1 00:00:28,359 --> 00:00:36,280 Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This 2 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:41,719 is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it 3 00:00:41,759 --> 00:00:48,320 to me Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, Follow us on Twitter at 4 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:55,119 Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram dot com slash Great 5 00:00:55,159 --> 00:01:00,840 Detectives. A reminder as you are making your travel plans, remember Johnny Dollar 6 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,239 Air dot com. Johnny Dollar Air dot com is our Priceline affiliate link, 7 00:01:04,359 --> 00:01:10,680 so part of the purchase price supports the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio at 8 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:15,239 no additional cost to you. Now let's get into the conclusion of this week's 9 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:22,640 Yours truly, Johnny Dollar Cereal. The original air dates on this are August 10 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,439 eighth, ninth, and tenth of nineteen fifty six. It's The Alder Matter, 11 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:40,439 episode three, four and five from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny 12 00:01:40,439 --> 00:01:42,359 Dollar. This is Constance Older. Mister Dollar. Are you all right? 13 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:47,480 Sure, missus Older? What made you think I might not be well? 14 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:51,079 Just you having left the living room being in your own room like this? 15 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,920 Nothing wrong, Missus Alder. I'm fine. I'm sorry Montanti took so long 16 00:01:55,959 --> 00:01:59,680 with his k handling demonstration. I hope you weren't bored, not in the 17 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,599 least. He's very good. But you did leave. That isn't necessarily a 18 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:07,879 sign of boredom, is it, missus Alder? You left before I did? 19 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:12,400 Yes? Of course the hostess has to keep busy, you know. 20 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,039 Sure. And like I said, I wasn't bored. I only left because 21 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,400 I wanted a little air. I went out on the patio for it. 22 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,680 Wonderful spot, Missus Alder. You can see everything, the harbor, the 23 00:02:23,759 --> 00:02:28,759 slope down from the house, even anyone who might be on it. I 24 00:02:28,759 --> 00:02:30,199 want to see you, mister Dollar, talk to you. That figure is 25 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:43,520 where your car half an hour tonight and every weekday night. Bob Bailey, 26 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,960 in the transcribed Adventures of the Man with the Action Packed Expense accout America's Fabulous 27 00:02:46,960 --> 00:03:05,919 freelance insurance Investigator, Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, from Special Investigator Johnny Dollar, 28 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,159 location in Caracas, Venezuela to the home office Worldwide Mutual Insurance Company, 29 00:03:09,159 --> 00:03:22,240 Hartford, Connecticut, assignment. The older matter expense account continued, Sometimes it 30 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,719 takes only a few well chosen words to start the mountain coming to Muhammad. 31 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:30,280 And it looked like I had picked the right ones with Constance Alder. Whatever 32 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:31,960 she had to say, I wanted to hear it because it was a sinch. 33 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,599 Nobody else in this rat race was giving away any information. Yeah, 34 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:39,439 I wanted very much to hear what missus Alder had to say. I had 35 00:03:39,439 --> 00:03:44,080 it downstairs right away because I have a fetish about being early, but my 36 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:47,120 timing was bad. Ey Dollar, you got a minute? Well, I 37 00:03:47,159 --> 00:03:50,960 can hardly say no to my host. Mister Alder, Come on in the 38 00:03:51,000 --> 00:04:00,039 den. Anything the matter? There's cuts on your face. What happened your 39 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,280 daughter's boyfriend a kink? Yeah, he's got the idea. You hired me 40 00:04:04,319 --> 00:04:08,800 to bust up their little romance. He didn't like it, that idiot? 41 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,400 Is that all you've got to say, mister Older? Because of it is 42 00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:15,680 let me tell you how I feel about it. Where I stand? What 43 00:04:15,959 --> 00:04:19,360 do you look? I know you're the insured, but I just about had 44 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:21,680 it with you. I don't have to take that kind of talk. I 45 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,480 think you do. You asked me to keep you alive, but you won't 46 00:04:25,519 --> 00:04:28,360 lift a finger to help. Every time I ask you a question, you 47 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,120 look the other way. Do an imitation of clam? What am I supposed 48 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:36,199 to be a mind reader. All I want you to do is protect Oh 49 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,959 come on, come on, Alder, you're smarter than that. Protect you 50 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,959 from what you've almost been tagged out once. You must have an idea? 51 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:49,279 Who made that try? And why? I have no idea? Just like 52 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:54,480 that? Huh, mister dollar, Mister Alder, don't you see that by 53 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,160 not opening up, you're making a clay pigeon out of yourself. I can 54 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:04,120 tell you nothing. You know that I'd be justified in suggesting my company cancel 55 00:05:04,199 --> 00:05:08,160 the policy. Now you'll have to suit yourself about that. Excuse me just 56 00:05:08,199 --> 00:05:12,000 a minute. What did you tell your family and guests about me? Who 57 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,319 am I supposed to be? An old friend from up in the States. 58 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,480 Uh? Huh, you realize something, old friend. That's the first question 59 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,600 I ever asked that you had an answer for. It's the first one I 60 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:30,319 considered. You had to write this, mister Alder, Yes, whose side 61 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:43,399 are you on? Yours are the person who's trying to kid you oil rich 62 00:05:43,519 --> 00:05:47,279 Billy Alder business mind par excellence, super salesman deluxe, the man who could 63 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:51,120 sell or talk you into anything, or could he say one word that might 64 00:05:51,199 --> 00:05:56,079 keep another bullet from coming his way? It shouldn't look like it. I 65 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,800 left the den, was just starting out to my car to meet missus Alder. 66 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,720 I must have been relying Wis for our chat, because I suddenly realized 67 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:05,079 I'd forgotten my car keys. I hurried back upstairs and at the top almost 68 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,600 bowled over a woman who was about to come down. Oh, I'm so 69 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,319 sorry, my fault. No, no, I should have looked where I 70 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,879 was going. Here. Are you hurts sectly? All right? Excuse me? 71 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:24,000 Please? Sure was a hard house to make acquaintances, even when they 72 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,560 were old and drab and stern looking well. I went to my room, 73 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,759 got my car keys and my wallet, which lay alongside them. The position 74 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,639 of the wallet was interesting. I shut the door, headed once more for 75 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,639 my car. The lady of the house was waiting. We took off. 76 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:46,560 I know who you are, mister Donner, while you're here, I'm sure 77 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,319 you do. I was just back in my room. What I'll give you 78 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,480 a tip. Never search a pros room. He always puts an article down 79 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:58,000 in a certain position and memorizes it automatically. A search you can never replace 80 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,639 it, exactly the same way with me. It's wallets. I did not 81 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:04,480 go into your room. Oh, the name A guess for me? What 82 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,639 are you have? Fifty sh kind of lady, kind of faded, severe 83 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:14,439 looking. Why, I'm just curious. Doris Cole, a very old friend 84 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,079 from the States, mind telling me where her room is right next to yours? 85 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,279 Why? Well, I just ran into her as she was coming downstairs. 86 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,759 She looked a little Call it worry. That's ridiculous. She'd have no 87 00:07:24,759 --> 00:07:28,399 more reason to search your room than I would. Sure, let's forget it. 88 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,680 A little while ago I saw you searching out on the slope, and 89 00:07:31,759 --> 00:07:35,519 you know I saw you. Now what were you looking for? An empty 90 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:40,279 cartridge? You think I fired that shot at my husband? Someone did? 91 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:43,639 And there are easier places to go for a stroll and on that slope. 92 00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:48,399 I know what you're thinking, but you're wrong. I just wanted to see 93 00:07:48,439 --> 00:07:53,879 if I could find some trace of whoever had done it. A shell from 94 00:07:53,879 --> 00:07:57,639 a gun. Oh, that's interesting to say the least. I don't like 95 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,720 your tone, mister Dalla. I don't blame you because you just made a 96 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:05,759 poopoo. Only an automatic ejecta's shell a revolver doesn't. In other words, 97 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:11,959 you knew what kind of gun was used. Uncomfortable, missus Alder, Why 98 00:08:11,959 --> 00:08:16,519 don't you go home like to live dangerously? Missus Older slapping the driver of 99 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,639 a moving car. Pretty foolish, isn't it. Sorry, I'm very sorry, 100 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,160 all right? Tell me something? How did you know what I was 101 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,920 really here for? My husband? I made him tell me, well, 102 00:08:28,959 --> 00:08:33,039 congratulations. I can't get him to tell me the time of day, and 103 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:43,159 he knows whose side I'm on. We rode back to the house without exchanging 104 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,120 another word, and one thing was obvious. The Sheik missus Alder had apologized 105 00:08:46,159 --> 00:08:48,840 all right, but the anger I'd stirred up could have powered a fair sized 106 00:08:48,879 --> 00:08:52,679 city for a week. When we reached the house, she simply got out, 107 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,360 headed forward, as though I were a process server she wanted to get 108 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,360 away from. I went to my room, trying not to look like a 109 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:03,600 process, to figure what my next step would be. I was suddenly very 110 00:09:03,639 --> 00:09:07,960 grateful to whoever had chosen my room because of two things, the excellent view 111 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,320 of the Alder patio and what was happening on it. Missus Alder and Doris 112 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:16,559 Cole were having a discussion, with Missus Alder doing all the talking. Even 113 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,000 from this distance, I could see the anger on both their faces. Then 114 00:09:20,039 --> 00:09:24,440 After a few minutes, both women went into the house. Five minutes later, 115 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:31,679 I was still wishing I could have heard the words, well, miss 116 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,759 Cole, won't you come in? Well I only stopped for a moment. 117 00:09:35,799 --> 00:09:41,080 Glad you did. I just wanted to apologize for my behavior when we ran 118 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,840 into each other on the stairs a little while ago. Oh nonsense, it 119 00:09:43,879 --> 00:09:46,919 was my phone. No, no, I meant well, I was so 120 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,080 brusque and well, I just don't know what I could have been thinking of. 121 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,240 Oh, you were nothing of the kind. Don't worry about it. 122 00:09:52,799 --> 00:09:56,480 You're very nice about it, very nice. Well, excuse me, now, 123 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,639 won't you? Oh sure thing was Cole? Thanks for taking in trouble. 124 00:10:01,279 --> 00:10:07,360 Yes, yes, I watched her as she hurried down the hall, 125 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:13,639 an awkward woman who left you with one strong impression that she had little feel 126 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,799 for the social graces. The impression was emphasized about two minutes later by a 127 00:10:16,799 --> 00:10:22,639 second visitor, one who knew all about the social graces, Constance Alder all 128 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,240 smiles and charmed. I'll bet you thought we ran out of food, mister 129 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,799 dollar. I was kind of wondering, blame El Montante. Does he eat 130 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,200 everything in the house? Oh? Not quite. He just refuses to allow 131 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,600 dinner to be served, insists that tonight he's the host, that it's his 132 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,519 evening. Oh what does that mean? Dinner in town, the highlight matches, 133 00:10:39,519 --> 00:10:43,440 and nightclubbing afterwards. He simply won't be refused, insists that everyone in 134 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,399 the house be his guest. Sound attractive, Well, it would be pretty 135 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:50,440 hard to say no to an offer like that. Good don't belong. Everyone's 136 00:10:50,519 --> 00:10:58,320 dressing like mad should be quite an evening it was. Montante was acknowledged to 137 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:03,120 be a great He had just as much class outside the arena. He ordered 138 00:11:03,159 --> 00:11:07,080 a dinner and it was gourmet time. He placed our bets. At the 139 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,399 highlight matches nothing but when it is, and at the nightclub, nothing but 140 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:13,960 champagne. For a group of people living in the house loaded with tension, 141 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,679 it was a ball and a lot of it was because of the Matador's quiet, 142 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:20,399 easy manner. He was a man who knew how things should be done 143 00:11:20,399 --> 00:11:24,559 and did them. It was pretty tough not to like him. Constance Alder 144 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,720 seemed to feel the same way, her eyes always on him. But the 145 00:11:28,759 --> 00:11:31,120 Matador himself was never once on a line, never said or did anything that 146 00:11:31,159 --> 00:11:35,399 could possibly offend Billy alder and for a busy host. He was observant. 147 00:11:35,879 --> 00:11:41,639 I found that out while the others were dancing. Perhaps I can answer the 148 00:11:41,759 --> 00:11:46,039 question to your dollar. I haven't asked one, Signor Montante. I mean 149 00:11:46,279 --> 00:11:50,679 words, no, but it's not difficult to interpret. You watch missus older 150 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:56,519 than me. Any question is in your lives. No, you're a pretty 151 00:11:56,519 --> 00:12:01,679 sharp fellow, Sennor matadorm and a gentleman. Signor. I do not pursue 152 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:07,840 other men's wives. The question is answered partly what happens when you are at 153 00:12:07,879 --> 00:12:15,519 the pursuit. I see Senor Dollar, women with money, but without great 154 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:20,440 beauty. They try to compensate each in her own way. Hers is not 155 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:26,159 unusual acquisition the company and attendance of a man who is presentable, admired. 156 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,480 I am not unknown in the arena, so for the moment it is my 157 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:39,600 company. Tomorrow a better known companion, if one should appear as simple as 158 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:46,399 that his sun No, Signeur and a little embarrassing. Thanks, And I'm 159 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:50,360 the one who's embarrassed. I thought your eye was on the all their fortune. 160 00:12:52,919 --> 00:12:58,080 Senor, you know what I received for a Sunday afternoon in any Latin 161 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:07,759 American country ten thousand dollars sometimes more your question is answered se well, not 162 00:13:07,879 --> 00:13:13,960 quite. Why does the fellow take bull fight lessons? Like I said, 163 00:13:15,039 --> 00:13:18,120 the evening was pleasant, but it was still a job watching Doris Cole, 164 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:22,240 now awkwardly dancing with Billy Alder. I kept thinking of a argument with missus 165 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,679 Alder her furtiveness. I felt sure she'd been the one who'd searched my room, 166 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,519 and there would never be a better chance to return the compliment. So 167 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,679 I developed a sudden killing headache, and over the protests of the others, 168 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,480 had gonned and grabbed a cab for the older house in Aguiara. In missus 169 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:41,840 Cole's room, I did a hurried but thorist search and came up with two 170 00:13:41,879 --> 00:13:46,960 things that proved real interesting. A passport with Doris Cole's picture but made out 171 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,919 to one Dora Jansen, and an unsigned letter postmarked New York. In a 172 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,360 quick scrawl, it said simply that the Caribbean Star would arrived in La Gierra 173 00:13:54,440 --> 00:14:00,399 on the seventeenth. I'm sorry about your headache, mister Dollar, but there 174 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:24,840 is no aspirin in my room, Johnny Dollar, Dollar, there's older here. 175 00:14:24,759 --> 00:14:26,840 I must be something the matter with the house phone, I thought I 176 00:14:26,919 --> 00:14:31,159 rang a different room. Doris calls from mister Waller. Well, yes that's 177 00:14:31,159 --> 00:14:35,600 what you got see here at Dollar, You're not questioning that woman batching her. 178 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:39,440 We were simply discussing two headaches and the value of aspiring. I want 179 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,840 to speak to her. I just wanted to be sure everything was all right, 180 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,000 both of you running out of the nightclub with headaches like that. Oh, 181 00:14:46,039 --> 00:14:48,840 everything's fine. I'd like to speak to you, though. Sorry, 182 00:14:48,879 --> 00:14:50,960 it's late. I have a long day tomorrow. I'm afraid it's important tonight. 183 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:58,000 Are you thinking of arresting me, mister Dollar, I'm not a police 184 00:14:58,039 --> 00:15:01,720 romoll. You act black one. Entering my phone, sneaking into my room 185 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,320 while I'm gone, That even's the score. Then you had a quick look 186 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:07,279 through mine earlier in the day, mister dawk g Just what were you looking 187 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:24,960 for? Mis Coal from Special Investigator Johnny Dower location in Caracas, Venezuela to 188 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:30,039 the home office Worldwide Mutual Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, assignment the older 189 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:37,240 matter expense account continued back in my own room. After saying good night to 190 00:15:37,279 --> 00:15:41,000 a sullen doorus Coal. I didn't feel the slightest qualms about having invaded her 191 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,919 room and lying about the reason for it. Why should I? The people 192 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:48,440 in the older house didn't seem too concerned with the truth. In fact, 193 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,000 the whole case seemed to be a question of why or saying nothing. Consider 194 00:15:52,639 --> 00:15:56,320 Billy Older had been shot at, indicating he had a good reason to change 195 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,919 beneficiaries five times in a month, and still he was the original say nothing. 196 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,120 Fella, keep me alive, was all I could get out of him. 197 00:16:04,519 --> 00:16:07,159 His wife had lied, his daughter had lied, and Doris Cole, 198 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:11,080 an old friend of the family, had just proved to be a walking lie. 199 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:15,480 The passport I'd found in her room header photograph, all right, but 200 00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:18,799 it said she was Dora Janssen. An unsigned letter in the same drawer had 201 00:16:18,919 --> 00:16:23,879 stated simply that the Caribbean Star would doc tomorrow. I got into bed and 202 00:16:23,919 --> 00:16:29,159 a nod thought hit me. If the Caribbean Star didn't doc, would the 203 00:16:29,159 --> 00:16:36,320 steamship company have joined the liars club to expense a count out of seven ten 204 00:16:36,399 --> 00:16:40,840 cents. One newspaper bought on the Lagiera docks early next morning. My Spanish 205 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:44,039 is pretty nothing, but I could read the important thing that the Caribbean Star 206 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,759 was due at noon? What time to kill? I drove into Billy Alder's 207 00:16:47,799 --> 00:16:51,240 office in Caracas. He hit the scening when I told him about Doris Cole's 208 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:56,960 passport. I was certainly glad I'd mentioned nothing about the letter. Dollar. 209 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,879 How dare you search the room of a guest in my house? How dare 210 00:16:59,919 --> 00:17:03,480 you just returning a courtesy? What mine was searched thoroughly? That still hasn't 211 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:07,119 any reason for your behavior? Oh one way I thinks, mister wrong. 212 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,640 I've told you repeatedly, Dollar, there's only one reason I want you here. 213 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,759 I know, keep you alive. But how what handcuffs on? I 214 00:17:14,759 --> 00:17:17,920 suppose I told you to find some oil and refuse to let you dig any 215 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,960 holes in the ground, you'd begin to smell a rat? What are you 216 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:22,680 talking about? Just about everything in this set? Look, I have a 217 00:17:22,799 --> 00:17:26,240 very busy Who is Dora Jensen? Mister Alder? And why does she call 218 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,640 herself Dora's call? You're making too much of nothing, Dollar. It isn't 219 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,480 a crime to use another name. That depends on the reason, doesn't he 220 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:40,200 She's no friend? Oh? Dollar? I want you tired of that tune? 221 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,359 For a man who's afraid for his life. You've got more old friends 222 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:47,799 than anyone I ever knew. Also, I haven't noticed anything particularly friendly between 223 00:17:47,839 --> 00:17:52,079 you. She's not a well woman. Dollar. I don't want you bother 224 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:53,960 you don't want me bothering anyone exactly, not even the one who fired that 225 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,240 shot at you. So I can't help getting an impression that you have a 226 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,799 pretty good idea of who it might have been. I told you I was 227 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,000 busy, Dollar. Yeah, but it's what you haven't told me. I 228 00:18:04,039 --> 00:18:15,079 keep thinking about Dollar. Did did you find anything else in that room beside 229 00:18:15,079 --> 00:18:18,160 the passport? Why? Mister Roalder, what's happened to your sense of ethics? 230 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,640 There was still plenty of time before the Caribbean Star would be talking, 231 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,279 and Billy Alder's reaction had dictated my next move. The cable office and not 232 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:32,000 Yara suddenly seemed like a very important place to visit. There were too many 233 00:18:32,039 --> 00:18:33,920 silent miles in Caracas, and I needed one that had something to say. 234 00:18:40,839 --> 00:18:44,680 Hopefully, miss they can take this now, See Senor, how do you 235 00:18:44,839 --> 00:18:48,799 like this to go? Don't spare the horses? Ok, cable rush see 236 00:18:49,559 --> 00:18:55,960 Victor Kelly World. Yeah, No, my lousy hand rightning here? So 237 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:02,960 Victor Kelly Worldwide Mutual Hartford Connecticut, USA. Want all possible information, Dora 238 00:19:03,079 --> 00:19:08,920 Janssen aka Doris cole Us, passport one nine B six seven nine four to 239 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:14,680 three dash one one signed dollar and your address for the answer. I'll pick 240 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,759 it up here as you wish, and lady, please don't spare the horses. 241 00:19:23,599 --> 00:19:26,640 It was still early when I reached the waterfront where the Caribbean Star would 242 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:32,000 soon be docking. There wasn't much point in watching the incoming passengers. I 243 00:19:32,039 --> 00:19:34,559 didn't even know who I was looking for, so I found a spot at 244 00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:38,440 the pier entrance where I could concentrate on those meeting the passengers. Here I 245 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,079 made a grudging concession to all movie detectives Item seven, another ten cents, 246 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:48,000 another newspaper to hide behind, and you know something, It works fine, 247 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,839 Doris cole Or. According to that passport, Dora Jensen was nervous, excited, 248 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:56,519 and there was no trouble to stay close behind her. She met a 249 00:19:56,559 --> 00:20:00,480 passenger, a short, nondescript man and a its late fifties. When they 250 00:20:00,559 --> 00:20:03,119 jumped into a cab and hurried away from the pier, they were closely followed 251 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:11,240 by a man clutching an unread newspaper. Me The trip was a short one 252 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:14,960 about six or seven blocks away. The cab in front pulled up at a 253 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,160 cheap hotel on the waterfront. I circled the block once, got rid of 254 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,920 my cab, and wandered into the dismal lobby. The fan sleepy clerk made 255 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:26,839 a concession. He opened one eye. See you look for something? Yeah, 256 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,400 that gentleman who just came in, I had the ploma with him. 257 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,000 Oh Donald, I must have left the slip of paper with his name on 258 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,720 my hotel. I can't find it. You know, the gentleman who just 259 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:42,519 went up to room room. Yeah, you want me to say the number? 260 00:20:42,559 --> 00:20:45,880 Now? Can you think I ever been to a movie? Oh? 261 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,039 No, really, you can save me a lot of embarrassments. You've got 262 00:20:48,079 --> 00:20:51,599 it right there on the register. Gee, might if I have a lookie? 263 00:20:52,279 --> 00:20:56,119 I mind? Well? Friendly, When was the last time you got 264 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,880 anything for free? Friend? Oh? Why didn't say? I was trying 265 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,880 not to a fender? Here? Let me see you play black jack senor 266 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:11,279 how you call it to anyone? Yeah? Why like they say? Hid 267 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,160 me again? Oh you're rubbing it in. See you want to do business 268 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:22,839 or more? And I'm nine ten bucks market schmeer schmooz or just playing drafts. 269 00:21:22,519 --> 00:21:26,319 He pointed an oversize forefinger at a name on the lage. You're lost 270 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,160 interest in me. He went back to sleep. As a singer, it 271 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,000 said ro mates. I went up the stairway. A few seconds later, 272 00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:37,039 I moved as quietly as I could down the Grammy second four hallways, stopped 273 00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:40,720 at the door of number eight. At first I heard nothing, Then after 274 00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:44,079 a long minute, the voices began angrily, as though resuming an old argument. 275 00:21:44,079 --> 00:21:48,400 I don't know, let me handle it. No, what about does 276 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:49,720 you want me to go to go for nothing that you listen to me? 277 00:21:49,759 --> 00:22:00,400 I know what I'm doing. Minutes later, I was back on the cable 278 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,759 office getting a second message off to Vic, Kelly and Hydrid. It was 279 00:22:03,759 --> 00:22:07,799 a request for anything he could possibly dig up on Arthur's singer. I didn't 280 00:22:07,799 --> 00:22:11,839 hope for too much because it would probably turn out to be in an alias, 281 00:22:11,839 --> 00:22:15,839 but it was an angle I couldn't afford to overlook. You're not back 282 00:22:15,839 --> 00:22:18,200 for answer so soon, Senor. Oh no, I just want you to 283 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,400 get this one off, same fella and same way. Not spare the horses. 284 00:22:21,519 --> 00:22:26,920 That's it, and thanks, Senor. I want to ask you something 285 00:22:26,039 --> 00:22:30,359 shure your business partner. Did I do something to displease him? He seemed 286 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,079 so angry. My who seems so what? Well? He was so nice 287 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:38,319 at first, but after he read the message. First of all, I 288 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:44,319 have no business partner. Ooh didn I make terrible mistakes? Oh just tell 289 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,640 me what happened. Well, this man he come in less than a minute 290 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,880 after you leave, was very nice, said he was your business partner. 291 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,119 That he just leave you. You were worried because you forgot whether you say 292 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:00,599 something in the message you just send. Then you ask him do check it 293 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,519 for you. He seemed to know what he was doing. Then that is 294 00:23:04,559 --> 00:23:07,839 when he got so angry. He just put it down and leave. What 295 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,200 did he look like a little less told than you? And you have gray 296 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:17,119 hair, eyeglasses, see glass ud see senor ras you know him. I'm 297 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:21,119 beginning to wonder if anyone really does. I am so sorry for my mistake, 298 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,039 singer, Oh forget it wasn't your fault. Just send that second message 299 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,039 about the answers. Send her to me at William Alder's house as soon as 300 00:23:29,079 --> 00:23:36,000 you get him. Maybe we'll read him together. Sure, billi Otto was 301 00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:41,079 my new business point. There older the original close mouth fellow. But it 302 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:45,000 looked like there was nothing wrong with his brain or his eyesight. Then suddenly 303 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,559 I didn't mind that he'd read my message to Vic Calleen, because a frightened 304 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:52,200 man usually reacts at the extreme ends of the scale. He'd been at the 305 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:56,799 let's do nothing in Maybe he'd now go the other way. There was one 306 00:23:56,799 --> 00:23:59,160 more step I could make in the waterfront, so I made it. My 307 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,599 credentials ended at the steamship officers got me a look at the passenger list at 308 00:24:02,599 --> 00:24:07,119 the Caribbean Star. The name Author Singer wasn't on it. I started down 309 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,000 the small waterfront street to where my car was parked. My mind was full 310 00:24:10,039 --> 00:24:12,160 of Billy Alder and the pieces of this crazy puzzle, tugging one way, 311 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:17,640 pulling another, trying to make sense out of it. Somehow us some sort 312 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,000 of slide rule where logic could be a solid base. And no matter how 313 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,559 I twisted it, and I knew one thing, it just wouldn't work. 314 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,680 I didn't have enough yet to make it work. I was just reaching for 315 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,119 the door handle when I saw his reflection in the car window. The man 316 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,599 who sneaked up behind me, blackjack raised high in the air. The blackjack 317 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,079 was just insurance. He was tough enough a ut I finally worked up to 318 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:41,480 the side of the car, managed a half nouse and let the car door 319 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:48,680 workers my black check. Five seconds later an officer came rushing up, and 320 00:24:48,839 --> 00:24:52,880 five minutes later I sat in the office of hefe Velesquez, Chief of Police. 321 00:24:53,039 --> 00:24:57,000 You fit in, Yeah, yeah, sure. What did you get 322 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,759 out of that blackjack artist? Just what I expected? Still won't say who 323 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,720 hired him. You have to understand this kind of fellow, amego, I 324 00:25:03,759 --> 00:25:07,880 do what I mean. He's as a sin of peken, you know, 325 00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:14,359 sheephood see see for extra two Boulevard maybe three. He would black jack his 326 00:25:14,559 --> 00:25:17,279 mother. He claims he does not know who hired him, that he is 327 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,880 to get his money in a letter when I was patsy. I say he's 328 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,079 lying, of course, but he will stick to the story because he knows 329 00:25:25,079 --> 00:25:27,359 he will get the same sentence whether he tells or he does not. Cheaphood 330 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:32,519 won't usually cover for somebody else. This gun does, amigo, Otherwise he 331 00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:37,039 would never be hired again. I'd give a line for a few minutes alone 332 00:25:37,079 --> 00:25:38,599 with him. Sorry, I need to, but I like my job. 333 00:25:40,599 --> 00:25:45,559 Just wishful thinking, not hard to understand, well, a lady not getting 334 00:25:45,599 --> 00:25:49,920 anywhere sitting here? You sure you haven't got business somewhere else. I got 335 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,720 an awful big end to talk to that thug. You know, I gotta 336 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,759 well get it. Amego is like I say, if you ask him and 337 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,839 Amanda what is the day, he must tell you Tuesday, you could be 338 00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:03,240 him to Daisy will Still said today is the weather? Think a favor? 339 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,799 If I can suppose I don't prefer charges, would you put a tail on 340 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,160 him when he leaves? Johnny? Look, look, I know it's a 341 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,720 million to one against the hood doing a rough up without the money in hand, 342 00:26:11,759 --> 00:26:15,440 But if he hasn't collected john mommy, he go, like you said, 343 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,839 a million to what? I know, I'm grabbing at straws. But 344 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,160 just in case, if hey come on, huh okay, thanks? Hey, 345 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,680 where do you go right to the cable office? Oh yeah, And 346 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,119 if a man in Hartford has nothing to say, I've got a permanent seat 347 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:51,240 behind the eight ball. Johnny Dollar, Good morning, Senor Dollar is lucky 348 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,599 Arab cable office calling. We have an answer to cables you sent to Hartford, 349 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,079 Connecticut. Good would you like me to read the message You're no I 350 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,079 want a telephone with extensions. Oh, I see, Perhaps you prefer I 351 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:07,160 haven't delivered that. No, no, I don't. Then you will come 352 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,920 in for yourself. Yeah, just as fast as I can get there. 353 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,960 From Special Investigator Johnny Dolla location in Caracas, Venezuela to the home office Worldwide 354 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:33,039 Mutual Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut. Assignment the Alder matter expense account continued. 355 00:27:37,759 --> 00:27:41,240 At the cable office, I ran into another dead end. Vic Kelly, 356 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,559 back in Hartford, had come up with absolutely nothing on either Dora Jansen, 357 00:27:45,559 --> 00:27:48,480 who called herself Dora's cole or Arthur's singer the little Man. She'd hurried 358 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:53,599 off an incoming liner yesterday. Complete strikeout. I headed outside, caught a 359 00:27:53,640 --> 00:28:02,240 glimpse of missus Billy Alder watching me from across the street. Social life changing, 360 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,119 Missus Older? Does being my hostess include tailing me? Does being on 361 00:28:06,279 --> 00:28:11,359 Lagier Street constitute tailing? You preserve me from amateur detectors? Good morning, 362 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,799 mister ah. Come on, you rushed down to the house so fast you 363 00:28:14,799 --> 00:28:22,680 couldn't possibly have eaten. I'll buy your breakfast. I knew it was curiosity 364 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,880 that made her take me up. She just couldn't resist the thought that maybe 365 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,000 i'd give something away, let something slip. She ate warily, tentatively. 366 00:28:30,839 --> 00:28:33,200 We must have looked like two boxes in a close fight, sitting on the 367 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:36,519 edge of their stools, waiting for the last round, the one that would 368 00:28:36,559 --> 00:28:45,000 decide the winner. You're staring thinking you love your husband, missus older, 369 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,039 you'd better be a reason for a question like that. Let's stop sparring. 370 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,960 Huh. You know why I'm down here, do I? You told me 371 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,960 you did the other day, so I don't be aloof lady. You're not 372 00:28:56,039 --> 00:29:00,920 that much in the clear. You've been the beneficiary several times, and my 373 00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:04,319 daughter is the present one, I believe. And what exactly is your point? 374 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,720 There's been no crime committed, no crime. Somebody's bullet misses your husband 375 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,359 by inches and you call it no crime. Thank you for breakfast. Don't 376 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,359 forget I saw you out on the grounds of the house, searching the place 377 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,759 that shot came from. I told you before you knew an automatic pistol was 378 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,079 used. Admitted looking for a show. Do you talk too much, mister 379 00:29:22,119 --> 00:29:25,599 dollar? And you talk too little? Look why have you been tailing me? 380 00:29:26,319 --> 00:29:29,720 It's certainly not to see that I'm protecting your husband's life. So it's 381 00:29:29,759 --> 00:29:33,960 obviously to make sure that I don't find out something. Now what is it, 382 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,519 missus Alder, and why is it so terribly important? I don't find 383 00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:40,119 out about it? If you won't leave, mister doc, I will. 384 00:29:44,119 --> 00:29:47,759 There's this about getting someone angry enough, fearful enough, it makes them forget 385 00:29:47,799 --> 00:29:51,720 about caution. Missus Older never once looked back, simply headed straight for the 386 00:29:51,799 --> 00:29:56,359 cheap little waterfront hotel where Arthur's singer was staying. She stayed for over half 387 00:29:56,359 --> 00:29:59,839 an hour, and once she left, she still looked frightened. Whatever the 388 00:30:00,359 --> 00:30:03,000 was, it looked like everyone was a player but me. But missus Order's 389 00:30:03,039 --> 00:30:07,759 move helped started an idea gnawing at me. So I headed for Caracas in 390 00:30:07,759 --> 00:30:11,759 the office of a smart cop hefe Velsquez. I needed someone to talk to, 391 00:30:11,799 --> 00:30:17,720 and the hefe was a good listener. Come, I may go sit 392 00:30:17,839 --> 00:30:22,240 down, tell me where it feels wrong, eh, belly Order. He 393 00:30:22,359 --> 00:30:25,799 does all that changing in his policy, so I assume he's scared of being 394 00:30:25,839 --> 00:30:30,039 knocked off, probably by one of the people who has been named a beneficiary 395 00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:33,680 of the policy. So now I'll take the other people concerned. Ald his 396 00:30:33,839 --> 00:30:37,839 wife is as much a clam as her husband is. Also she knows what 397 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,279 kind of a gun was used to take that shot at him. Dora Jensen 398 00:30:41,599 --> 00:30:47,039 a woman who uses an alas and is obviously afraid of me at the Singer 399 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,440 a little man. Dora has hidden in a waterfront hotel, and now I 400 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,279 find all his wife knows about the little man too. Conclusion, amigo, 401 00:30:56,079 --> 00:31:00,000 that the three of them are in on something together, but not to kill 402 00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:03,480 for that policy, his daughter gets it all yet Alder he's afraid, and 403 00:31:03,519 --> 00:31:07,920 I think he's scared of something the others know. I suppose that shot wasn't 404 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,000 meant to kill him, just frighten him, a sign that somebody meant business. 405 00:31:11,519 --> 00:31:15,039 That this is a nice piece of logic. Yeah, now, all 406 00:31:15,079 --> 00:31:18,480 I gotta do is make it work. Look I hey, whatever this deal 407 00:31:18,599 --> 00:31:21,720 is, nobody's going to make a move till I'm out of here. So 408 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,880 so good, bad or indifferent, I'm going to do a little acting. 409 00:31:29,359 --> 00:31:32,599 I stayed with the Lesquez another half hour, setting things up as best I 410 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,319 caught. Then I drove to the airport and paid out of eleven three hundred 411 00:31:36,359 --> 00:31:38,480 and nine dollars and eighty cents for a plane ticket marked Hartford, Connecticut. 412 00:31:40,079 --> 00:31:42,559 Sure it was an expensive prop, but this was one act I had to 413 00:31:42,559 --> 00:31:47,599 be convincing him. I drove back to Caracas, pasted a real angry look 414 00:31:47,599 --> 00:31:49,839 on my face, marched into Billy Alder's sumptuous office and through the airline ticket 415 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:56,519 on his desk. He studied it for a long minute. What does this 416 00:31:56,599 --> 00:31:57,720 mean? Tother? But I've had all of you. I can take older 417 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,799 you and you keep me up alive. You are going back to the States. 418 00:32:01,839 --> 00:32:06,640 You can read the ticket says Hartford, Connecticut. It also says the 419 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,880 six o'clock plane, because there's nothing earlier. But why why dollars? So 420 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:15,599 I can get back and make my recommendations to the insurance company. You know 421 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:19,359 what I'm going to recommend a Please wait that they cancel your policy because of 422 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,880 your refusal to cooperate. Sorry dollar praise, No, don't do it. 423 00:32:22,279 --> 00:32:25,599 I beg there's a clause in that policy. I don't care about that policy. 424 00:32:25,599 --> 00:32:28,599 Now, don't you understand and stand? What? Listen to me? 425 00:32:29,319 --> 00:32:32,079 All that changing of beneficiaries. I only did that to make them send someone 426 00:32:32,119 --> 00:32:38,960 down here. I need protection against what I'm in a jam. All I 427 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:45,160 want is protection until it's peacefully settled. Do you understand, no planer, 428 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:50,559 I know someone wants to kill me over a business deal. I'm asking you 429 00:32:50,599 --> 00:32:53,880 to see that I stay alive until I have time to reason with this man. 430 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,680 Who is he? I can't tell you, And let me tell you 431 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,920 something. He's just arrived in town. How did you? Don't you see 432 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:08,240 mister Dollar? You must stay. Sorry, goodbye, mister Alder. I 433 00:33:08,279 --> 00:33:12,559 went back to the older house, packed my bag and set my goodbyes. 434 00:33:13,319 --> 00:33:17,160 Neither missus Alden nor Dora Jensen wept. I drove to the airport, checked 435 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,680 my luggage, Jim. Then I slipped away. Drove back to Caracas the 436 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,079 long way. A half hour later. I checked into a little side street 437 00:33:24,079 --> 00:33:29,200 hotel where hefe Velescaz had reserved a room for me. Then came the hardest 438 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,519 part, the waiting. That six o'clock plane must have been way out over 439 00:33:31,559 --> 00:33:44,799 the Caribbean when the call finally came, Uh, yeah, Velaska's here. 440 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,720 You started a waiting, brother, you know it? Look have hey your 441 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,400 men check in? Maybe I should have taken part of the work. Be 442 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,960 passion, amygo. Your whole idea depends on it. Thinking you took that 443 00:33:53,039 --> 00:33:57,119 plane. You must stay right where you are. But what about your men? 444 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,000 Have they get a call every couple of minutes A me ago Alder his 445 00:34:00,119 --> 00:34:05,359 wife did Dora Johnson Art the Singer. I can tell you every moved them 446 00:34:05,359 --> 00:34:07,559 back in the last three hours, but they haven't made the one. I'm 447 00:34:07,559 --> 00:34:10,719 waiting for him. You will know it three minutes after they make if they 448 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:16,960 make it. Thanks eye. Five minutes later, Alaskaez called again. He 449 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,480 took only enough time to tell me he was on his way and to be 450 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,480 down on the street in two minutes. I was I only beat him by 451 00:34:22,519 --> 00:34:36,000 seconds. Come on of me, go Well, it looked like your plan 452 00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:38,480 worked one, he thought this. Dora Johnson, Yeah, as soon as 453 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,960 she learned your plane left, the one you did not take, she rushed 454 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,960 to the waterfront hotel pick up the Art the Singer. Then the two of 455 00:34:45,039 --> 00:34:49,840 him rushed to the Alder house, and Alder must have seen him coming, 456 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,119 because he jumped in his car and race out in the direction of his oel 457 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:57,000 via the Carnero. They see him and follow him. That's where we headed 458 00:34:57,079 --> 00:35:00,360 for. Now we better get things going, get there before seeing he kills 459 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,119 Alder. I don't know whether or not he deserves killing. But I know 460 00:35:02,159 --> 00:35:07,000 one thing. It'll cause my company a quarter a million bucks. Well, 461 00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:10,119 us guess men were plenty of going half way the car and narrow. One 462 00:35:10,119 --> 00:35:14,039 of them fliged us down, told us both cars had definitely passed his way, 463 00:35:14,599 --> 00:35:16,079 and when we reached the oil field, another one witted at the gate. 464 00:35:16,559 --> 00:35:20,639 He told us Billy Alder, Dora Jansen, and Arthur Singer were in 465 00:35:20,639 --> 00:35:24,480 a little workshack across the field. We left the car moved as quietly as 466 00:35:24,519 --> 00:35:29,440 we could toward the shank. There was a weird feeling in every direction. 467 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,840 You could see the great oil rigs working, pumping, ignoring us. We 468 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:37,679 reached the shank, peered cautiously through the window, and even weird scene was 469 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,480 taking place, and almost hysterical. Dora Jansen pointed a lugur at a sweating 470 00:35:40,519 --> 00:35:45,880 Billy Older. A terrified Arthur Singer pleaded with her, the words pushed easily 471 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,440 through the thin wooden sledgh Dora, don't please, don't do it. You 472 00:35:47,559 --> 00:35:51,400 only make things worse. Your brother's right, Dora. Dora listened to me 473 00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:53,360 like he listened to you four years ago. When did you get him, 474 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,280 mister pansy promoter, tell me that I'll make it right with him. A 475 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,079 quiet gentleman, a bookkeeper who never did anything wrong in his life until you 476 00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:04,400 saw him. A bill of goods and listen to me, both of you. 477 00:36:04,559 --> 00:36:07,880 So he read your books for you, made four centuries, made it 478 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,440 look like he was responsible for the bankruptcy, and he did the three years 479 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:14,639 in prison that you should have done. Four one hundred thousand dollars. That 480 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,719 was the deal. And believe me, I'm not trying to cheat him. 481 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,920 The money is tied up in my business. I need time, but I'll 482 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,280 pay him pay It's been a year since he came out of jail. You'll 483 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,880 never pay. You'll try to cheat him out of the money, one way 484 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,559 or another. I swear to you. It's a lot easier to kill him 485 00:36:29,559 --> 00:36:30,840 than pay him, is more all You're crazy? Is that why you kept 486 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:35,000 the lugger in the house. Were you worried when he disappeared? When I 487 00:36:35,039 --> 00:36:37,599 shot at you to let you know I meant business. It's what you're doing. 488 00:36:37,039 --> 00:36:40,719 Dollar knows all about this. Oh yes, your bodyguard must have gotten 489 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:45,000 frightened after I had him beat up the other day. He's on his way 490 00:36:45,119 --> 00:36:49,360 to the States and the plane Dora no I'm going to kill you. No, 491 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,039 come on, run it down, Tarah. You pull that trigger and 492 00:36:53,039 --> 00:36:55,559 he'll still come out there one air. No you read that, Do not 493 00:36:55,719 --> 00:37:00,239 make me fireplace. I don't care as long as he gets what he stand 494 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:05,320 back. You read that for a split second she waved, Then Hay took 495 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,960 over all this. Sank to the floor, disbelief on his face. Panic. 496 00:37:09,079 --> 00:37:15,239 She raced down into the night, and I went after her. Holds 497 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:24,159 no place to go. What happened to her job? She panicked, turned 498 00:37:24,159 --> 00:37:27,880 the scream at me and ran right into one of the protection fences around the 499 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,360 Derek. She just passed out. She'll come around. How's all there? 500 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:34,039 Conscious? But I do not know? We better get into the hospital. 501 00:37:34,079 --> 00:37:37,519 Yeah, she didn't mean to shoot the mister. My sister wouldn't hurt any 502 00:37:37,599 --> 00:37:39,599 Sure, sure, go take care of her. She was only doing it 503 00:37:39,639 --> 00:37:51,000 for me. For me, mister only I I would have paid. I 504 00:37:51,079 --> 00:37:57,000 wasn't going to cheat him a dollar, you know. Yeah, we heard 505 00:37:57,039 --> 00:38:00,440 it all. I'm glad it's over worrying. I want to tell me one 506 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:05,320 thing older, your wife, where does she fit? She had nothing to 507 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:09,039 do with it, just knew about it. I wasn't too nice to her 508 00:38:09,079 --> 00:38:16,320 for a long time. Other women her running around just the way of punishing 509 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:22,679 me, paying me back. She knew I couldn't afford complain. Yeah, 510 00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:28,400 we should have told me a long time ago, Alder I couldn't. Case 511 00:38:28,519 --> 00:38:34,480 could always be reopened. I couldn't face. That would have hurt too much. 512 00:38:34,559 --> 00:38:37,599 Oh yeah, but it wouldn't have hurt as much as that bullet. 513 00:38:42,519 --> 00:38:45,559 Expense account total eight hundred and thirty three dollars and fourteenth cents. Details Billy 514 00:38:45,559 --> 00:38:50,840 Older was rushed at the Caracas hospital, underwent some excellent surgery and relaxed claims 515 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,840 department. He's going to make it as for shady business tactics, Well, 516 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:58,280 that's out of my Billy Wick. That's for the law boys. Yours truly, 517 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:14,239 Johnny Dollar. Now here's our star to tell you about next week's story. 518 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,000 Next week. A quiet cabin by a quiet lake, a place ideal 519 00:39:17,079 --> 00:39:22,559 for romance, an ideal for murder. John has wants you, yours truly, 520 00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:36,880 Johnny Dollar, Yours truly. Johnny Dollar is starring Bob Bailey, is 521 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,800 transcribed in Hollywood, written by Tony Barrett, It is produced and directed by 522 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:45,119 Jack Johnstone. Heard in this week's cast were Gil Stratton, Harry Bartel, 523 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:50,199 Barbara Fuller, John Dater, Virginia Gregg, Donn Diamond, Vivi Janis and 524 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:54,679 Tony Barrett. Musical supervision by Marigo Marino. Be sure to join us on 525 00:39:54,760 --> 00:40:00,039 Monday night at same time and station for another exciting story of yours. It 526 00:40:00,119 --> 00:41:00,360 is truly Johnny Dollar, Roy Roland speaking Welcome Back and no other solid cereal 527 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:06,559 written by Tony Barrett, who also acts in this one. In this one, 528 00:41:06,599 --> 00:41:10,400 we're also treated to an exotic locale which I always felt Johnny Dollars should 529 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:15,199 have done more of. We also get a really solid cast of characters in 530 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:20,440 a noox mix of clues and red herrings on this case. Now, of 531 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:25,480 course, there's a big problem with the logic of Billy Alder's actions. His 532 00:41:27,039 --> 00:41:34,360 method of seeking help was very roundabout, as the meeting of Johnny Dollar illustrated. 533 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:38,840 There are plenty of tops around Karak who would have guarded him without asking 534 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:45,199 any questions, or if they did ask any questions, they wouldn't have exposed 535 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:52,880 him to some sort of legal liability. However, while Alder's logic in decoining 536 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:57,199 for an insurance man was flawed, the story and its logic aren't flawed. 537 00:41:57,599 --> 00:42:02,119 The problem with guys like Building alder Or who managed to succeed with either morally 538 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:09,039 gray or illegal actions is that they often get what they want by pulling a 539 00:42:09,079 --> 00:42:14,000 fast one, and they get away with it, and that's addictive. If 540 00:42:14,039 --> 00:42:17,119 you've ever encountered a billy older type in real life, you know what I 541 00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:22,199 mean. A normal person trying to imagine what they would do if they had 542 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:28,639 no ethics would imagine simpler solutions to problems, But the billy older types come 543 00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:32,079 up with some plan where they put something over on someone, and when they 544 00:42:32,159 --> 00:42:37,079 get caught, you wonder, why the heck did you make it that complicated? 545 00:42:37,519 --> 00:42:42,679 Why did you go for something petty like getting an insurance company to put 546 00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:45,360 the bill for your protection when your life is in danger, But left to 547 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:50,440 their own devices, they can't help themselves, So I found this realistic. 548 00:42:51,039 --> 00:42:55,119 My one complaint is the bit with door running into the wall. It feels 549 00:42:55,199 --> 00:43:00,119 like there should have been an effect for that, rather than us having to 550 00:43:00,559 --> 00:43:05,119 find out solely through narration. Her crashing into the wall should have made a 551 00:43:05,199 --> 00:43:08,679 noise, or at least it should for the purpose of audio dramatization. Other 552 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:15,679 than that, again another really solid serial written by mister Barrett. Well, 553 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:21,519 now we go to listener comments and feedback and we have a couple of comments 554 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:30,079 from Spotify. James wrote regarding the Sea Legs Matter, great episode. Another 555 00:43:30,519 --> 00:43:35,760 listener emailed in to say, oh, yes, Pegon used a different name, 556 00:43:36,119 --> 00:43:39,880 but he couldn't fool us listeners. And then there was a comment regarding 557 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:45,159 the Tears of Not Matter, which I guess was a while back at this 558 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:50,719 point, but the commenter said on Spotify, I like this episode, Johnny 559 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:54,320 doesn't fall for many women. Well, Terry, I guess that depends on 560 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:58,719 how you would define many. But thank you so much for the comment. 561 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,639 Really appreciate it. And finally, from the listener survey, we have a 562 00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:07,320 comment from Emmett, who writes, hearing Adam's cheery voice before and after each 563 00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:12,039 episode is what makes this podcast stand out from all of the other old time 564 00:44:12,119 --> 00:44:16,000 radio podcast Even if the content were available elsewhere, I'll keep listening to the 565 00:44:16,039 --> 00:44:21,199 great Detectives. Well, thank you so much. Appreciate the comment, Emmitt. 566 00:44:21,679 --> 00:44:25,880 Now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day, and being 567 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:32,360 the first Friday in January, we're thanking the Patreon supporter who has been supporting 568 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:37,360 the program for five years today, and I want to go ahead and thank 569 00:44:37,519 --> 00:44:42,639 David. David's been one of our Patreon supporters again since January twenty nineteen, 570 00:44:43,119 --> 00:44:47,840 currently supporting the podcast at the detective Sergeant level of seven dollars and fourteen cents 571 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:52,920 or more. Thank you so much for your support, David, And that 572 00:44:52,039 --> 00:44:55,679 will do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us 573 00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:01,199 using your favorite podcast software and be sure rate and review the podcast wherever you 574 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:07,719 download it from. We'll be back on Tuesday with another Yours truly Johnny doll 575 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:13,559 or Cereal, but join us back here tomorrow for Dragnetwere Hi, money kid, 576 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,519 hit, Got a Minute? Get cut? Our printing company was rob 577 00:45:16,639 --> 00:45:23,679 last night. How much there's the crime report? Fourteen five hundred. I 578 00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:27,719 mean it's a big haul. Yeah, most familiar climb to drain pipe, 579 00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:30,000 to the roof, kicked in the skylight now on red Buckley's back in town. 580 00:45:30,039 --> 00:45:34,199 I think it might add up, could be sounds like it. There's 581 00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:37,280 one sure way to make it and put him in smaller words and big type. 582 00:45:37,639 --> 00:45:39,119 I don't know how to make it anywhere positive than the last time I 583 00:45:39,119 --> 00:45:42,360 don't know if that Greek was a lamp of a found an honest man, 584 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,480 but get the guy. I hope you'll be with us then. In the 585 00:45:45,519 --> 00:45:50,719 meantime, do send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, 586 00:45:51,079 --> 00:45:55,000 follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, 587 00:45:55,119 --> 00:46:01,079 Instagram dot com, slash Great Detectives from Boise Idahold. This is your host, 588 00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:02,840 Adam Graham signing off.