November 12, 2025 • 20 mins
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama which aired between 1949 and 1962. "The man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dollar". Of the eight different actors who played Johnny Dollar, Bob Bailey is likely considered the most popular. Bailey's interpretation presented a tough, streetwise character, but also sensitive and thoughtful. During it's time, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar attracted some of the best writers in Hollywood, including Jack Johnstone, E. Jack Neuman, Robert Ryf, and Les Crutchfield.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hollywood. It's not all for.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Johnny, Johnny, this is fritten Milk here.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
It's mutual, Fritz. I can't think of anybody i'd rather
hear from. What every insurance case you've called me on
has put a lot of dough in my pocket? Well now,
and it just happens that right now I can use
a few extra bucks's quite a few. So what's the deal?
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Well, as a matter of fact, I hadn't thought in
terms of any feel on this one.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well, of course we'll pay whatever expenses you mean?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Sure, Oh you trust me with my expense account, Fritz?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Are you kidding? Of course?
Speaker 4 (00:36):
Not?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Okay? Then, now that we understand each other, what's the problem,
or rather, who's the problem?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
John Wakefield Edwards ever hear of him?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
No, I can't say that I have.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Retired business man. The other good I think it was.
He lives just outside of Alden in New York.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
So what's happened to him?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, nothing that I know of.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
He has a lot of insurance with its, including a
straight life policy worth one hundred and sixty five.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Pous i ad.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Fritz and his late six married.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
His wife died three or four years ago.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Then who's the beneficiary, his adopted daughter of Maryland.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
And how old is she?
Speaker 2 (01:08):
In her late twenties. She's a very attractive girl and
a fan.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Then who cares about a fleet, Fritz?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I take your family easy, Johnny.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
You probably won't even see.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Her, Oh why not?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
But she lives and works over in Troy.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Ah, Well, what's happened to me?
Speaker 4 (01:22):
All man? Well, he called me a few minutes ago,
and alf Or rather demanded, did I send you over to.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
See him immediately? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Why?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
He wouldn't say. What he did say though, just before
he hung up, is that under no circumstances that you
to let her know that you're coming?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Mean, Marilyn, I was accused though, hmm, I wonder so
do I? Johnny?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
So why were you a holfa over there?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
All right? Well, first thing in the morning, okay, Fritz
will do Wild Bailey in the Exciting Adventures of the
The Man was the action packed expense account America's fabulous
free lance insurance investigator was truly Johnny Dollar now Act one.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
The pure truly Johnny Dollars.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Expense account submitted by special Investigator Johnny Dollar at the
Storm Mutual Insurance Company Home office, Hartford, Connecticut, following his
an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the
hair raising matter when a beautiful girl and a fortune
are involved. While instead of waiting until morning, I got
(02:53):
out of my car and drove over to Albany at
a one seventeen twenty four mile age. I arrived shortly
after midnight. Checked. I entf the sherit and ten Ike,
and although I was pretty tired, I ran up by
him to a dime for a phone call. Yes, sir
John Wickfield Johnny Donovan's red wud Well, why.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Do you waste your time and money calling me? I
told rich Pelcher to send you up here?
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Said, oh good, do you want me to come out
and see you right away? It's pretty late.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Oh, first thing in the morning will be all right.
I'm sure nothing will happen before then, anything will. I'll
expect you to have breakfast with me.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
I beg you, what was that?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I said to hear his breakfast seven sharp?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Oh okay, but now, just what did you mean about?
Nothing will happen?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I'll tell you about it in the morning. Five dollars.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Well wait a minute, look, you're the boy. Why oh
why didn't I call him back? Command to know what
it was that he was expecting to happen, or obviously
tied in with his wish to see me. But I
guess I was tired after the long drive, and he
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seemed to think the morning was time enough, so I
hit to say early in the morning, some coffee sent
up to my room, and then the hotel bill came
to nine dollars eat on that side him three, and
by twenty five minutes after seven, I swung onto the
long winding drive that led up to the front of
the Edwards mansion.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
It was in a wealthy residential section a couple.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Of miles north of the city proper, and sat in
the middle of what must have been a full acre
of beautiful trees and garden. As I approached the house,
I noticed the car parked out the front of Sweet
Blue little foot down. The door was open and a
good looking got out.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Of it and it was just about to climb in.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
As I pulled up to a stop, she stood there
looking at me, questioning me. This is the Edwards Hall,
isn't it.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
That's dry You want to see somebody?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Why?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yes, As a matter of fact, mister Edwards sent for me,
Oh well, are you an old friend of you.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Oh, I didn't know a show that isn't what I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
My name is Johnny Dawning.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
John You sure, detective or investigator or whatever you call it, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Something like that.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Hi, I'm Marilyn Edward.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Well, Hi, I.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Suld do guess he's then to someone like you, Johnny.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Come on in? Why uh? Why do you say that?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Ron?
Speaker 5 (05:13):
Well, Daddy seemed to be worried about something lately, you
know what, No, least I'm not sure as far as
that I'd stopped by this morning before going to work.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Oh, I thought you were just leaving.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
No, I just got here just before you arrive.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
What do you do for a living? Don't laugh?
Speaker 5 (05:32):
I'm a model. Oh, stop raising your eyebrows. After all,
somebody has supposed to those ads for this time. Sure, sure,
And so we go in and see Daddy.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
That is, if he's up, Well, it's better be I
have a breakfast day with him at seven thirty and
it's not exactly seven thirty one.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
M Can we better go in?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Daddy?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Daddy durkandurcan.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I hear you? I'm serious?
Speaker 6 (06:11):
Your off The father hasn't come down yet, Johnny.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
This is Durk and Daddy talking at.
Speaker 6 (06:16):
His breakfast time at seven point thirty, and I ring
the Bellny, don't come down for its.
Speaker 5 (06:21):
Can you set it?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Stop it there?
Speaker 6 (06:26):
Now that's the third time.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Third time, Daddy not punctual. I think I better go
up and see.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I'll go with you.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
There's a lime clock go off three plays of an
hour ago.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
Daddy, wait another night?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
What is it?
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Johnny thought?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
I caught up with a for guess, not.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Daddy, Johnny Junny.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Afraid so Maryland, he's said, together with Marilyn Edwards, is
not the daughter of John wake here Edwards. I found
(07:34):
his body in his bedrooms of no sign of any wound,
no evidence of follow play.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
But I was touching nobody.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
I found the Albany Police Homicide Division. Then with a
minute Trageant Christie arrival doctor Warren Lincoln and told the
doctor's namination was beef was very thorough, including settle on
the spot test for poisons of any kind. How who
did you say he was with? I?
Speaker 5 (07:59):
I didn't doctor. He was sixty eight or nine, I think,
and he hasn't been kicked, not that I know of.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Dick in the hospital would know better.
Speaker 6 (08:08):
Than he hasn't had a day of sickness since he
caught that cold last spring.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Yeah, well his pump gave out, that's all I expect
that in the man his age.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, yeah, I know you're doing okay.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
You didn't find anything, did occursion?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Ah?
Speaker 7 (08:24):
No?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
I think?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Uh why they bothered to call us in instead of
his own doctor? Pose, if you folks want, I can
order an audition.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
Oh no, no, that would be terrible and darn it
goes to.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
The natural causes.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I'm there approximately seven fifteen, doctor, And uh, I expect
you can carry on from here at Cantemis.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
I'll take chanting an If he can't, I will again,
and with.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Clothing these winds. Yeah, come on, chargeant back to the morgue.
Oh the more excuse.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
Easy, easy, Well, if she wants some breakfast, ain't gonna
do him.
Speaker 5 (09:15):
Any good now, how can you? But I suppose we're
mad as well, Johnny, and do whatever we have to
do here.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
There was something mighty wrong here, yet I couldn't put
my finger on it. Had I really caught the smell
of Cordie before we entered that room, It's too late
to tell now. Even when the windows closed those windows
the cold morning. Had he left them open? Well? He's dressed, hm, Marylyn,
heir to his big insurance policy. Had she really just
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arrived when I got there? If the housekeeper, Jerkin, had
been in the kitchen making breakfast, it would have been
easy for someone to sneak in.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
And but who and why?
Speaker 1 (10:02):
And what about Durkins? Now, wait a minute.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
The police medics said death to the natural causes no persons,
no wounds of any kind. So that's that the undertaker
must have been hungry for business, because he got there
before noon and took the body away meantime. Of course,
I'd questioned both Durkin and Maryland.
Speaker 5 (10:21):
Pretty thurthy, Emmy, Oh no, Johnny, Daddy doesn't have.
Speaker 7 (10:28):
Daddy.
Speaker 5 (10:29):
You keep talking as though you think he might have
been murdered.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Does anyone beside you benefit from his death?
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Maryland?
Speaker 5 (10:35):
It's a hard thing to say, I do, Kin, What
are you doing snooping around this way?
Speaker 6 (10:40):
As as much my affair as yours?
Speaker 5 (10:42):
Now that the Edwards is gone?
Speaker 1 (10:44):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Kin?
Speaker 5 (10:45):
I mean the money he left mean as well, and
the co discipline as well. It says Maryland's got to
share the insurance with me if he collected durkins.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (10:55):
Everybody knows her and her father her off. Their father
been getting along too good ever since she decided to
get out and learn her own living, or try to.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
I've been getting along all life here here, and.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
All the attention you've been giving your dear daddy these
last couple of years. Or today's the first time you've
been in this house, and that doesn't mean that Daddy
and I haven't.
Speaker 5 (11:17):
Don't you wish to be left alone?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Sorry, Johnny Marlyn? I want to go up and look
at your father.
Speaker 5 (11:29):
This wee again, all right, if you like now, I'll
go along with you.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Thanks, I'd rather do it alone. Oh, I wondered, I
find nothing. Sure, there were a couple of old bottles
of hair tonic hiding away under some shirts, but after all,
I mean at his age. And that's funny little thing
on the dressing table.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
It was a little well hat stand I guess you'd.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Call it the kids you find in a woman patch up,
You know, a little wooden't stand out.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Eight or ten intes high? Johnny, Look, huh where did
you get that?
Speaker 5 (12:05):
As to what you said downstairs? I guess I began
to do. So I looked around outside. You know, if
these footprints are well, I don't know what I was
looking for.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
And you found his hand gun.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
It was in the middle of a myrtle bush.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
It was Daddy's done.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Oh and see one side has been tired.
Speaker 7 (12:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
I also see you carefully put your fingerprints all over it.
Oh fine, now my prints are all over it. So
if it was used to what am I talking about?
If there had been a shot, Dirk and would have
heard it. What's more, there would have been a bullet wound,
and there was no sign of anything in the Wait
(12:46):
a minute, Maryland, maybe there was.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
It was sictual.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
And now act free. If you're truly Johnny Dollar, I'm
by her raising matter.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
My hunt was right. I was sure of it now.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
I told Miss Jakin and Maryland to stay there at
the house and wait for me, then jumped into my
car and drove into Albany.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
To the amperticket.
Speaker 7 (13:25):
Here we are, dollars him bombing room is right here.
I must confess we haven't had opportunity to prepare.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Mister everardybody yet, good sweeper. She's been another rushed all day. Yeah,
I'm sure not worthy thres old. Yes, here we are.
Was he a relative of the room.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
No, no, we can't because are you doing just uh uh,
trying to make sure that a crazy hunch.
Speaker 7 (14:02):
I had is oo.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Look are you trying to pull his hair?
Speaker 7 (14:06):
I no?
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Oh, well I think it it now?
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Look here, young man, like, look do you see what
what I'm trying to do here?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
What yees?
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Could heaven?
Speaker 2 (14:20):
I can't believe it. We would never know it.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
I don't think anybody would have. But it's a hair piece, alright,
that's big enough to cover a small ball, but it
matches the rest of his hair loop perfectly.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
He got some kind of a sovereign I don't wanna
have to rip it off, but yes, I think we
has to be here some sure, sure those old bottles
of hair tonics probably haven't used them in years, But
that little wooden.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Stin sure he parked his wing on it.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
What would he say?
Speaker 3 (14:53):
And probably nobody knew that he woren't except himself and
somebody very close to him.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
Here, mister Bellas, Yes, this true removed the tupei without damanking. Yeah,
I don't understand why you want to take it by good?
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Yeah, right in the middle of his boss buddy covered
up by the hairpiece, and the bulletin knitted was a.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Thirty eight special, Irlyn.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
You say you didn't get here this morning until I did.
Speaker 5 (15:34):
Yes, Johnny, you're sure, Yes, Johnny.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Went into his room again.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Where's Durkin kitchen?
Speaker 5 (15:41):
Ideas? Johnny, you have a funny look.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
I mean, come on, I'll tell you this much. Your
father was murdered, alright, m as sure as that, Yes,
you bet? I am.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Oh, look here here on his dressing table.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
You know what this is?
Speaker 5 (16:00):
Of course. It's a little hackstand I used when I
was a kid.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
What's it doing here?
Speaker 5 (16:04):
I don't know, Conny, I never really noticed it before.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
How long did Daddy wear to pay Maryland?
Speaker 1 (16:11):
What to pay a hairpiece?
Speaker 7 (16:13):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Never?
Speaker 5 (16:13):
He was always very proud of his hair.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
You're sure about that quick, I am.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
For a long time.
Speaker 5 (16:19):
He always used to smell of hair tonic when he
came downstairs.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
You're wrong.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
What a small, very well made hairpiece for the ball
spot where he was shot this morning? With this thirty
eight you say you found outside, I scared, honestly, alright, alright,
I believe you in spite of the way you covered
up any fingerprints that may.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Have been on it.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
You did too, Johnny, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Now listen. At least only one person who could have
been about the hairpiece have killed him and then covered
up the bullet worm with it.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
I knew i'd smell burnt gunpowder when we first came
up here, Donny.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
Do you think it?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Yeah? Yeah, but I approve it. Well, I've got to
try a bluff.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
See if I can bluff her, I can't believe it yet.
Speaker 5 (17:05):
With him dead, he'd have money, more money.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Well drinking?
Speaker 2 (17:12):
So you're back?
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Were you then anyway? Checking up on something something I
should have suspected last night when I talked to mister Edward's.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
On the phone.
Speaker 5 (17:21):
What do you mean, Johnny?
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Line clicks That meant somebody was listening in on the
phone downstairs.
Speaker 5 (17:27):
Don't look at me. I didn't even know you called
him last night.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
I wasn't bad asleep.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Were you drinking?
Speaker 3 (17:33):
But I was just checking on at police headquarters. Police
Headquarter was a set of fingerprints I found on a
glass you'd been using in the kitchen. I wanted to
compare them with some prints I found on this gun
that's mister Edwards, john when you used to kill it.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
No, that's a lie.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
I wiped him off and threw it out the window,
then open the other windows to let the smell of
powder out. Yes, I wiped them off and leave them
I I thought I did.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Okay, But coach, don't worry.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
There'll be no part of the insurance or any other
money for circuits. Of course we'll figure of that and
probably with mention it from Maryland. Well, you know something,
there's again I think I'd like to see again.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
And I don't mean because of her fortunes.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Expense accounts total including all the Mileys on my car
forty seven fifteen yours too lean twenty dollars. Our Star
(18:53):
will return in just a moment. Here's our stars tell
you about next week's story. Next week, a little jade
statue is the key to one of the clever spots
I've ever seen, John Us, won't you yours truly? Johnny Dulls.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Yours truly?
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Johnny Dollars? Starrying Bob Bailey originates Tim Hollywood and has written,
produced and directed by Jack John Stares. Heard in our
cast were Virginia Gregg, Shirley Mitchell, Jack Edwards, Ralph Moody
Junior Catthews and Parley Bear he's heard.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Join us next week, same.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Time and station for another exciting story of yours, truly,
Johnny Dollars.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
This is Anne Cumberly speaking.
Hollywood. It's not all for.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Johnny, Johnny, this is fritten Milk here.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
It's mutual, Fritz. I can't think of anybody i'd rather
hear from. What every insurance case you've called me on
has put a lot of dough in my pocket? Well now,
and it just happens that right now I can use
a few extra bucks's quite a few. So what's the deal?
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Well, as a matter of fact, I hadn't thought in
terms of any feel on this one.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well, of course we'll pay whatever expenses you mean?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Sure, Oh you trust me with my expense account, Fritz?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Are you kidding? Of course?
Speaker 4 (00:36):
Not?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Okay? Then, now that we understand each other, what's the problem,
or rather, who's the problem?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
John Wakefield Edwards ever hear of him?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
No, I can't say that I have.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Retired business man. The other good I think it was.
He lives just outside of Alden in New York.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
So what's happened to him?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, nothing that I know of.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
He has a lot of insurance with its, including a
straight life policy worth one hundred and sixty five.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Pous i ad.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Fritz and his late six married.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
His wife died three or four years ago.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Then who's the beneficiary, his adopted daughter of Maryland.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
And how old is she?
Speaker 2 (01:08):
In her late twenties. She's a very attractive girl and
a fan.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Then who cares about a fleet, Fritz?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I take your family easy, Johnny.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
You probably won't even see.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Her, Oh why not?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
But she lives and works over in Troy.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Ah, Well, what's happened to me?
Speaker 4 (01:22):
All man? Well, he called me a few minutes ago,
and alf Or rather demanded, did I send you over to.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
See him immediately? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Why?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
He wouldn't say. What he did say though, just before
he hung up, is that under no circumstances that you
to let her know that you're coming?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Mean, Marilyn, I was accused though, hmm, I wonder so
do I? Johnny?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
So why were you a holfa over there?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
All right? Well, first thing in the morning, okay, Fritz
will do Wild Bailey in the Exciting Adventures of the
The Man was the action packed expense account America's fabulous
free lance insurance investigator was truly Johnny Dollar now Act one.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
The pure truly Johnny Dollars.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Expense account submitted by special Investigator Johnny Dollar at the
Storm Mutual Insurance Company Home office, Hartford, Connecticut, following his
an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the
hair raising matter when a beautiful girl and a fortune
are involved. While instead of waiting until morning, I got
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out of my car and drove over to Albany at
a one seventeen twenty four mile age. I arrived shortly
after midnight. Checked. I entf the sherit and ten Ike,
and although I was pretty tired, I ran up by
him to a dime for a phone call. Yes, sir
John Wickfield Johnny Donovan's red wud Well, why.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Do you waste your time and money calling me? I
told rich Pelcher to send you up here?
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Said, oh good, do you want me to come out
and see you right away? It's pretty late.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Oh, first thing in the morning will be all right.
I'm sure nothing will happen before then, anything will. I'll
expect you to have breakfast with me.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
I beg you, what was that?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I said to hear his breakfast seven sharp?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Oh okay, but now, just what did you mean about?
Nothing will happen?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I'll tell you about it in the morning. Five dollars.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Well wait a minute, look, you're the boy. Why oh
why didn't I call him back? Command to know what
it was that he was expecting to happen, or obviously
tied in with his wish to see me. But I
guess I was tired after the long drive, and he
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seemed to think the morning was time enough, so I
hit to say early in the morning, some coffee sent
up to my room, and then the hotel bill came
to nine dollars eat on that side him three, and
by twenty five minutes after seven, I swung onto the
long winding drive that led up to the front of
the Edwards mansion.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
It was in a wealthy residential section a couple.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Of miles north of the city proper, and sat in
the middle of what must have been a full acre
of beautiful trees and garden. As I approached the house,
I noticed the car parked out the front of Sweet
Blue little foot down. The door was open and a
good looking got out.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Of it and it was just about to climb in.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
As I pulled up to a stop, she stood there
looking at me, questioning me. This is the Edwards Hall,
isn't it.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
That's dry You want to see somebody?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Why?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yes, As a matter of fact, mister Edwards sent for me,
Oh well, are you an old friend of you.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Oh, I didn't know a show that isn't what I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
My name is Johnny Dawning.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
John You sure, detective or investigator or whatever you call it, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Something like that.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Hi, I'm Marilyn Edward.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Well, Hi, I.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Suld do guess he's then to someone like you, Johnny.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Come on in? Why uh? Why do you say that?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Ron?
Speaker 5 (05:13):
Well, Daddy seemed to be worried about something lately, you
know what, No, least I'm not sure as far as
that I'd stopped by this morning before going to work.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Oh, I thought you were just leaving.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
No, I just got here just before you arrive.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
What do you do for a living? Don't laugh?
Speaker 5 (05:32):
I'm a model. Oh, stop raising your eyebrows. After all,
somebody has supposed to those ads for this time. Sure, sure,
And so we go in and see Daddy.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
That is, if he's up, Well, it's better be I
have a breakfast day with him at seven thirty and
it's not exactly seven thirty one.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
M Can we better go in?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Daddy?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Daddy durkandurcan.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I hear you? I'm serious?
Speaker 6 (06:11):
Your off The father hasn't come down yet, Johnny.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
This is Durk and Daddy talking at.
Speaker 6 (06:16):
His breakfast time at seven point thirty, and I ring
the Bellny, don't come down for its.
Speaker 5 (06:21):
Can you set it?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Stop it there?
Speaker 6 (06:26):
Now that's the third time.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Third time, Daddy not punctual. I think I better go
up and see.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I'll go with you.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
There's a lime clock go off three plays of an
hour ago.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
Daddy, wait another night?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
What is it?
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Johnny thought?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
I caught up with a for guess, not.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Daddy, Johnny Junny.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Afraid so Maryland, he's said, together with Marilyn Edwards, is
not the daughter of John wake here Edwards. I found
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his body in his bedrooms of no sign of any wound,
no evidence of follow play.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
But I was touching nobody.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
I found the Albany Police Homicide Division. Then with a
minute Trageant Christie arrival doctor Warren Lincoln and told the
doctor's namination was beef was very thorough, including settle on
the spot test for poisons of any kind. How who
did you say he was with? I?
Speaker 5 (07:59):
I didn't doctor. He was sixty eight or nine, I think,
and he hasn't been kicked, not that I know of.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Dick in the hospital would know better.
Speaker 6 (08:08):
Than he hasn't had a day of sickness since he
caught that cold last spring.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Yeah, well his pump gave out, that's all I expect
that in the man his age.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, yeah, I know you're doing okay.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
You didn't find anything, did occursion?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Ah?
Speaker 7 (08:24):
No?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
I think?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Uh why they bothered to call us in instead of
his own doctor? Pose, if you folks want, I can
order an audition.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
Oh no, no, that would be terrible and darn it
goes to.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
The natural causes.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I'm there approximately seven fifteen, doctor, And uh, I expect
you can carry on from here at Cantemis.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
I'll take chanting an If he can't, I will again,
and with.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Clothing these winds. Yeah, come on, chargeant back to the morgue.
Oh the more excuse.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
Easy, easy, Well, if she wants some breakfast, ain't gonna
do him.
Speaker 5 (09:15):
Any good now, how can you? But I suppose we're
mad as well, Johnny, and do whatever we have to
do here.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
There was something mighty wrong here, yet I couldn't put
my finger on it. Had I really caught the smell
of Cordie before we entered that room, It's too late
to tell now. Even when the windows closed those windows
the cold morning. Had he left them open? Well? He's dressed, hm, Marylyn,
heir to his big insurance policy. Had she really just
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arrived when I got there? If the housekeeper, Jerkin, had
been in the kitchen making breakfast, it would have been
easy for someone to sneak in.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
And but who and why?
Speaker 1 (10:02):
And what about Durkins? Now, wait a minute.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
The police medics said death to the natural causes no persons,
no wounds of any kind. So that's that the undertaker
must have been hungry for business, because he got there
before noon and took the body away meantime. Of course,
I'd questioned both Durkin and Maryland.
Speaker 5 (10:21):
Pretty thurthy, Emmy, Oh no, Johnny, Daddy doesn't have.
Speaker 7 (10:28):
Daddy.
Speaker 5 (10:29):
You keep talking as though you think he might have
been murdered.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Does anyone beside you benefit from his death?
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Maryland?
Speaker 5 (10:35):
It's a hard thing to say, I do, Kin, What
are you doing snooping around this way?
Speaker 6 (10:40):
As as much my affair as yours?
Speaker 5 (10:42):
Now that the Edwards is gone?
Speaker 1 (10:44):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Kin?
Speaker 5 (10:45):
I mean the money he left mean as well, and
the co discipline as well. It says Maryland's got to
share the insurance with me if he collected durkins.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (10:55):
Everybody knows her and her father her off. Their father
been getting along too good ever since she decided to
get out and learn her own living, or try to.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
I've been getting along all life here here, and.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
All the attention you've been giving your dear daddy these
last couple of years. Or today's the first time you've
been in this house, and that doesn't mean that Daddy
and I haven't.
Speaker 5 (11:17):
Don't you wish to be left alone?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Sorry, Johnny Marlyn? I want to go up and look
at your father.
Speaker 5 (11:29):
This wee again, all right, if you like now, I'll
go along with you.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Thanks, I'd rather do it alone. Oh, I wondered, I
find nothing. Sure, there were a couple of old bottles
of hair tonic hiding away under some shirts, but after all,
I mean at his age. And that's funny little thing
on the dressing table.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
It was a little well hat stand I guess you'd.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Call it the kids you find in a woman patch up,
You know, a little wooden't stand out.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Eight or ten intes high? Johnny, Look, huh where did
you get that?
Speaker 5 (12:05):
As to what you said downstairs? I guess I began
to do. So I looked around outside. You know, if
these footprints are well, I don't know what I was
looking for.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
And you found his hand gun.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
It was in the middle of a myrtle bush.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
It was Daddy's done.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Oh and see one side has been tired.
Speaker 7 (12:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
I also see you carefully put your fingerprints all over it.
Oh fine, now my prints are all over it. So
if it was used to what am I talking about?
If there had been a shot, Dirk and would have
heard it. What's more, there would have been a bullet wound,
and there was no sign of anything in the Wait
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a minute, Maryland, maybe there was.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
It was sictual.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
And now act free. If you're truly Johnny Dollar, I'm
by her raising matter.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
My hunt was right. I was sure of it now.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
I told Miss Jakin and Maryland to stay there at
the house and wait for me, then jumped into my
car and drove into Albany.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
To the amperticket.
Speaker 7 (13:25):
Here we are, dollars him bombing room is right here.
I must confess we haven't had opportunity to prepare.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Mister everardybody yet, good sweeper. She's been another rushed all day. Yeah,
I'm sure not worthy thres old. Yes, here we are.
Was he a relative of the room.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
No, no, we can't because are you doing just uh uh,
trying to make sure that a crazy hunch.
Speaker 7 (14:02):
I had is oo.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Look are you trying to pull his hair?
Speaker 7 (14:06):
I no?
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Oh, well I think it it now?
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Look here, young man, like, look do you see what
what I'm trying to do here?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
What yees?
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Could heaven?
Speaker 2 (14:20):
I can't believe it. We would never know it.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
I don't think anybody would have. But it's a hair piece, alright,
that's big enough to cover a small ball, but it
matches the rest of his hair loop perfectly.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
He got some kind of a sovereign I don't wanna
have to rip it off, but yes, I think we
has to be here some sure, sure those old bottles
of hair tonics probably haven't used them in years, But
that little wooden.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Stin sure he parked his wing on it.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
What would he say?
Speaker 3 (14:53):
And probably nobody knew that he woren't except himself and
somebody very close to him.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
Here, mister Bellas, Yes, this true removed the tupei without damanking. Yeah,
I don't understand why you want to take it by good?
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Yeah, right in the middle of his boss buddy covered
up by the hairpiece, and the bulletin knitted was a.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Thirty eight special, Irlyn.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
You say you didn't get here this morning until I did.
Speaker 5 (15:34):
Yes, Johnny, you're sure, Yes, Johnny.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Went into his room again.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Where's Durkin kitchen?
Speaker 5 (15:41):
Ideas? Johnny, you have a funny look.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
I mean, come on, I'll tell you this much. Your
father was murdered, alright, m as sure as that, Yes,
you bet? I am.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Oh, look here here on his dressing table.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
You know what this is?
Speaker 5 (16:00):
Of course. It's a little hackstand I used when I
was a kid.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
What's it doing here?
Speaker 5 (16:04):
I don't know, Conny, I never really noticed it before.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
How long did Daddy wear to pay Maryland?
Speaker 1 (16:11):
What to pay a hairpiece?
Speaker 7 (16:13):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Never?
Speaker 5 (16:13):
He was always very proud of his hair.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
You're sure about that quick, I am.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
For a long time.
Speaker 5 (16:19):
He always used to smell of hair tonic when he
came downstairs.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
You're wrong.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
What a small, very well made hairpiece for the ball
spot where he was shot this morning? With this thirty
eight you say you found outside, I scared, honestly, alright, alright,
I believe you in spite of the way you covered
up any fingerprints that may.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Have been on it.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
You did too, Johnny, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Now listen. At least only one person who could have
been about the hairpiece have killed him and then covered
up the bullet worm with it.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
I knew i'd smell burnt gunpowder when we first came
up here, Donny.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
Do you think it?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Yeah? Yeah, but I approve it. Well, I've got to
try a bluff.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
See if I can bluff her, I can't believe it yet.
Speaker 5 (17:05):
With him dead, he'd have money, more money.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Well drinking?
Speaker 2 (17:12):
So you're back?
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Were you then anyway? Checking up on something something I
should have suspected last night when I talked to mister Edward's.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
On the phone.
Speaker 5 (17:21):
What do you mean, Johnny?
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Line clicks That meant somebody was listening in on the
phone downstairs.
Speaker 5 (17:27):
Don't look at me. I didn't even know you called
him last night.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
I wasn't bad asleep.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Were you drinking?
Speaker 3 (17:33):
But I was just checking on at police headquarters. Police
Headquarter was a set of fingerprints I found on a
glass you'd been using in the kitchen. I wanted to
compare them with some prints I found on this gun
that's mister Edwards, john when you used to kill it.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
No, that's a lie.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
I wiped him off and threw it out the window,
then open the other windows to let the smell of
powder out. Yes, I wiped them off and leave them
I I thought I did.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Okay, But coach, don't worry.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
There'll be no part of the insurance or any other
money for circuits. Of course we'll figure of that and
probably with mention it from Maryland. Well, you know something,
there's again I think I'd like to see again.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
And I don't mean because of her fortunes.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Expense accounts total including all the Mileys on my car
forty seven fifteen yours too lean twenty dollars. Our Star
(18:53):
will return in just a moment. Here's our stars tell
you about next week's story. Next week, a little jade
statue is the key to one of the clever spots
I've ever seen, John Us, won't you yours truly? Johnny Dulls.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Yours truly?
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Johnny Dollars? Starrying Bob Bailey originates Tim Hollywood and has written,
produced and directed by Jack John Stares. Heard in our
cast were Virginia Gregg, Shirley Mitchell, Jack Edwards, Ralph Moody
Junior Catthews and Parley Bear he's heard.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Join us next week, same.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Time and station for another exciting story of yours, truly,
Johnny Dollars.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
This is Anne Cumberly speaking.
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