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Speaker 1 (00:08):
The Columbia Broadcasting System presents Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. The
next half hour has its baggage Pact to take a
trip with America's fabulous freelance Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar at
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Insurance Investigation. He is just an expert at making out
his expense account. He is an absolute genius. Expense accounts
submitted by special Investigator Johnny Dollar to Home Office Honesty
Life Insurance Underwriters, Criminal Building, Hartford, Connecticut, Attention Austin Farnsworth,
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General Manager. The following is an accounting of my expenditures
and the investigation of policyholder Milford Brooks the third for
your company. Expensive count at him one seventy five cents
camp fare to your office and answer to your original
hurry call. Tipped the driver one dollar expense account at
him two twenty five cents shoeshine. You remember I got
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my shoes scup when I unsuspectingly walked through the private
door to your office.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Tell her pix seven he pinted, tip up that window.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Then tell you I'll show you. Let me call you
get away. I had a nice try twenty buy and
I'll pay attention to the feature. So asked the Smith. Oh,
mister Farnsworth, tell me what you had waiting for me?
Had it? Warn my boxing gloves? Tell her this was
all a complete surprise to me. Well, just in case
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you're a little chum on the floor there wakes up
in a hurry, I I'll close the window now, My goodness, Dollar,
what are you doing? I'm sitting on his head. I
don't care this guy tries killing himself again. I just
don't want him to try and kill me. After all,
we haven't even been introduced.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Dollar.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
That happens to be one of our largest policy holders.
His life is insured with this company in the amount
of two million dollars. Oh, now I can see why
you're so anxious to keep him from puting a dent
in the sidewalk. Decisely, he'd also put quite a dent
in near company's bank account. By the way, Dollar, aren't
you in danger of smothering the boys sitting on his head?
That way? Maybe? Now tell me what's this guy's name
and what's his story? That sir is Milford Brooks the Third.
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As I said, we have him insured for two million.
His mother and father left him with a paid the
policy for the sole purpose of enabling his heirs to
pay the inheritance taxes on his estate when he dies. Unfortunately,
due to the kind of life he's been leading, Brooks
not only hasn't any heirs, he hasn't any money. He
blew aall his care. That's right now, he's trying to
get some out of us by threatening to kill himself.
And that policy pays off on suicide. In a mortuary,
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he'd be a medineaire. Please dollar, sorry go on. One
half hour ago, Milford walked into this office and changed
the beneficiary in his policy. When that was done, he
proceeded to demand, not request, mind you, five hundred thousand
dollars in cash. Say that's quite a touch. When I
explained to him that there was no loan provision in
his insurance policy, he threatened suicide. He said I could
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either give him a half million cash or pay off
the two million on his policy, So all you have
to do is to keep him alive, and he managed
to make that no small problem. The man he named
his new beneficiary just before he made his demand for
the cash, is well, it's downright frightening.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Why who is it?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
One of the most notorious gamblers in the East. His
name is Hatcher. Harold Hatcher, you know him. Yeah, I
say that kid's been a post office been a boy
for a lot of years. Well, there's the situation. Dollar.
I'm engaging you to protect Milford Brook's future. Sure what
there is of it? The way this lad operates, you
think he had but two lives to give for his country.
He's not only set himself up to get knocked up
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by somebody else, He's just dying to do the job himself.
It just means that you'll have to work twice as hard.
It also means something else, but that you'll have to
pay me twice as much money. You'll get your money.
The situation demands sacrifice, I'm afraid, but protect the boy dollar.
Give him something to live for, an interesting life, an
interest in life. Huh, let's see.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
I know here.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
This should help. What's that you've got there? It's what's
commonly referred to in the more successful bachelor circles as
my little black book. Now let's see Ruby. Now her
favorite expression is dropped dead Bernardine. Now she'd be the
new beneficiary by midnight. Oh here's one here, butter. But hey, Foinsworth,
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would you mind passing me that phone, the one with
a long cord. No, no, not at all. My little
friend here is showing signs of life. Here you are,
Maybe you should let him breathe a bit more. I
don't worry. He'll be all right.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Hello, I want to call New York person, the person,
Miss Theodora Butts. Yeah, that's right, and you'll get her
at Hudson two four two nine two Dollar. You're not
thinking of taking this point in New York? Are you? Ill?
Love going there myself? And you want me to keep
an eye on them, don't you don't, Fred Farnsworth, all
is not lost. You do worry? Me's sitting on his
head that way. Hello, Hello, butter, but of This is
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Johnny Dollar. I'll be in town and I don't want
to see you. Look, here's what I want you to do. Yes, yes,
this is all right to say over the telephone. I
want you to reserve a table at the hatchery in
my name for ten o'clock tonight. But you do that, okay.
I'll see you in a few hours. Eh, But I
can't make it any earlier. I'm sitting up on a
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sick friend. Okay, goodbye. I'm not sure that I agree
with you a method. Oh, what's a matter of dollar
to be hit? You hit me? No, he'd hit me.
Spends account item three liquor eighteen dollars keeping Milford Brooks.
The third Peaceful seemed to be the immediate problem, and
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a bottle of rare old brand He seemed to be
the immediate answer. I poured most of it into him,
loaded him into my car, and we headed from New York.
As we passed through New Haven, he opened. When I
looked up, saw the Ale bowl.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
And gave.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Ball. Yeah, Yale, right right right?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Oh yeah? Would sure be proud of you? Why anybody
would want to ensure you for two million dollars is
more than I can figure.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Well, my daddy loved me very much, and my mother
loved me very much.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Not only that, but I love somebody very much.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
And not only is that, but I hate somebody very much.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Hey, you want to know something, Thanks Soana, that guy,
I hate you most of anybody else. Hey, love a boy,
It's cocktail hour again, Time for your bottle. Rolling along
the merrit Parkway, I felt very much alone with my
own thoughts, and believe me, they weren't very pleasant company.
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The way it had staked up for me. Brooks had
built up a fat gambling debt to Harold Hatcher and
had been forced to make him his beneficiary. The suicide
threat that he was holding over Honesty Insurance Company was
a little clever the figure, unless he was trying to
finance a trip for himself to get away from the
man with the custom tailored murder motive Hatcher. My hungry
little mind nibbled away on those unsavory morsels of food
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for thought all the way to Butter's apartments. Hey, where
are you taking me? I want to go to New York.
If you don't behave buster or'll punch your ticket. Johnny Darling,
Welcome to New York. Trip I ever met quiet? Wow?
Where did you find this? In a box of cracker jacks?
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Come on, let me get you. I don't know about you, Johnny.
Some men bring me flowers and some bring me candy.
What do you bring me? A boiled owl and a
Brooks Brothers suit. Oh, I'm pleased to reach you. My
name is Brooks, but I haven't got any brothers. Lucky
then takes the pillows on the couch with you. I
look more at home in the bathtub. Come on, Butster,
lie down, I'm charm this kid's liquor. Sure can hold him.
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He's passed out. How long have you been playing nurse
maid to this bottle? Baby? Leave me to the bars.
So let's get away from this buzza and I'll tell
you all about it. Sure, come along. Final examples don't
seem to bother you, do they? If you know how
that guy has been bothering me, what do you do too? Oh,
let's just say he put the bite on me. Ah,
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the river showed does look pretty to nine, like a
brandy anything. But I've been slipping that second hand all
the way from Hertford.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Oh, make it a bowl.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Root beer, you, butter. She had a big boat out there.
Sure would like to be on it with you, sailing
off to far away romantic places. Get with it, darling.
That's one hundred and twenty fifth streets there. There's your
roof there. Come on, now, tell Butter all about it.
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First things first, Now that I've got a dad's old
fashioned root there, how about giving me one of mom's
new fashion kisses, and then I'll tell you what about it.
A few seconds later I proceeded to tell her all
about it, and it wasn't easy. Everything about it kept
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flying down my train of frost. So here was a
sympathetic listening to my story until I gave her the
answer to her first and only question, Where do I
getn't do all this? Baby? I thought you understood. My
job is to give the poor, misguided boys something to
live for. That's you. Well, he should live so long,
don't butter? Wait a minute, Well don't, butter. Men, don't
get excited now you misunderstand. I really mean it. I thought,
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if he had just got to look at you, realize
that things like you exist, you'd make any man glad
to be alive. If you can't stand it, I'll take
him away. Thought, I sure need you, Butter. Come on, baby,
melt a little. I wouldn't let you get hurt. You
know that? Did I hurt you? I'm getting used to it.
People have been taking folks in me all day. I'm sorry.
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That's better. I want you more, route, dear, I want
some more of you. How about another kiss? Well? Help
you so, john, I'll get it, Johnny. OK. Right. If
a man man answers, hang up with him, don't worry.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Hello, Yes, this is husband two fourteen nine to two well, it.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Depends who's curling. Oh just a moment, it's for you, Johnny, mister,
huh oh okay, I'll take it. Thanks, say one, I'm
swalk can be a good girl, will you and take
a look at Milford the other room? And while you're
at it, get me in the roof here? Huh, I'm
sure the service is good. A round Hello Farnsworth, Yes, doll,
I'm glad I got you. How'd you get this number?
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It's the one you called from my office? I remember
that I have a photographic mind. I hope you haven't
got a picture of what I'm thinking. What do you want?
I want to know how Milford is? I mean he's
still alive. Of course he's alive. Good? Good? Do you
suppose I could talk to him? I mean, do you
think he'll talk to me? Well, the last time I
saw him he was sound asleep. I'll take a look,
holl the phone.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Butter, Oh, butter, hey, butter.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Plor Farsworth, Yes, yes, do you have any aspern there
at your house? Of course? Well you better take a handful.
Milford Brooks the third just took a powder.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
I'll call you back.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
You let anything happen to him, and you leave the aspirin.
I've already got a headache. When Milfred left, he took
my girl with him. In just a moment, we'll return
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to the second act of Yours, Truly, Johnny Dollar. But
first we want to remind you that it was four
hundred and thirty seven years ago. Next Sunday, the famed
Spanish explorer Paul Stellion began his search for the confidant
of you. My sheer coincidence. The man who's still looking
for it at Jack Benny will be heard on CBS
next Sunday at seven o'clock Eastern Time. Now back to yours, truly,
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Johnny Dollar. Well, nobody could say I wasn't working fast.
I had only been in sound for an hour, and
I had already succeeded not only losing your two million
dollar baby, Milford Brooks, the third Mister Farnsworth, but in
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losing my million dollar baby, Theodora Butts. I tried to
put myself in Milford Brook's forty dollars shoes, but they
wouldn't fit. You can't out think a maniac. The best
I could do was figure either that he was on
his way to commit suicide or that Harold Hatcher, the
man who now stood to collect two million bucks in
the event of Milford's death, had snashed him out of
Butter's apartments. With birds of that type flocking together, Butter
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stood a good chance of being a dead duck. I
spent an hour unsuccessfully shaking down the neighborhood for them.
I questioned cab drivers, harness, bulls, bartenders. Then I decided
to ask for help from higher up. And I don't
mean that. I said a prayer, expense A count at
him four five cents. Phone called police head, give me
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missing persons, any particular one. Don't be a wise guy,
Lieutenant Fisher.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Yess, hello, dollar, what did you lose?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Practically everybody, let's start with a girl, Theodora Butts.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
You mean you lost your girl? Once you call Dorothy Dix.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Don't waste time being clever. Just check your reports. What
ever hold on.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Buddington bumpus by us? Nope, nothing on her dollar?
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Okay, Well it's try this one. Brooks no for the third.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Oh, Brooks no for the third. He hasn't been reported
missing and we haven't found him yet, but we.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Think we know where he is. Oh, this kind of
a question I always hate to ask where.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
The Hudson River at eleven fifteen tonighted. His top coat,
complete with identification, was found taking a ride one hundred
and twenty fifth Street Ferry.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Anything else nothing much.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Package of matches was found under the coat. You don't
happen to know anybody who's initials are.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Hh, do you hh? Well? This is always horace height.
Thanks Fisher, I'll check back with you later.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
I'll be here, expends a count at them.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Five nightclubs twenty eight dollars. Harold Hatcher's Hatchery was in
a cellar under a hotel, but the prices were high
enough to rate a penthouse. The club was draped in
too much satin. It's lady customers and too little. The
dcor was French, provincial, music Brazilian, and the food was nowhere.
The drinks look weak and the oiters look strong. All
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in all, the joint was a sight for sore eyes
from making them sore. The only pretty thing in the
place was a blonde. She came strolling up to my table,
her hips unconsciously sending subtle little messages back to the
rumba band. She opened her mouth, slid her tongue over
her lower lip and little a few warm soft words,
slide eyes looking for someone. Oh, well, you'll do untilary
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opening comes along. Sun. Thanks, No, I won't have a drink.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
My name is Janelle.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
I understand you were asking about mister Hatcher. Yeah, you
know him more than somewhat. Are you missus Hatcher by
any chance?
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I might be?
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Does that mean you might admit it or that you
might talk an into it someday? I'll ignore that. What
do you want to see him about? Mutual friends? Milford Brooks.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
I'm almost of the quiet clothes boys around here, So
you want a cop? You don't look like the type
of to be a society friend of the Brooks family,
So what are you?
Speaker 1 (15:39):
I'll ignore that. Is Hatcher around? He might be Come
on out. Where is his office at the top of
the stairs in the back. Can I expect any trouble
getting in? You act like you just saw a b picture.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
Harold is doing his best to act like an honest
businessman these nights.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
You won't have any trouble. How do you know?
Speaker 4 (15:56):
Because Harold sent me down here to look you over. Hi,
I think you're all right.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
So I've won myself the good house keeping seal of approval. Huh,
keeping a house with you with the meets with my approval.
I ran for my life. I had a slow walk
across the dance floor, edged my way through a cluster
of tables, and went up the backstairs. When I look
get at the door to had your office, I knocked
once and went in. Come on in. Thanks, I'm Johnny Dollar.
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I haven't hired by Honesty Life Insurance underwriters to protect
the interest of a guy named Milford Brooks the third.
What's that's supposed to mean to me? You know what,
don't you? Well? He'sn't exactly one of my boozing buddies.
How much money does he ow you? Who've got him
on the books for a few grand? Why they picked
up his top coat tonight on one hundred and twenty
fifth Street, Ferry. He wasn't in it. It might have
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been a suicide, or it might have been a knockover
made to look like a suicide. What's your choice? Where
do you get off asking me to make a choice?
Or were you around eleven thirty to night? What's a
two year I don't know. I just thought you might
like to rehearse a few answers the law. I'll be
asking you some questions real soon. Now. I don't know
why I should tell you, but I was driving around
in my car getting some air. You'd better do better
than less. They found a match photo under Brook's coat
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that had your initials on it. You're ready your mind.
The guy owed me a couple hundred thousand. You think
I'm going around knocking off my own assets. I don't
know whether you're a stupid or bright. Hatcher, don't worry
about it. I know what about that insurance policy? What
insurance policy? Now? Look, Hatcher, we're big boys. Now. We
both know that changing the beneficiary of an insurance policy
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is a legal transaction. That means witnesses. That means it
isn't secret. You mind telling me what you're trying to say?
That you and the Honesty Insurance Company and I all
know that Brooks made you the beneficiary and his policy,
and that you stand are coming a two million bucks
when they fish out his body. I don't know anything
about it. Motives don't come much bigger. I'm telling you,
this is all news to me. You or nobody else
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is going to move me off that story. I feel
the same about mine. It doesn't take a genius to
know that Brooks didn't love you two million dollars worth.
There's only one logical reason for his making you the
beneficiary that I can see you forced them into it.
Anything else, who cares? They'd have to prove it, and brother,
that can't be done.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
How would you like what a minute?
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, okay, Rocky? Thanks for the news, Tella.
Did you turn me in out there here? Eh? Yeah? No,
I didn't turn you in. What's the matter. You've got
a good story at you. You're not worried, are you?
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Have a cigarette? Thanks? I got Mike work the first time. Yeah, nope,
I'm not worried. I'll be out for forty eight hours.
You'll be lucky if you're out in forty eight years. Okay, boys,
come on in the homicide boys invite that hatcher down
the headquarters. He accepted, and invited them down to the
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bar for a no hard feelings drink. They accept it.
I walked back down the stairs into the club. Place
had and changed, same stale customers, the same stale music,
same stale air, and the same lovely Janelle sitting at
the same lovely table. Hello, how'd you make out. Oh,
I left before they started playing twenty questions. But I
wouldn't worry. You've got a smart boy in the bar
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there in some ways maybe what do you hand you?
Speaker 2 (19:12):
A big round?
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Zero? Wouldn't talk about what? Oh, just a little? Do that?
A too million dollar life insurance policy? Wait a minute,
that young Brooks kid. Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
I knew what I tried to tell.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Anybody wouldn't listen to me trying to tell who what Hatcher?
Speaker 4 (19:28):
Did you get into trouble.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
About that policy?
Speaker 4 (19:30):
It just looks funny Indy and made the benefit Fishery.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
You knew about it. I suppose you also know what
was behind it.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Sure Milford ought him some money, a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
It's in writing. What kind of writing?
Speaker 4 (19:41):
It's a personal note the Brooks is going to get
back if he made Harrow beneficiary something.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
In his office. Hey, you must be awful close to Hatcher.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
I'm in the close friendly tape.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
I'll have that drink now you've earned it. Beautiful. She
had earned it, and I had a hunch as to why,
if ever I saw a gal busy putting his kids
under her boyfriend, she was even if she helped send
him up on a murder rap. I would about a
quick fifty that she tipped him to the police. It's
happened before. The boyfriend is the murdering type, and it's
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a nice, neat legal method of disposal. Janelle led me
back up the stairs and at the Hatcher's office. I
sent her back down to watch the bar to divert
Hatcher in case he decided he'd forgotten something. Brooks' personal
note made out of the gambler was easy to find,
lying neatly in the middle of the top desk draw
but I found something even more interesting When I went
through his wardrobe closet. I began to see a glimmer
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of light, and then, encouraged by not too much thinking
in my part, it turned into a vertible bonfire, which
I hope wouldn't be too hot for me to handle.
Did you find everything? I If I were a judge,
i'd be ready to sentence the gilly party. Good, oh,
waiter the check? Where are you going to the police?
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Bright girl? I'll see you later. Spends accounts item six
cab fare one dollar, said the driver. One dollar. Once
out of the Hatchery, I walked to the corner, got
into a taxi and waited. In just a few minutes,
my favorite suspect came out of the club, jumped into
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a taxi and the chase was on. We nazzled our
way through the traffic, over the second Avenue and at
a downtown and he took a right, then on forty
fifth Street over to Lexington and headed uptown. But they
didn't lose us. At seventy second, the cab ahead turned
right and pulled to a stop. My driver was on
his toes, and his toes were on his break. We
stopped two half a block behind.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Do you want I should wait?
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Oh? Here you are, keep the change. It was a
garage that belonged to a residence on the parallel street
a block away. I made out a for sale sign
on one of the big doors. The living corners upstairs
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were dark enough to look interesting, and those in a
bit of genteel breaking and entering. Entering that old barn
didn't take much breaking. I tripped up. The stairs sounded
like they were left over from an old ghost story,
and so did the first voice I heard when I
stopped halfway up. So we's got to be careful, especially
about that Johnny Dallon, Are you sure he didn't follow you.
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That voice sounded awful dry to be coming from a
guy who supposedly had spent most of the night snoozing
on the bottom of the Hudson River. It was Milfred Brooks,
the third. Get up on your feet, Brooks, Now, wait
a minute. I started this thing slugging you, I might
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as well finish it the same way lived in Maloney's mind.
Full on the floors, angel and sut on the flap.
Speaker 4 (22:52):
Oh you don't kill letting get a hic out, I'll
kill you.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Look, I'm the last guy in the world. And when
joeys physical violence, you have awe take. But believe you
two are coming money close to changing my whole character.
Now settle around before I'd really lose my head. Get
off of me. I should have known better than to
get mixed up with a low class nobody like you
got We've pushed the lady around up Brooks.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
Tell me to be careful.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Why didn't you think of that before you let him here?
Why for your nose, big boy, Why don't you get
go getting fat headed, gorgeous niether. One of you is
exactly what I'd call a master mind. When you plan
that match Fowler runneath the top called on the ferry boat.
You both should have been more careful. You think so,
You bet, I think so. If I were planning a
piece of evidence to incriminate mister Harold Hatcher, I would
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have left a cigarette lighter. I found one in the
pocket of every suit he owns back there in his
closet in the club. It wasn't hard to figure out
that that guy never carries a book of matches. What
do you want? I'm only interested in one thing, saving
the insurance company two million dollars. And Buster, I think
you've done it for me. I wait, look, Dollar, this
is insurance fraud. It has been ever since you put
on a fake suicide attempt, trying to extort five hundred
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thousand bucks out of the company for you and Janelle.
Wait a minute, dollars? So much for the company. Now
something a little more personal and a little more serious.
Where is my girl? Well, she's she's all right. Dollar.
I couldn't help it, but I had to get out
of that apartment. She caught me leaving. I had to
take a with me. Where is she she? Well, I
didn't mean to hurt her. I was afraid you yell
are you liable?
Speaker 2 (24:16):
Tell you what she is?
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Dollar, I put her in a cab and send her
to the emergency hospital. Yet no, tell the police. Please?
Had you had your fun? Dollar? Now I want mine?
How as you get here? New York City was most
efficient police force. Remember when they think maybe a guy
has jumped off a ferry boat and nobody's seen him
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do it, they checked the turnstile counters at each end.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
In the case of.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Brooks, here as many people got off that boat has
got on. Yeah, that makes sense. And harly or a
guy from murder just because somebody else lost a topcoat.
How'd you know we were here? You know me to
know you never go any place to that. I don't
know about. Okay, Brooks, you felt like explaining, Now I
feel like listening. Get it up. I don't know what
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you mean.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
I don't know what you mean.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Asher Warny gave you a big fat, two million dollar
motive for murder. And two he did his best to
make it look like you did murder him, but had
broken down match cover playing on the ferry boat. Why well,
they wanted to get rid of you and live happily
ever after the big mistake they made wasn't trying to
shake the insurance company down for some ready cash. And you, baby,
you put him up to it, didn't you, your cheap
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little muscler. No, hell, calm down, Hatcher. You don't need
a gun around here. That's same. You don't know me
very well. Dollar. I'm gonna teach you, all of you
amateurs a lesson. All these things are really done. Come on, Brooks, no, Hatcher, you.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Can have everything I've got.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
For a second, it looked like Hatcher was gonna take everything.
But I hadn't gone that far to see Brooks knocked
up with me as a witness. Hey, maybe I wasn't
gonna be a witness. Maybe I was gonna be a
victim too. When I thought it me, that's when I
flew across the room and hit Hatcher on a too
or die flying tackle from behind. Hatcher went down shooting.
I went down chair in a lucky boot, knocked the
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gun out of his hand. Might beat him do it,
and swam's free into his color. Half the people in
the room are lying. They're bleeding. Brooks from a gunshot
Hatcher from the gun butt. Janelle and I both stood
their panty. But believe me not for each other. Well,
he stood that boy until the police arrived.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Johnny.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
I hate being in the hospital, but I look off, Butter,
and Honey, you look lovely and white to his patch
on my head, Johnny, they had to cut a big
hunger my hair off to put in the stitches. That
awful man. Well, if it'll make you feel any better, baby,
that awful man got taken care of it. He's upstairs
in the same hospital. Well, Johnny, no, Butter, I didn't
have to. Harold Hatcher saved me the trouble. They don't
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know yet whether mister Brooks is going to live or die,
but it doesn't make much difference to me or to
the insurance company. He signed a statement admitting attempted fraud
charged him right hitting a lady on the heads Johnny,
what am I gonna do? My hair will look awful.
It'll take months for it to grow out. Now, don't
worry for her. I'll buy you something to cover it up.
I know a guy over on Fifth Avenue who claims
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he makes something that looks prettier on a woman's head
in her hair expense account out. I'm seven six hundred
and forty dollars lady's hats, so come with a lump
on lady's head. Expensive coun out of mates twenty dollars
tipped the nurse for reminding Butter on the hour, every
hour that accidents will happen. Expense account out of nine
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seven dollars. Mileage driving back to Hartford. Expense account total
eleven and eighty two dollars and twenty three cents, for
which you may say, mister Farnsworth, is a lot of
money for one man to spend in a day and
a half. But you must bear in mind that the
amount of stake was two million dollars, and you know
the price of state these days. Signed yours truly, Johnny Dollar,
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m HM. Listen in again next week when CBS brings
you yours tool aide, Johnny Dollar with Charles Russell as
Johnny
The Columbia Broadcasting System presents Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. The
next half hour has its baggage Pact to take a
trip with America's fabulous freelance Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar at
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Insurance Investigation. He is just an expert at making out
his expense account. He is an absolute genius. Expense accounts
submitted by special Investigator Johnny Dollar to Home Office Honesty
Life Insurance Underwriters, Criminal Building, Hartford, Connecticut, Attention Austin Farnsworth,
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General Manager. The following is an accounting of my expenditures
and the investigation of policyholder Milford Brooks the third for
your company. Expensive count at him one seventy five cents
camp fare to your office and answer to your original
hurry call. Tipped the driver one dollar expense account at
him two twenty five cents shoeshine. You remember I got
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my shoes scup when I unsuspectingly walked through the private
door to your office.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Tell her pix seven he pinted, tip up that window.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Then tell you I'll show you. Let me call you
get away. I had a nice try twenty buy and
I'll pay attention to the feature. So asked the Smith. Oh,
mister Farnsworth, tell me what you had waiting for me?
Had it? Warn my boxing gloves? Tell her this was
all a complete surprise to me. Well, just in case
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you're a little chum on the floor there wakes up
in a hurry, I I'll close the window now, My goodness, Dollar,
what are you doing? I'm sitting on his head. I
don't care this guy tries killing himself again. I just
don't want him to try and kill me. After all,
we haven't even been introduced.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Dollar.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
That happens to be one of our largest policy holders.
His life is insured with this company in the amount
of two million dollars. Oh, now I can see why
you're so anxious to keep him from puting a dent
in the sidewalk. Decisely, he'd also put quite a dent
in near company's bank account. By the way, Dollar, aren't
you in danger of smothering the boys sitting on his head?
That way? Maybe? Now tell me what's this guy's name
and what's his story? That sir is Milford Brooks the Third.
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As I said, we have him insured for two million.
His mother and father left him with a paid the
policy for the sole purpose of enabling his heirs to
pay the inheritance taxes on his estate when he dies. Unfortunately,
due to the kind of life he's been leading, Brooks
not only hasn't any heirs, he hasn't any money. He
blew aall his care. That's right now, he's trying to
get some out of us by threatening to kill himself.
And that policy pays off on suicide. In a mortuary,
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he'd be a medineaire. Please dollar, sorry go on. One
half hour ago, Milford walked into this office and changed
the beneficiary in his policy. When that was done, he
proceeded to demand, not request, mind you, five hundred thousand
dollars in cash. Say that's quite a touch. When I
explained to him that there was no loan provision in
his insurance policy, he threatened suicide. He said I could
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either give him a half million cash or pay off
the two million on his policy, So all you have
to do is to keep him alive, and he managed
to make that no small problem. The man he named
his new beneficiary just before he made his demand for
the cash, is well, it's downright frightening.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Why who is it?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
One of the most notorious gamblers in the East. His
name is Hatcher. Harold Hatcher, you know him. Yeah, I
say that kid's been a post office been a boy
for a lot of years. Well, there's the situation. Dollar.
I'm engaging you to protect Milford Brook's future. Sure what
there is of it? The way this lad operates, you
think he had but two lives to give for his country.
He's not only set himself up to get knocked up
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by somebody else, He's just dying to do the job himself.
It just means that you'll have to work twice as hard.
It also means something else, but that you'll have to
pay me twice as much money. You'll get your money.
The situation demands sacrifice, I'm afraid, but protect the boy dollar.
Give him something to live for, an interesting life, an
interest in life. Huh, let's see.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
I know here.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
This should help. What's that you've got there? It's what's
commonly referred to in the more successful bachelor circles as
my little black book. Now let's see Ruby. Now her
favorite expression is dropped dead Bernardine. Now she'd be the
new beneficiary by midnight. Oh here's one here, butter. But hey, Foinsworth,
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would you mind passing me that phone, the one with
a long cord. No, no, not at all. My little
friend here is showing signs of life. Here you are,
Maybe you should let him breathe a bit more. I
don't worry. He'll be all right.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Hello, I want to call New York person, the person,
Miss Theodora Butts. Yeah, that's right, and you'll get her
at Hudson two four two nine two Dollar. You're not
thinking of taking this point in New York? Are you? Ill?
Love going there myself? And you want me to keep
an eye on them, don't you don't, Fred Farnsworth, all
is not lost. You do worry? Me's sitting on his
head that way. Hello, Hello, butter, but of This is
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Johnny Dollar. I'll be in town and I don't want
to see you. Look, here's what I want you to do. Yes, yes,
this is all right to say over the telephone. I
want you to reserve a table at the hatchery in
my name for ten o'clock tonight. But you do that, okay.
I'll see you in a few hours. Eh, But I
can't make it any earlier. I'm sitting up on a
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sick friend. Okay, goodbye. I'm not sure that I agree
with you a method. Oh, what's a matter of dollar
to be hit? You hit me? No, he'd hit me.
Spends account item three liquor eighteen dollars keeping Milford Brooks.
The third Peaceful seemed to be the immediate problem, and
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a bottle of rare old brand He seemed to be
the immediate answer. I poured most of it into him,
loaded him into my car, and we headed from New York.
As we passed through New Haven, he opened. When I
looked up, saw the Ale bowl.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
And gave.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Ball. Yeah, Yale, right right right?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Oh yeah? Would sure be proud of you? Why anybody
would want to ensure you for two million dollars is
more than I can figure.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Well, my daddy loved me very much, and my mother
loved me very much.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Not only that, but I love somebody very much.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
And not only is that, but I hate somebody very much.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Hey, you want to know something, Thanks Soana, that guy,
I hate you most of anybody else. Hey, love a boy,
It's cocktail hour again, Time for your bottle. Rolling along
the merrit Parkway, I felt very much alone with my
own thoughts, and believe me, they weren't very pleasant company.
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The way it had staked up for me. Brooks had
built up a fat gambling debt to Harold Hatcher and
had been forced to make him his beneficiary. The suicide
threat that he was holding over Honesty Insurance Company was
a little clever the figure, unless he was trying to
finance a trip for himself to get away from the
man with the custom tailored murder motive Hatcher. My hungry
little mind nibbled away on those unsavory morsels of food
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for thought all the way to Butter's apartments. Hey, where
are you taking me? I want to go to New York.
If you don't behave buster or'll punch your ticket. Johnny Darling,
Welcome to New York. Trip I ever met quiet? Wow?
Where did you find this? In a box of cracker jacks?
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Come on, let me get you. I don't know about you, Johnny.
Some men bring me flowers and some bring me candy.
What do you bring me? A boiled owl and a
Brooks Brothers suit. Oh, I'm pleased to reach you. My
name is Brooks, but I haven't got any brothers. Lucky
then takes the pillows on the couch with you. I
look more at home in the bathtub. Come on, Butster,
lie down, I'm charm this kid's liquor. Sure can hold him.
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He's passed out. How long have you been playing nurse
maid to this bottle? Baby? Leave me to the bars.
So let's get away from this buzza and I'll tell
you all about it. Sure, come along. Final examples don't
seem to bother you, do they? If you know how
that guy has been bothering me, what do you do too? Oh,
let's just say he put the bite on me. Ah,
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the river showed does look pretty to nine, like a
brandy anything. But I've been slipping that second hand all
the way from Hertford.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Oh, make it a bowl.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Root beer, you, butter. She had a big boat out there.
Sure would like to be on it with you, sailing
off to far away romantic places. Get with it, darling.
That's one hundred and twenty fifth streets there. There's your
roof there. Come on, now, tell Butter all about it.
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First things first, Now that I've got a dad's old
fashioned root there, how about giving me one of mom's
new fashion kisses, and then I'll tell you what about it.
A few seconds later I proceeded to tell her all
about it, and it wasn't easy. Everything about it kept
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flying down my train of frost. So here was a
sympathetic listening to my story until I gave her the
answer to her first and only question, Where do I
getn't do all this? Baby? I thought you understood. My
job is to give the poor, misguided boys something to
live for. That's you. Well, he should live so long,
don't butter? Wait a minute, Well don't, butter. Men, don't
get excited now you misunderstand. I really mean it. I thought,
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if he had just got to look at you, realize
that things like you exist, you'd make any man glad
to be alive. If you can't stand it, I'll take
him away. Thought, I sure need you, Butter. Come on, baby,
melt a little. I wouldn't let you get hurt. You
know that? Did I hurt you? I'm getting used to it.
People have been taking folks in me all day. I'm sorry.
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That's better. I want you more, route, dear, I want
some more of you. How about another kiss? Well? Help
you so, john, I'll get it, Johnny. OK. Right. If
a man man answers, hang up with him, don't worry.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Hello, Yes, this is husband two fourteen nine to two well, it.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Depends who's curling. Oh just a moment, it's for you, Johnny, mister,
huh oh okay, I'll take it. Thanks, say one, I'm
swalk can be a good girl, will you and take
a look at Milford the other room? And while you're
at it, get me in the roof here? Huh, I'm
sure the service is good. A round Hello Farnsworth, Yes, doll,
I'm glad I got you. How'd you get this number?
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It's the one you called from my office? I remember
that I have a photographic mind. I hope you haven't
got a picture of what I'm thinking. What do you want?
I want to know how Milford is? I mean he's
still alive. Of course he's alive. Good? Good? Do you
suppose I could talk to him? I mean, do you
think he'll talk to me? Well, the last time I
saw him he was sound asleep. I'll take a look,
holl the phone.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Butter, Oh, butter, hey, butter.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Plor Farsworth, Yes, yes, do you have any aspern there
at your house? Of course? Well you better take a handful.
Milford Brooks the third just took a powder.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
I'll call you back.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
You let anything happen to him, and you leave the aspirin.
I've already got a headache. When Milfred left, he took
my girl with him. In just a moment, we'll return
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to the second act of Yours, Truly, Johnny Dollar. But
first we want to remind you that it was four
hundred and thirty seven years ago. Next Sunday, the famed
Spanish explorer Paul Stellion began his search for the confidant
of you. My sheer coincidence. The man who's still looking
for it at Jack Benny will be heard on CBS
next Sunday at seven o'clock Eastern Time. Now back to yours, truly,
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Johnny Dollar. Well, nobody could say I wasn't working fast.
I had only been in sound for an hour, and
I had already succeeded not only losing your two million
dollar baby, Milford Brooks, the third Mister Farnsworth, but in
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losing my million dollar baby, Theodora Butts. I tried to
put myself in Milford Brook's forty dollars shoes, but they
wouldn't fit. You can't out think a maniac. The best
I could do was figure either that he was on
his way to commit suicide or that Harold Hatcher, the
man who now stood to collect two million bucks in
the event of Milford's death, had snashed him out of
Butter's apartments. With birds of that type flocking together, Butter
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stood a good chance of being a dead duck. I
spent an hour unsuccessfully shaking down the neighborhood for them.
I questioned cab drivers, harness, bulls, bartenders. Then I decided
to ask for help from higher up. And I don't
mean that. I said a prayer, expense A count at
him four five cents. Phone called police head, give me
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missing persons, any particular one. Don't be a wise guy,
Lieutenant Fisher.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Yess, hello, dollar, what did you lose?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Practically everybody, let's start with a girl, Theodora Butts.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
You mean you lost your girl? Once you call Dorothy Dix.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Don't waste time being clever. Just check your reports. What
ever hold on.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Buddington bumpus by us? Nope, nothing on her dollar?
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Okay, Well it's try this one. Brooks no for the third.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Oh, Brooks no for the third. He hasn't been reported
missing and we haven't found him yet, but we.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Think we know where he is. Oh, this kind of
a question I always hate to ask where.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
The Hudson River at eleven fifteen tonighted. His top coat,
complete with identification, was found taking a ride one hundred
and twenty fifth Street Ferry.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Anything else nothing much.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Package of matches was found under the coat. You don't
happen to know anybody who's initials are.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Hh, do you hh? Well? This is always horace height.
Thanks Fisher, I'll check back with you later.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
I'll be here, expends a count at them.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Five nightclubs twenty eight dollars. Harold Hatcher's Hatchery was in
a cellar under a hotel, but the prices were high
enough to rate a penthouse. The club was draped in
too much satin. It's lady customers and too little. The
dcor was French, provincial, music Brazilian, and the food was nowhere.
The drinks look weak and the oiters look strong. All
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in all, the joint was a sight for sore eyes
from making them sore. The only pretty thing in the
place was a blonde. She came strolling up to my table,
her hips unconsciously sending subtle little messages back to the
rumba band. She opened her mouth, slid her tongue over
her lower lip and little a few warm soft words,
slide eyes looking for someone. Oh, well, you'll do untilary
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opening comes along. Sun. Thanks, No, I won't have a drink.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
My name is Janelle.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
I understand you were asking about mister Hatcher. Yeah, you
know him more than somewhat. Are you missus Hatcher by
any chance?
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I might be?
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Does that mean you might admit it or that you
might talk an into it someday? I'll ignore that. What
do you want to see him about? Mutual friends? Milford Brooks.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
I'm almost of the quiet clothes boys around here, So
you want a cop? You don't look like the type
of to be a society friend of the Brooks family,
So what are you?
Speaker 1 (15:39):
I'll ignore that. Is Hatcher around? He might be Come
on out. Where is his office at the top of
the stairs in the back. Can I expect any trouble
getting in? You act like you just saw a b picture.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
Harold is doing his best to act like an honest
businessman these nights.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
You won't have any trouble. How do you know?
Speaker 4 (15:56):
Because Harold sent me down here to look you over. Hi,
I think you're all right.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
So I've won myself the good house keeping seal of approval. Huh,
keeping a house with you with the meets with my approval.
I ran for my life. I had a slow walk
across the dance floor, edged my way through a cluster
of tables, and went up the backstairs. When I look
get at the door to had your office, I knocked
once and went in. Come on in. Thanks, I'm Johnny Dollar.
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I haven't hired by Honesty Life Insurance underwriters to protect
the interest of a guy named Milford Brooks the third.
What's that's supposed to mean to me? You know what,
don't you? Well? He'sn't exactly one of my boozing buddies.
How much money does he ow you? Who've got him
on the books for a few grand? Why they picked
up his top coat tonight on one hundred and twenty
fifth Street, Ferry. He wasn't in it. It might have
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been a suicide, or it might have been a knockover
made to look like a suicide. What's your choice? Where
do you get off asking me to make a choice?
Or were you around eleven thirty to night? What's a
two year I don't know. I just thought you might
like to rehearse a few answers the law. I'll be
asking you some questions real soon. Now. I don't know
why I should tell you, but I was driving around
in my car getting some air. You'd better do better
than less. They found a match photo under Brook's coat
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that had your initials on it. You're ready your mind.
The guy owed me a couple hundred thousand. You think
I'm going around knocking off my own assets. I don't
know whether you're a stupid or bright. Hatcher, don't worry
about it. I know what about that insurance policy? What
insurance policy? Now? Look, Hatcher, we're big boys. Now. We
both know that changing the beneficiary of an insurance policy
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is a legal transaction. That means witnesses. That means it
isn't secret. You mind telling me what you're trying to say?
That you and the Honesty Insurance Company and I all
know that Brooks made you the beneficiary and his policy,
and that you stand are coming a two million bucks
when they fish out his body. I don't know anything
about it. Motives don't come much bigger. I'm telling you,
this is all news to me. You or nobody else
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is going to move me off that story. I feel
the same about mine. It doesn't take a genius to
know that Brooks didn't love you two million dollars worth.
There's only one logical reason for his making you the
beneficiary that I can see you forced them into it.
Anything else, who cares? They'd have to prove it, and brother,
that can't be done.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
How would you like what a minute?
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, okay, Rocky? Thanks for the news, Tella.
Did you turn me in out there here? Eh? Yeah? No,
I didn't turn you in. What's the matter. You've got
a good story at you. You're not worried, are you?
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Have a cigarette? Thanks? I got Mike work the first time. Yeah, nope,
I'm not worried. I'll be out for forty eight hours.
You'll be lucky if you're out in forty eight years. Okay, boys,
come on in the homicide boys invite that hatcher down
the headquarters. He accepted, and invited them down to the
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bar for a no hard feelings drink. They accept it.
I walked back down the stairs into the club. Place
had and changed, same stale customers, the same stale music,
same stale air, and the same lovely Janelle sitting at
the same lovely table. Hello, how'd you make out. Oh,
I left before they started playing twenty questions. But I
wouldn't worry. You've got a smart boy in the bar
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there in some ways maybe what do you hand you?
Speaker 2 (19:12):
A big round?
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Zero? Wouldn't talk about what? Oh, just a little? Do that?
A too million dollar life insurance policy? Wait a minute,
that young Brooks kid. Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
I knew what I tried to tell.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Anybody wouldn't listen to me trying to tell who what Hatcher?
Speaker 4 (19:28):
Did you get into trouble.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
About that policy?
Speaker 4 (19:30):
It just looks funny Indy and made the benefit Fishery.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
You knew about it. I suppose you also know what
was behind it.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Sure Milford ought him some money, a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
It's in writing. What kind of writing?
Speaker 4 (19:41):
It's a personal note the Brooks is going to get
back if he made Harrow beneficiary something.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
In his office. Hey, you must be awful close to Hatcher.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
I'm in the close friendly tape.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
I'll have that drink now you've earned it. Beautiful. She
had earned it, and I had a hunch as to why,
if ever I saw a gal busy putting his kids
under her boyfriend, she was even if she helped send
him up on a murder rap. I would about a
quick fifty that she tipped him to the police. It's
happened before. The boyfriend is the murdering type, and it's
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a nice, neat legal method of disposal. Janelle led me
back up the stairs and at the Hatcher's office. I
sent her back down to watch the bar to divert
Hatcher in case he decided he'd forgotten something. Brooks' personal
note made out of the gambler was easy to find,
lying neatly in the middle of the top desk draw
but I found something even more interesting When I went
through his wardrobe closet. I began to see a glimmer
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of light, and then, encouraged by not too much thinking
in my part, it turned into a vertible bonfire, which
I hope wouldn't be too hot for me to handle.
Did you find everything? I If I were a judge,
i'd be ready to sentence the gilly party. Good, oh,
waiter the check? Where are you going to the police?
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Bright girl? I'll see you later. Spends accounts item six
cab fare one dollar, said the driver. One dollar. Once
out of the Hatchery, I walked to the corner, got
into a taxi and waited. In just a few minutes,
my favorite suspect came out of the club, jumped into
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a taxi and the chase was on. We nazzled our
way through the traffic, over the second Avenue and at
a downtown and he took a right, then on forty
fifth Street over to Lexington and headed uptown. But they
didn't lose us. At seventy second, the cab ahead turned
right and pulled to a stop. My driver was on
his toes, and his toes were on his break. We
stopped two half a block behind.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Do you want I should wait?
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Oh? Here you are, keep the change. It was a
garage that belonged to a residence on the parallel street
a block away. I made out a for sale sign
on one of the big doors. The living corners upstairs
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were dark enough to look interesting, and those in a
bit of genteel breaking and entering. Entering that old barn
didn't take much breaking. I tripped up. The stairs sounded
like they were left over from an old ghost story,
and so did the first voice I heard when I
stopped halfway up. So we's got to be careful, especially
about that Johnny Dallon, Are you sure he didn't follow you.
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That voice sounded awful dry to be coming from a
guy who supposedly had spent most of the night snoozing
on the bottom of the Hudson River. It was Milfred Brooks,
the third. Get up on your feet, Brooks, Now, wait
a minute. I started this thing slugging you, I might
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as well finish it the same way lived in Maloney's mind.
Full on the floors, angel and sut on the flap.
Speaker 4 (22:52):
Oh you don't kill letting get a hic out, I'll
kill you.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Look, I'm the last guy in the world. And when
joeys physical violence, you have awe take. But believe you
two are coming money close to changing my whole character.
Now settle around before I'd really lose my head. Get
off of me. I should have known better than to
get mixed up with a low class nobody like you
got We've pushed the lady around up Brooks.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
Tell me to be careful.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Why didn't you think of that before you let him here?
Why for your nose, big boy, Why don't you get
go getting fat headed, gorgeous niether. One of you is
exactly what I'd call a master mind. When you plan
that match Fowler runneath the top called on the ferry boat.
You both should have been more careful. You think so,
You bet, I think so. If I were planning a
piece of evidence to incriminate mister Harold Hatcher, I would
(23:34):
have left a cigarette lighter. I found one in the
pocket of every suit he owns back there in his
closet in the club. It wasn't hard to figure out
that that guy never carries a book of matches. What
do you want? I'm only interested in one thing, saving
the insurance company two million dollars. And Buster, I think
you've done it for me. I wait, look, Dollar, this
is insurance fraud. It has been ever since you put
on a fake suicide attempt, trying to extort five hundred
(23:56):
thousand bucks out of the company for you and Janelle.
Wait a minute, dollars? So much for the company. Now
something a little more personal and a little more serious.
Where is my girl? Well, she's she's all right. Dollar.
I couldn't help it, but I had to get out
of that apartment. She caught me leaving. I had to
take a with me. Where is she she? Well, I
didn't mean to hurt her. I was afraid you yell
are you liable?
Speaker 2 (24:16):
Tell you what she is?
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Dollar, I put her in a cab and send her
to the emergency hospital. Yet no, tell the police. Please?
Had you had your fun? Dollar? Now I want mine?
How as you get here? New York City was most
efficient police force. Remember when they think maybe a guy
has jumped off a ferry boat and nobody's seen him
(24:38):
do it, they checked the turnstile counters at each end.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
In the case of.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Brooks, here as many people got off that boat has
got on. Yeah, that makes sense. And harly or a
guy from murder just because somebody else lost a topcoat.
How'd you know we were here? You know me to
know you never go any place to that. I don't
know about. Okay, Brooks, you felt like explaining, Now I
feel like listening. Get it up. I don't know what
(25:03):
you mean.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
I don't know what you mean.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Asher Warny gave you a big fat, two million dollar
motive for murder. And two he did his best to
make it look like you did murder him, but had
broken down match cover playing on the ferry boat. Why well,
they wanted to get rid of you and live happily
ever after the big mistake they made wasn't trying to
shake the insurance company down for some ready cash. And you, baby,
you put him up to it, didn't you, your cheap
(25:24):
little muscler. No, hell, calm down, Hatcher. You don't need
a gun around here. That's same. You don't know me
very well. Dollar. I'm gonna teach you, all of you
amateurs a lesson. All these things are really done. Come on, Brooks, no, Hatcher, you.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Can have everything I've got.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
For a second, it looked like Hatcher was gonna take everything.
But I hadn't gone that far to see Brooks knocked
up with me as a witness. Hey, maybe I wasn't
gonna be a witness. Maybe I was gonna be a
victim too. When I thought it me, that's when I
flew across the room and hit Hatcher on a too
or die flying tackle from behind. Hatcher went down shooting.
I went down chair in a lucky boot, knocked the
(26:01):
gun out of his hand. Might beat him do it,
and swam's free into his color. Half the people in
the room are lying. They're bleeding. Brooks from a gunshot
Hatcher from the gun butt. Janelle and I both stood
their panty. But believe me not for each other. Well,
he stood that boy until the police arrived.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Johnny.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
I hate being in the hospital, but I look off, Butter,
and Honey, you look lovely and white to his patch
on my head, Johnny, they had to cut a big
hunger my hair off to put in the stitches. That
awful man. Well, if it'll make you feel any better, baby,
that awful man got taken care of it. He's upstairs
in the same hospital. Well, Johnny, no, Butter, I didn't
have to. Harold Hatcher saved me the trouble. They don't
(26:45):
know yet whether mister Brooks is going to live or die,
but it doesn't make much difference to me or to
the insurance company. He signed a statement admitting attempted fraud
charged him right hitting a lady on the heads Johnny,
what am I gonna do? My hair will look awful.
It'll take months for it to grow out. Now, don't
worry for her. I'll buy you something to cover it up.
I know a guy over on Fifth Avenue who claims
(27:06):
he makes something that looks prettier on a woman's head
in her hair expense account out. I'm seven six hundred
and forty dollars lady's hats, so come with a lump
on lady's head. Expensive coun out of mates twenty dollars
tipped the nurse for reminding Butter on the hour, every
hour that accidents will happen. Expense account out of nine
(27:28):
seven dollars. Mileage driving back to Hartford. Expense account total
eleven and eighty two dollars and twenty three cents, for
which you may say, mister Farnsworth, is a lot of
money for one man to spend in a day and
a half. But you must bear in mind that the
amount of stake was two million dollars, and you know
the price of state these days. Signed yours truly, Johnny Dollar,
(28:00):
m HM. Listen in again next week when CBS brings
you yours tool aide, Johnny Dollar with Charles Russell as
Johnny
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