 From Hollywood, it's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollars That's right Yes, I did your insurance company wanted me to look into this trouble with your wife I wonder when I could see it. I understood you were worried about a disappearance that you hadn't heard from her in over a week Isn't that it? All right, Captain Woodstock. I'll be out to talk with you this afternoon Edmund O'Brien in another adventure of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance Investigator yours truly Johnny dollar expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to home office Washingtonian life insurance company a Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the seal your Woodstock matter Expense account item one twenty five dollars and fifty cents car rental and mileage to the Woodstock home off the highway just east of Bridgeport There's a large frame house shuttered against the cold Icy landscaping swept down to the shore where an empty dock stood against the winter wind blowing across Long Island sound Captain Lyle Woodstock, please. Yes, sir. You are mr. Dollar. That's right. Come inside. Thanks. I Am captain Woodstock nice of you to come out Nasty wind isn't it? It wasn't blowing like this in Hartford where oven windy here in the sound I'm afraid you'll have to leave your coat here. I just charged the servants all of them Good to stomach the ratitudes in Celia's departure. Come along. We'll talk in the library How did you happen to turn to your insurance company mr. Woodstock? Yes, it would seem unusual wouldn't it? It seems unusual that they were father with it unless they thought she'd met with bodily harm But you told me you don't think so After you mr. Dollar Maybe but set the mount of deception when I spoke to mr.. At the Washingtonian company Miller's Sam Miller Yes, mr. Miller to a delicate choice of words. I'm afraid I intimated that I was frightened for Celia's very life Sit down. Why the deception? Naturally to interest them in the situation and with a purpose Can you afford to hire a private detective my good man? I've wasted a considerable amount of money doing just that It was from the stumbling idiot that I received the news of Celia's Disappearance he was following her he had been for a month until he lost her I then today in certain suspicions about Celia What's this investigator's name later mr. David Slater? He was recommended as the best in Bridgeport considering his dismal failure you surely understand while I felt it necessary to turn to someone else my Insurance companies got me as a wise choice since there's a large policy on her life. All right. I'll talk to this later Now will you give me everything you can on your wife descriptions on yes, they're on the table and brought out a few photos And that yeah, oh 27 Yeah, that one was snapped on Dr. Stave Beach on Jamaica Striking woman isn't she? Yeah, this one was taken while we were anchored off. He low last summer you get around travel has its advantages Mr. Dollar your boat. Yes 64 foot schooner in dry doubt moment The matter of fact I met Celia because on an impulse. I put in to be a deli quest instead of that And it seemed that she too wanted to travel Where do you think she's traveling now? I haven't the faintest idea I Started to tell you were being troubled by a certain suspicion She was in seeing entirely too much of a young doctor in Bridgeport The name is Masters Dr. Charles You think he could have had something to do with her disappearance. Now what you mean? No, I shouldn't like to say I Believe that she is a quite perfect physical specimen yet. She visited this doctor fellow at least three times a week Anything else? There is a matter of fact. Yes, we were in a capulco two years The rest of the story wasn't too far from typical although I don't need too many of the breed a 55 year old Woodstock captain because he owned and gave orders on a schooner had dedicated his life to what he called Adventure and B the 27 year old Celia had also dedicated her life to what she called adventure the results were a number of voyages and finally Celia Woodstock's disappearance Except for the doctor. I didn't learn what had gone on between I Found the private investigator David Slater in a conservatively crummy suite of offices on Front Street and Bridgeport Madam, we know what type he is. Yes. I follow this wife What did you do a better report on every move she made for a month? You want to see it? Oh, none of you remember the highlights about this dr. Charles Masterson. That is a harder pin down You know that you went to his office three times a week, but never met him any place else. Maybe she was sick Her husband says no. Well, I didn't find out. I couldn't have talked to the doctor without letting out who I was He had a nurse who put the day before I left the case. You didn't talk to her. I was going to but after I left I didn't why should I? Do you know who she is where I can find him? Yeah My name is Janet Squire You went to work in a Red Cross blood collection center up on Union Now what about the day she dropped out of sight? Is there anything special with something special? I wouldn't have lost her I'm no lucky in this business Bought a ticket in New York City on the 345. So did I I got in the same car She did I didn't see her but I figured she was powering her nose or something Then when she didn't show before the train left or went through the rest of the cars I never picked her up after that. She knew you were telling her. You must have Must have got on the car and then right off That and the money she drew out of the bank makes me think she was running out on old Woodstock and nothing else No money was mentioned to me. That's funny with stock new body $2,000 a morning she left. I wonder what else the old renegade is holding out on me Phone calls you made. I didn't say anything about any phone call Well, she made quite a few from public booths. I finally got into one next to her I couldn't get the number but she talked to somebody named spray Didn't say much but the name and then asked what do you want me to meet you? When she was answered she said all right. I'll let you know when everything is arranged and that's all Well, that's not for me. He thinks he's got a free wife chaser in these mistaken He's going to drop it sure if that's the way it is I gave up that kind of work a long time ago. I don't like it What's this? Where's Woodstock? You do anything else. I'll kill you. What's happened. Who are you? Stay away from me I smell caught. I'd you find a gun. Where's Woodstock? You come this way now move down the hallway. Why I'll kill you if you don't Came in here. Now you've got to do what I tell you or I'll kill you You better turn around and look at me walk backwards. You don't even know who I am. You're in trouble Maybe I can help them like that Turn around again Open the door and get in the closet. I'll wait a minute. Please Please do what I tell you Won't make any difference if I kill you Maybe I just more of a chance if I did But I won't if you don't make me Okay Very to moping and closing nearby doors and shortly after that the front door closed And I started kicking my way out The paneling was heavy and it cost a torn trowel egg and a scraped shin before I made it. This is Woodstock This is Woodstock. He'd given himself some more time by pulling out the phone wires But it took less than five minutes for me to cover some 200 yards to the nearest neighbor Explain myself and get through to the Bridgeport police A short time after that. I met homicide lieutenant Al Jester and with him watched two ambulance attendants start Mrs. Woodstock toward the hospital What's the condition boys? Can you tell it's bad lieutenant her right lung? No chance of a statement I guess it depends on her how hard or easy this thing is gonna be yeah, but better than I can't on them I've been disappointed too often What else did Slater tell you that's about all she'd drawn $2,000 the day he lost her on the train He said he'd heard her talking on the phone to somebody named Sprague about where to meet him and about some arrangements of some kind What about Slater? Is he clean? If he isn't he's careful. He stays out of trouble I guess the worst thing I can say about him is that he does a lot of divorce. I just wondered I had no reason not to believe his story. He said as far as he was concerned the girl was running out on a husband The more I saw that the Lord looked that way to me too, and I came out here to drop the case and it blew up in my face The man he described here, but he had been this spring. We could have I didn't ask him He was half crazy If he was praying and I'd thrown the name out of him. I'm afraid he'd have killed me. He was that bad Can you describe the gun? Yeah? Cheaper valve a nickel plated short barrel 32 caliber sure that I guess a smart lawyer could keep you from swearing it was a 32 But it was I'll take that I Got only one definite thing out of him. He said Woodstock was gone. That's all he'd say Then he put me in the closet. I didn't hear him drive away. I was kicking up some noise getting through that door But the people in the house where I phone said they saw it leave the next house that way our sergeant Next house towards Tom people saw a car leave send a man over and get what you can on over you So they didn't hear any shooting you didn't see a car when you got here That must have been parked on the other side of the house, and I'll get it roped on a snow or to hold some good prints of tires And did I get the amount of the insurance in the victim right $100,000 standard just a yeah You better go upstairs. I was shooting up there too. Oh, yeah in the hallway It's hard to back. Yeah, it says as a man lying sort of half into a room But there's no question about it. This one. He's dead We will return you to the second act of yours Julie Johnny dollar in just a moment Have you heard the new sing it again the new comedy with Jan Murray as your host on the coast to coast bone The new cash prizes for cracking the mystery of sing it again phantom voice the new speed and color of the tuneful little riddle songs It makes sing it again a Saturday night must for radio listening Be listening for a sing it again tonight on most of these same CBS station Now with our star Edmund O'Brien. We return you to the second act of yours Julie Johnny dollar I don't want to handle any of the light switchers right back there. Oh, yeah Woodstock let me see So it is and get some light on in the room I'll shut it all closed push the switch with something that won't hurt Prince. Yes, sir Shot from behind Here's a gun on the floor lieutenant that guy told you Woodstock had gone darling. He couldn't have been all right, could he I guess not Well, let's get out again till the photographer show up Neither the photographers nor the fingerprint man nor a thorough search of the house resulted in any progress By the end of that first day Description of the man I tangled with it from broadcast along with a possible description of the car he was driving The police had also put out a futile search on the single-name spray Emilia Woodstock hadn't died, but she hadn't regained consciousness either or shown any signs of recovery I took a hotel room and bridge for that night where I'd be called if and when anything happened nothing did The next morning I went to the Red Cross blood collection center to talk with a nurse who had recently resigned the office of Celia Woodstock's friend and or doctor had come in with my mind tossing motives for murder motives of personal greed and selfishness and hate There was almost a shock to suddenly face a segment of this country Citizens old ones young ones men and women Quietly going about the business of helping the best way they knew how I Stayed to give my own blood after Janet's choir talked with me And I knew it would go all the scenes in the best of company. We can go in here. Thank you Sorry to bother you miss choir, but I was told that you were in dr. Charles Masterson's office until a short time ago You've seen the morning papers no, why do you ask Mrs. Lyle Woodstock for a shot last evening? She's one of dr. Masterson's patients Was she seriously injured they don't know if she lived Her husband was killed at the same time What happened I don't know I'm working with the police on it I'd like to learn as much as I can about Mrs. Woodstock. I'm afraid I know very little She was a patient but other than that. I know nothing Her husband seemed to have the idea that she might be More than just a patient that they might have been romantic interest between them Uh-huh, was there was not that I know of and they get a point to do very little pride into other people's affairs Mr. Dalla sometimes I wish I could You know anything about anyone named spray? Ray No, I'm afraid I don't I'm sorry. Oh, my I Yeah, I hope the results are better when you start working on me I am sorry, mr. Dollar if you'll step right through there miss file will take care of you Telephone check with Lieutenant Jester about an hour later added nothing He'd been in communication with Mexican authorities, but they were unable to come up with any leads on Celia Woodstock Or even proof that she'd been in the acropoco vicinity two years ago when Woodstock had told me he'd married her Homicide men were searching the captain's schooner, and they were still working on the name spray. I Played my last card and went to see dr. Masterson Mr. Dollar, I'm sure you realize why my name mustn't be dragged into it It won't be if it doesn't belong there doctor either was absolutely no basis for his suspicions Whatever made him say anything like that. He had a detective following her. He had an idea She came to your office too often then why didn't he talk to her he did He said something about a sinus condition and heat treatment. That's precisely the truth. I resent your attitude, mr. Dollar And puts us on a par your attitude doesn't set so well with me Keeping your name out of this case isn't as important as clearing it up no matter what you think But I know nothing about it. You must have talked to the woman as often as she was here You must have become fairly well acquainted No better acquainted than with most of my patients. Well, I don't ask for any more Why don't you talk about why the conversations were unimportant talked about a travel They'd come here from Florida to have some work done on their yacht. You talk about a husband. Yes, occasionally General things like what I? Realized that he was much older than she was but that she was quite satisfied with their marriage and their life together That's what makes his suspicions of me. So ridiculous. She was happy with him never anything about unhappiness about leaving him No, they were planning on a trip to South America in a few months Dr. Massison did she ever mention anyone named spray? Break yeah, it's great. I This is one of the strangest things that's happened to me in a long time Why she went to pieces because of that name completely and helplessly to pieces Just before she stopped coming for treatment What happened the last visit she made the afternoon about a week ago Someone telephoned and asked for a mrs. Amel spray My nurse and receptionist called in and asked if mrs. Sprig could answer the phone was the nurse misquire No, no, she just let me it was miss Hall who didn't know my patients by name But one mrs. Woodstock heard the name sprague. She went into hysterics. I Gave her a sedative and she was calmed. I wanted to ask her about what had happened, but I didn't There was something about her that begged me not to I decided to wait until she came back But she never did. Well, it's Amel sprague now. I'm Sorry, I was hesitant mr. Dollar I Have seen the works now see what we can make out of it. How's mrs. Woodstock still alive chest wounds are bad though There's how the shooting stacks up so far. She was wounded by 38 caliber slugs Husband was killed by 32's So if you were right on your gun description the man you ran into killed the husband What is that leave Woodstock killing his wife? He was shot from behind when it was going into the upstairs room Apparently chased up there He had a gun in his hand and he dropped when he was hit that was the gun we found on the floor 38 caliber the lipstick says and run any comparisons has yet. No I won't buy the theory mr. Mrs. Woodstock seem to have been pretty happy What about their school? Well, I talked to my men on the phone nothing yet crewmen are all available and with alibis But what's all that got to do with somebody named mrs. Emil sprague? I Couldn't answer nobody could But close to 12 that night the lieutenant told me that mrs. Woodstock was finally responding to treatment and would likely live I was at the hospital at 12 30 But it wasn't until almost three that lieutenant Jester and I ever told that she was conscious and able to answer some questions Good morning, mr. Woodstock Feeling better and my name is lieutenant Jester. This is mr. Dollar. How long this is what's that? We're both interested in what happened at your house the other evening Mrs. Woodstock do you understand what we're saying to you? Do you understand? my husband My husband's mile They told me he was all right Yes, yes, mr. Woodstock. He was shot they tell you that yes, you know who did it? Yes, I know I Was there I remember we wish you'd tell us what's that? Amos break. Yes Yes, Amos No one else was there made you go where to my house To talk to my husband. Amos break made you go. Why how could he make you go? Because I'm missus. Hey, you are missus. Amos break. Yes But you were married to mr. Woodstock. I shouldn't I think I understand you were married to spray You married Sam was never ended, but you married Woodstock anyway. Yes. I was wrong and then it was money He wanted money Spray. Yes, I didn't know where he was Mexico. I had to get away And I'm married I I'm afraid it isn't spray followed you here from Florida. I Picked him up The $2,000 you drew from your bank. I gave it to him. Mm-hmm, but it wasn't enough He made me stay with him and made me go with him put some more money and My husband I Tried to make him understand and he wouldn't He'd blame me and call me thing. What's the drawer? Why didn't he shoot Amos instead of me? Are you sure of that Woodstock shot you going to the drawer? I remember You know where a sprake would go What happened? What does my husband say he hasn't said anything? Evidently spray chase him upstairs shot him there and left You know where he'd go back to Florida. No, we don't think so We've got a good description of him in the car. He was driving. You think he's still in Bridgeport some place You said you were with him where he had a room commercial street 713 roomy house. No, it's a big building Apartments, which one is spring? It's um a Number 12 Do you have a phone in the room? pleasant Well, thank you, we won't bother you anymore Thank you. What's that? I want to help my husband. I'll do anything I can I want to know We'll tell him this is a what's that? We'll have to three Producers trucks are gonna be rolling on commercial street before long Thinks break will give us trouble. Yeah. Yeah, he's been holed up since the shooting I think he's probably father of is not the one I saw him. We might slip on him. It's time in the morning I'll get some men started out there. You better come with me. I need you to identify Men should be set in the back of the building. All right, you'll go in with me Donald and I took a look at the floor that corner one up there There's a door to another room right across from his soul. We want to keep him from firing if we can We didn't want anybody because we want to keep it quiet. I hope it stays that way. All right, surgeon Let's go cross. Good luck Lieutenant the window. He's on to it. We better go on across He's on to it. It's been watching at the window. I saw him move You better see what you can do on the phone then phone. We thought if you couldn't catch him off guard We'd try and talk him out. There's a payphone on the hallway Room's just to the right at the top of the stairs that phone's right in line from up there and we'll cover him Okay, dollar if you're ready You'll do something with it. Hello a sprague We just got a complete statement from mrs. Woodstock your blackmail the works Yeah, and she's gonna make it you should have done a lot of things Or we want you to do right now is to give yourself up without any trouble Every door in the building is covered by police. You won't get out if you try You want you to come out of your room and down the stairs with your hands out where we can see them You understand that? Are you listening to me? Come on sprague come on out and make it Pray he's dead lieutenant sergeant. Yes, sir. I'll go phone in keep the people away as best you can Spence account item two forty five dollars miscellaneous hotel meals, etc. Spence account total seventy three dollars and sixty cents remarks. I Understand the lawyers for the Woodstock estate are already measuring ways and means to cut the bigamist wife out of the estate I don't think the Washingtonian company has a chance of doing the same with the insurance money yours truly Johnny dollar Yours truly Johnny dollar stars Edmond O'Brien in the title role and is written by gildowd with music by Wilbur hatch Edmond O'Brien's latest picture is a Paramount picture production the redhead and the cowboy featured in tonight's cast with Francis X Bushman Jim Nussar Ted Osburn Lorraine Tuttle Bill Johnstone to their own and Ray Hartman yours truly Johnny dollar is produced and directed by Jaime del Valle This is dick cutting inviting you to join us next week at this time when Edmond O'Brien returns as yours truly Johnny dollar There's a very charming very amusing young couple to be found at CBS the stars address every Saturday evening And you're invited to stop by and call on them They're Liz and George Cooper and Liz is played by the lovely red-haired Hollywood comedian Oceal Ball This is nice and easy-going when troubles ahead Liz goes for it easily. 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