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So remember Johnny dollarair dot 10 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:23,560 com. Now it is time to get into the conclusion of this week's Yours 11 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:29,159 truly, Johnny Dollar Cereal. The original air dates are August the fifteenth, 12 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:36,640 sixteenth, and seventeenth, nineteen fifty six, and it's episodes through through five 13 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:49,359 of the Crystal Like Matter from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dollar. 14 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:53,040 Hi Johnny, this is Betty Norton. I've been trying to call you. 15 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,400 I know I was out. I'm sorry you keep pretty late hours it's after 16 00:01:56,439 --> 00:02:00,319 midnight, they'll wake you up. No good. Why did you come over? 17 00:02:00,319 --> 00:02:05,040 Moon's realized tonight? The lake is luscious. I'll come over, Betty, 18 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,439 but not to talk about the moon of the water. Oh got something 19 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:20,520 else on your mind? Maybe, yeah, a little thing called murder tonight 20 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,719 and every weekday night. Bob Bailey in the transcribed Adventures of the Man with 21 00:02:23,759 --> 00:02:30,840 the Action Packed expense account America's Fabulous Free Lacens insurance Investigator Yours Truly Johnny Dollar 22 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,800 expense account submitted by special Investigator Johnny Dollar to Amalgamated Life Associates Home Office, 23 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:58,560 Hartford, Connecticut assignment. The Crystal Lake matter expense account continued, itam six 24 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,120 two dollars tip to the Crystal Hotel garage attendant for rusting him out of bed 25 00:03:01,159 --> 00:03:05,840 to get my car. I wanted very much to have another talk with Betty 26 00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:07,680 Norton, the wealthy, glamorous girl on the other side of the lake. 27 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:12,319 She had told me she hadn't been with Edward Russell when he left the hotel 28 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,680 bar the night he was murdered, but the bartender at the hotel swore that 29 00:03:15,719 --> 00:03:19,240 she and Russell had left together. If she lied about that maybe she'd lied 30 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,840 about a few other things. When I got to our lake shore mansion, 31 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,280 she had a few well spaced dim lights burning, a dreamy type record playing, 32 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:32,360 and some drinks mixed the whole bit. Here you are, Johnny Bourbon, 33 00:03:32,439 --> 00:03:37,719 isn't it Yeah, you've got a good memory, buddy. Sure. 34 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,599 I always remember what's important or what you want to remember? Same thing. 35 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:49,199 Listen, how about the things you don't want to remember? Meaning a couple 36 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,919 of questions I want to ask you. Oh no, don't start making with 37 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,199 those dull questions again. Look, let's just have a drink. Last time 38 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,439 I had to go swimming with you before you had answered. This time, 39 00:03:58,479 --> 00:04:00,680 it's going to be a drink. Huh. I thought we might dance too 40 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,759 with you, leading I suppose. Sorry, Betty, I know you probably 41 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,840 own quite a few things in this world, but the list stopped short of 42 00:04:09,879 --> 00:04:12,960 me. I want some answers from you, and I want them now. 43 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,199 Okay, So be a party pooper, So ask questions. You told me 44 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,319 you met Edward Russell in the hotel bar the night he was murdered. You 45 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:26,199 had one drink with him and left. That's right, you lied, Betty, 46 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,480 who says so the bartender at the hotel. Man, I've always tipped 47 00:04:30,519 --> 00:04:34,199 him so well too. Look, baby, suppose we cut the comic routines. 48 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,319 Huh? All right, so I left the bar with Russell. Why 49 00:04:38,319 --> 00:04:41,319 did you lie about it to me this afternoon? It's very simple, Johnny, 50 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,560 part of the Norton training. I guess what does that mean? My 51 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:47,000 father told me long ago I could do whatever I liked, but to keep 52 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,560 it out of the newspapers. That's the way I've played it ever since. 53 00:04:50,879 --> 00:04:56,439 Well, go on on that night you're talking about Russell and the bartender got 54 00:04:56,439 --> 00:04:59,120 into a fight. I know, and that's why I lied to you. 55 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,600 Believe me. I just didn't want to be mixed up in anything that could 56 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,480 land in the papers. Let me see what happened. Then he and I 57 00:05:04,519 --> 00:05:08,560 went to a coffee shop to sober him up a little. You can check 58 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,959 that, I will. Then, what kept mumbling about somebody named Billy was 59 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,879 looking for He said much about him? No, he wasn't making very much 60 00:05:15,959 --> 00:05:19,319 sense. And then Hiram came into the coffee shop. Oh, Hiram, 61 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:23,000 the old fellow who drives what passes for a taxi here at the lake. 62 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,199 He told Russell, somebody wanted to see him. Russell left with Hiram, 63 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:32,399 and you didn't see Russell after that, No, I didn't. You don't 64 00:05:32,439 --> 00:05:36,680 look convinced, Johnny, I'm not. You lied once before. You could 65 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:41,759 be lying again. Sorry, I told you I lied before, But this 66 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,600 time it's the truth. We're going to get in touch with Hiram. His 67 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,720 numbers on the cover of the local directory, Local directory, this one over 68 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:58,319 here? Yes, okay, Johnny. At this time of night, Yes, 69 00:05:58,439 --> 00:06:00,519 at this time of night. He doesn't usually take calls after midnight. 70 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,720 Sleeper out somewhere. Ess, Well, I'll check him in the morning. 71 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:20,279 What is it, squid, Johnny? What is it? What's the matter? 72 00:06:20,399 --> 00:06:24,800 I thought I heard something outside here? Could it have been one of 73 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,560 your servants. I only have a housekeeper with me here and she went to 74 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,079 bed hours ago. There are a lot of deer around here. Maybe that's 75 00:06:31,079 --> 00:06:35,000 what it was. Yeah, maybe, Johnny, you call hire him in 76 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:40,560 the morning. He'll back my story up. It's crazy thinking I had anything 77 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,519 to do with Russell's murder. What possible reason? Could I have? A 78 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,000 pretty weird one? Maybe, but it might fit. You told me the 79 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,600 same afternoon. You had to play everything your way. You've probably been doing 80 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:55,240 it most of your life and getting away with it. Maybe Russell wouldn't cooperate, 81 00:06:55,759 --> 00:07:00,519 are you kidding? Look, men like Russell or a diamond dozen So 82 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,000 I had a drink with him and got mixed up in a barroom brawl. 83 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,959 I should have known better, But as far as getting interested in him, 84 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:12,720 I wasn't. Believe me, I can always find others who like to play 85 00:07:12,759 --> 00:07:15,360 it my way? As you put it, what's the matter? Are you 86 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:18,759 kill me? That goal plated front you put on? I wonder if behind 87 00:07:18,759 --> 00:07:24,279 it you aren't just a hollow, lonely kid. Thanks a lot for reminding 88 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:29,920 me, mister Freud. Oh sorry, I guess that was a little out 89 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:34,240 of line. I guess I was asking for it. But you're wrong about 90 00:07:34,279 --> 00:07:39,399 me not being able to stand anyone who doesn't play it my way. You 91 00:07:39,439 --> 00:07:45,680 see, I found someone who won't, and I kind of like it, 92 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,360 kind of like you, that is. Yeah. Look, I always do 93 00:07:50,519 --> 00:07:55,839 better. Worry, I'm not going to try to appropriate you to buy you, 94 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:05,519 but about the loneliness, don't leave just yet, Johnny, stay just 95 00:08:05,839 --> 00:08:20,639 a few minutes more, Okay, just a few minutes. I guess I 96 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:26,199 felt a little sorry for her. Loneliness, or maybe it was well anyway, 97 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,279 I stayed a few minutes more. I think it was just a few 98 00:08:28,279 --> 00:08:35,840 minutes. I watch it stopped. First thing in the morning. I tried 99 00:08:35,879 --> 00:08:37,039 to get higher on the cab driver on the phone again, but still no 100 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:43,039 answer. I headed for Deputy Sheriff Ansell Garrett's office. Clarence Pixby, who 101 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:46,000 owned the cabin where Russell's body was found, was with him. Good morning, 102 00:08:46,039 --> 00:08:50,000 Johnny ants, mister Pixby, One morning, Dolly. Anything new? 103 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,360 Not much? Well, I won't take up any more of your time, 104 00:08:52,519 --> 00:08:56,080 Sheriff. However, I would like to ask a favor. What is it? 105 00:08:56,639 --> 00:09:01,240 So far? The Denver papers haven't mentioned which cabin up here the body 106 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,279 was found in. I'd appreciate it if it could be kept that way. 107 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:07,320 Otherwise, if it got out, I'm afraid my chance is ever selling the 108 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,600 place would be pretty dim. Yeah. Anybody who'd want to buy it for 109 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,440 that reason probably be the kind of person not very welcome here at the lake. 110 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,519 Okay, Bixby sounds reasonable enough. See what I can do. M's 111 00:09:18,519 --> 00:09:24,879 your blige shaff cigar? No thanks, dollar, no, no thanks? 112 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,200 Well, I see you, lady, fellas. I'll be around day or 113 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:33,200 two Moorrow if you want me. Okay, Well, how do things look 114 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:39,480 this morning, Johnny? Just like Bixby's cigar wrapper. I wish he'd quit 115 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,159 tying those things and knots. Every time he does it. It reminds me 116 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:48,360 that we're right in the middle of a knot we cannot tie. It's a 117 00:09:48,399 --> 00:09:52,080 bear or oh, brother, it's worse than that. A guy named Edward 118 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,279 Russell takes off from his home in Denver and disappears. He turns up here 119 00:09:54,279 --> 00:09:56,559 looking for a guy named Bill, of which there are too many in this 120 00:09:56,639 --> 00:10:00,679 time. Then Bixby brings a prospect up here to show you his cabin too. 121 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:05,799 He finds the padlock's been switched, Russell's body inside. Yeah, ant's 122 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,080 The only person who stood to profit financially on Russell's death is his wife, 123 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:13,480 Leona, beneficiary on his fifty thousand dollars insurance policy. But she couldn't have 124 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,480 killed him. The Denver police established her in Denver at the time. Oh, 125 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,840 incidentally, she's up here at the lake now, Johnny. Oh, 126 00:10:18,919 --> 00:10:22,679 yeah, she told me over the phone you wanted her to confirm the identification. 127 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,840 How don't she bear a not too well? It's kind of rough you 128 00:10:26,879 --> 00:10:31,480 get any information out of Betty Norton. Well, her story is she had 129 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,000 coffee with Russell after his frakus with a bartender hiring the cab driver came in 130 00:10:35,039 --> 00:10:39,559 and told Russell somebody was looking for him. Russell went away with Hiram you 131 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:41,200 checked with I've been trying to get in touch with him on the phone. 132 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,000 No answer. Yeah, he's on the goal lot. He keeps his cab 133 00:10:45,039 --> 00:10:48,080 behind the hotel garage. We can check there and leave a message for yeah, 134 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:56,039 okay. Hence, what about Bixby as a possibility. I thought of 135 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,480 that too, Johnny. It had taken awful lot of nerve to kill a 136 00:10:58,519 --> 00:11:03,639 guy and arranged to discover the body in your own cabin, But it sure 137 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:07,240 would be quite a cover. Yeah, like you say, to take more 138 00:11:07,279 --> 00:11:11,919 nerve than most men have got. Besides, we run a check on Bixby 139 00:11:11,919 --> 00:11:15,840 and we've turned up absolutely nothing to time into the deal at all. Now 140 00:11:15,919 --> 00:11:20,320 there's no evidence he'd ever known Russell, and Leanna Russell can't remember her husband 141 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,360 ever mentioning Bixby's name. I uh, hey, wait a minute, how 142 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,759 about Putnam with the guy who wanted to buy Bixby's cabin. Yeah, the 143 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,559 same thing could apply to him. He knew the cabin was empty. He 144 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,960 could have planted Russell's body there and then arrange for Bixby to open the cabin. 145 00:11:37,039 --> 00:11:39,480 It could be except how does he tie? And I don't know. 146 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,159 He said he and his wife wanted to buy the cabin. It might be 147 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:46,759 interesting to check with his wife and see what she says. Not a bad 148 00:11:46,759 --> 00:11:50,759 idea, Johnny, I'll put in a long distance call to her. Don't 149 00:11:50,799 --> 00:11:54,200 count on much, though. At this point, Ansel, I'm counting on 150 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,639 nothing, and I wasn't. I was getting nowhere trying to match a logical 151 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:03,799 motive with any of the suspects. I decided I might as well continue checking 152 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,600 guys named Bill around town and see if I could find the one Russell had 153 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,840 been looking for. I went down to Bill's boat house at the landing Bill 154 00:12:09,919 --> 00:12:13,759 Jensen ran. It was a stocky, heavy set man in his late twenties. 155 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,440 His face looked friendly enough, that is, if you weren't paying much 156 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,399 attention to his eyes. They were about the coldest shade of blue i'd ever 157 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,120 seen. What can I do for you, mister dollar Boat? Maybe a 158 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:30,679 little information, maybe What about a man named Edward Russell, the guy who 159 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,720 was murdered? But what about him? Did he come around here to your 160 00:12:33,759 --> 00:12:37,320 boat house? Not that I know of, But he was seeing for a 161 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,279 man named Bill, and I thought you might be the one. No, 162 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:43,559 No, Aunt Scarrett was telling me about him, but I'm not the one 163 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,360 he was looking for. Sorry. Did you have to see him around town 164 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:50,159 anywhere? Russell? No? The first time I saw him was his picture 165 00:12:50,159 --> 00:12:56,559 in the paper after the killing. I see him. You got quite a 166 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,480 lot of boats here in Jenson, Yeah, pretty big investment in him. 167 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,759 You keep the ones here in the boat house paradlocked? I said, Oh, 168 00:13:01,799 --> 00:13:05,519 I have to used to get one stolen now and then say you want 169 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:07,240 to take one out in the lake now, mister Donnr. Uh, not 170 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:13,879 right now, Jensen, Maybe later, see you round. All of a 171 00:13:13,919 --> 00:13:18,559 sudden, I was real interested in Bill Jensen in his boat house because some 172 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,480 of the padlocks in the boats looked very much like the one that had been 173 00:13:20,519 --> 00:13:24,919 placed on Bixby's cabin door, the one he pried off when he discovered Russell's 174 00:13:24,919 --> 00:13:28,519 body. I wanted a closer look at those padlocks, but now wasn't the 175 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,720 time I went on back to the hotel to look for Hireum, but his 176 00:13:31,799 --> 00:13:35,279 taxi still wasn't there, so I left him a message to contact me as 177 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:39,840 soon as possible. Then after dark, I went back to the boat house. 178 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:43,080 There was nobody around me. I slipped in the back and took a 179 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,600 close look at the boat padlocks. Ye had no doubt about it. They 180 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,519 were the same kind as the one on Bixby's door, and one of them 181 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:54,080 was missing. Yeah, Bill Jensen could be my boy. I hit the 182 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:56,879 deck fast behind one of the boats and looked around me. It was a 183 00:13:56,919 --> 00:14:01,399 bad spot to be in. I was pinned against a wall. I edged 184 00:14:01,399 --> 00:14:05,440 toward the rear, then dole for the door of the tiny office, and 185 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,240 I realized my mistake. I figured that the office would have an outside door, 186 00:14:09,279 --> 00:14:13,320 but it didn't. I was trapped. It looked like I just saved 187 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:35,200 the murder the hard way, Johnny Dollar Ansel Garrett, Johnny, I was 188 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,279 out when you phoned a minute ago, and get over here fast. I'm 189 00:14:37,279 --> 00:14:39,919 trapped in the office of Jensen's boat house. Trap. Look, I've got 190 00:14:39,919 --> 00:14:43,120 no time to explain. There's a man outside with a gun, and I 191 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,720 can't hold him off much longer. I don't know, but I've got a 192 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,960 strong hunch is the one who murdered Russell, and he's trying to do likewise 193 00:14:48,960 --> 00:15:07,960 to me. Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to Amalgamated Life Associates 194 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:13,639 Home Office, Hartford, Connecticut, assignment the Crystal Lake matter expense account continued 195 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,919 item seven two cents just about what I figured my life was worth at the 196 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,679 moment. The tiny office I was in had no windows and no outside door, 197 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,120 a real trap. And outside in the dock and boat house, somebody 198 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,759 with a gun was stalking me, probably the killer I've been looking for, 199 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,559 but now he was looking for me. I stacked what furniture there was against 200 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:39,759 the door. He started throwing his weight against it, and it couldn't last 201 00:15:39,799 --> 00:15:43,440 very long. There was nothing I could do but wait. Right then, 202 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,799 the sound of ansk Garrett's voice outside was just about the sweetest music this side 203 00:15:46,799 --> 00:15:54,279 of heaven. Yeah, yeah, just a minute, I'll get this stuff 204 00:15:54,320 --> 00:16:06,919 away from the door. Okay, switch here somewhere there. Well, Bill 205 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Jensen, so you're my boy Gensen. What are you talking about? What 206 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,840 are you doing here? Anyway? Dollar getting shot at by you? Mostly 207 00:16:11,919 --> 00:16:15,320 Look, this is my boat house. Remember, you've got no business to 208 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,600 come prowling around here, simmer down. Bill, simmer Down, I thought 209 00:16:18,639 --> 00:16:21,759 he was a prowler. Answer, Oh yeah, sure you knew I was 210 00:16:21,759 --> 00:16:23,720 getting close to you. Jensen. You designed to put me out of the 211 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,000 ball game, and you came pretty close. Believe me, I tell you, 212 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,120 I don't know what you're talking about. I figured it was somebody after 213 00:16:29,159 --> 00:16:30,440 my boats. Get me to buy it. Story like that. Just hold 214 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,759 it a second, both of you. I can get a word in edgewise 215 00:16:33,799 --> 00:16:37,600 around here. Maybe we can straighten things out. They're pretty straight right now 216 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,360 as far as I can see. Maybe, Bill, you claim you figured 217 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,120 Johnny was a prowler trying to steal something. Huh, how would you figure 218 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:45,799 it? Ants, I see somebody sneaking into the boat house and catch a 219 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:49,159 glimpse of somebody else hanging around. Wait a minute, somebody else who man 220 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,279 or woman? I couldn't tell if it was got out of site mighty fast. 221 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:56,240 Oh sure, pretty convenient story, Jensen. Somebody around here has been 222 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:00,360 keeping an eye on me right from the start. But right now I figure's 223 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:06,079 to be you, Bill. A couple of Jensen's boats have turned up missing 224 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,279 lately, Johnny, it's natural he might think that. Yeah, and something 225 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:11,240 else has turned up missing here too. Ants, What do you mean that's 226 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,359 why I came here to the boat house tonight in the first place. When 227 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,559 I was here this afternoon, I noticed that the padlocks on his boats were 228 00:17:18,559 --> 00:17:21,119 missing. One of them was missing. They looked an awful lot like the 229 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,240 one that Russell's killer put on the cabin door when he planted the body there. 230 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,440 You know, locks a lock, Johnny, Yeah, but one of 231 00:17:26,559 --> 00:17:30,200 Jensen's is missing. Don't forget that. Oh yeah, come here, take 232 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:38,559 a look right there. Yeah, so it is. How about it, 233 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,759 Jensen, I didn't even know it was gone. How do I know what 234 00:17:42,799 --> 00:17:45,440 happened to it? Somebody stole it, Probably the same guy who stole those 235 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,440 boats last month. Look. Look, if you're trying to involve me in 236 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,680 Russell's murder, you're wasting your time. I didn't even know the guy, 237 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,279 and you got nothing to tie me into it. No, then you better 238 00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:56,920 listen to a few facts. Jensen. Edward Russell took off from his home 239 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,599 in Denver and came up here to Crystal Lake looking for a guy named Bill, 240 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,880 which just happens to be your name. Half a dozen other bills in 241 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,519 town too, Dollar, No, what is that proved? Russell's body was 242 00:18:07,559 --> 00:18:11,400 found in Bixby's vacant cabin when Bixby brought a prospect up to showing the place. 243 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,559 Bixby's lock had been taken off the door and a new one put on 244 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,920 your pad lock, Jensen, I already told you somebody must have stolen it. 245 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:18,920 First. Then I come around to your boat house here to check on 246 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,559 the locks, and you start throwing shots at me. You figure it out. 247 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,039 You haven't got a case against me, and you know it. Dollar, 248 00:18:26,319 --> 00:18:27,519 just the same, Jensen, you better come down to my office with 249 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:32,119 us. I got a few more questions I want to ask you, and 250 00:18:32,319 --> 00:18:36,400 I'd like to check your gun against the slug that killed Russell. Go ahead, 251 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,599 check it. Sure, I'll come down with you as I want to 252 00:18:38,599 --> 00:18:41,920 get this straightened out. Too. Well. Let me tell you something, 253 00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:47,799 Dollar, next time you come around my boat house without a search warrant, 254 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:55,359 I won't miss. We questioned Jensen for an hour, but he didn't change 255 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,279 his story. He kept denying any connection with the murdered man Edward Russell or 256 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:10,119 his wife le Owner. After when Anson and I went into his office I 257 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:14,599 don't think we got enough to hold him on. Johnny. For one thing, 258 00:19:14,599 --> 00:19:17,480 his gun's a different caliber than the one that killed Russell. Oh sure, 259 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:19,200 he could have used a different gun, but we'd have to find it 260 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:23,480 to prove anything. What about the padlock. That's a point, all right, 261 00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:27,359 but it's our only point. Somebody could have stolen it, Like Jensen 262 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:34,359 said, a frame could be Jensen sure sticks to his story. Yeah. 263 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,559 I throw everything I could think of at him, but he didn't crack an 264 00:19:37,599 --> 00:19:41,319 inch. After all, Johnny, you were out of line going into his 265 00:19:41,319 --> 00:19:44,559 boat house like that, so I should have had a search once. I 266 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:53,160 wasn't time. You know, you got quite a knack for stirring up trouble. 267 00:19:55,039 --> 00:19:57,000 If you're wrong about Jensen and the other suspects, you're gonna a few 268 00:19:57,039 --> 00:20:02,880 apologies. Apologies. I don't mine hand an ounce Russell's killer. I want 269 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:11,920 Do you think I don't, Deputy Sheriff Garrett speaking, huh oh, yeah, 270 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,160 yeah, put it through. It's Missus Putnam and Denver Jenny, wife 271 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,960 of the man who wanted to buy Bixby's cabin. Yeah. I put a 272 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,079 call into her earlier, hope. Hello, Oh yeah, Missus Putnham This 273 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:27,319 is Deputy Sheriff Garrett up at Crystal Lake. The reason I'm calling your husband 274 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,279 tells us you and he had been interested in buying a cabin up here for 275 00:20:30,319 --> 00:20:37,480 some time. I thought i'd check with you. What's that you sure about 276 00:20:37,519 --> 00:20:48,559 that? I see? Thanks very much, missus Putnam. Well, I 277 00:20:48,599 --> 00:20:51,799 guess your hunches are still clicking, Joenny. She didn't know anything about it, 278 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,519 huh, not a thing. Didn't even know her husband was up here. 279 00:21:04,759 --> 00:21:07,640 Look, gentlemen, I've already told you all about it. I saw 280 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,720 Bixby's ad in the paper about his cabin here being pre saled. It sounded 281 00:21:11,799 --> 00:21:15,640 like just the thing that you and your wife had in mind, mister Putnam. 282 00:21:15,839 --> 00:21:18,319 Yeah, yeah, exactly, so I can hold it right there. 283 00:21:18,319 --> 00:21:22,440 Putnam, you lied to us. I most certainly did not. Your wife 284 00:21:22,559 --> 00:21:26,880 doesn't seem to know anything about it. My wife, good lord? Is 285 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,680 she up here? No? No, I talked to her on the phone. 286 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,400 You didn't tell her about my wanting to buy the cabin? Yeah, 287 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,079 Putnam, I did. You lied, Putnam, And there could be a 288 00:21:37,079 --> 00:21:40,119 pretty good reason for it. Look, you knew Bixby's cabin was empty. 289 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,599 You could have planted Russell's body there, and then pretended to want to buy 290 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:47,079 the place so Bixby would open it up and the body'd be discovered. It'd 291 00:21:47,079 --> 00:21:49,319 make a pretty good cover for you. Oh gentlemen, please, I'm in 292 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,119 enough trouble as it is right now without you piling moron. I had nothing 293 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,720 to do with Russell's murder. I didn't even know the man. What do 294 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,640 you mean about being in trouble and with my wife? Lookie, it's probably 295 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,920 hard for the two of you to understand. You don't know my wife, 296 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:08,240 don't know your wife. What about I did lie about her wanting the cabin. 297 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,400 She didn't know anything about it. We know that I just wanted the 298 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:22,519 place too well to get away from her once in a while. Ants looked 299 00:22:22,519 --> 00:22:26,440 at me, and I looked at Ants, and I guess we both had 300 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,720 the same idea, the idea that we do on another. In a long 301 00:22:30,799 --> 00:22:34,640 series of blanks we heard, putting them out a long and familiar tale of 302 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,400 wall. We could establish no connection between him and the dead man, so 303 00:22:38,519 --> 00:22:41,759 we finally left. We left him in the middle of a long sentence about 304 00:22:41,759 --> 00:22:45,319 what his wife said to him every time he got home from the office late. 305 00:22:45,079 --> 00:22:48,759 Ants and I went outside the lake was silver in the moonlight, and 306 00:22:48,759 --> 00:22:52,119 a million stars were crowding in the sky. A good night to be young. 307 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:57,759 But at the moment I was feeling ninety years old. Getting you down, 308 00:22:57,839 --> 00:23:03,119 Johnny, Yeah, yeah, right now, I feel like an old 309 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,000 beat up merry around. I've been going around and around, and my bearings 310 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,319 are getting creaky. Trouble is, we've checked out just about everybody who could 311 00:23:11,319 --> 00:23:15,160 possibly be involved. It's motive that beats me. Aunts. The only one 312 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,400 we know of to gain by Russell's death is his wife, Leona, beneficiary 313 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,279 of his fifty thousand dollars insurance pollas. Yeah, but the Denver police established 314 00:23:22,279 --> 00:23:26,640 her in Denver at the time Russell was killed up here. She couldn't have 315 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,960 done it. We've got only one war lead as far as I can figure. 316 00:23:30,279 --> 00:23:32,920 The guy who drives the local taxi here at the lake. Huh yeah, 317 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,359 he keeps his car right over there. And that shit, I know. 318 00:23:34,599 --> 00:23:38,000 That's why I was heading this way. She had's empty though, Benny 319 00:23:38,079 --> 00:23:41,759 Norton told me when she was with Russell the night he got killed. As 320 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:44,359 Hiram came up, untild Russell, somebody was looking for him, drove him 321 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,839 away. Hiram could have a line on the killer. But I can't seem 322 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,359 to get a line on Hiram. I've tried to call him half a dozen 323 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,839 times. I left a message for him to contact me, but I haven't 324 00:23:52,839 --> 00:23:55,279 had a word from him. I don't like it. Our boys are looking 325 00:23:55,319 --> 00:23:59,119 for him. No sign yet. Well I'm not getting anywhere right now. 326 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,400 Look at you're off duing the answer while you're drinking a hotel I am, 327 00:24:02,759 --> 00:24:07,359 you got a deal, curse. There's one possibility been in the back of 328 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,720 my mind all along, Johnny, probably in yours too. You mean the 329 00:24:11,799 --> 00:24:15,559 killer could be somebody we don't even know about, A stranger. Yeah, 330 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,559 yeah, those are the toughest ones to crack, I know. Hmm. 331 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,640 Lobby's kind of crowded tonight. You're getting into the busy season, mister Dollar. 332 00:24:23,079 --> 00:24:26,160 It's Leona Russell. Excuse me a minute, dance meeting the bar right, 333 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,799 get any of missus Russell. I didn't know you were still here. 334 00:24:32,079 --> 00:24:34,319 I'm leaving in the morning. The sheriff asked me to come up here and 335 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,160 make an identification of the body. I know. Afterwards, I just couldn't 336 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,079 seem to get myself organized. I took one of the hotel cottages for a 337 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:48,279 day or two. Such a peaceful spot up here, it's hard to believe. 338 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,039 Yes, I understand, Missus Russell. Your husband came up here apparently 339 00:24:52,079 --> 00:24:56,079 looking for a man named Bill. I've questioned two bills so far, calling 340 00:24:56,119 --> 00:25:00,960 the bartender and Jensen the boat keeper. Those names mean anything to you, 341 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:06,200 not that I recall. That's what's so terrible about this whole thing, mister 342 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:10,079 Dollar. There just doesn't seem to have been any connection between anybody up here 343 00:25:10,079 --> 00:25:14,279 and my husband. Why would anyone have done it? That's a good question, 344 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,559 Missus Russell, and right now we don't seem to have an answer for 345 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:22,079 it. I went into the bar, but ANSD. Garrett was nowhere in 346 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:26,119 sight. The bartender told me he'd been called away. Expensive con had I 347 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:34,759 made seventy five cents one drink? I waited, Still no Garrett. After 348 00:25:34,759 --> 00:25:37,279 a while, I went on and back of the hotel to check on Hiram's 349 00:25:37,279 --> 00:25:42,359 taxicab. Nothing. The message I'd left him was still there. I went 350 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:47,000 back into the bar, but Ants didn't show up. Finally I went up 351 00:25:47,039 --> 00:26:00,759 to my room. Johnny Dollar, Johnny, oh, Hi, I tried 352 00:26:00,799 --> 00:26:03,880 to call you in the bar just now. They told me you'd gone to 353 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,240 your room. I got tired waiting for you. Sorry, I got a 354 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,519 hold ofway on official business. I'm calling from a gas station up near the 355 00:26:08,519 --> 00:26:12,759 three mile grade, ten miles north of the lake. Trouble plenty, Johnny, 356 00:26:12,759 --> 00:26:15,400 seems like when you go looking for people, it always turns out to 357 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,880 be bad luck for them. What do you mean you came up here to 358 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:23,160 Crystal Lake looking for Edward Russell? He turned up? Did now you've been 359 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:29,880 looking for hire Um? The taxi driver don't tell me afraid, So we 360 00:26:30,079 --> 00:26:47,440 just fished his body out of a ravine. Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator 361 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:52,759 Johnny Dollar to Amalgamated Life Associates Home Office, Hartford, Connecticut, following us 362 00:26:52,799 --> 00:26:56,079 a final accounting of expenses and report of my investigation of the Crystal Lake MATAE 363 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,039 id him nine one dollar tip to the garage man to get my car out 364 00:27:03,079 --> 00:27:07,359 in a hurry, I drove up to the three mile grade. Deputy Sheriff 365 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,200 Ansel Garrett was waiting for me beside the highway and led the way down the 366 00:27:10,279 --> 00:27:15,240 ravine. Watched your foot and Johnny, it's pretty tricky. Yeah, who 367 00:27:15,279 --> 00:27:19,160 discovered Hiram's body. One of my boys patrolling the highway. He spotted a 368 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:25,920 glitter of metal down here in the moonlight. Yeah, here we are. 369 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:33,240 Yeah, oh brother, taxi cabinall Uh, what a wreck? Yeah, 370 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,480 he crashed the guard room and came down the slope. I doubt if it 371 00:27:37,559 --> 00:27:40,559 was an accident. Ants, When the guy's got a bullet hole in his 372 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,599 forehead, it's no accident. Johnny looks like the same person who killed Russell 373 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,799 killed Hiram to shut his mouth. I guess that's about the size of it. 374 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,200 Hiram's murder opens up another keg in nails. Ants so well. Betty's 375 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,000 story is that the last she saw of Russell the night he was murdered was 376 00:27:55,039 --> 00:27:57,920 when he drove away in Hiram's taxi. But that story depended on Hiram for 377 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:03,519 confirmation. You'll never be able to confirm it now. Earlier tonight you were 378 00:28:03,559 --> 00:28:06,119 beat because you were fresh out of suspects, Johnny, Now you got a 379 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,359 real live one again. Maybe, but trying to find a motive to fit 380 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,440 Betty Norton as a blind alley. The only one who could benefit financially from 381 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,559 Russell's death is his wife, Leona and she was in Denver at the time. 382 00:28:17,559 --> 00:28:19,119 I still think Russell's murder ties in with the fact that he came up 383 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,200 here looking for somebody named Bill and apparently had it in for him. It 384 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,960 could be trouble, as Johnny, we got too many guys by that name 385 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,319 at Crystal Lake, Bill Cullen, the hotel bartender, Bill Jensen at the 386 00:28:29,319 --> 00:28:33,039 boathouse. Both of them are still possibilities. Ants. The bartender had a 387 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:34,480 fight with Russell on the night of the murder, and it was one of 388 00:28:34,519 --> 00:28:38,640 Bill Jensen's padlocks on the cabin where the body was found. Yeah, it's 389 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,799 true enough. Whoever killed Russell and hid his body in Bixby's vacant cabin didn't 390 00:28:42,799 --> 00:28:45,599 know that Bixby was planning on selling the place and would bring somebody up to 391 00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:49,240 show it and discover the body. Sounds real convincing, Johnny. Now all 392 00:28:49,279 --> 00:28:52,400 you have to do is figure out somebody's name for the whoever and a good 393 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,640 motive, And you're also, oh yeah, sure, real simple. You 394 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,240 know one thing that's been bothering me from the start. Though, Why did 395 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,160 the killer plant Russell's body in a cabin with all the wide open spaces around 396 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,079 here? Why a cabin. Yeah, he could have figured dogs or animals 397 00:29:07,119 --> 00:29:11,160 that uncover the body was outside somewhere. How about the lake. The bodies 398 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,640 have a way of coming to the surface. Yeah, I guess you're right. 399 00:29:15,519 --> 00:29:18,400 If we could only have gotten to him before this. You haven't to 400 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,880 know where he lived. No, a little rooming house not far from the 401 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,640 hotel you threw here. No, not yet, Johnny. I got a 402 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,400 couple of my boys beating the bush around here. Okay, I'll head back 403 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,200 to town and see if I can turn up anything of interest at Hiron's rooming 404 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:38,359 house. On the way back to the village, I stopped at Betty Norton's 405 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,359 Lake Shaw mansioned but she wasn't at home. Her housekeeper told me she'd gone 406 00:29:42,359 --> 00:29:45,519 to Denver for a couple of days. On hearing that, my interest in 407 00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:49,599 her as a suspect shot up again, Expencer con hadem ten a dollar forty 408 00:29:49,599 --> 00:29:53,559 five long distance call to the Denver police, requesting them to try to locate 409 00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:57,279 Betty Norton prefer the questioning. Then I went to the rooming house where hirem 410 00:29:57,319 --> 00:30:00,480 had lived. I couldn't find anything in his room that would give me a 411 00:30:00,559 --> 00:30:03,599 lead on his killer. But as I was coming out, I found someone 412 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:10,960 in the hall home, whites Well, Bill the bartender. Oh hello, 413 00:30:11,119 --> 00:30:14,799 Dolly, what are you doing here? Real simple? I live here all 414 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,119 same rooming house as Hiram. Huh, that's right, I'll look. Don't 415 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:22,799 go trying to tie me into his moutar. He was friends. I didn't 416 00:30:22,839 --> 00:30:26,000 know the news of his killing was out. How did you know he was 417 00:30:26,039 --> 00:30:30,759 dead? Bill? Well, I just talked to one of Vance Garrett's boys 418 00:30:30,759 --> 00:30:33,599 at the hotel. He told me, Oh, I see, No, 419 00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:37,319 you don't see, Dolly, you still fight. Look, whoever killed Hiram 420 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:38,920 is the same one who killed Russell. You had a fight with Russell on 421 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,680 the night of his death. Yeah, I explained that to you before. 422 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,720 He was looking for somebody named Bill. He thought I was the one got 423 00:30:45,759 --> 00:30:48,839 tough about it. But that's all it was to it. I didn't kill 424 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:52,559 him. I didn't kill Hiram. You'll never prove it. I did. 425 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:02,640 Yeah, Going round and round on the Alry go around, Somewhere along the 426 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:06,759 line, I must have missed something, but I didn't know what. I 427 00:31:06,839 --> 00:31:08,759 decided to go back and start from the beginning, in this case, Bixby's 428 00:31:08,839 --> 00:31:12,880 cabin, where Russell's body was discovered. I found Bixby in the hotel bar. 429 00:31:15,079 --> 00:31:18,720 Alright, dollar here for a dream? No, no thanks, Bixby. 430 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,799 Yeah, I got a little good news earlier this evening. Sheriff Garrett 431 00:31:23,839 --> 00:31:26,960 told me he was through checking over my cabin so I can get it cleaned 432 00:31:27,039 --> 00:31:33,519 up and repainted. Now you're gonna advertise it again. Not too optimistic about 433 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:37,359 my chances of selling it. Even though the location of it's been kept out 434 00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:41,599 of the papers, everybody at Crystal Lake here knows about it. Eh. 435 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,440 You never found out who put that new padlock on the door? Huh? 436 00:31:45,119 --> 00:31:48,160 All the lot came from Jensen's boat house, but we haven't been able to 437 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:52,640 tie in Bill Jensen with any of the rest of it. Look, Bixby, 438 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,440 you mind if I take another look around your cabin? Not at all, 439 00:31:55,599 --> 00:31:56,279 Dolly, you want me to go with you? Now? That won't 440 00:31:56,279 --> 00:32:04,039 be necessary. Okay, here's the key. Help yourself. It was my 441 00:32:04,119 --> 00:32:07,000 last chance. Maybe there was something in the cabin that neither Ansell, Garrett 442 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:12,039 nor I had noticed before, something anything that would give me a lead. 443 00:32:13,079 --> 00:32:15,400 I spent an hour going through an inch by inch, and I drew a 444 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:20,440 great big blank. Everything was in place. Nothing had been touched, even 445 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,400 my cigarette butt on the front porch and Bixby's cigar wrapper twisted in a knot 446 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:29,720 where we'd sat and talked after he'd re enacted the discovery of Russell's body inside. 447 00:32:29,759 --> 00:32:32,000 Only marks on the floor where Ansel Garrett's boys had measured the distance of 448 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,279 the body from the door. Stuff like that. But as far as anything 449 00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:37,920 that would give me a fresh lead, there was nothing, nothing at all. 450 00:32:38,519 --> 00:32:55,359 I was licked and I knew it. Oh, mister Dollar, good 451 00:32:55,359 --> 00:33:00,480 evening, missus Russell. I just dropped into say goodbye. It was very 452 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:06,960 thoughtful of you. Please come in. Thanks. When are you leaving? 453 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,119 I'm checking out in the morning. What are your plans? I'm not sure, 454 00:33:10,119 --> 00:33:14,599 mister Dollar. I'll probably get rid of the house in Denver and take 455 00:33:14,599 --> 00:33:17,720 it apartment for a while. After that, I don't know. Have you 456 00:33:17,759 --> 00:33:21,799 filed your claim yet on your husband's insurance policy? No, not yet. 457 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,279 My lawyer will take care of it for me. I'd rather not have any 458 00:33:24,319 --> 00:33:30,119 more to do with things like that personally than I can help. Mister Dollar. 459 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:34,599 Have you gotten anywhere with your investigation? Have you found anyone at all 460 00:33:34,599 --> 00:33:37,559 who could have had a reason to kill my husband, to tell you the 461 00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:44,519 truth, Missus Russell. Up till now, I've gotten Then I saw it 462 00:33:44,599 --> 00:33:47,759 something in Leona Russell's room, just a little thing, but all of a 463 00:33:47,799 --> 00:33:52,680 sudden the whole deal slid neatly into place. But I had to be sure 464 00:33:52,279 --> 00:33:57,440 somehow. I had to start the ball rolling and see what happened, you 465 00:33:57,559 --> 00:34:01,000 were saying, mister Dollar. Oh, yeah, I was saying that. 466 00:34:01,079 --> 00:34:05,079 Up to now, I haven't been able to get any What time is it 467 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:08,239 a quarter to ten? Oh? I got to make a phone call. 468 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:13,039 Mind if I use your phone? No, not at all. I was 469 00:34:13,119 --> 00:34:17,079 supposed to call Deputy Sheriff Garrett to check on a new lead, and if 470 00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:29,679 it's panned out, looks like we're in Deputy Sheriff Garrett, Johnny Dollar, 471 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:34,480 Ants, how's that new lead? Look? What lead? Yeah? Good? 472 00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:38,800 Oh? Maybe putting on that for somebody, Johnny, That's right. 473 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:43,480 It looks like we're on the right track at last. You can't beat a 474 00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:49,280 lab test. Thanks Ants, something new has developed, mister Dollar. Yeah, 475 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,679 looks like we're finally closing in on the right man. Missus Russell. 476 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,679 I gotta run now. I've got a date with the sheriff, but I'll 477 00:34:54,719 --> 00:35:02,440 keep you posted. I went outside a hotel cottage and waited. I could 478 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,719 hear her on the phone. In a moment, she came on, started 479 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,239 along the trail and then the lake shore. I followed. I was sure 480 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:14,000 I was finally getting close to Russell's killer, but then a gun barrel on 481 00:35:14,079 --> 00:35:16,320 my back told me I'd gotten a little too close. Older Dollar, Well, 482 00:35:17,159 --> 00:35:24,199 mister Bixby surprised. As a matter of fact, no is that you 483 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:31,159 Bill Dollar? Hello, Leon Leoni A super little falling for a gig like 484 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:35,000 Dollar just pulled on you. But I had to talk to you to warn 485 00:35:35,039 --> 00:35:37,119 you. It looks like you're a little stupid too. Bixby. You have 486 00:35:37,199 --> 00:35:42,280 a habit of tying cigar wrappers into knots. I just spotted one of them, 487 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,360 and Leona's conne I should never come to your cottage of the owner, 488 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,519 you insisted, I had to see you. Bill. Yeah, Bill, 489 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:52,480 that's what threw me about you. Bixby, Clarence Bixby, but a middle 490 00:35:52,519 --> 00:35:54,599 name of William huh wilf. If it'll do you any good now, it 491 00:35:54,639 --> 00:35:58,880 was you and Leona right from the start. Her husband found out about it, 492 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,880 but all he had to go on with the name Bill. Somehow he 493 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,920 got a lead that brought him up here to Crystal Left. Of course I 494 00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:07,039 arranged for him to get the lead. Yeah, you wanted to be easy 495 00:36:07,039 --> 00:36:09,360 to find. You had him the taxi driver to Corey Russell to you, 496 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,840 then killed him to shut his mouth, Bill, get rid of him. 497 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,519 Then you killed Russell in your own cabin and left his body. I had 498 00:36:15,559 --> 00:36:19,199 to the people in the next Captain moved in that night. I was afraid 499 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,639 they'd see me if I moved the body. So you played it's smart. 500 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,559 You stole a padlot from Bill Jensen to throw suspicion on him. Then you 501 00:36:24,599 --> 00:36:29,199 advertised your cavin and discovered the body when a prospect wanted to see the place. 502 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:30,880 A pretty neat cover, Bixby, You had a lot of night. 503 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:36,199 I still have dollar enough to do what has to be done now. And 504 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,559 sweet little Leona Russell, the poor grieving wife in it with you right from 505 00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:42,440 the start. Hurry up and do it. Bill, Then you and I 506 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,519 can go, oh no, that's for your wrong, leoner. It's not 507 00:36:45,639 --> 00:36:49,079 gonna be you and I anymore. Bill. You can't say that you engineered 508 00:36:49,079 --> 00:36:51,599 the whole deal right from the start, and I'm sick of it. I'm 509 00:36:51,599 --> 00:36:52,880 getting off. You can't get out, Bill, You hear me, You 510 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:57,239 can't you? And this is deep as eye ally, Yes, I can 511 00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,559 get out all right to the owner. I know what good way. Oh 512 00:37:00,679 --> 00:37:05,880 yes, I've used it before and it works. He is for you, 513 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,559 baby, No Bill, he swung the gun tot her. I drove out 514 00:37:09,599 --> 00:37:15,519 him a too late. I hit him twice in the face and down. 515 00:37:20,199 --> 00:37:23,039 I've been over Leona, but she was gone. She must have been dead 516 00:37:23,039 --> 00:37:31,519 when she hit the ground. Eleventh and final, Ah'm on expense account one 517 00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:37,199 hundred and forty five dollars and twenty cents. Transportation and incidentals from Crystal Lake 518 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,920 Home. Total expenses four hundred and twenty three dollars. Even remarks about Bixby 519 00:37:42,679 --> 00:37:45,360 in jail awaiting trial on three counts of murder, Edward Russell, hire him, 520 00:37:45,519 --> 00:37:50,800 Leona Russell, about Leona whod engineered the whole deal for a payoff? 521 00:37:51,559 --> 00:37:54,760 Well, she got paid off all right. End of remarks. End of 522 00:37:54,840 --> 00:38:12,239 report. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Now here's our star to tell you 523 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,760 about next week's story. Next week, beginning on Friday night, Because I'm 524 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:20,400 sure you'll want to listen to the Republican Convention Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and 525 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,840 Thursday of next week. A simple string of beads, and each bead on 526 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:29,400 it a motive for murder. Join us, won't you? Yours Truly? 527 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:46,679 Johnny Dollars. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar is starring Bob Bailey, is transcribed in 528 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:52,800 Hollywood, written by Robert Rife. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone. 529 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:55,920 Heard in this week's cast were Dick Krenner, Charlotte Lawrence, Geene Tatum, 530 00:38:57,039 --> 00:39:01,440 Howard mcneer, Forrest Lewis and herb Ella's musical supervision by A Marigo Marino. 531 00:39:02,159 --> 00:39:07,400 Remember, next week's story will start on Friday night because of the Republican 532 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:10,920 Convention on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. So join us Friday a 533 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:15,119 week from tonight, same time in station for another exciting story of Yours Truly, 534 00:39:15,239 --> 00:40:17,639 Johnny Dollar. Roy Rowan speaking welcome back. I think the solution of 535 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:25,719 Bixby being involved was somewhat obvious from a mystery construction standpoint, as they repeatedly 536 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:30,400 called back to the idea that Bixby had a special way of tying his to 537 00:40:30,519 --> 00:40:36,960 guers and that would be a weird thing for a show to obsess about if 538 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:42,199 it had nothing to do with anything. Ideally, there'd be some counter clue 539 00:40:42,639 --> 00:40:45,239 to be a red herring so that we wouldn't guess it, but they didn't 540 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:51,840 include that for some reason. Still, the final piece was missing, and 541 00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,679 the series serves as a warning that going off half cock punching every guy named 542 00:40:55,679 --> 00:41:00,280 Bill is a bit of a fool's Errand well, the most Bill is the 543 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:05,519 first name Williams. There are a lot of folks named Bill, particularly in 544 00:41:05,519 --> 00:41:09,880 that generation where there are some names where I read the full name and I'm 545 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:14,559 like, okay, how did you get Bill out of that? Now, 546 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:22,800 Richard Krenna is credited, and old time radio fans who are listeners to just 547 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:30,119 the main body of popular stuff will no doubt can consider Richard Krenna as associated 548 00:41:30,159 --> 00:41:35,119 with Walter Dentton on our Miss Brooks. And so it's a bit of a 549 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:39,000 trait to hear him in his natural voice the way it sounded in nineteen fifty 550 00:41:39,039 --> 00:41:45,400 six. And I guess Rambo fans can also more easily project him forward a 551 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:51,280 couple decades for his role in the Rambo films. The Indian Announcement goes a 552 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,079 bit more insight into the culture of the time, with the idea that not 553 00:41:54,119 --> 00:41:59,599 only was the show going to be off for the Republican convention, but it 554 00:41:59,639 --> 00:42:04,119 was thought that listeners would no doubt tune into it. The idea was, 555 00:42:04,199 --> 00:42:08,239 of course not partisan, but it was the practice of many Americans, regardless 556 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:15,079 of political party, to watch the party's conventions. To people in my generation 557 00:42:15,199 --> 00:42:20,519 and maybe a bit younger, this probably seems a bit odd, but conventions 558 00:42:20,559 --> 00:42:25,239 back during this time could be quite exciting and dramatic affairs. Party nominees were 559 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:31,079 not necessarily known, with most delegates going to the convention free to vote for 560 00:42:31,119 --> 00:42:37,920 whoever they would and the party leaders battle over policy issues and national tickets could 561 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:44,920 actually be worked out on live television or radio. For all the contrary to 562 00:42:45,079 --> 00:42:52,119 experience with most scripted TV and radio programs on summer break, the conventions could 563 00:42:52,199 --> 00:42:59,719 offer a certain flare of entertainment value. With the shift to presidential primaries and 564 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:07,000 call becaus is choosing delegates who are pledged to support a particular candidate, and 565 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:13,920 the nominees being known well in advance, the convention began to diminish importance. 566 00:43:14,079 --> 00:43:16,719 Today. I think it's fair to say that because the nominee is usually known 567 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:23,559 well in advance of the conventions, there's little drama at the primetime public portions 568 00:43:24,159 --> 00:43:30,360 of the convention, which serve as a sort of coronation or infomercial for the 569 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:35,480 pre selected national ticket. Whether this is a good thing or not is a 570 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,400 matter for debate, but it does explain why our view of these events is 571 00:43:38,559 --> 00:43:43,880 very different in twenty twenty four than it was in nineteen fifty six. Now, 572 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,519 for our purpose, I should say that the nineteen fifty six Republican Convention 573 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:55,719 would necessitate one of only two Johnny Dollar cereals not to be a five parter. 574 00:43:55,960 --> 00:44:01,239 And so next week will be slightly effort, but only slightly, as 575 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:07,199 we'll have a six part story and we'll essentially do three parts on Tuesday and 576 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:13,679 three parts on Friday, so that'll be the main difference. Now it's time 577 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:19,480 to turn to listener comments and feedback, and we start over on YouTube and 578 00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:23,840 the Riots Rights regarding the Nick Suar matter, love the show, and then 579 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:31,760 we also have some comments on our listener survey. Lisa writing in Hiltonhead Island, 580 00:44:32,599 --> 00:44:37,519 South Carolina, Riots. I listen every night. It's my way of 581 00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:43,920 shutting off the crazy world that we're living through. And Matt says it's my 582 00:44:44,039 --> 00:44:49,880 go to podcast, and Timothy says, I love the old time radio shows. 583 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,960 It's like someone is reading me a bedtime story. Well, thanks so 584 00:44:53,039 --> 00:44:58,800 much, Timothy, and thanks so much. Appreciates you all completing the listener 585 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:04,119 survey. Oh it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day, and 586 00:45:04,159 --> 00:45:07,800 I want to go ahead and thank Jennifer. Jennifer has been one of our 587 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:15,159 Patreon supporters since May of twenty sixteen, currently supporting the program at the Detective 588 00:45:15,199 --> 00:45:21,000 Sergeant level of seven dollars and fourteen cents or more per month. Thank you 589 00:45:21,119 --> 00:45:24,199 so much for your support, Jennifer, and that will do it for today. 590 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:30,199 If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software 591 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:35,840 and be sure to rate and review the podcast wherever you download it from. 592 00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:40,800 We will be back on Tuesday with another Yours truly Johnny Dollar Cereal, but 593 00:45:42,039 --> 00:45:47,280 join us back here tomorrow for Dragnet Where ambulance on the way, Jorge and 594 00:45:47,519 --> 00:45:51,639 use it both? Did you call a crime lab there on the way? 595 00:45:51,719 --> 00:46:00,920 Okay, we better take a look at that back round right, So where 596 00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:02,719 you found him? Calling, nothing's been touched. Safe was up when we 597 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:06,679 got here, cleaned out, shut twice through the back, both of them. 598 00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:07,760 They both did. When you got here. The old man was she 599 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:12,559 wasn't she said anything, She said the whole up. Guy wanted all the 600 00:46:12,559 --> 00:46:14,719 money in the safe. The old man gave it to him, pleaded with 601 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:16,360 him not to shoot. Yeah. While I was handing over the money, 602 00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:20,159 the old man dropped a ten dollar bill. He said he was sorry, 603 00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,079 stooped to pick it up. Guys shout him through the back. Woman said 604 00:46:23,119 --> 00:46:27,599 she turned to grab her husband. Guy shot her through the back. Hope 605 00:46:27,599 --> 00:46:30,280 you'll be with us then. In the meantime, do send your comments to 606 00:46:30,519 --> 00:46:37,599 Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot nett, follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, 607 00:46:37,679 --> 00:46:43,039 and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com slash Great Detectives 608 00:46:43,079 --> 00:46:46,760 from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.