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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Royal Street Matter (EP1261) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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can support the show at support dot Great Detectives dot net. As I mentioned
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last week, we're going to skip over the Markham matter for now, but
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we will come back to it and play it around Thanksgiving time. But now
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we're going to take a listen to the Royal Street Matter. The original air
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date was November twenty fifth of nineteen fifty six, and let's take a lesson
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from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dellar. Why man, how's your
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stomach? Johnny? What rich food gave any trouble? Who is this boy?
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Your buddy and your shoti. Oh hi, A gee, glad you
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got my message. Yeah, how about dinner tonight antoine Johnny shrimp, gumbo,
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oysters, rockefe Yeah sounds fine. Only I've got to do some work
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for us. Man. I thought you did New Orleans on vacation. No
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little matter of fire insurance and the company's check for sixteen thousand. Nobody trying
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to cheat him out of it. Huh. You won't believe this, anngie.
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Somebody turned it down. Why Bob Bailey In the Exciting Adventures of a
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Man with the Action packed Expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator was truly
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Johnny Dollar. Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to Providential Fire and
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Marine seven eighty seven green Leaf Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut. The following is
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an acount of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Royal Street matter expense A
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count Adam one one hundred three dollars and eighty two cents transportation to New Orleans.
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I had him two four dollars and twenty cents camp from the airport at
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the Roosevelt Hotel. After unpacking, I put in the call to my old
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friend Angie Orsati. Nobody knows the French quarter or the people living there like
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Angie does. For three months of the winter, he stays in the swamp
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driving muskrats. The rest of the year he lives with his mother near the
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cabildo. Angie wasn't in, but his mother said she knew where to reach
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him, and five minutes later he returned my call. We arranged to meet
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for dinner. Then I found the agent who had sold the policy in question.
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His name's Benford, and naturally he was anxious to see me. C.
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D. Benford's office is on the third floor of the Hibernia Bank building.
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He's a stocky, red faced man, probably in his late fifties.
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Come in, mister Dellar, come in, come in, thanks scept the
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chair. Hey, you fellas, sure don't waste need time? Do We
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tried not to say, mister prefert a CD boy, you call me CD
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like all the other folks do. Oh okayee yeah, now like I was
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saying, you boy, sure don't waste any time. Tall. I didn't
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even call the home office till day before yesterday, right on when was the
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fire last week? On Thursday night? Well, did they tell you about
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it, Well, not very much. Figured i'd get all the information from
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you. Well, it's a doozy. First time I've ever run across a
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policyholder. Wasn't young for us to pay him yesterday for his loss today?
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You know what I mean? Yeah, who is the insured? Mister c
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D man named Dupa. Henry Dupa took out a policy for forty eight thousand,
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that's full coverage on his antique shop down on Royal Street. How long
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ago August, just three months back. I've been after him for maybe five
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six months to buy some protection, but he kept saying didn't have the money.
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The money, and one day dropped in see him boy his car insurance,
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and right off he told me to write a policy give him him full
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five coverage on the shop. Well, how they arranged to pant cash in
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full the day I delivered the bouncy. He tell you why he changed his
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mind? Yeah, not exactly that. He mention something about times being better.
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I reckon there must have been. Why did he say that? Well,
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a few days later he had the back part of his shop all painted
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and fixed up, and that's the part that burned. Andy hired himself a
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girl to work in the office a real good look or two? Or what
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caused the fire? You know, I sure do. Anti Kerosene Lamb got
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knocked over accidental. According to what DuPont told the fireman, he was in
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the back of the shop with the customer showing in the lamp. Huh when
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it fell the fire started. The two of them tried to put it out.
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I reckon. That's why they didn't call the fire department, right or
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uh? Huh? And did DuPont tell you the same thing, du par
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He didn't tell me nothing. Well, they reported the fire to you,
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didn't he? He did not. And that's what's got miss riled up.
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I wouldn't know about it now if I hadn't dropped in there the other day.
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Was dupat there when he stopped, Yes, sir, And when I
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saw the place, Look, the whole back of the store gutted out and
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the sleeve of his antiques destroyed. I let him have both barrels. I
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tell you all what he said of that, eh, nothing too much,
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just acted like he wasn't interested in whether we paid for it or not.
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Didn't he even ask for a claim for him. It's funny, sure he
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is. I thought maybe he was so upset over losing some of his valuable
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antiques. He didn't know what he was doing. So after I checked with
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the fire department got to copy their report, I tapped up a claim for
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him. You figured the damage is sixteen thousand, right. I knew how
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much he spent fixing up the back. When I issued the policy, had
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gotten an estimate on most of the antiques. So what happened when he gave
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him the claim he's signing? He did not said to forget about the fire,
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and when I kept after him, he called me a busy buddy and
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told me to get out of his shop and stay out. What do you
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think, CD, You have any idea why he didn't report it or sign
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and claim. If I had, boy, I wouldn't have sent for you.
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I left Benfret's office and walked over to Canal Street. The sun had
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gone down and a cool breeze was coming in off the river, bringing with
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it the smell of coffee beans and fruit from the banana boats. I crossed
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Canal and turned onto Royal, heading into the French Quarter. When I reached
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Henry Dupat's antique shop, I stopped. There are a lot of antique shops
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on Royal. All of them look pretty much the same, the buildings as
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old as the fine rose wooden mahogany pieces they shelled me. There was nothing
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different about this one, at least from the outside. The pirates started and
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finished in the rear of the building. I tried the front door, but
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it was locked. I didn't think anyone would be there that late, but
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I knocked anyway, as who is it, mister Dupa? Who is it?
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My name's Dollar, mister Dupa. I represent the Providential Fire Marine.
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Why do you people persist in annoying me? Well, we wouldn't if you'd
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tell us about the fire. There's nothing special about that fire, mister Dollar.
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It was an accident. Well then why didn't you file a claim?
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You're entitled to enough money to cover you. Mister Benford explained that to me
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quite carefully. If you haven't talked to him, mister Dollar, you show
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oh I've talked to him, well, then go away. Well not until
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you answer a few questions. Leave me alone, please. I'd noticed an
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alley next to the shop that then died where the rear door had been.
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I started back along and not quite sure what I was looking for or what
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I expected to find, but I was sure of one thing. Dupa was
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a frightened man. It was too daric to see anything at the end of
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the alley, so I returned to the street, ID them three thirty dollars
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fifty cents, phone call, taxi and dinner for two at Antoine's. Oh
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Man, kind of nice, ain't it, Johnny? Oh the way it
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never changes, same waiters, same chef, same clientele. Yeah, like
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another Cafe Royale, isn't she? No no things? Well, Johnny?
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Yeah, Well, when you're gonna ask me, ask you what? Oh,
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don't kid me, john You had that old bloodhound look in your eye
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ever since we sat down. What's the question? Okay, Angie, what
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do you know about a man named Henry Dupa? Dupas antique shop? That's
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right? Not much seen him around something though, Yeah, were Oh you
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know what kind of places? I like? Johnny? Yeah, but I
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can't picture to Paul like, well, maybe he don't, but maybe that
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little old blond he's been carrying with him does. Why. Yeah, you
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know female girl bleach tag I know. Yeah? Oh oh twenty four or
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five? Yeah, real nice, so coot like him? Real winter in
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spring? Huh Yeah, you've seen them together often a few times. Saw
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him about two weeks ago at Butch's place. Hey, he knows something.
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I walked in there that night with a five, and I walked out with
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two hundred. How about that? Great? You know who the blonde is?
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No, but I might be able to find out. You want?
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Yeah? I want. I left Angie and started back toward Royal Street.
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On the way, I ran up on him four one dollar eighty five cents
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for one flashlight of batteries. The shades under Par's shop were drawn, but
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I could tell the wa lights on inside. In the alley, a small
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pickup truck was parked near the side entrance to the shop. In the back
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of the truck looking like they'd just been taking off the boat with several stalks
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of bananas. There wasn't much else to see except the charred wood and refuse
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left in the alley after the fire. I started back toward the street.
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What a man, a much larger man than the park came out the side
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door and got into the truck. He turned over the engine and switched on
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the lights before I could get clear. Hey, what are you doing there?
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Holding mister right there? Hey, why do you just hold it.
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How are you doing back there? Huh? All right, now, mister,
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I'm wondering what this lord of bananas is doing in an antique shop.
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What is it called? I just caught this guy snooping around the back.
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What it's mister doll? Yeah, that's right, you know him, depart.
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He's one of those insurance men I told you about. Oh oh,
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what are you here for? Dolla? Dupat tell you he doesn't want any
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money from you people. Now, why not? Because he's afraid we might
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have to take a good look around before paying. Now. Now, look,
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dollar, Dupa has been okay with you people, so you got no
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reason to come snooping around, especially after he's told you he don't want you
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outd So now maybe mister dupar will have to do something to keep you away.
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That right, mister, you know what I mean? Yes, it's
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all right, I'll do it and he'll never bother us again. Go one
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dollar, get out of here. At the time, I had no idea
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what they meant to do, so it wasn't easy to turn my back on
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them, but I did. Nothing happened. I went back to my hotel
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and hit the sack and I must confess I slept later than usual. The
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next morning. I was still in bed when the phone rang Johnny Dollar.
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Why now, where's my dynamic northern friend. Oh, he's off today.
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I'm taking this place. Well in the news, I got. Well,
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I reckon he'll keep till tomorrow. Yeah, well, so long? No
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no wait, wait, wait, angie, did you find out anything about
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that blond Dupot's been seeing? Sure, everybody around the French market coffee shop
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used to know, used to meaning up till she went to work for mister
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Dupa. She worked for DuPont in the office of his store, started in
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there about three months ago. Well, come on, well, since then,
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nobody sees her anymore, at least none of her old game. You
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know where she lives? Yep, the bond Alva apartments, that is,
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unless she is moved. What's her name? Rose Ellen? What? Yeah,
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she used to be a dancer and enough fraid to go on. Yeah,
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and she thanks. That's plenty. Expense account at him five one dollar
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and forty cents cab fare from my hotel to the Pontalba apartments. The list
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of names on the register near the manager's office told me rose Ellen's apartment was
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number two fifteen. But when I got up there, the girl who opened
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the door wasn't a blonde. Yeah, oh, I'm looking for miss Rose
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ellens Is. Oh she had work. Who are you? I mean,
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are you a friend? Agree? My name is Dollar, Johnny Dollar.
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I'm an insurance investigator and bet but she hasn't done anything, has she?
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Well, not that I know of. Look, miss Garble Garbo May Garble.
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You're a dancer, aren't you. How'd you get Oh? I'm good
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at recognizing telling. Oh would you like to come in? And I've got
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some coffee on? Well? He just fine. Say you've certainly got a
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nice view of a square from here, I suppose, don't you think so?
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Oh sure if you like that sort of thing. Me. I just
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think the square is kind of square. Oh that's good. The day we
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moved here, you and Rose moving here together. Oh, sit down,
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Johning, make yourself at home. Gee, you're so polite you wait to
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be asked. Look, tell me what time do you think Rose will be
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home? Oh? I can say, uh, may this is important?
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What time does she usually get home? Well? I do? I mean,
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after all, she's got her own life to live, you know,
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And I'm not her keeper. Okay, okay, sometimes she doesn't get home
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for days. Oh, I better get the coffee. Did you ever say
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anything to you about the fire? Yeah? What fire down at the antique
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shop and sugar? No thanks, just black? When was that fire last
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Thursday night? That's funny? What's funny? That was the last time I
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saw her? What? Yeah, Rose went to work last Thursday, but
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she never came home. Act two of Yours, Truly, Johnny Dollar.
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In a moment, you don't have to be a special investigator to know that
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Americans don't take their civic responsibilities lightly. The election day turn off proved that
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beyond any shadow of doubt. So now it's time for you to face up
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to another responsibility to the nation in just as straightforward a way. Our Grand
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Observer Corps needs volunteers. We at CBS Radio urge you to write or telephone
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your nearest civil defense center to learn how you can help in this vast program
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that patrols our skies. Now, Act two of Yours, Truly, Johnny
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Dollar, and the Royal Street matters. This was the screwiest deal I've ever
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seen. A guy refusing insurance money he was entitled to Rosellem was my one
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lead, so I continued questioning May, her roommate. He told me this
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was the first time Rose had been away so long without at least sending for
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a change of clothes. I asked about Rose's boyfriends. She told me Rose
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had been going with one other man beside Dupa, but she didn't know who
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he was. After May promised to call me if she heard from Roselle and
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I left Expenser Conad. H'm six one dollars ninety cents taxi from the Pontalba
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apartments to the Hibernia Bank building. My insurance contact, Benford, wasn't it.
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So While I waited for him, I wondered again why Dupad refused to
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sign the claim for the fire damage to his shot. Could he afford a
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loss of sixteen thousand dollars? I wondered if something had happened in that shop,
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something Dupad tried to cover up with a fire. I was wondering what
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it could have been when Benford walked, well, I'm glad you are here,
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Johnny. We got trouble. Huh. I hear you paid Dupa call
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last night? That where you've been? Yeah? He pulled me about ten
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wanted me there fast. Oh boy, I said, hint up stairway.
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Well what happens? He d And before I tell you that, you tell
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me what he said to you last night. Nothing important, just something about
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fixing it. So I couldn't bother him again. Oh well he did.
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Huh he cancel his fire insurance policy and every other policy ever brought from me
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cancer yet, So you might as well go on back to your hotel and
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pack. Johnny, it's none of your affair now, no matter what he's
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up to. M man, it's too bad I had to turn out this
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way. Want drink before you go? I guess I need one? Yeah,
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that'd be Scotch Scott sneakless good. He was making a mess when you
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reckon you leave? Oh no, no, I'll check with the airline when
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I get back to the hotel. Y nice? Did elect next to that?
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Yeah? That's that CD. What about the policy policy? Did he
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return the policy to you? No? I said, do tomorrow. But
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he's covered until he does return it. Does he know that? Why?
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No? I don't recommend that. God God, he might get careless.
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And as long as that policy is in force, I can bother him as
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much as I want. Oh, I don't see what to use Johnny,
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He'll have it here a boy tomorrow evening. That still gives me twenty four
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hours to get lucky. CD, you said something about a customer being with
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him when that kerosene lamp was knocked over. According to what he told the
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fire department, there was you had that person's name. Well I should have.
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I took it from the fire department report and I got that right here.
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Uh yeah, here it is now, let's see m M. The
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name was Andrew W. DeLong Undress fifteen to fifteen Wist Clayburne. There wasn't
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any Andrew DeLong at that address. We checked the telephone book and the city
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directory, and the only Andrew W. DeLong we found was out in metry
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in a mausoleum. So we drove back towards CD's office. Well, now
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what Jerny Dupais? Find out everything we can about du Pais, and everybody
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who works for him ain't nobody, but he's secretary, his assistant. Tell
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the name Carr. Yeah, how long has Carl been working for him?
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About as long as she has this? This Karl on a fruit stand of
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fruit. I know, Bob, I just wondered, Hey, what time
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is it? CD two fifteen? Say, if we're going to check on
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Dupau's credit, we better get to the bank for the clue you're driving.
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Let's move expense account at him seven twenty two dollars and eighty cents telephone call
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and a couple of gratuities to obtain a lot of information about Dupa. I
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learned, among other things, that he banked almost eleven thousand dollars in the
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past three months. Before that, almost nothing, But there's no law against
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making money, so I still had nothing concrete to go on. At fine
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point thirty, I left Benford, went back to my hotel and they found
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a message from me, Rose Allen's roommate, asking me to go to her
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apartment immediately. So I did. Oh, John, Yeah, Hi,
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may Oh come in Johnny? You know what you made me promise? Yeah?
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What happened? You mean you've heard from Rose? Well no, not
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exactly, but a man called this afternoon and talked about her. Oh well,
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I hope he had only nice things to say. Oh, yes,
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he said she's just fine. What didn't you hear me? Yeah, he
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said she's fine fine. What else did he say? Well, he said
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he was going to come by at four o'clock and pick up her clothes.
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I should have them ready, but of course he didn't. Well he did,
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so he did. What man? You know him? You get his
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name, mister dollar. You don't think I'd let Roses things go out of
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here with a complete stranger, do you? Of course he told me his
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name. Well you aren't nearly as polite as you were this morning. All
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right, I'm sorry. What's the man's name, darling? Oh, well
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that's much better. It's Grant. Grant, that's right. From the way
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he talked. He must be the one Rose was going with while she was
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dating that old antique. You ever see this guy Grant before? No,
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but I'm sure he's the one she talked about. Really, it used to
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get so tiresome. Carl is and Carl does that what I said? Oh?
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May tell me? Where did he say he was taking her clothes?
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He didn't say, just put them in that old truck, ik, sweetheart,
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seal you later. I needed a fast car and a driver who can
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handle it, so I called Angelo Arsati. On of minutes later, we
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parked in front of Dupaw's antique shop. There was a dim light on inside.
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Look, brother, there's really no reason for you to get mixed up
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in this thing? Are you kidding? So hmmm? It was like Dupa
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ain't all right, Let's see what this honk of stone will do to the
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glass here? That guy I can reach suit to Locke looks like nobody here.
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Well hey wait a minute, yeah, I see him. Carl,
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what happened to you do Angie col an ambulance? Tell him my man's been
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stabbed here? Yeah right, John, all get to before he can.
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Dupam gonna kill Rose. You got to help her. Dupa wants to kill
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her. Wif she she found out smuggling? Is that what departs? Went
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up to smuggling? And but then the shipments Rose found out worrishing he thought
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I'd killed him, but I love her. Yeah, well look tell me
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you you gotta get to her before he does. Oh Spanish fort Yeah,
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I n by you slide down all Spanish Fortress on the piper slide down.
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Yeah you know where that is? Ji? Oh sure, old ruin out
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in the swamp north of town near the highway bridge. It goes over to
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the Gulf coast. Carl, how long ago to Dupa leive? Ten or
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fifteen minutes. Yeah, well we could beat him, Johnny, by cutting
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across the swamps, that is, if you could take it. What do
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you mean by that? Well, it's rugged, like what, Johnny,
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did you ever ride a swamp buggy? Oh? Brother? How much farther?
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And she? Well should be right up ahead? How can you tell?
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All I can see is swamp with marsh brass. Yeah. Well,
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I've done a lot of tramping out here. I know the channel they gonna
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make the old ruins before Dupi. Well we got to, don't we.
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Hey, that kid that old record is called a fortress man. That's it.
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We'll get us something as close to it as you can. I don't
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see anybody plot somebody approaching the bridge here we are, Come on, let's
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go. Hey, Hey, look, john There she is at the side
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end. Yeah, I see Rose Rose Ellen. He's scared. She dumped
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back inside. Rose. We're friends of Carls. They sent us to help
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you. Come on, Johnny, we can get inside to her through this
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here doorway. Okay, this place looks like it's if I ready to fall
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apart, Rose, damn man dark in here too. Don't step on the
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fallen bridge, Rose, Rose Ellen Yeah, where did Carl DuPont tried to
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kill him? Rose? Come on out here where we can see you.
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Rose, I found out that Carl didn't kill me. Is that it?
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Yeah? But Courl's all right now. Look Rose, I want you to
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tell me all you know about the fire at Upa Shopping Were you there or
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what happened? I had me tied up, told Carl I'd found out what
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they were doing smuggling. I mean, he told Carl to kill me.
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He didn't know Karl and I was going to be married. Go on,
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go on. Karl argued with him. That's when the lamp got knocked over.
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He didn't stop arguing until deposit he'd kill us both. So finally How
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told Dupie he'd take care of me. He had to. Du Paw would
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have killed us, but instead Carl brought you here. Yeah. Oh,
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come on, Johnny, let's get out of this doc. What a minute,
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Rose? Do you know why Dupa was afraid to report his fire to
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the insurance company. Some of the things he smuggled in was lost in the
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fire. Anybody come poking around, they might have find out what he's doing.
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What was he smuggling? Do you know, little tiny boxes built with
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quiet powder hidden in the bananas. Johnny, No I caught. Yeah,
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sure, no wonder he banks so much money so fast. I bank much
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more. I get rid of you. Donald. Look at that. Yeah,
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here's the door. Yeah, I watch you see. I hate fooling.
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He can't see us. No, what a target he makes in the
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toy against the light. No gun, No, we can try one of
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these bricks. Yeahs dah whish we look dala right here to Pa. Come
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on, oh man, dear, you could qualify for the New York Yankees.
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Johnny, all right, Japa on your feet, let's get out of
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here. Expense acount total including a rental on the swamp buggy, incidentals and
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transportation back to Hartford five hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty cents. Remarks,
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Well, where he's going to, PA wouldn't have any use for the insurance
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money anyway, Kyle Grant turned state's evidence and clinched the smuggling charges against him.
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Because of that, Carol may get off easy, I hope. So
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he and Rose could make a very heavy couple. And it remarks, and
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a report yours truly, Johnny Dollar, our star will return in just a
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moment. If we are to remain alert to possible acts of aggression, we
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need the continuous operation of the Ground Observer Corps. And if the Grand Observer
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Corp is to remain on the job around the clock, seven days a week,
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your help is needed. Tomorrow. Telephone your nearest Civil Defense center and
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volunteer a few hours of your time each week to the Ground Observer Corps.
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Join our Ground Observer Corps at the Civil Defense Center nearest your home. Now
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Here is our star to tell you about next week's story. Next week three
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sets of twins, two men, two girls, and two fires that hit
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the coast of Flora with the impact of a hurricane. Join us, won't
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you yours truly? Johnny Dollar? Yours truly? Johnny Dollars starring Bob Bailey,
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originates in Hollywood. Written by Charles B. Smith, It is produced
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and directed by Jack Johnstone. Heard in to Night's cast were Virginia greg Boris,
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Lewis, Lou Merrill, Lawrence Dobkin, and Frank Gerson. Musical supervision
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is by Amerigo Marino and Carl Fortina. Be sure to join us next week,
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same time and station, or another exciting story of yours truly, Johnny
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Dollar, Dan Cumberly speaking, Welcome back, Johnny. One thing you need
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to work on is when you question people when you're on the run from a
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murderer. Would be murderer now isn't all the time for detailed depositions, But
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in all serious this was a seriousness. This was a great story. I
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love Johnny's friend. I like the whole setup with this great new street of
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why he's not taking the insurance settlement. You know, it's when you think
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about it, it's a little absurd, and I think it's something realistically an
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insurance company would be wondering about. Of course, they would probably not care
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too much once he decided to cancel the policy, but then there's the nature
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of Johnny Dollar. So this was really fun. It was as good as
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I remembered it, and I hope you enjoyed it as well. Rebecca,
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we turn out, I should say, the listener comments and feedback. Rebecca
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says on Facebook, my favorite old time radio detective. We just got back
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from a month at our home in southern Baha, Mexico, and again your
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podcasts were a great way to pass our time without internet or TV. Thanks
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for the great job you do with the great detectives of old time radio podcast.
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Thank you very much. Uh and then I comment on podcast ally thanks
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to Adam for bringing us these classic programs. I love listening to these while
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I work. My favorite yours truly, Johnny Doller. But there are so
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many good shows. Adam does a great job providing commentary to this nostalgic podcast.
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Brings it back to a better time in American entertainment. I listen every
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day and always look forward to the next episode. And that's from the Lando
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Family on podcast Alley all right, And if you've not yet listened to the
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Phantom Chase Matter, if you just happen to join the show, you may
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want to skip to the end of the podcast. But for everyone else,
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vow comments regarding the Phantom Chase Matter. Loath as I am to criticize Johnny,
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my great detective's fantasy boyfriend, I can't help think that by simply asking
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the hotel manager to describe the gorgeous woman who reserved the motel room, or
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even showing him or photograph, he could have had the case wrapped up a
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whole lot sooner and reduced the expense account considerably. As soon as the hotel
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employee said, what a looker she was, I thought, uh huh,
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well, thanks for the comment, vow. And I think that when you
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look at the Venom Chase matter, when we got to part nine of that
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serial, several things that we thought to be the case were turned on their
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head. And certainly I think that the big problem that Johnny had was he
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was just not open to the possibility of seeing those things, since he had
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deduced what he thought had happened with the husband running away with another woman lost.
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The judgments that Johnny had made partially influenced very heavily by the person who
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was actually her co conspirator. And I think there is this certain thing in
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fiction and in real life where people and we actually there is an episode of
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suspense will play one of these days called The blind Side where that's explored.
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But there is this thing where we have these psychological expectations of the way people
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are, the way things are, and even though it might seem obvious to
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an outsider who as a particularly as we are trained, trained, but experienced
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observers and listeners to mystery, we don't not suspect anyone. With Johnny,
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it's a different matter we us in some ways, Johnny tends to be a
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little bit less cynical. Probably a detective like Sam Spade would have wrapped this
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case up in short order. And even Barry Craig, who has a pretty
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sunny disposition but is taken in by no one, could have probably solved this
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quick. But Johnny has this ability. Johnny Doller has this ability just to
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really latch on and care about and have very chivalrous feelings about certain women.
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And generally he's not a fool. He's and he's been around the bend a
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few times. He's still vulnerable allowing a suspect to just totally blindside him.
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But the things that make him vulnerable in that way, I think is part
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of what makes the character so interesting to listen to. All Right, well,
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that will do it for today. We'll be back tomorrow with Police Headquarters,
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and then join us back here next Friday for another episode of Yours Truly
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