While you are listening enjoyment. John Lund has Johnny Dollar? Did I wake
you up? Dollar? How could you? It's only four in the morning.
Sorry, this is Ted Albright. I'm Eastern in them and these new
branch manager at Chicago. Congratulations and good night. But wait a minute,
Dollar, I need you out here right away. It's about Frank Harvey,
one of your claim age. Then you do know him. I worked on
a lot of cases with him here. Well, you won't work on anymore.
He's been murdered. I'll take the first plane out. Mind if I
got into say something, fellas, it won't take too long. Since a
word to the wise is sufficient. And in the English language, there is
one word which is important to just about everyone in the world. That word
is security. Security has several different meetings. However, usually we think of
it in connection with the protecting of our military installations and defense industries. But
it means more than that. There is a security which applies to every man,
woman, and child in America, the security which comes from being in
good health, having a good education, and being well taken care of in
case things get a little too tough to handle by oneself. This kind of
security is the problem of the President's newest Cabinet member, the Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare. This department ties together the work of several governmental
agencies. First, there is the United States Public Health Service, which strives
to make certain that the general health of the people in our country is in
the best of conditions. Then there is the Food and Drug Administration, which
guarantees that the food we eat is pure and safe to eat. The Social
Security Board, which takes care of old people, children, and the blind
who need assistance, also comes under the Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare, as does the United States Office of Education. This office does research
on the educational possibilities, changes, and opportunities and passes on its information to
the various state boards of education. As you can see, the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare is one of the most important agencies in our
government, assuring us, as it does, of a normal and healthy way
of life. Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnnyvaalder to Home Office Eastern and
Mnitity and Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut. The following is in accounting of
expenditures during my investigation of the classified killer matter. Expense A gun out of
won seventy one dollars and thirty cents airfare and incidentals between Hartford and Chicago.
I was greeted at the airport by Ted Albright and one of Chicago's winter blizzards.
Sorry about this lousy weather. Dollar will slow us up plenty. I
don't know. Hurry, I'll give your time to sue me in on Frank
Harvey, and I can tell you everything I know in about a half a
minute. Wasn't even a town when it happened. The wife and I were
visiting her folks in Milwaukee. The police traced me. There are two this
morning. What are their credits? All lousy drivers think they own the whole
road? Yeah, what did the police said it? Well? Frank was
apparently at the office until a quarter of seven last night. That's when the
night elevator man signed him out in his book, he left the low Later,
a truck driver found his body half buried in the snow drift down on
Manheim Road near the northwest city limits. He'd been shot three times at close
range. And that's all I know. I don't know very much is watch
what you're doing? All the stupid more everybody thinks he can drive a car.
You're kind of on edge, aren't you. Well, who wouldn't be
this thing happening to Harvey driving back to Chicago in the middle of the night.
No sleep. Oh, I'm sorry, Dollar, I get it all
piled up on me. I suppose you want to go right to our offices
here. Now, I'll check with the police first. Do you want to
drop me offshore? By the time we got down to eleventh and State,
the snowflowers were out in full force. I went up to homicide, where
I met Lieutenant Franchetti. A blizzard like this always cuts down the crime incidents
rate. Collin Thomiside particularly. It'll be arising dust from natural causes and yaki
deck, but not much where art but the Yaki deck. Yeah, and
I freeze favorite cold weather drink of the bums on West Madison. They dreaded
it from the radiators of parked cards. It's pretty lethal. Get in here.
Oh thanks. They want to know what we got on Frank Harvey,
do you that's the general idea? Well, we've picked up a little more
dope since we talked to Oh right, looks like Harvey. He was murdered
while trying to sell his car. How do you figure that? He'd been
running a classified ad in one of the evening papers for the last couple of
nights. And here's a copy of it. NKS for sale fifty three Cadillact
convertible, perfect condition, all accessories reasonable out at this time. But according
to one of the mechanics in the garage where how they kept his car,
he met a prospective buyer there last night. He heard him discussing the car,
and then Harvey and the man got in and drove off. I was
about five to seven. The mechanic give you a description, Yeah, pretty
detailed. One didn't catch his name though, he was checking over the mug
books right now. That's the mechanic's name. Yeah, well was he good?
So far? He's drawn a blank anyway. At eight thirty seven last
night we clocked in a call from a truck driver phoning from a taste station
out on Mannheim Road. He found Harvey in a snow bank. He was
shot to death. Uh yeah, three bullagoons, two slucks still in ning,
third ones missing thirty eight caliber. He land and groove marks and clean
enough to identify the gun if we ever find it. What about the car?
He's missing. Put out an APV with a description the man and the
general pick up on the car and no, look so far. Well,
how do you see a peutendant? I guess it is somebody figured out a
cheap way to get himself a good automobile. Oh, I said, doll,
It was pretty routine from here on in. I don't much you can
do that out? No, maybe not a peutenant, but I'd like to
stick around. Well sure nothing else? Shoot cover, not shooting a front
setting. Yah ah yes, I said, Oh good, Uh you address
again? Uh I know, yeah, I got it. Thanks. Oh
do you like to take a ride? Dollar? Where to Mannheim Road?
They just found Harvey's car. It took us some forty five skidding minutes to
make our way through the storm, out through a beer and a Hamburger.
Join on Nnheim Road. A precinct car and a handful of reporters were already
there when we arrived. I detected Sergeant filled us in on the background.
Oh no, this place came out about an hour ago to open up,
Lieutenant. He saw the car parked out there in the parking lot and phoned
in. Uh huh, sprank Harvey's car? All right? Been out here
a long time, all that snowpile in it. Yeah, eh, no
doubt about where how they got shot or with all those blood stains on the
seat. Uh huh? Are you sure that mechanics said it was a man?
Howvey drove off with leslian I something to give you a different night?
Aa as a woman's compact back here on the floor. Expense a gun at
him too, Three dollars and eighty cents cab fare back to your offices in
downtown Chicago. We got nowhere talking to the beer joint owner, and there
weren't any more physical clues in the car to tell us anything. But I
figured maybe Ted oldright could just doesn't make sense, dollar, Why not why
you sent the garage mechanics saw Frank drive away with a man? How a
woman get into the picture? Oh? I thought maybe you could help us
with that. Me. Oh, you were Frank's boss, You must have
got to know him pretty well well. Sure? Sure, but what's that
got to do with this woman? Well? Did he have any girlfriends,
anybody in particular that he went around with? Oh no, not that I
know of. I'm sure he didn't. A young single guy making a good
salary driving a fifty three Cadillac convertible and he didn't have any girlfriend. Well
I didn't mean it that way, Sure he did, but there wasn't anybody
in particular I know of a woman involved in any recent adjustment either. Oh
you've been going through Harvey's claim files. Huh yeah, I thought it might
be a good idea. Didn't come up with anything. Now, what about
life insurance? I'd talked to him about that. All he was carrying was
ten thousand GI. Mother was a beneficiary. No motives there. Well,
it's think the police were right and somebody was just trying to get himself a
cart. See would you get a dollar? Yeah? Sure? Hello?
Suh is the George company where that power worker was killed? That's right?
Who's this? Well? What I wanna know is, uh, you guys
willing to pay something for uh finding the guy who got it? Do you
know something about it? I ain't know plenty, mister, yeah, plenty,
But I ain't killing nothing. Well I'll getting paid for it. Uh.
Not that I don't believe of a patriotic citizens in order to do his
duty, but if there's a few bucks slide around, well u's gotta make
a living these days, you know. Yeah, sure, suppose we get
together and talk it over. Well, no, I wouldn't wanna do that,
mister, unless I was pretty sure of making a deal or not that
I ain't on the side of the law. And already you understand. But
it ain't too easy for a guy to get along these days, what with
a high cost of living and all. If you have information, you've got
a deal. Now, where do we get together? He needs that.
I wanna chill you for anything, mister. Always willing to do my duty
is a honor citizens. Yeah, yeah, where do we get together?
Well? Now, uh, my name's tackerd developed with two d's. I'm
a room clerk. It's the Boloxi Hotel. Where's that Well, it's a
uh wells and grant Now, uh, I ain't try the chisel or azing,
mister, just that I be right there. Expencer count adem three A
dollar and twenty five cents cap there to the Biloxi Hotel. Expencer count adem
four twenty dollars to help the room clerk, Martin Tager combat the high cost
of living, two principal items of which were obviously garlic and bourbon. That's
her name right there, wrote on the register. MS. Armer Carter,
she called herself. She checked in here around nine thirty last night, that's
right, all kind of scared and frightened. Looking noticed some steams on her
coat too, looked like good to me. Oh, we're not any of
my business. I just give them their rooms and collect the money. That's
all I'm paid for. All right, let's have the rest of the teger.
Well, uh, when she come out here in the Robbie ever a
couple of hours so to listen to the news podcast on the radio there and
uh and uh when she wanted me to go out and find the papers for
him three or four times, Well, I started wondering about things very shrewd.
Yeah. Well, when I heard the news about that woman's compact being
found in the car, that kind of clinch things. I figure then I'd
better put two calls to you. She's in room fourteen I dry loom fourteen.
Uh, you will find it right straight Dollar. Uh huh, yes,
who's there? Ms Carter? I'd like to talk to you. Who
are you? My name is Dollar Insurance, Investigative Insurance. Alright, m
thanks you. What it's all about? Michige I'm nothing at a prop exchanger's
room saying you have to talk with you. It's got one thing straight.
First, you're wrong about our being strangers. I've never seen you before.
No, but I've seen you, or at least your picture. My picture,
yeah, on the desk of the Chicago Manager for Eastern Indemnity on the
desk. That's right, missus Albright. You don't many great men have attained
the highest office in our land, the presidency of the United States. Can
you guess the name of this man? He was president longer than anyone else,
probably no other president since Lincoln had as many friends and enemies. During
his administration, many beneficial measures became law, such as unemployment compensation and social
security. During a serious banking crisis, he reassured the people by declaring,
all we have to fear is fear itself. When he was sixty three of
brain hemorrhage, put an end to one of the most controversial administrations in our
history. If you don't have his name by now, here's one more clue.
He was the first to broadcast the so called fireside chat. Who was
he? Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty second President of the United States. His
life is part of your American heritage. And now with our star John Lund,
we bring us a second act of yours, truly ade Johnny dollars.
Under the proper circumstances, Missus Ted Albright could have been a very attractive woman
under the circumstances in which I am at her, she didn't come even close
to mak him the grade. Well you know who I am. You know
I'm Ted's why you were with Frank Harvey last night? Yes? When he
was killed? Yes? What happened, missus Albright? H Did I have
a cigarette? See? Yeah? Sure, yes, thanks and ran out
a couple of hours ago. Didn't help my nerves? And yeah, thank
you? That helps? Oh right, what happened, missus Albright? Well,
Frank just any other prospect to ride in the car last night? Yes,
I think i'd mind going along? Pretty friendly with Frank? Were you
pretty good friends? Do your husband know that you had this date with her?
No? Ted thought I was visiting my folks in Milwaukee. Go on.
Frank picked me up the main inputs of the insurance build he about having.
This other man was in the car, Yeah, the front seat next
to Frank. He got in and satteing him in the door. Did Frank
in addition mixing the man's name, Yes, but it was a kind of
a mumble. I didn't get it, okay. What happened then? Well?
And man I asked Frank see mine driving out to his house so he
could have his wife look at the car. He didn't give the exact address,
just told Frank to drive out Manheim Roads. M go on. We
were driving along the lonely stretch of roads and the man told Frank to pull
over to the side and stop. He had a gun in his hands.
Frank asking what the big idea was, and the man laughed in a kind
of crazy way, pulled the trigger. What happened then? I didn't he's
kind of a blur to that. I think. I screamed, tried to
get out of the car, and tho I saw to the ground. And
when they got to my feet and started running, did the man chaser?
I don't know. I just kept on running. And when I saw that
old shack down the road and ran behind it and head it, seecause find
it. Then some time later I got a lift from a passing motorist.
He took me into town and when I came here. You've been here ever
since? Yeah, why didn't you call the police when you got into town?
Don't you realize what happened? I was out with a man who wasn't
my husband, involved in a murder. I couldn't tell anyone, my only
chance to avoid being involved in a scandal. Can't you understand that? No?
I can't, and I don't think Frank Harvey could either. After missus
Albright told her story to Lieutenant Franchetti and a police stenographer, she was booked
and held as a material witness. Then Franchetti sent out a pick up for
Ted Albright and I looks like it's spoiling done. Telln't tell us husband?
Has I got to knock off his worst boyfriend? It's a classic pattern.
Yeah? Maybe what about that garage? Mcanning was good? Yeah, you
have any luck with the mug books? Yeah? Came up with three that
he said, look pretty close, all X cons long records. We're running
them down. Now. How does missus Albright's description of the killer fit?
Not too close? I shut her the mic and she said no, and
she would why once we get the guy, he will put the finger on
her husband. That'll be a stinking nurse. Well, it's not exactly a
reminiscent of a rose right now. It looked like routine police procedure from then
on in So one of Franchetti's men drove me to the Palmer House and I
checked into my room. I was looking forward to a hot shower, but
I didn't quite make it. Johnny Doller, this is Albright Dollar. I've
got to talk to you. Where are you down in the lobby? Come
on up, come in. Where's Alma Dollar? The police got her?
Yeah, material witness, you got it. I got to pick up up
for you too. For me? Well, why should Hey? What in
a minute did the police think that I kill Frank Harvey or hired? I
wanted to do it. But that's incredible, It's insane. If you knew
Alma was seeing Frank, didn't you, Well I suspected it, Yes,
I wasn't sure. I'm pretty sure she was out with Frank last night.
That's why you went up to Milwaukee to check on her story about going to
visit her parents there. Yes, I did, but I didn't get there
until almost ten o'clock. And that's the first I really knew she wasn't there.
Don't you see, Dollar, that's my alibi. The police won't think
so I don't care what the police think. It's holm I'm worried about down
there in some stinking rot and cell. There's got to be some way of
getting this mess straightened out. I know what the first step is. What's
that You're going to turn yourself in? Expencer cot I know five two dollars
and twenty five cents cab pair from the Palmer House the police headquarters at eleventh
and State, where I dropped off all bright and care of Lieutenant Franchetti,
and then went out to the garage where Frank Harvey and kept his car.
I found the man I wanted in a paint food at the rear of the
second floor. Ziegler. Your name is Ziegler. I'm looking for Will Ziegler.
Is that you? Yeah? What can I do for you? My
name is Dollar. I have an insurance investigator. Yeah, so I'd like
to ask you a few questions. Oh, hey, I get it,
MAC Insurance investigated. Yeah, guy Harvey, he was in the same racket,
wasn't he. You know, the guy who got killed. Yeah,
that's right, and it was rough guy getting himself bumped off that way,
real rough. I was standing right there when he, in the joke of
Adunna, drove off. You know, Yeah, that's what I wanted to
talk to you about. Yeah, sure, Mac, be glad to tell
you what I can. But uh, I already gave that lieutenant what's his
name, I'm shitty, Yeah, yeah, I already gave him all the
dame. I picked out two or three guys from that Rogues gallery book that
looked like the joker I've seen. Had you ever seen that man down here
before? Ooh, I couldn't swear it, Mac, And I don't think
I ever seen a guy before. Now what about Ted Albright? Oh?
Ted Albright? He was Harvey Boss? Ever see him down here? All
green? All right down? The name don't mean anything, Mack could be
he's a customer here, but I never run across him. Okay, let's
get back to this man who drove off with Harvey man. Did you notice
anything strange about him? Anything different? Acuter, No, that's the trouble.
Like I pull that lieutenant. You never can tell about them kind of
jokers, what guy? You know? Them psychos like that guy? Is?
Oh you figuring he's a psycho. Oh, sure has to be I
got it all figured out. Yeah, how's that thing? Look? Look,
here's a guy sees an ad in a paper car for sale, so
he figures he'll meet the guy who run the ad, drive out on some
only stretch a road, bump them off, and make away with the car.
It just don't make sense. Why not, theny guy who's in the
hot cop business, don't go through all ad trouble and letting people see him.
Besides, he picks out some nice looking jalope pop on the street,
picks a lot, jumps the nision room. He's off clean, get what
I mean? Yeah, I get what you mean. Sure, but this
guy don't do it that way. He puts himself in a spot where I
can see him. And even worse, when Harvey picks up that dame in
front of that insurance building, he don't back out of the day. He
bumps Harvey off with one perfectly good witness sitting right there. Decided the guy
has to be a cycle seems to make sense, say, be sure,
I got it all bisy. And look when that lieutenant what's his name friend
Schetti? Yeah, frend shetty when he picks up then three guys I put
the finger on. All he's gotta do is find out which one's the cycle
that will be the guy he's ask Look, I gotta get back on a
job. Guy wants to fight Fife or Sapa more. Yeah, I hope
I helped you out make Yeah, I'll let you know. Oh expended the
car on h'im six a dollar and eighty five cents cap uh. Back to
the police headquarters where I had to talk with Alma Albrights telling me Ted's and
arrested mister dollars. That's right, but they have to do that to him.
He didn't have anything to do with us. I'm not too interested right
now. And what happens to you or Ted? No, I don't blame
you that man who killed Frank. Do you have any idea what kind of
work he did work? Yes? Did he say anything about what he did,
who he was, or where he lived? No? No, nothing.
Well he and Frank talked about was a car. Was there anything peculiar
about his hands or his clothes or anything like that. No? No,
nothing. I wait a minute, his clothes, Yeah, what about him?
It was a kind of a pink sweet odor. I noticed slike slike
nail polish remover. Maybe, yes, that's a mail podge remover. How
did you know? Does that have any do with Frank's deaf I'm not sure.
Expense account adem seven A dollar and eighty five cents cab fair back to
the garage. Ziegler had finished the paint job and had punched out for the
day. Expense account Item eight two dollars and ninety five cents cab fair to
a rooming house out on the west side of town. Hie, hie,
Mic, Come on man, thanks? Wow? What brings you out this
way? Mac? Does something turn up about that joker who bumped your insurance
friend? I wanted to talk to you about the theory of yours theory?
Oh oh, you mean about the guy being a cycle? Yeah? Yeah,
I think you've got something there. Oh yeah, sure, sure I
have it. Figures. Say, look, I was getting some clothes together
to take down to the cleaners. You mind if I go ahead with it
while we talk? No? No, go right ahead. Thanks about that
cycle. Yeah, that's the only thing that makes sense about the whole business,
you know, him knocking off your girls, your friend with the girl
in the car, and all I thought of another angle about the girls,
big man. He might have had some plans about her too. Hey,
y, that's right, never thought of that. It fights in a Yeah,
I'll tell him what a cycle will do where a pretty girl's concerned.
Huh. How do you like this jacket? Mac? Some class huh?
Set me back a seatos. They kind of go for a classy clothes,
don't you, sig? Oh yeah, yeah, I like them fine big
cars, dude. Oh you ain't just whoop the mac. Nothing gives a
guy class like shop clothes and a real fine car. What does you think
of Frank Harvey's job? That's Matt, that was the end, A real
dreamboat car like that. Clothes like these, and I could really have the
name standing in line waiting for him. Yeah, you always take that many
clothes to the cleaners at one time? Oh oh yeah. You gotta take
good care of rags like this, you know should be cleaned that so every
time you wear them. Do they have any trouble removing the acetone odor from
him? Yeah? The solvent you use in your autopaint. Oh yeah,
yeah, that stuff we cleans. That's what missus Albright said? Is that
right? Who she the girl? You and Frank Harvey picked up in front
of the insurance building last night. Oh yeah, yeah, she uh noticed
her, That's what she said. Nice looking babe, that missus Albright,
real nice, just the kind of fit in with classy clothes and a dreamboat
car like Harvey's a man. You're saying, it's a doll like that,
a car like that, a guy really be sitting on the top of the
world. Huh. Yeah, but how do you know make that? Uh?
Asotone stuff to get it helped m here a cracked up the garage about
picking up the girl was the real tipper. Yeah, that's right. I
shouldn't have known about that, should I? How do you like that?
Always did shoot off my mouth too much? Well, do you wanna ride
in with me? Or wait till the cops get out here? Ye might
as well ride in with you. Mac Uh, I'll get my coat and
hat. Huh, don't try it, okay, okay, mac, I
quit. I always get excited at the wrong time, like I did with
Harvey. Uh, it was too bad killing him. No, No,
do one in the car that way spoiled that great upholstery. Couldn't even use
the job after that is a mistake. Expense Account ADEM nine seventeen dollars and
fifty cents Food and hotel bills. Expense Account ADEM ten sixty eight dollars and
forty cents plain fair and incidentals back to Hartford expense account total one hundred and
ninety one dollars and fifteen cents. You're truly Johnny dollars