 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Is your name Teddy Davis My name is Johnny dollar I'm in her apartment Now listen to me. I'm an insurance investigator and there've been a couple of murders here She's gonna need you and all the help she can get to bring her out of it mostly you I've called homicide and they're on their way, and it might be pretty rough for her I'll be right over 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. Yeah, it's truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the Universal Adjustment Bureau Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditure is during my investigation of the tears of night matter It was a long morning and a lieutenant of police thought I was crazy when he met me in the apartment with two dead men and the hysterical woman My face was bruised and black and blue from the beating the dead men had handed me the night before The lieutenant his name is Brady had a time getting hold of Hilary Fuchs to back up my story But Teddy Davis was a different matter. He showed up with a doctor and lawyer and through their combined efforts police Wendover was removed not to police headquarters, but to a private hospital It was obvious from Potter test that Mrs. Wendover could not have fired the 45 which ended the lives of Phelian Toby Obvious to me. Lieutenant Brady was a skeptical man. You stay right there and keep your trap shut I'll figure out what to do with you in a minute. All right. Come on get those baskets out of here I say dollar. Hi Teddy. How's Mrs. Wendover? That remains to be seen. She's screaming about that darn curse again She thinks she had something to do with these murders Donna, I don't know quite how you fit into all this. I do know I'm terribly indebted to you for calling me now What can I do for you? Are you in trouble? I don't think so Brady's just excited He can't see where I should be involved. So he suspects me of what? Oh, he doesn't know that He's a policeman and he suspects everybody, but don't you worry about it. You get back to her I really do have a good lawyer. He can work on it if you give the word I can't just walk out of here feeling that you're in jeopardy. Now. What can I do? I Thought you were over at the hospital, mr. Davis. I was I came back to see what I could do for mr. Dollar You can scram now watch whom you're talking to lieutenant. This man is my friend Hey, are you kidding not a bit take it easy fellas take it easy. Yeah, you said your name's dollar insurance dick Let's see your buzzer Okay, not a heart for it. What's the job? Mrs. Wendover's husband died two years ago. She just got around to filing for benefits last week We were curious about it. Go on. Well, can't you see mrs. Wendell at him, huh? As near as I can make out mrs. Wendover's overlooked a lot of things since her husband's death taxes bank accounts whatnot Hillary Fuchs can tell you that much this curse business. She mumbles about well She lost her husband before that her brother killed in the war and her father before that, you know You don't seem to pay much attention. I explained all of you and the cooler if you open your mouth again, mr. Davis Go on how about the insurance? Well, okay? I was ready to leave town last night as a matter of fact I'd call for a plane from Fuchs office What a man named Scanlon came in mistook me for Fuchs and said Sam costigan wanted to see me Costigan's got a gambling place on the other side. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know about it Go on well costigan gave me a necklace the tears of night said it belonged to mrs. Wendover He asked me to bring it back to her said she'd pawned it at the roulette table When I got here mrs. Wendover was wearing the tears of night or something that looked just like it Well, I was curious. I looked up the jeweler who had made it a man named mortuus. He said I was carrying the real thing When I left his place a couple of men from costigan's place followed me. Oh those two who were killed feeling Toby They caught up with me outside of this apartment house and tried to shake me down for the necklace But I'd mailed it to myself at my hotel So they worked me over and left me there when I came too earlier this morning I came up here and found mrs. Wendover sitting here in a state of shock the two steps in a room That's it. Yeah, righty. That's it How long you've been an insurance dick 14 years you bonded. Yes Okay, are you going to let him go or aren't you shut up? Shut up, and I'll tell you both what I'm up against here. I know mrs. Wendover couldn't have had anything to do with the killings I know you dollar couldn't either then go out and find who killed those two men those two and the other one Huh? Costigan was gunned down a couple hours ago About three o'clock in the afternoon Brady released me and Teddy Davis drove me back to my hotel The clerk at the desk looked at my bandage face and turned eight shades of white when he handed me my key I thanked him and told him I'd kept a date with a barracuda. I was feeling kid-ish Also a little dizzy and a little tired. I was looking forward to a hot shower and ten hours sleep when I walked in my room Oh dollar, I've been expecting you come in sir come in Hello, mr. Mortuus, I've been amusing myself with this pocket chest set of yours Mexican Hey sit down sit down. You've had a hectic night Your boys were pretty rough mr. Mortuus Philly and Toby are two men of another world mr. Dollar not of our world allow me to apologize for their actions I want more than an apology. They almost beat me to death and so unnecessary to You know I underestimated you mr. Dollar such an ingenious method of protecting the tears of night Why sir by the simple expedient of placing it in an envelope and mailing it to a yourself from my hotel lobby You hired as guardians the entire United States Postal Service not to mention the armed forces. Yeah One of these no no thanks. I'm one of those faint-hearted persons who cannot abide liquor until after six in the afternoon What happens now we wait for the mail We do precisely Then while we're waiting maybe you'll be kind enough to tell me about the double cross If you can bear my vanity mr. Dollar, I I have invented a new word triple cross. It has a ring to it Hey, that sounds likely you see mr. Scanlon approached me last week and asked me to duplicate the tears of night Mrs. Wendover had truly pawned at the gaming table naturally. I became suspicious Let me guess what you became suspicious of. Oh Well, it was fairly obvious that mr. Scanlon was planning to double-cross mr Costigan that is when the time came to return Mrs. Wendover necklace. He's Ken and I mean Intended to return the bogus piece. I made up and you got into the act that is when I first conceived my own plans Yes, unfortunately, mr. Costigan learned of the little deceit going on around him and mr. Scanlon was forced to shoot him So Scanlon shut castigan How about Toby and Philly mr. Scanlon again abetted by the last of the house of mortus You helped him kill them then planted them and at least Wendover's apartment. Oh dear a crude touch I thought but it had a purpose with two cadavers in a living room She was very unlikely to discuss her bogus necklace with the police And I doubt very much if she knew whether she was wearing the original or in imitation flighty girl That's the lousiest thing the house of mortuers ever did She walked in and found these two there and the doctor doesn't know whether she'll ever be sane again Oh dear dear dear if you had merely returned the necklace to mrs. Wendover It would have been a simple thing to affect an exchange and none of this would have been necessary Well then by guns are by gongs sure. I know You just sit here and wait for the mail. No, no, no, we wait for the mail. What about your playmate Scanlon? Why isn't he waiting with you? Scanlon. I'm afraid I'll be sought for a murder of two or three this night I'm certain the police will find his body before the day is out But I did need him to help me carry the bodies to Elise Wendover's apartment Elise Tell me something mr. Dollar. Does that name Elise bother you as much as it bothers me? Give me a woman with a name like Celeste or Josephine or Roxanne Those are names for the creatures, but at least yeah twaddle. Where are the police going to find Scanlon? Oh in my hotel room, which I departed H. Lay once the room clerk had informed me of your ingenious method for protecting the necklace I shot him there You work cheap mr. Mortuus cheap sir. I don't understand 10,000 dollar necklace. It's not quite a king's ransom, is it? The tears of night are worth closer to a hundred thousand dollars I'm afraid I misinformed you to their value. I didn't want you to become suspicious. I suppose you think you'll get away with it Well, I'm an old man Attended to a destitute and bankrupt jewelry firm with nothing ahead a few grim years and finally a whimpering end That we are set in pass Live that's what I want to do live and this is my opportunity to live like a king and young man. I've taken it Many Vidi Vici you're crazy. You're crazier than a mosquito in December was they'll grab you before you make the air I don't think they will I Shall leave here and turn the tears of night into cash With a well-laden purse I shall guarantee to elude the police over half the world In two years, maybe three. Oh, yes, they'll get me But I will spend the money and what more could a man ask than a perfect fulfillment of all his wishes Oh, I asked you sir is one gentleman to another what more could a man ask? Cautious mr. Dollar. I do shoot well answer it tell them to go away I'll be right beside you open it Mr. Scanlon I have a gun Your loss of blood has made you groggy mr. Scanlon Still Scanlon rolled over and lay still what you was kind of grunted lean back against the wall. He had a pain look on his face Mr. Dara Mr. Dara, I Do believe I've been shot I need a little assistance. I I Can't seem to hold my feet sir. I can't seem to hold my feet I still It was an awkward plan at best Demortuous new nice a bono daughter What if your Latin still escapes your Speak well Of the dead, let me have the police Expense account well Expense account total four hundred and five dollars and sixteen cents details Mrs. Wendover will recover remarks I'll stand for the last two days of expense myself. I didn't have any business sticking my nose in the jewelry end of it But if you make me pay for them, you'll never try to hire me again yours truly Johnny dollar Now here's our star to tell you about next week's intriguing story next week the matter of a reasonable doubt a case of many doubts and believe me All of them are most unreasonable Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dolly 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 where Virginia Greg Victor Perrin Jack Krushen Jane Avello William Conrad Frank Gerstle Marvin Miller and will write musical supervision by a marigomarino and Carl Fautina Be sure to join us on Monday night same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking