy before you go into that listen. I can have that body exhumed. I don't want to do it But I will if I have to Do you want me to do that? I'm Jean Perling and that was the Floyd girl who died Yes She was sick and well, I knew my father had detectives looking for me I just never wanted to see him again or go home again It seemed if if poor Janice were dying and she had no one if she somehow had my name and Well, I'd never be bothered with my family again. That was a pretty idea. Was it yours? Alan I thought of it now Al Brit the blonde guy Okay, how'd he work it? He saw to it that Janice had my name. I know it was against the law But it was she had no one and if she was buried with my name that I'd be free of my family Well, that took some managing they hate me. They always have I want my own life. I don't blame me. You're entitled to it Are you sure that's what you're getting? I'm going to marry Al no matter what if you go back and tell them Well, that'll be that if you let me stay dead. I can't let that happen. Why not? Why not mr. Dollar? What harm would it do let your father make a fool out of you? I don't understand. You're worth a hundred thousand dollars What cold hard cash and a revocable trust was set up on you when you were born Comes to you when you're 25 that'll be next month. I don't care about the money Now wait a minute in the event you should die before your 25th birthday the money would revert to your nearest of kin My father your father But I'm dead on paper uh-huh Somebody paid him probably your father to make love to you I told you this man meant nothing but trouble he knows all about he can't prove a thing and get out of here you take it easy Yes, honey, I know about you Honey, I don't know what to say go Just go, please He went He looked at both of us as he went out the door it was sort of a whip look the way a puppy stares at you when you've caught him chewing on a Slipper I Said a while with Jean Perling. She didn't say much. It wasn't what she could say I told her I didn't think there was any reason for her to go back to New York unless she wanted to She said she didn't want to go didn't know what to do at the moment and well. We left it at that I Went back to my hotel and tried to get some sleep About six o'clock in the morning. I got up Bay shaved and packed by 730. I had breakfast and was just about to check out Hello Hello, Britt leaving. That's right. I Like to talk first. Sure Okay You messed it up fine for her and me I Tried to call her this morning and she hung up on me went over there. She wouldn't let me in I don't blame it to you I guess I don't I've decided to leave town. Yeah, maybe that's better. I don't know whether it is or not You make it hard for a guy to talk and I look at it my way this whole thing's been rotten I met her father and I know what kind he is I know what he's done to her what he'll do to her if she goes back and then there's you Britt the hired man You went in and made love to her for a salary. I Didn't like it having to tell her that and I must hurt it must hurt pretty bad So you see I'm not too interested in what you might have to say or what you're going to do wait You're right reading me out this way. I deserve it The old man found out where she was four months ago. I found out for him. I knew the girl. She was living with had leukemia I Planned the whole switch. I put it to her the way she explained it about being dead to keep away from her old man Of course, you didn't mention that hundred thousand he could get his hands on what she was dead. Oh, I didn't But something funny happened to me doll her I mean I've done my share of dirty jobs. I've seen a lot of the human race Taking a salary to make a sucker out of her didn't bother me at all not at first and Then I found out when she touched my face. I I Lived for that touch and when I held her she lived for me. I Never thought that it happened to me, but It did Yeah, if you see her again dollar teller I was trying to stop it. I mean all this part, but it was too late Funny how things turn out Yeah funny Expense account item 17 42 dollars and 13 cents hotel and board bill item 18 101 dollars even airplane ticket back to Hartford Item 19 $1 cab fare I stopped by her apartment on my way to the airport I thought you'd left mr. Dollar. Well came to say goodbye How's it going today? All right, I have some brand no no thanks Jean Yes, you're going to New York No, I'll stay here a while. I don't want to see my father or mother How about Al Brit? He wants to see you. Let's not talk about him. Shall we? Do you think I'm a nice goo? You think my hundred thousand dollars will attract a lot of nice eligible young men to me. Do you think I'll stop it? You'll burn your breaks Know what I know why he did it, but I love him He did his job too well Yeah He could tell you what he started out to do and what happened to him with you He could tell you If you let him He told you yeah, what kind of a trick is it no trick couldn't be the guys too mixed up Tell you what he'll try again When he calls up next time Talk to him Why should I? Because you may not have a mother and father or anyone else But you do have him and You will have him as long as he lives if you want him And that's what you've been looking for all your life Someone to have I take him if I will you Item twenty ten dollars miscellaneous total expense accounts seven hundred and fourteen dollars thirty five cents remarks none report She took him. They were married in Tampa this morning Yours truly Johnny dollar. Oh, here's our star to tell you about next week's intriguing story Next week a lonely girl a fine young man a gentle father and one of them is a killer Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny doll yours truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is Transcribed in Hollywood written by John Dawson. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Heard in this week's cast or Mary Jane Croft forest Lewis Jeanette Nolan Russell Thorson Michael Ann Barrett Jack Petruzzi Barbara Fuller Herbert Ellis and Marvin Miller Musical supervision by Amarigo Marino and Carl fortina be sure to join us on Monday night Same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking