From Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dollar. Alson tell it down a
precinct headquarter. Johnny, Oh, hi, al Orry, I missed your
call a few minutes ago. What's on your mind? An actress named Amy
Bradshaw. Amy one of my favorites, me too, but right now I
seem to be looking for a guy who doesn't feel that way about her.
Al it looks like somebody's trying to kill Amy Bradshaw. Better come down here.
Tell me all about it tonight and every weekday night. Bob Bailey in
the Transcribed Adventures of the Man with the Action Packed Expense Account, America's Fabulous
freelance insurance investigator Yours Trulee Johnny Dollar expense account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar,
location, New York City to the Northwestern Indemnity Alliance, Hartford, Connecticut.
The following is an account of expended yours during my investigation of the Amy
Bradshaw matter, the threat of an attempt on her well insured life expense account.
Item five A dollar seventy five cab from my hotel the precinct headquarters to
talk to Detective Lieutenant Alison. Tell him I looked about the same as the
last time i'd seen him. Rugged, competent, maybe a few pounds eavery
year. Sit down, Johnny, sid down. Thanks. Something about Amy
Bradshaw, you said, Yeah, didn't know you were a friend of hers.
Northwestern Indemnity holds a twenty five thousand dollars life insurance policy on her.
Yeah, take a look at this note. Amy got it several days ago.
You are evil. You will be punished by sudden death. Oh,
come on now. A couple of nights ago, after the show, somebody
shoved Amy off the curb and out into the traffic over in Times Square.
Well, the same thing happens to me almost every time I'm around Times Square.
You know what I smell in all this? Ah? Sure you probably
smell at publicity? I sure. Do you think I'd fall for a thing
like that? You know an Amy Bradshaw very long? Oh? I've seen
her in a few shows, but last night was the first time I never
met her in person. If I didn't know you pretty well, i'd say
you might be getting a little stage struck on her. Uh huh. What
about the man who trailed Amy to her apartment? Last night? Oh?
Oh, I don't know. I chased him, but he had too much
of a lead on me. I still wouldn't go jumping to any conclusions.
Who you got to work on? For instance, Well, for one,
David Coleman, her director. Then there's the producer Emory Taylor and his wife
Dora. From what Amy said, I get Dora doesn't like her very well
anybody else. And there's a ragent Mike Palmroy. She seems to be pretty
wrapped up in him old stable fooling it looks like it. Also a fellow
named Porter Kane who's usually hanging around the theater waiting for Amy. And finally
the man I really came to talk to you about. Who's that name?
Is bill Yorke, her husband, but they're separated. Oh, she doesn't
know where he is. You figure he might tie in somehow. He is
the beneficiary of Amy's insurance policy. Well, I'll see if I can turn
up an address on him for you. Okay, thanks Al. In the
meantime, I think I'll pay a call on this Porter Kane, see if
I can find out just how good the fan he is. We will continue
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six to twenty five. Cave to the apartment of Porter Kine in the East
seventies. It was an expensive looking place. I got there about noon,
but Porter Kine was just finishing breakfast, accompanied by chopin. May I offer
you a cup of coffee? Mister Dollar, Oh thanks a blink please?
Yes, Now you came to see me about any Breadshaw. I believe that's
right, mister Kaine. I represent Northwestern Indemnity Alliance. They hold a policy
on this bread Shaw. You perhaps want some sort of character reference on her.
You might put it that way. Well, in that case, you
couldn't have come to one better qualified than I. You see, Amy is
my career at present. Afraid I don't understand, mister Kane. Or some
years ago I was relieved with the sordid but customarily necessary task of working for
my bread and butter. The result is that I've been able to devote myself
to a fascinating hobby. What kind of a hobby? I collect things.
All the objects of my interests vary, but they all have one thing in
common. H This signet ring I'm wearing, for instance, Yes, I
noticed it, very unusual. The crest is out of the Melichif family Renaissance
Italy, the only ring of it's kind in the world, so far as
any of the authorities on that period are aware. That Vaz on the table,
the painting on the wall, that sculpture one of a kind, huh,
precisely, which brings us quite logically to Amy, who is clearly one
of a kind. So so I plan to add Amy to my collection just
like that. Huh. I'm certain Amy will see it my way in time,
and I have time now, If you'll excuse me, I must dress
for the matinee. Will I see you again, mister Dollar, Yes,
you probably will. Mister Kane. I was glad to get out of the
hothouse atmosphere of Kane's apartment. Real weird this character, and I had a
hunch i'd better keep an eye on him. It am seven a dollar sixty
five camp fare that evening to the Criterion Theater. I arrived half an hour
before curtain time and headed for Amy's dressing room. Then, as I approached
her door, you'll listen real careful, I'll give it to you once again.
You've been tossing wrong cues to Shila for three nights now. You've been
doing everything you can to upstage or make her look bad. Mike. It's
just that I've been nervous lately. Maybe I have made a few mistakes in
my liay Amy. You know I've got plans for Shila, and I don't
want her looking back in this play. He's got plans for Sheila. Amy.
We can talk about that some other time, but for now, I
just want you to understand you'll lay off Sheila. I mean, it is
that a threat, Mike, take it anywhere you like. It sounded like
Pamroy was coming outside, so I ducked around behind a piece of scenery and
wit in a moment. Then I went back to Amy's door. Oh,
Johnny Hollo, Amy, you look tired. I am. I just had
a little go around with Mikemi. I've been fluffing some of my lines lately.
He seems to think I've been doing it deliberately to make Shila Mitchell look
bad. But he's wrong. Have you found out anything yet, Johnny?
No, not much. I still can't believe there's anything to it. It's
so silly to let it upset me, silly even to give it a thought.
Well, try not to, Amy. Let me worry about it,
all right? Did I ever tell you it's nice heavy around, Johnny.
I left a dressing room and started for the alley door, but somebody stepped
out in front of me. It was Mike Palmerai. Hello Dollar, Oh,
Hi Palmarai. I was just talking to Dave Coleman the directory. He
told me he was the one who sent for you. He told me why
you didn't know about the threatening letter? Amy got No, No, I
didn't look Dollar. Every actors I've ever known has gotten at least one note
like that during her career. You don't think they should be taken too seriously,
then, No, Miami's pretty nervous these days, and as long as
you're around stirring things up, should be worried about it. If there's anything
to be done about it, I can handle it. In other words,
you want me to mind my own business at it. You said that,
Dollar, I didn't. It might not be a bad IDEA funny thing.
When somebody tells me to lay off a case, my interest in it always
doubles. After the final curtain, I went backstage to wait for Amy.
The stage door was open, and I could see Porter Kin waiting in the
alley outside, so I went over to him. Well, mister Dollar,
good evening. Hello, Kane on duty again tonight. Perhaps that's one way
of putting it. I thought I might have a little chat with Amy after
she's cheating. I'm afraid she has a date. Oh do you happen to
know with whom? Yeah me, mister Dollar. Are you suggesting that I'm
to regard you with some sort of rival? Not at all, Kane,
I'm just suggesting that I'm a friend of Amy's. I see, good night,
mister Dollar. After Kin left, I stood beside the stage door and
tried to figure out some of the angles on this case. There were too
many of them. But the time I went in, the theater was dark
except for a dim light bulb over the stage, and everyone had gone.
Everybody, that is, except Amy. I ran into the dock in theater.
She was standing horrified next to the stairway by the dressing rooms. Her
eyes fixed on something that lay on the floor. Johnny, I was on
my way out to meet you. I had a swish through the air this
heavy sandbag. It barely missed me. Jes, stay back against the wall,
Amy, you'll be okay. There. I climbed the long ladder up
to the catwalk above the stage where they sometimes used the sandbags to balance hunts
the scenery. It was dock up there. I started edging along the catwalk.
Suddenly my foot hit a loose board. I almost lost my balance,
A loose board that could have been left for me. And it was a
long, long drop down to the stage. Whoever had been up there knew
the theater pretty well. Finally I went back down to Amy. She was
trembling. Johnny. It's okay, it's okay, Johnny. Maybe I didn't
take it seriously before, but I do now. Somebody dropped that sandbag from
up there deliberately. Somebody is trying to kill me, and I'm scared,
Johnny. I'm scared. Johnny Dollar will be back in a moment to tell
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here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's episode of the Amy Bradshaw Matter.
Tomorrow, a man steps out of the stage, from out of the past
and into a role he doesn't want to play. Join us, won't you
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar? Yours Truly Johnny Dollar is starring Bob Bailey,
is transcribed in Hollywood, written by Robert Rife, It is produced and directed
by Jack Johnstone. Be sure to join us tomorrow night, same time in
station for the next exciting episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. Roy Rowan speaking