 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar This is Frankie Scanlon. Yeah Yeah, yeah, I'll tell him What was that you're yelling the phone? You heard it. I heard you say Johnny dollar. I told you a long time back I wasn't Hilary Fuchs told me a lot of things if I'm gonna seek cost to get run him out just open the door and walk right in I'm right behind you see Hello, Sam Johnny Johnny dog. What's he doing there Frankie? You you mean this isn't fuchs Get out of here. Get out of here before I throw something at you. You heard the man Frankie blow No, sit on Johnny. I won't bother shaking hands. You try to put me in jail the last time we man 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 account submitted by special investigated Johnny dollar Location Miami Beach to the Universal Adjustment Bureau 518 Spear Boulevard Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the tears of night matter I'm gonna sit out here behind my desk and have a drink Johnny While I'm having it. I'm gonna ask you a question save your breath. I'll answer it anyhow, Sam Sam Costigan said hunched behind the big mahogany desk glaring at me with a pair of small pig eyes Half hidden in a beefy red face Both hands rested out in front of them flat. I Told him how I'd come to Miami Beach to look into an insurance claim made by Elise Wendler How I'd been in the office of Hilary Fuchs her business manager when Frank Scanlon had walked in mistaken me for fuchs Waved a gun under my nose and insisted I come with him to see Costigan So here I was and so what about it? Hope you don't tell me It's a pretty nice joint Sam How long have you been in business in Florida about two years? How's the gross? It was as good as running beer in Chicago, but Tim says they're going forever I make out all right to crap tables to rule that table a couple of games and bar and restaurant break it up even And I gotta be careful. Yeah, cheers. That's You seem to have enough muscle outside and around to keep you comfy and cozy Punks all of them. Look at that Frankie Scanlon that dragged you over here crazy But he's the best of the lot but I can get nowadays not a good muscle in the business you could retire Yeah, I might do that one of these days No Tell me about your hookup with this one over there man. No hookup Sam She claimed benefits on her husband's life insurance the claim should have been made two years ago. I investigated. It's okay Me there. Yeah, it's global in some ways. She's all right. Well, maybe it's as good. You're here This fuchs guy I wanted him to handle some business prayers, but maybe you can handle it Yeah, you ever see this before No, oh, it's a little bit of necklace color tears and night. It's worth a big hunk of cash These four diamonds are good stuff your friend miss Wendover left it here a week or so ago when she wanted for a project to rule that table Anything to say? It's a very pretty necklace Sam Okay, we both know she's screwing a widow with a lot of dough and a boyfriend named Teddy Teddy Davis he paints Well, she sent me a check for the 5g she lost that night and I wanted fuchs to take this thing back to her But now I got you instead. I want you to take it to her. How about it? Is that all it's all I got my dough. She gets her tears of night back. I Couldn't trust any of my punks with it. I don't like to be seen in public. So you just take it back Very simple Why don't ever go in the states him why not you can act but you can't lie You just can't lie at all and it takes a good liar to be a good actor Now that you've told me how simple it is suppose you give me the unexpurgated sequel. All right, so a check box Stop it Sam. She can't issue a check without a counter signature by Hilary Fuchs He has an issue in one check on her account since he took it over 10 days ago So if this thing is hers explain it all to me. Would you the way it is? Yeah, you're right Johnny I wasn't any check miss window for call me a couple of hours ago and set up I didn't have a sink back to her tonight. She'd call a lot of cops and come out in tears to join her part It sounded like she'd do it too. I mean well you you matter you can't tell what she'll do I'm gonna do the next screw you know not so screwy if she dropped 5,000 and left that and now she gets it back for nothing I just want to get it off my hands. She came out here with a cop. I'd be close for the season and I'm getting old You know you know what she lives. Mm-hmm. I was there earlier tonight Yeah, take the ice to her and I'll chalk it up to experience Huh, then you can grab a cab back and come on back out here, and I'll see if you have a good time on a house How about it? I'll take it to her, but I won't come back here, Sam Scanlon feeling them guys and they worry you you do Wow, I don't believe you last or either the only thing I believe is that this is Mrs. Wendover's necklace So I'll take it to her Sam yeah, you better get someone beside Philly at that table after this you're telling me He was mopping his face when I closed the door and went downstairs by that time the customers had started to roll in Young fresh-faced men with shallow eyes and quick movements anxious to step up to the tables and lose money Women in strapless dresses anxious to show off their newest suntan's and help whatever man they were with lose money Old men old women dressed to the teeth It was a sick old scene from a sick old play Expense account item for six dollars cab fare from Sam Costigan's gambling club to Elise Wendover's apartment I thought you'd never get here the performance begins at 10 o'clock And you know how the traffic isn't if we're gonna have a bite do he you aren't Teddy at all. Are you I'm afraid not Mrs. Wendover Where's Teddy? I don't know What are you looking at your throats really mr.. Mr. Dollar Johnny dollar I met you in Hillary Fuchs office. We talked here later on Remember, of course. I remember Well really mr. Dollar. I'm only waiting for Teddy to come by so we can make the first show at the Plaza I better telephone him. Don't you think? Yes, you do that. Good night, mr. Dahl The white ermine cape she was wearing and the black strapless thing needed a final touch. She had it a diamond necklace In fact the tears of night the one I had in my pocket was hanging around her lovely neck Downstairs in the good light of the lobby. I snapped open the necklace case Mortuus had read House of Jewelry a gloomy word with a gloomy address The sign on the window of the House of Mortuus gave a phone number in case of emergency Item 6 10 cents one phone call about my emergency I made it vague to mr. Mortuus that thousands of people might die before 6 o'clock in the morning unless I could talk to someone about a Piece of jewelry it went over Item 750 cents cab fare to the sandy Beach Hotel on the less expensive side of Miami Beach You find me a bit indisposed mr. Dollar But on the phone you said was a matter of jewelry therefore Hannibal Mortuus is at your service now then sir What is so urgent? I came to ask you about a diamond necklace I found your name stamped on the inside of the case House of Mortuus Most respected name in diamonds as well as all the lapidary arts most respected fine jewels and the name Mortuus are Oh, I do beg your pardon. Continue mr. Dollar I want you to take a look at this hmm And how sir do you come in possession of the tears of night a man named Sam Costigan who runs a gambling club asked me to deliver it to a lady named Elise Wendover Do you know her her lovely body propelled by a ridiculous mind? This matter you have just described bears me out for shame such condor to gambling house the tears of night a pawn Then this is the real thing. It isn't funny mr. Dollar. I'm a gemologist the House of Mortuus Of course, it's real take a good look when an artist creates a dazzling thing of beauty such as this Would he be so unlikely is to forget the time the patience the agony of his creation air? See here look here under the light Four weeks mr. Dollar four weeks working night and day just to drill that anchor for a simple molding But ah see how each stone is carefully mounted to capture every single pinpoint of light beautiful An incomparable masterpiece For the money. Well, I'm just curious mr. Mortuus. How much money about $10,000 on the wholesale market What did Noah Wendover pay for it 25,000? I Saw another one just like it tonight. Look ridiculous the finest workmen at best would only create a crude resemblance This kind of artistry demands an artist mr. Dollar And I am that artist, but it could get by a copy of it to the unpracticed eye to the layman perhaps. Yes Latte in anguished herba Latin yeah, well, all I know is Agricola a snake in the grass is something wrong. Yeah, mildly put something wrong. Yes Well, how much do I owe you for your time mr. Mortu? Nothing nothing with my pleasure You know glancing at that again reassures me of the value and dignity of my work Anywhere it is magnificent But I'd waddle you say something is wrong. What Mrs. Wendover you say you met her several times She ever mentioned anything to you about a curse curse. No, I can't say that she did May I ask you a question? Yes, sure. Are you a friend of hers? in a way Off and on What you mean one is never quite certain with Mrs. Wendover whether one would be recognized or not is one It's late. Yeah, well, I'm just leaving. No, you you miss read me sir. I wasn't speaking of my own comfort I I noticed the fog has come in it is dark outside. This is a lonely area That is a valuable object. Are you armed? No, if you are at all concerned for the safety of that piece I have a small safe in my rooms. You may have the key if you'd care to leave it overnight I'll take it with me. Yeah. Yeah, just as well probably suggestion only You will leave satisfied I trust mr. Dollar. Oh, yes Thank you, mr. Mortu. It's my pleasure, mr. Dollar It's oh Remember omnia mortuus bonum vocalist. Ah all speak well in mortuus a pun sir a pun good evening Downstairs in the dismal lobby of the sandy beach hotel I looked out beyond the dirty glass windows to discover that the fog had indeed come in and surrounded the area with a choking darkness The concern of mr. Mortu is for his artistic creation Told me to bang on the night bell and ask the night clerk for some wrapping paper and 50 cents worth of stamps Expense account item 8 item 9 phone call for a cab Just before it arrived. I dropped the tears of night addressed to myself at my hotel in the lobby mailbox I don't think the two hoodlums waiting outside saw me do it. I didn't think they saw me at all But they followed my cab when it took me back to my hotel Here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow and the old Curse comes up with an old-fashioned flourish. See you then yours truly Johnny dollar Yours truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood written by John Dawson It is produced and directed by Jack John stone Be sure and join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking