 From Hollywood. It's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollar this is Sergeant Bacon. I'm calling for police chief Allen. Oh, yes, sergeant. How are things going? He'll just died of his injuries, but it looks like the other man Charlie Watson is going to pull through has he been questioned yet? No, but the doc say he can't be in an hour or so. That's what I'm phoning about She balances you can go over if you want to get in on that good. I'll see you in about 20 minutes Oh, uh, sergeant. Did you get the new tally on the robbery? It stands at 48,000 now Rip Youngstown the pieces. All right. The transcribed 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 Columbia old-risk insurance company Hartford Kinetic The following is an accounting of expenditure during my investigation of the Youngstown credit group matter Expense gone out of one forty five dollars and sixty cents and incidentals between Hartford and Youngstown, Ohio Where sergeant big and added the following details to what I had already learned The Youngstown credit group is a savings alone set up for the employees out at federal mills about two years ago They set up this service to cash the men's paychecks and field and Watson have been going right out to the plant every pay They at noon charge to small fee for the service the same two men every week with that kind of money That's right, and this morning somebody finally caught up with them Know the route they took and the time evidently stopped the car some way got into it We'll leave them with the money and then push them out while they were making a getaway and field and Watson are a mess That's all we've got except an abandoned sedan that might fit in some place It was a couple of hours later when I was told that one of the victims George Enfield had died as a result of being thrown from the speeding car I went to the hospital and they're met chief Edward J. Allen and I'd read about him admired as the police officer Who had led the fight that finally forced Detroit's purple gang out of Youngstown? I was surprised it is being on hand so early in a case and said so because I haven't gotten used to not being a sergeant I guess I answer a call with the boys anytime I can We won't be able to press Watson too far. He'd be in pretty bad shape from sedatives Yeah, does he know about his partner being dead and aren't you and we better hold it back Oh Watson feel like talking about what happened sure I'll try thanks. Yeah, this mr. Dollar. He's an insurance investigator. That's a rough going Watson. I'm chief Allen You tell us when you want us to leave Watson and we will but we want to get on this as fast as we can and the more You can tell us now the better it'll be. I will wait They stopped us just after we crossed spring Common Bridge. Were they waiting or did they follow you from town? They started to pass us and forced us off the road. You didn't suspect that you were being followed. I didn't think about it. How many men were there for? They had white handkerchiefs over their faces Well, can you give us any kind of a description? I couldn't swear at anything. What about clothes? Can you remember if they wore all the coats hats? Hard to remember All seem to look alike now Yeah, they wore hats all of them and and overcoats where they are. Yes All of them were arms. Well, what can you give us on the type of weapons? I don't know very much about guns enough to know if they were automatics or cylinder type The man that took me had an automatic. I remember that. Oh, would you say it was a large gun or a small one? I don't know how to answer it Didn't look either way Or was it nickel plated or a blue steel? It was dark. I think Blue steel How tall are you once five nine and a half? Was this man as tall as you? A little taller. Is he heavier? No Thinner I'd say I weigh 170. Yeah, you're doing fine once and had just a few more questions Did this man say anything to you just get out? He held a gun on me and said get out At the same time another one was taken anfield out. Anfield was driving. Yes, sir. It was his car That was a blue 1948 plume of sedan. Yes, sir They made us get in the back seat on the floor Kneeling with our heads down. Where did you have the money once in in the trunk locked in the trunk? Yes, sir In a briefcase. They must have known that no How did they operate then once and oh they Made us stay on the floor They left their car and got an infield all of them and later Maybe 15 minutes they pushed me out and that's All I remember they say anything just a word or two to keep us on the floor Or Watson see if you can help us with this Somebody knew an awful lot about the way you and infield operated Even to the point of knowing they'd have to take the car because you carry the money in the trunk Who would have known all that? Quite a fuser, but I think I would have recognized them They wouldn't have to be there once and somebody who could have given the information to the four men Well, I can't think of anybody who'd do that, sir Well, give us the names of as many as you can remember right now That bunch had to get the information from somebody The names he listed included those of men in the youngstown credit group A man or two at federal mills And from the bank where they drew the money each week three employees who would have known the time they left And that they locked the money in the trunk of the car There were 12 all told But instead of our following them up some officers were assigned to check their movements for anything that might lead us someplace An alarm on the plinth of sudan and the description of the man with the grasses was broadcast And while chief allen waited for results of headquarters, I went out to the east side to talk with mp's widow All I can think is he's gone and I don't know what I'm gonna do. I don't know I don't know how to tell the kids that he's gone Do you have anybody to help you mrs. infield nobody I don't want anybody I want to be let alone Nothing has ever been good nothing He scraped and did without and never got ahead and now it ends like this I don't know what I'm gonna do Why do you have to bother me because somebody who knew a lot about your husband or wants and Is to blame for all this? I don't hardly know what you're saying to me. I just keep thinking I've got to tell the kids I'm sorry mrs. infield. I hoped you could help us find the man who did this thing How could I help anybody? By telling me if there were some acquaintance of your husband's you think might have known his routine when he went to federal mills Somebody who could have taken advantage of what he knew. He wouldn't talk about that Why should he who are some of his friends mrs. infield? I didn't know many of his friends. He never told me much about what he did never brought them here Where would he have met them then downtown someplace? I'm not sure it could be important He used to bowl but I never went with him I couldn't say where Why do you make me talk about things he did? He won't do them no more Not right you're bothering me like this Not now That's the soon like this Leave me alone All right mrs. infield Leave me I wouldn't have come if it weren't so important to learn as much as we can as quickly as we can The importance of speed of course was based upon the fact that the 48 000 dollars who have been used to cash paychecks Was in small untraceable denominations What we were afraid of was that the 400 men would split the money as separate as quickly as possible and leave the area It was 5 30 p.m By the time I reported back to chief Allen the search for the plinth by then was statewide, but nothing had developed The quarter past seven something did The owner of a farm a few miles from town called in a tip a few minutes later. We pulled up in front of his house Didn't think anything about it till I got paper this evening. I read how the police were looking for a primacy day My wife wonder if that could be the one she don't seem likely but I made up my mind to call you anyway I'm glad you did miss alone. Well, there's a plinth like that down there at the edge of my lane It's there now Well, it was a nightfall and what's more I was fixing some griffins down that way when it drove in I remember now there was four men got out of there. What time was that? About noon Did you get a good look at these men? I didn't pay much attention till another car come and Turned around then they all got into that one and drove off. Were they carrying anything a briefcase? No, I didn't notice. Now, which way did they go? Record the city the same way both cars come from Now what kind of a car was it? Well, he blamed new models all look the same to me. I couldn't say it was blue though What about the men? Is there a chance you'd recognize any of them? Well, I couldn't be sure. I don't pay much attention to people. Well, thanks very much miss alone We'll go take a look at that moment. I just drive down the end of my fence there You'll see a turnoff. It's not a real road sort of a lover's lane like It's the car all right darling. They dumped it in the hurry, didn't they? Yeah Keys still in the trunk lock. They're not against a really well-planned thing, you know, aren't we? They're sure ahead of us so far another car and a fifth man to figure out You think they went back to town would you have planned it that way maybe If I had I would have thrown you a curve you and all the deputies and the state police would be looking for a group of four Making a getaway. That's right, but I'd be back in town not part of a group anymore But anybody on the street. Yeah the draw full of unmarked bills someplace Well, we'll get the seat down in and see if it'll give us anything I can drive it of you on without messing up too many prints. Yeah, we'd save some time Hey Come here What have you got? Look at the stain on the floor there. That'd be blood It's hard to tell with just a flash Let's get this thing in and put somebody to work on it We learned that night that the stain on the rear floor of the sedan was blood But I didn't get its full meaning until the next morning when I showed up at police headquarters Hi sergeant chief in he's been here since dawn go on in thanks I take it I'm late for something Did you sew this thing up after I got out of your way? Hardly I asked him to speed up the autopsy on infield last night And it turns out that he was beaten before he was thrown out of that car And with all the rest of the damage to his head, it was easy to miss The fatal wounds were caused by a blunt instrument probably a length of pipe And he must have known somebody in the group. Sure he did We've got a downright premeditated murder on our hands To yours truly johnny dollar in just a moment One of the most informative and forceful campaigns for freedom Is being scheduled by the voice of america during the last week of december Special dramatic programs news roundups and musical programs will be beamed around the world by this great organization You are urgently requested to write to your friends overseas and tell them not to miss The voice of america's special year end overseas program Now with our star edmund o' brian, we bring you the second act of yours truly johnny dollar Today Watson better. Yeah, I think so You caught those guys yet? Not yet Have you been told that george enfield is dead? No He died they killed him once and they beat him before they pushed him out of the car The reason must have been because he knew one of the men or maybe more than one Now I know at a time like that things get a little out of focus Most level headed man in the world isn't likely to think quite straight But we want to go over what happened with you again. Sure, but I I don't see how it could have been anything like that. It almost has to be watson They didn't kill you so why would they kill him if they didn't have a darn good reason to I Don't know Tell me uh, what did enfield say while this stick up was going on? I don't think he said anything. I didn't hear anything. He said anyway Not any names if that's what you mean. Well, that's what I want you to be as clear about as you can I'm sure I didn't hear anything. I I was talking to myself Maybe could have said something I didn't hear while you were still in the front seat Yes, sir. I was scared stiff and I kept telling this guy not to shoot me. That's all I was thinking I was scared stiff and I couldn't help it All I remember is him sitting with his hands still on the wheel and those men with masks on coming for When you were both on the floor of the back seat Watson, did he say anything then? No, sir How about you I was begging for my life and I'm not ashamed to say so you don't have to be I was saying I don't care about the money and to let me out of there I thought they were gonna kill us then because I couldn't think of any other reason why they should take us with them And enfield said nothing. No, I I'm I'm sure he didn't I remember now one of the men even said something. He said what's the matter with you? Why aren't you begging like your buddy and george still didn't say anything I did this man call him by name. I don't think so No, he didn't Yeah, I think we've stayed long enough Thanks very much Watson. Sure. You may have helped us quite a lot You get some rest now. We'll see you later. Yes What do you think? I guess the same thing occurred to you that enfield might have set the whole thing up and they got rid of him because He was the only link between them and the job Well, I'll give Watson a half hours rest and see if I can find out how enfield was acting before they were stopped Would you go out and check the widow again? Sure What do you want? Well, we've learned some new things about your husband's death and I wanted to tell you about them What kind of thing? May I come in for a minute? For a minute. I got work to do Thanks, miss enfield. What kind of things did you find out about george? That he didn't die because he was pushed out of the car How was he then? He died as a result of a beating the man who stole the money killed him for one reason or another I don't see any difference He's gone and it don't change things how it happened Is that all you came to tell me? Zenfield, I don't understand you. Don't you want to help us find them? It'll kill them It's over with Now I'm gonna try and forget. No, I'm afraid it's not as simple as that I can tell you this miss Zenfield the police think it's possible that your husband Was involved in that robbery Why do they I told you yesterday those men knew so much about the habits of your husband and Watson That they must have learned from one of them or from somebody very close to either one And Watson is pretty much clear than their books I don't know You don't know what I'm all mixed up I knew something was wrong I even thought about what you just said But I tried not to I didn't want it to be true if it's true. It'll come out. You've got to realize that miss Zenfield My sister from Cleveland came and got the kids She can keep the truth from them until I can move out of here They think he was a hero They're all I care about nothing can hurt me Any more than he did I'm sorry I'll show you what kind of a man he was This is what I found yesterday before you came a railroad ticket He was going to leave us California Why didn't you tell me yesterday? I didn't want anybody to know I was ashamed The kids mostly I didn't want them ever to find out He was going to leave us with no money With bills we couldn't pay And that's all That's what he thought of us Was he involved in the robbery mrs. Enfield? I don't know something was going on The past two weeks Tell her was something He was out every night He'd say it was at the high point bowling alleys But one night I was sick and I phoned there He hadn't been there for three nights Do you have any idea who he'd been seeing? No, but one night he talked on the phone to somebody named Carl I was listening and he said he'd meet this Carl at the high point. That's all I know Nothing more definite about the robbery? No Except why would he buy a railroad ticket to california unless he was going to run away? Carl at the high point Thanks, mrs. Enfield. We'll see if we can find him Comparing those with chief allen made it look all the more like we were on the right track Watson had told him that infield's attitude when they left the bank could have meant that he was under some kind of strain Surprisingly the name Carl fit in almost immediately Carl Huffman a punk with an unimportant police record had been seen meeting infield in the high point alleys He was easily located and brought into questioning You remember me Huffman, what are you doing still in town? No losses. I can't be here. Who told you to say that? Nobody has to tell me to say something. That's true. Remember the last time you were in here? No. Well, I do. You were playing it big then too You were counting on some friends from Detroit who didn't come through Whose gang was that Huffman? I don't remember. Yes, you do You thought it was the strongest organization in this part of the country you thought hiding behind them You couldn't be picked up You had the idea that just because you were on the fringe of organized crime nobody could hurt you But you got hurt didn't you a year on the last rap So I got a year it settles it If you had any brains Huffman, you wouldn't be where you are now you'd be a decent citizen But here you are you just can't get along in the world like everybody else All right, let's talk about george infield What about him? Do you want to take the rap for his murder? I can give it to you. What are you handing me? What murder? All we need is the fact that he was with you night before last we've got that it's a lie I'll believe our witness under oath before I believe you it's a lie What witness Ben Hocek the high point He says you were there the other night sure I was there's no law against that either Hocek says you've been meeting infield there and leaving with him He says you've been doing that for a couple of weeks. Well, I don't mean anything You ought to play it smart huffman. He's got a lot on you. I can't he I didn't do nothing You were seeing infield even his wife knew that she knew he was planning to leave town too I can't help that you were seeing him so you could set up that robbery, isn't that right? I don't know what you're talking about. Let's get back to that other thing You don't know about where were you the other morning between 11 and noon? I've already told you I slept late your hotel clerk says he saw you leave at about 10 30 He must have been mistaken. Do you want to take this wrap alone? What wrap you got nothing on me. We've got enough to make a charge stick You can have I didn't do nothing I'll show you what we've got You're in a bad way Huffman. He didn't tell you yet about the witness How can there be a witness a farmer out where you dumped the Plymouth? He saw you drive it in he watched you open the trunk and take the briefcase out He's on his way in now All right, you ever see this before huffman? No, I don't even know what it is. Don't know what it is. What does it look like? It's a piece of pipe we found in a ditch along the highway out past federal mills About a half mile beyond where you tossed infield out of the car I tell you I don't know what you're talking about. Look at it close, Huffman See these marks up here guess small but they're blood stains I don't mean anything to me. It did ten field. That's what killed him I don't know anything about it. I never saw it before and how come it's got your prints on it. That's a lie. I never touched it. I wasn't even I'll watch Why take it all yourself. Look, look, I didn't know there was going to be any killing if I had I wouldn't have got mixed up in it Who were the rest of them? Still looking for him Clark, but it was Enfield's idea. He started There are two more men, aren't they? What kind of a break do I get for giving you? You can make a deal with me, Huffman. You know that any break will have to come from the district attorney Who are the other two men? They are brothers They are brothers Yeah, when do they come back to town a couple weeks ago? They've been laying mighty low. We haven't heard about it. Well, they wanted it kept quiet They came back to build up a new organization chief. Look, I'm giving you a lot I ought to get a break and it won't hurt you to cooperate Well, they're the ones that did the killing Ed and Charlie. Why? They didn't like Enfield. They were sitting in the back seat with him They didn't say anything to laughter, though Then they said that they were afraid he'd spill everything They knew he was going to leave town They said nobody'd ever find out how he was killed Well, the other two men still teamed up with him? No, no, this was the first job for Louis and Clark They worked at the ace trucking company And what about the Thayer brothers? Where are they? They're staying at their old place out of the city, isn't it? The tuxedo club? Yeah Well, that's still closed down That's where they are unless they left when they learned you picked me up Well, how would they know that? Look, I'm giving you an awful lot of stuff, chief They know because one of their friends has been following me around ever since the job Sergeant Biggins You see? The Thayer brothers are back in town Back? Yeah, according to Hoffman, they've holed up in their old joint There are two or three squad cars out there I don't want them to try to take the place because the Thayer's have probably been tipped I want some roadblocks set up in case they try to leave I'll get right out And get five or six of our best men to meet me here at 430 I'll go out and pick them up at dusk We got the background on the Thayer brothers while Chief Allen and I were on our way to pick up The other two men named by Hoffman They'd been at the bottom of most of the organized crime in Youngstown When Allen had taken over The fight against them had become almost a personal one It ended when the Thayer's left town And the fear now is that it would be reopened There's no trouble from William Lewis and Vernon Clark A couple of first-timers out for some easy money Their statements bore out Carl Hoffman's That the Thayer brothers had done the killing At 430, the process of bringing them in got underway According to Fredericks, they tried to leave a little after three They pulled out in a gray sedan But when they saw the roadblock, they turned back So that's what we face They know we're coming and waiting for us You men were picked because you've all been up against them before You know what to expect Anybody have a question? All right, we better get started Anything happening, Biggins? Some guy from a grocery store back near that crossroad Got curious and came to talk to us He says the Thayer's have been coming in his store He says they've been drunk for the last couple of days That's something to think about, Chief Yeah, I know it is If they're gassed up, they're a cinch to make a play Yeah, we'll see Who's that up ahead? It's Samuel's. He got here just a minute ago Walter and Hayes are with him, both with Thompson's Good No lights in the place I don't know what they're thinking. They must know we're coming What's the layout of the place? The living quarters are in the rear That's where they'll probably be But, uh, Biggins You take one of the men with the Thompson, go in the front I want the other to cover me at the rear door Walter's back there already Good Well, let's get it done then Donner, it's my case, too, Chief Okay Good luck, Biggins Yes, sir I'm moving in now, Walter That's the door, Donner Good. There aren't any windows No You can cover me from here I'll be a hero in front of that door I'll watch it Ned, Charlie, police Chief Allen He's all right Thompson, if they want it that way $4 miscellaneous Item three, same as item one, transportation Back to Hartford Expense account total, $195.20 Remarks? A reasonable figure, I think Considering not only the recovery Of most of the stolen money But also the fact that the company Received the personal services of my good friend Chief of police Edward J. 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