Hollywood. It's time no for redmn O'Brien, Johnny Dollan, Lieutenant Shirk,
you leave a message for me to call. Yes, I did, Lieutenant.
I want you. Oh followed up at the time I got it,
Snider, got your name and what hotel. But I never didn't find out
who you are and what you wanted with me. It was about the Alonso
Chapman killing. Oh whoa? What's your interested in that? An insurance investigated.
I was sent out here from haunted, Connecticut to see what I could
learn. Oh you were? Whoa? You get out of Here's some fast.
We got the news at about eight last night. I was on a
plane by midnight and in Los Angeles by noon today. Must be tired.
I don't have any more than I had last night. I suppose you want
to talk to me though, Yeah, I liked him, all right,
come on over, but give me an hour so I can get some munch
edmin O'Brien. In a transcribed adventure of the Man Well the Action Pact expense
account America's Fabulous Free Leans Insurance investigator. It was truly Johnny Dollar expense account
submitted by special investigator Johnny Dolla to a home office Tri State Insurance Group,
Hartford, Connecticut. The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of
the Alonso Chapman matter expense account, I had him one two hundred and eight
dollars and fifty cents a half hand incidentals between Hartford, Connecticut and Los Angeles,
California. After a delay of about an hour or so, I was
able to make an appointment with the Lieutenant Jim Shock to detective in charge of
the case. I met him at about two fifteen and he brought me up
to date. Chapman was registered at the Quincy Hotel. He met this this
girl in the hotel bar at about seven last night. They left together.
About you got a quarter of right turned in the alley to get to the
parking lot where a car was parked, and that's where he was shot in
the alley. Was it robbery? It was well, healed to over three
hundred dollars had in his coat pocket. Not about this girl. We didn't
hear about her. We did normal sale. Picked up on a shop lifting
charge last year and uh she got a job and stayed out of trouble since
pretty little thing born Nebraska. She says she met an actor in a road
company back there. He told her he'd introduce her to some important people in
Hollywood and maybe she could. You know how it goes now, But I
wonder if Chapman's wife is going to she's on her way out here. How
long had this girl known and she says she just met him last night.
I think that's what she said. She was transferred to county jail this morning,
eleven thirty and material witness. I suppose you want to talk to her?
Yeah, I could, And so I'm as well going over because it's
growing too fast. That's why we got too many people. We got too
many, we got too many cars, too much of everything, but streets
the mess? Was that anything about Harkward. I've never been there. When
there's a little slower paced on Los Angeles, but it's kind of its problems.
Ah, I supported every place there's something, Lieutenant. Oh, we
just called Cassidy when you want to send it backelor seven, Yeah, alright,
I'll do that. Thanks. Oh, come along in. No,
I'm know this man is Mr Dollar. He's an insurance investigator from back east.
How do you deal with him? Wow? You can just sit down.
How are you healing today? Not very good. I tried to talk
to you last night after Mr Chapman was shot. Didn't you remember? I
sort of half remember. I went to pieces I kid, Yeah you did.
Couldn't get anything that even sounded like a statement from you. It's why
I had your hell so we could talk it over today. Sure, I
don't know anything. We left him then it happened. How long had you
known mister Chapman. I just met him last night. He made regular visits
to Los Angeles. Are you sure you didn't meet him before the first time?
I'm sure? Roy? Would I lie about that? We just struck
up a friendship last night? Uh? How did that happened? Well?
I dropped into the bar to Quincy for a drink and he started to talk
to me. What all did he say? It just one of those things
that happens all the time. I knew it was a pitch, but he
seemed like a nice guy. He just didn't want to be alone. He
asked me if I knew any good places to eat, and I told him
about a place I like it towards Hollywood. So he asked me if i'd
chow him. Uh, you ought to be more careful who you get friendly
with. Remembe I'd better turn that around and say you ought to be more
careful about who knows you're getting friendly with somebody. I guess I don't get
you. We'll looking for a reason somebody would want to kill Chapman and maybe
a man friend of the others. Couldn't be anything like that. I don't
have any steady boyfriends. Oh that's not saying there isn't somebody who wants to
be one, is it. There isn't anybody, that's the truth. But
it had been somebody I knew, it would have recognized him, wouldn't I.
And it's possible that you might want to protect him if you didn't know
him. I didn't know him. There isn't anybody who'd do anything like that.
I can't hold with that. Norman. You're young, you're pretty Why
I should think there'd be a bunch of young bucks after you boys from that
store where you're working with. We'll tell you there isn't. It's the truth.
There isn't. There was. I'd tell you, well, remember you
would. We've got to find a reason the Chapman was killed. I don't
know it wasn't because he was with me. Now, Norman, don't get
all upset again. You've got to remember some other thing. I hope you
aren't holding anything back, Norman. You know that we can learn the truth
from other people. Sure, I do, ask the girls I work with,
asked Jeanie Stevens. She ought to know. She's lived with me for
almost a year. Ah, Norman. Now, when you and this chaplain
decided don a place to go for dinner, you left the hotel, you
started for your car in the parking lot. H He turned into the alley,
which was a shorter trip and going around the corner, and this this
gun man was waiting there. It wasn't dark, No, not quite how
far down the alley it was. This man Wow, not very good at
measuring, but must have been about halfway to the parking There's a big trash
boxer behind one of the building. This man was waiting behind the box and
when you came by, he stepped out, fired three shots, run away,
and it was light enough so that you could get a good look at
him. Yes, it was darker in the alley, but I'd have recognized
anybody I knew. Would you remember if you saw him again. I'm not
sure. Maybe I would an honor. That's up to us to figure out
how come this killer was waiting there where he was? It beats me,
Oh he knew chapmanin was going to pass by that box. I don't know.
You can see how odd it looks on her. If he didn't know
Chapman was coming that way, he must have known that you would. I
don't know how it happened. I'm telling the truths. Maybe somebody heard us
talking in the bar hard enough to know you and Chapman would go through the
alley. Maybe somebody could have I don't remember exactly how it went, but
I told him where my car was parked, Yes, I said, I
said, just down the alley, I remember. And then did you leave?
Oh? Not right away? We had another drink. It takes ten
or fifteen minutes, I suppose. Oh how about a dollar? I don't
think I have anything more. Thanks, No, it's all right, I'll
get cashing to take you down. I'd like to send you home, Norma,
maybe tomorrow. You know how it goes to those Lieutenant Shock and me.
The jealousy motive was still first choice. As a matter of fact at
that point, it was the only choice. Nothing in Alonzo Chapman's room or
among his effects gave a hint of a murder motive. The Cleveland police had
been requested to send anything they had on him, and localmen were work checking
as Los Angeles business associates and his movements. Chock left the question normals sales
roommate, and I went back to satisfy myself. On the beginning of it
all, I waited for the evening bartender at the Quincy Hotel. Now I'm
not busy. We won't get crowded for another hour. Well our last night
you crowded about seven seven thirty. Oh yeah, yes, swamp. If
you'd ask me about anybody else in the place, I couldn't tell you a
thing. But I remember this little blonde dame and a sky Chapman. I'm
go out of here. That usually doesn't happen this way. Yeah, I
suppose not, but I'll tell you how it was. You see, a
Chapman had been a hotel for a few days, you know. Yeah,
I got in Friday last week. Well, I'm not sure when I first
met him, but he dropped in for an early drink, like you know,
quarter of five five o'clock. Then we talk a little bit. Then
ain't go up to his room and come back around seven and stay for another
hour or so. And I tell you it was fine to half of What
do you mean? Oh? And I was getting killed, not that pilot,
I mean a little blind. I didn't snow, but he was sank
or anything but that when she came in and the barstools were all taken,
Chapman spotsor and kids at his place. How long had he been there?
It's just a couple of minutes. I hadn't gotten around of taking his order
yet, but when I did, he ordered for the both of them.
Then after that round they moved to one of the bulls. Did you haven't
notice another man who could have been interested in him and could have been closed
enough to overhear them. Oh no, Jesus, the place was full like
in the orice Or maybe the bar girl did that Grace cursy or she'll be
in a five thirty if you want to talk to And I have to conback
lay that Chapman's widow is Judo Ryan in about twenty minutes, that Masha had
a wife. Yeah, how about them? Oh, I'm no stuff suret.
But if that guy acted this way and all the times he hit,
she's better off without them. I'll ask Grace if you want what what's your
hotel? The lock and if she does remember something about it, i'd appreciate
a car. Sure that my name is Howard. Thanks a lot, I'll
see you, lady. Yeah, Lieutenant Shark. Lieutenant this is Donald.
Oh oh, you got anything report on her? Nothing? That doesn't any
good? Missus Chapman just checked into the hotel. I'm in the lobby there.
Now. How did you make out with Norma's roommate? Oh? Just
fine. She seems like a level headed sort of girl. She says Norma
hasn't gone with any one particular man for a year, that his name was
client mill the six months sentence on some character. They're not important. What
but they're all washed up. He says, he's not even in town,
but we'll look for him anyway. Yeah, I'm going up to talk to
the widow. If it's all right with you, Sure, go right ahead.
Make a suspect of her if you again, we need youth. Could
be from what I hear is she had a motive, not counting the insurance
money. But I don't know whether she knew it or not. I'll check
with you later. Meeting missus Chapman was quite a surprise to me. I
naturally expected to find that would have approximately the same age as the dead man,
something there fifty, But she wasn't. She looked to be only a
few years over thirty. If that don't feel like you have to try and
make things easy for her, mister Dollar, you don't, al right,
missus Chaplin. Did he suffer much? Oh? He died almost instantly,
but it had to happen. I'm glad it went that way. Then.
I hope you understand I'm trying to I take it you aren't too fond of
your husband. I wasn't, and it would be stupid for me to tell
you anything else, or to act any other way than I am acting well.
Still looking for the reason your husband was killed. You said he was
taking this girl someplace. He was, but we haven't been able to make
anything out of that yet. She says, there's nobody who would kill out
of jealousy. I saw her picture in the paper. We doubted her too,
But our closest friend wouldn't have any reason to protect someone who had tried
to kill mis sal She said there was nobody. Well, there are other
men who'd have good reason to kill him. You didn't know him, did
you, No, I never seen him. He was good looking, not
tall, but he sort of looked at He took care of himself, the
iron gray hair. He was better looking when he passed forty five than he
ever was when he was young. I was surprised that you are so young,
missus Chapman. That's why he was attractive to women. My bad luck
was leaving Cleveland and letting myself get roped into a marriage. I found out
about one of these girls, and then he started bragging about all the others.
You mean, it's possible that a man followed them to Los Angeles from
some place else and killed him. I don't know, but I do know
that he must have hurt a lot of people. Well he's he's through hurting
me. I've stuck it out because I knew this was going to happen some
day. Every time I've read about a murder like this, I knew it
would happen to him. Now it has. Now. I own a house,
I have a bank account, insurance money. I'm finally getting something from
my marriage. I tried to phone a Lieutenant Shaker report on my meeting with
the overly honest missus Chapman, but he was out of his hours getting the
teletype answers to the request he'd made for information from the Cleveland police. So
I cabbed over to see him. Now, I'm not saying that what missus
Chapman says is impossible, but I don't want to go off half cocked on
a wild goose. Chack. I didn't think you'd like it. I don't
either. Chapman came here from President I trained, so say it would have
to be some guy from there. I don't see why he didn't well say
he didn't kill him in President because he thought he wouldn't raw suspicion down here.
How did this guy locate him? Chapman didn't reserve a room at the
Quincy. He usually stayed someplace else, so he'd have to be followed.
No good dollar. Why you couldn't expect an an experienced man from Preside to
do a job of tailing like that true Union station from there the Quincy and
all this this traffic, or oh it's possible, I suppose you're going to
check him then, so probably wouldn't be too hard to get a list of
the people who got on that train at Tresdone. Yeah, lest hard up
for motives. Now we got'em all over the country. He was old
enough to know better. What here's a follow up on that stuff from Cleveland?
Oh? Thanks great? Hm, this was a nice little boy.
HM. Get something. Hey, Chaplin phoned Cleveland that day, checked in,
didn't he? Yeah? It was Friday. Why look at this?
Seems like his missus was seeing a lot of a man named Nicholson. He's
known who left Cleveland on Friday night and he hasn't been seen since. M
like this old lot better. Yeah, this could be what we wanted,
a man with a motive who knew where Chaplin was. You think it's time
you met the honest widow. Uh, we will return you to the second
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you to the second act of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar. This is
Chairman. This is Lieutenant Shock, investigating your husband's murder. How do you
do and the nature? Miss Chairman? I'm sorry answer, it's not very
pleasant this Chapman. We never did get around are talking about your friend Carl
Nicholson, did we? What do you What do you mean? Well?
You told me about some of the improvements your husband's death was going to bring
you, but you didn't mention Carl Nicholson. Please. I know I sounded
hard when I talked to you. I shouldn't have said some of the things
I thought you were being honest. I was too honest. I'm afraid I
don't think soon. It's a chapman. I've been in touch with the police
back in your home town. They found out somehow about this Carl Nicholson.
First they said you'd been seeing quite a lot of him, especially when your
husband was out of town? Is that right? Yes, it's true.
MM. What were your feelings toward Nicholson at that time? That its prior
to your husband's death. I'm fond of Carl. I never made any secret
of that. He's my age. We have a lot of things in common.
No, he is why in Cleveland? Oh well, that's funny.
The police told me he was out of town. I don't know what this
means. I don't understand. You didn't know he left town? No,
I didn't. Now if you were fond of each other and you had all
these things in common, it seems to me you deserve to be told if
you were just going up and leave town. When is your sam last missus
Chapman? It was last week Friday, Yannie chance, No, it was
before then. It was Wednesday or Thursday. Why are you asking me these
things? The police back there went on to tell me that this Nicholson left
town on Friday. The Cleveland police, why should they even care about car
because I told him that on Friday or a husband had telephoned you from the
hotel where he was staying here in lost anglish. Isn't that right? Yes?
But I don't know what you mean? Didn't you see Nicholson on Friday
after you talked to your husband? No, do you mean that you think
I told him where Al was staying and that he came out here? Now,
missus Chapman, we didn't say we thought anything, but it's our job
to solve this murder. Well, you aren't saying we think you and him
planned the whole thing and he hopped out of here the first thing after he
learned where your husband was staying. But there are a lot of things that
aren't clear in our mind. The theory you gave me about all these wrong
men around the country didn't hold up too well, missus Chapman. It wasn't
a theory. I just told you what i'd been thinking. You said you'd
been waiting for it to happen. But the way we see it, the
way your husband was killed, where he was killed, makes it jealous out
of town man seen too far fetched, But we're looking into it. Don't
you worry about that? Dope? Do you have a reason to think that
Carl has been in Los Angeles? Well, covering the possibility that he might
have been Maybe you just mentioned the Quincy Hotel in passing casually, so you
hardly remember. No, I haven't seen Carl or talk to him since before
Al called me. I didn't tell him. Why did he happen to leave
town on Friday? I told you I don't know. I didn't know he'd
left. Well. With all these things in common, what did you think
when the news about your husband reached Cleveland? Didn't you wonder about why you
hadn't talked to the Nicholson all those days? Yes? I did wonder.
Why didn't you tell us all that without all this back and forth? Because
it would have sounded so awful. Do you think you improved things by holding
back? I don't know. Maybe I didn't. The last time I saw
Carl was on Wednesday. We had a fight and he walked out. You
can prove that's the last time you saw him, Troop. I haven't been
thinking about anything like that. We fought over the same thing for almost a
year. Carl wanted me to get a divorce and I wouldn't because you were
waiting for your husband to get killed. Did you ever tell Carl that?
Yes, you tell him that during is this uh fight on Wednesday? I
think so? But you didn't talk to him after that? No? Could
you have learned someplace else where your husband was saying, I don't know,
I'm I don't know who else. Al called Karl wouldn't kill him. I'm
positive of that. Would you happen to have a photograph of Nicholson? Why?
Some are on their way by radio photo and some others by email.
We might be able to save time if you have some. I have one.
I want to raise something off the back, now, don't you fret
missus Tamplin Blue. Show it to a couple of people. If Carl is
innocent like you think he us, this is the quickest way to prove that
too. I see it's sure. Like to help you, you know,
if I've seen a snap of sure and I'm standing, I'm sure. What
did the barbers say? Oh, it's the same thing you did. It
was crowded and you wasn't sure. Oh I'm awful. Sigh. That's all
right. I'd rather have a careful witness like you than one that thinks he
has to say something to live up to the title. Well, this guy
could have been here and he couldn't have been That's the best I can do.
I'm sorry, thanks, So it's okay. I'll do better next time.
I'll keep my eyes open from now on. Maybe I gotta afforce some
day. Hellow tenant, you don't have it go, they say, a
boat, it's so expensive to keep up it before long, you don't own
it. You don't owns you. So we shoulder, and then went my
fishing trips. H you get much back there, Ah, but I haven't
gotten back into since before the long? Yeah, you are the everybody are
it's the best nerve. Lieutenant, Well, oh, thanks, we all
belong. Let's take it down when you threw it. Hell on on her?
Oh, we've got a picture of a man we want you to look
at nor muh, why now you look at it? Come on, get
a good bright light on it here? Who is he? Have you ever
seen this man? I couldn't swear, but I think he could be the
one that shot mister Girk. I hate to say for sure, because mister
Chapman was on that side. Look at it again, on her? What
is now that you think you recognize? Hum? Maybe I'm wrong, But
the way he's here right here, the way some of it hangs down across
his forest. This man's about dollars height. I'm not sure that he's kind
of crouched. But you think you saw the hair. I don't even know
wh I think that. When I closed my eyes, it seems like I
can see his face. Yeah. Well, now you take a long look
at it. Study it. We'll have some more pictures of this man tomorrow,
and if you can be sure, then maybe we can let you look
at him flesh and blood. What happened so fast? Just take your time
and forget the lieutenant and me. If I could, I'd leave it so
you could study it all nighte. But it's a piece of evidence and therefore
belongs to the state, so I can't leave it. As it turned out,
we didn't have to take that photograph or any other picture back to Normals
Sales for identification. The first reason turned up. That night, there was
another message from the Cleveland Police. The body of our chief suspect, Carl
Nicholson had been removed from the remains of his car. The crash had occurred
within two hundred miles of his home. Witnesses said that he had been returning
from a friend's country place, and the alcoholic content of his blood gave credence
to missus Chapman's story that they had quarreled. It became obviously that he had
been on a week's trunt. In addition to killing him, it had removed
him in other respects as a suspect. The other thing that changed the direction
of the matter is not as closely connected to any of the principles. As
a matter of fact, hardly connected at all. Was a story on the
front page of the next morning's paper. A man named Max Gerber, where
the criminal background had been found, shot to debt. Along with a year
old picture of him was printed the fact that he had been staying at the
Quincy Hotel with Lieutenant Shock. I went to view Max Gerber's remains and his
effects, and at ten that morning, Normal Sail was once more ushered into
us. Well, Norm, we sh'd keep you busy, don't we,
Sidamo, did you bring some more pictures? Not the same as we brought
last night? That wasn't the man you saw in the alley? I wasn't
sure. The bartender at the Quincy says he'd never seen you in there before
the other night. Why'd you happen to go there hight to, no guess?
Seemed like a good idea because I hadn't been there. Was there some
special that took you there? Normal? There must be quite a few SIB
bars where you haven't been. There wasn't anything special, all right, I
think it's fair to tell you that. Uh. We checked the store where
you work and found out that you left there at three Ferry that day.
I didn't feel very good. You felt good enough to go to the quincy.
Who felt good enough to let yourself get picked up by this man?
Why? I guess that's my business, isn't it what I wanna do and
who I wanna be with? Why? Sure? It is normal? Who
did you want to be with? What do you mean a man named Elenzo
Chapman or a man named Max Gerber? I just went in that all I
met this guy. You Uh didn't go into that bar expecting to meet some
special man, did you? No, not even if you were paid to
meet him. No, I don't know what you're talking about. That man
that was killed. I mean the one you were with. Did you know
what he did for a living? That he was a salesman? Well,
that's a forgetting ant. He was a sale We cut two pictures out of
the paper on him. He's one. This is the man you met at
the Quincy. Yes you sure, Normal, Yes, I am. This
man wasn't killed in the alley the other night. He's the man I was
with. No, he isn't. This man was killed last night, Normal
right outside the Quincy Hotel. Here's the picture of the other man. They
look alike, don't they. They're the same. I saw the suit Max
Gerber was wearing. Even it was sort of the same as Chaplin's. It
was brown still, I mean it was Gerber. It was Gerber. You
were supposed to meet. It was Gerber. No, it wasn't. Normal,
Yes it was I. You were supposed to pick up Gerber in that
bar, aren't you. I didn't know what they were gonna do, But
you did pick this man up and take him down that alley. They still
want some money, and that's all they wanted. Tell us how you found
this man at the bar in Norma. They planned him out to the lobby.
He made a fun call, then he went into the bar. I
went in after it. Brown suit, gray hair. It was Alonzo Chaplin
you took out to get killed. Oh it wasn't. Why should we tell
you it was If it wasn't, you're lying to me. You're trying to
trick me. No, they just made it mistake. They blended him out.
Then you made the mistake. No, I didn't. I didn't.
I did what they said. They told me I had to, and I
did. They sent me because I was blonded. It wasn't the right one.
They didn't see they were gonna kill him. He just told them some
money. That's all they wanted. That's all I wanted. I didn't want
anybody to get killed. I was blond, I was young, and that's
why they sent me for money. Expense count had them too miscellaneous while in
Los Angeles two hundred and fifty five dollars and eight cents had them free,
same as I had one transportation back to Haydred expensive count total six hundred and
seventy two dollars and eight cents. Remarks. The second murder, Max Gerber's,
was a gangland rubbout planned with the aid of a young blonde as bait.
The first murder was only a mistake. The apparent marl that companies shouldn't
hire a salesman, women shouldn't marry them, young blanche should stay away from
them. But confidentially, some of my best friends are insurance salesman, Yours
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