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Johnny Dollar - The Byron Hayes Matter

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Duration:: 32m
Broadcast on:: 16 Jul 2024
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One of the papers mentioned that you'd come to New York. I guess you've read about me too, and what they call the chief suspect, object of a widespread search. That's right. Not do you want to talk to me? Sure, Roy. Anytime you say. I thought so. I'm going to give the phone to a friend that's with me. He'll tell you where to go and what to do so he can pick you up. Edmond O'Brien, in another adventure of the man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator, yours truly Johnny Dallin. Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny Dallin to Home Office, Corinthian All-Risk Insurance Company. The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Byron Hayes matter. Expense account item one, $12 transportation from Hartford to New York. There wasn't much to be done that first day. The police had their theory on who had killed Hayes, and I hadn't had time to form mine. And then that evening, I received a phone call from a man who called himself Roy Corona, the basis of the police theory. Twenty minutes later, according to instructions, I was standing on a 7th Avenue street corner holding a copy of Life magazine in front of my face so I'd be recognized. Hey, yo, yeah, what's your name? I'm your man, all right, Dallin. Come on. How are you, Dallin? All right, you didn't know anything I told you not to on the phone, did you? I told you I wouldn't do anything, didn't I? A lot of people make a lot of promises they don't keep, maybe so. Well, I guess all I can do is either trust your drive fast enough and far enough to shake a tail if I don't trust you. Boy, you can drop me if you don't want to go through with this. I didn't ask to come, you know. That's right. And I don't think you should have been asked. But it's Roy's neck, not mine. I'll just pretend there's a tail on me so I won't get out of practice. It's the door way next to the poultry store there. Thanks for the ride. Then the ground floor, a second door back. Tell Roy I'll sit out here for a minute and then park the car. Sure. Tell him I'll be in in a little while. Yeah, yeah. Roy? Yeah. My friend's stay outside. Yeah, he said he was going to park the car. I'm not so sure I did the right thing calling you, but I guess I could make things worse by doing it. I guess not, Roy. They want you real bad. Sure they do, because I'm a natural. Once you've been in prison, you're a natural for anything. There's more to it than that, isn't it? According to the papers, yeah, but not really. I didn't kill this Hayes guy, I didn't even know him. The police don't seem to think that's important. They figure that a guy who spends two years in a prison comes out to find his girl mixed up with a lot of men. It's going to get into a balance. Yeah, I guess that part of it's true. It did hit me pretty hard, but not hard enough to make me kill anybody. They think it did. Hayes was one of the men you lost your girl to, so they figure you wouldn't have to know him to kill him, that you were waiting outside her apartment when Hayes came out and she blasted him. Sure, they got it all worked out. The other thing wrong with it is that it ain't true. They don't care about that, but I do. If you can prove they're wrong, you got nothing to worry about, have you? My proof that I was someplace else is a couple of ex-convicts like myself. Statements from guys like that have broken down before they even make them, isn't that right? I guess they could be better out of a--why did you bring me here, Roy? Try out your out of eye on me or to tell me who killed Byron Hayes? I don't know who killed him, but it would help if you believed that the proof I was some If you have something else to back it up, let's assume that I do believe it. And it's something the police won't find out. Rita was blackmailing Hayes. How do you know that? I heard him. Right after I came out when I was having a bad time over Rita, I was in the hallway one night and I saw him go into her apartment, I listened to the door and I heard him talking about it. That would make her pretty careless, wouldn't it? Well, it was him that was talking so I could hear. He told her he couldn't afford to pay her anymore, but it had to stop. It wouldn't do you any good to make this up, Roy. I know that. And if she was taking him, she must be taking the others. A cop wouldn't get the truth out of anybody, but you might be able to check it if they'll trust you. All right. I'll look into it. What about the police? You gonna tell them? That I got it from you? Yeah. It either tells me to a sell or laugh me out of town if I did, unless you'd like to stick around and pack me up. I don't think I will. I gave it in. By the time my friend gets you back to your hotel, I'll be out of here and hold up some place else. Sure, Roy. I thought you would. The only reason it's tipped from the number one suspect meant anything to me was that the date, no progress at all, had been made. Rita Carr, outside of his door, he's at them killed, said she'd known him only casually that he'd just dropped in. Nobody else could be found who knew about the association, and even the widow, Agnes Hayes, said she had never heard of Rita Carr. After I was dropped at the hotel, I decided to try out the new lead on the widow first. I've told the police everything I know, Mr. Dollar. I'm afraid it wasn't very much, Mrs. Hayes, and I wondered if there might not be something you didn't tell them, because you didn't want to. What do you mean? I'm not a policeman, there are no reporters around. Everything you say to me will be kept in confidence. Mrs. Hayes, didn't you really know that your husband was seeing Rita Carr? If I thought he was, do you think I wouldn't have done something about it? You didn't suspect anything? No, even now I don't think he was seeing her as you put it. Do you know why he would have dropped in to see her? She said he did? No. I knew nothing about it. Oh please, Mr. Dollar, you must understand that this has been very difficult for me. Yes, of course it has. As far as I'm concerned, my husband always was a man above question. His friends, his business associates, everybody looked up to him. I looked up to him, and now you and the others asked me to believe that he knew this woman. She said as much? No, she was lying, there must be something else she's hiding. She's saying she knew Byron to hide something else. She didn't know him. She's lying. We learned the truth, Mrs. Hayes. Someone told me that Rita Carr was blackmailing your husband. That's not true. That he was heard saying he couldn't pay her anymore. That's not true. Why should he pay her anything? He didn't know her. All right, Mrs. Hayes, I only wanted to tell you what somebody said. It's not true. All right, Mrs. Hayes. I thought a little more of Roy Carrona's lead after I got the widow's reaction. Nobody can deny so vehemently and not be doubted. I wondered how the beautiful blonde in the case would take the bait? How long is Carrona? Hello. I'd like to talk to you. Why? I told you on the police everything I know. That's what Mrs. Hayes told me just a little while ago. I think I'd better come in. No. You have no right to do this. I suppose not, but you have no right to hold back information from the police either. I haven't held anything back. I want to be sure of that. So far the police and I have been working completely blind. Nobody has known anything. Hayes has shot to death right outside your apartment and nobody has the faintest idea why. Do you think I'm enjoying it? Do you think I like seeing my face plastered all over the papers, labeled the mystery woman? Don't you think I'd like to see this cleared up? Would you like to see it come out that Hayes was more than a casual acquaintance of yours? I met him once or twice, that's all. Why did you say that? How many other casual acquaintances do you have? I don't understand. What about a man named Arnold Smith? How did you find out about him? That's not the point. I refuse to have the names of my friends dragged into this. It wouldn't do any good. It wouldn't do anything but hurt them. Arnold Smith is about the same kind of man Hayes was, married, past middle age, good sized bank account. How about your friend Earl Fisher, married, past middle age, good sized bank account. What did you learn about him? I've learned about two or three more of him and... The police know. My chance. You're going to tell them? I may have to. I wish you wouldn't. I didn't mention them because I didn't think there was any reason to. None of them had anything to do with Byron. How did you know that? I think none of them knew about him. Because he was such a casual friend? No. I lied about that. But not to hide anything from the police. And why? I don't know. I was afraid to tell about him. I can see why. There are a lot of things that aren't being told about this. But it'll come out if everybody in town has to be dragged into it. I think that over reader in case you feel like coming clean. She didn't feel like saying any more to me anyway, about 10 p.m. when I left her. My first stop was a phone booth, a half block away from her apartment building. I dialed a number and got what I'd expected, a busy signal. It was nothing definite but I would have staked my expense account total on the hunch that she was warning somebody to bear me out. The phone was ringing in my hotel room when I got there. Johnny Daller. This is a little fissure, Mr. Daller. A little fissure? Yes. You mentioned my name to be the car a short time ago. Yeah? I had a feeling I should have talked to someone before this. That's right. You should have. I hope you can understand, however, my feelings I naturally didn't want my name to enter this publicly. I have a great deal to consider, a family, reputation. Yes, yes. I understand, Mr. Fissure. But I feel that I have to talk to you. Did you tell Rita Cobb that you were going to? Hardly. Did she threaten me with dire consequences if I did? All right, Mr. Fissure. Where can we get together? I'd have to know that I could count on your confidence, at least temporarily. I think you can count on that. Could you meet me this evening? Where? Do you know Ricky's Club on Lexington, the radius? I can find it. Then shall I see you there in 30 minutes? The bartender will point me out to you. I'll be there, Mr. Fissure. Thanks for calling. That was the first real result of the lead given to me by Roy Corona. The second was quick to follow. I would have been another bet that a warning by Rita Cobb had decided somebody else to correct the situation in another way. It happened when I left the lobby and called for a cab. Hey! The shots came from a car double-pocked. First I saw the pistol come out of the window. Then I dropped him from a prone position. I heard the rest. And I remember lying there. I didn't wonder so much about who was shooting at me then. I wondered how many people in the city of Greater New York wanted to see me and my information out of the way. We will return you to the second act of yours, Julie, Johnny, and just a moment. For another great crime hunting drama, spend a half hour with CBS's gangbusters every Saturday evening. On gangbusters, sheriff, police chiefs and district attorneys from American cities and towns tell the story of their man hunts. Fine cast of top actors joined them to reenact these real dramas of crime busting an action. Gangbusters has heard every Saturday evening on the list of these same CBS stations. Be listening this Saturday, won't you? And now with our star, Rep. O'Brien, we return you to the second act of yours, Julie, Johnny Dollar. I didn't want to talk to the police right then, but I didn't have a chance not to. But the trollman was on the scene almost before I could get up off the sidewalk. 25 minutes later I was in my room with a sergeant of detectives I met earlier in the case. What's going on, Dollar? Who's out empty? How do you think I was mistaken for somebody else? Oh, you know better than that. I've got witnesses that for ten minutes a car was pulled parked in front of this hotel. And that time four or five men came out of that lobby, but the minute you step out they open fire. Now that doesn't sound like a mistake does it, and still could be. Are you holding out anything, Dollar? I don't know who shot at me, is that what you mean? That's only part of what I mean. I don't want anybody killed working on one of my cases, or what have you dug up. If you don't give it to me, I'm going to put you on the wraps for your own good. Okay, Mayor. Aww, then you do have something. Well, I didn't think much of it at first. It's a lead on Rita Carr. What kind of a lead? On what might really have gone on between her and Hayes. Where'd it come from? I took her to the widow first. She still denied knowing her husband was acquainted with a carwoman, but she may have realized that by admitting it she'd be giving herself a motive. That's not new. No, but the possibility of blackmail is, and she could have known about that too. Blackmail? Where'd that come from? I can't tell you, and I think it's worth something. I have a list of names, men who might be on the same spot that Hayes was. Got it written down? Yeah, right here. When you get this, Dollar, I ain't going to suppress his occupation. Sorry, I can't tell you. You're going to refuse to answer police questions just that one. I'm not trying to hide the case, Sergeant Middleton, I'm trying to be hard to get along with. But you've got to understand, you must have given your word to an informer somewhere along the line. All right, you let it pass for now. Thanks. And I guess you understand too that you are probably holding the names of some potential suicides. If you break this publicly right now, what about a potential killer? Do these men know you're onto them? I'm not sure how many. I tossed a couple of names of Rita, generalized the rest. And one of them phoned me when I was leaving my hotel. I was on my way to meet him, probably baited you out onto the side. It could be. I couldn't tell where he was phoning from, maybe right downstairs. Which one was he? This one, Earl Fisher. Married family. A fairly big gun on the stock exchange. Old enough to make a try on you. No proof that he fired the shots, but I'd pick up Rita Cobb as a material witness or something. Somebody might think of putting her out of the way if they have it already. No, not if they know you have their names. I don't think it's your name, but I'll pick her up anyway. Let me get on the phone and just try and check on Earl Fisher. I called the bar where Fisher said he'd meet me. The answer I got didn't do much to alibi on for the attempt on my life. The bartender told me that Fisher not only hadn't been there that night, but that he, the bartender, had never heard of him. While Sergeant Middleton went out to pick up Rita Cobb, I hopped the cab, went back to the haze address, to try the widow again. Is it that? Yes, sir, Mr. Dollar. I'm so distraught. I'm afraid it is necessary, Mrs. Haze, a number of things have happened since I left you. Very well. I hope you won't stay long. I don't try not to. Would you like to sit down? Yes, I think that's better. All right. Come in here. I hope you'll forgive the appearance of the apartment. I haven't had the servant in. It might have been better if you had rather than staying here alone. I couldn't. I couldn't pay, sir. I don't know how I'll be able to face anybody ever. We've been, not what you call, prominent people, but certainly quite acceptable. Then have Byron killed in that sordid place, under these circumstances. What circumstances, Mrs. Haze? That girl. No one will ever really believe that Byron didn't know, no matter what the truth is. I think you know what the truth is, but you had reason to deny it. For what reason? What are you trying to save? Save? What is there to save now? I can't think of anything except what's left of your pride, Mrs. Haze, if you'll excuse my saying so. You're a cruel young man. I don't like to be, but sometimes it's worse to be too kind. You've taken advantage of the police and me by holding back the truth of purely selfish reasons. Mr. Daller. You're less interested in seeing your husband's death cleared up than you are in what your neighbors will think of you when the truth does come out, and it has come out. Mr. Daller. And you're in danger of having to answer impeding the investigation of the death of your own husband. Now what will your neighbors think of that? Mr. Daller, what are you saying? What do you mean? I've admitted to me that your husband was more than a casual friend. She's lying. Another acceptable husband admitted to me that she was blackmailing him. There are others, so it's only logical to assume that she was blackmailing your husband. That's not true. How do you know? It can't be true. The state will spend a year looking at Mr. Haze's money transactions if they have to, and there's something else. I'm convinced that you knew about it. I was convinced by the way you reacted when I told you earlier tonight. I'm so confused. When I told the police how you acted, their first thought was that possibly you'd killed your husband. Your motive would be that you knew about Rita Cobb, so naturally you wouldn't want to admit it. Don't think that. They can't, my own husband, no matter what he did. Police minds go that way when people don't cooperate with him. I was wrong. I thought it didn't make any difference. I thought nothing did but Byron's death. You knew about Miss Cobb, didn't you? Miss Cobb. Yes, I knew about this. Why didn't you tell us? I don't know. And you knew about the blackmail. Yes. Oh, I know why I didn't tell you. I've been trying to spare myself, as you said, but for far worse reasons. I'm responsible for Byron's death. How, Mrs. Haze? Of course, I was a righteous wife. It wasn't enough that I found out about her in a blackmail. But I wasn't big enough to forgive him or even think calmly. If I had been, it would have ended. Then there would have been no reason to consent to blackmail. You learned just recently, then. Yes. I made him go to this woman. I made him go and tell her that he was through and that he was going to report her to the police. That's why he was killed. I sent him. And I was afraid to admit my responsibility. He was killed the night before last. You must have learned that day. A man came here. He said Byron, you, that woman, I didn't believe him. But when I faced Byron, then I knew. This man, did he give you his name? Nope. What did he look like? Was he dark? As quiet as tall as I am. Yes. Please go. I've told you. I've told you. Now I want you to go. I looked and took with me one more piece of the puzzle that looked like it was ready to fall into place. The man I'd described to her was my original informant, Roy Corona. And now, at least this serious dollar, you shouldn't have met with Roy Corona without telling us about it. I don't think your best squad car could have told the guy that drove me, Sergeant. After I met him, he moved someplace else, so it probably doesn't make any difference. And what do you think his game is? Well, I see it. He was in love with Rita Cobb. Two years in prison. He comes out and finds her involved with these men. He did enough listening at doors to satisfy himself, but she was blackmailing hates as far as I can go. He's hoping to frame her for it or whether he's talking. Man, you shouldn't have met him what was coming up. Man. Did you bring me down here for a while? No witness, but it looks like you're in-- What's downstairs? I'm a fast-explaining reader, and haze. I told you. For blackmailing hate. I found that after-- Who wasn't blackmail? I borrowed some money from Byron once in a while. That isn't what Roy Corona told Mrs. H. Oh, I should have known. Well, I don't care what he told her. Go through just what happened the other night again. It's the same as before. Byron left. I heard some shots and ran out. Byron was lying there. You ran right out and didn't say anything. You're sure you didn't say anybody? If I had, don't you think I'd say something? You didn't say Roy Corona? I wish I had, but I don't care what you've got on me, I'm not changing my story. I heard the shot, ran out, and Byron was lying there. Have you seen a lawyer? Is there a law in there? Are you sure you didn't run out first, then hear the shot, and then see him lying there? Are you asking me if I killed him? If you didn't, who did? I heard the shots, ran out, and he was lying there. We figured out a motive for you now. Byron's wife got after him, made him come down and tell you he was going to turn you in. Didn't he say that? Turn me, who was? Byron and I were good friends, he dropped it. So you prove that's what he said. We've got pretty good proof that you were blackmailing five men, at least. Oh, I don't think you'll find anybody who will say that's what it was. Yeah. You had enough, darling. Well, I have enough. I'm going to see her charged with murder tomorrow. You've served me out of her. [MUSIC PLAYING] That's the way things stood that night, and until my hotel room phone rang in the morning. All right. Johnny Dollar. Dollar. This is Roy Corona. Yeah, what do you want? I read in the morning paper there, a charging reader with murder. That's right. She didn't do it. I did. What are you talking about? What's the matter with you? Nothing's the matter with me. Only she didn't kill him, I did. That shouldn't have, but when I found out she was seeing him and she wouldn't see me, I went crazy. So I'm come out of her apartment, and I killed him. I want you to come and get him. Nobody has to come and get you, Roy. Nobody's interested in you. If you want to make a statement, look up Sergeant Middleton and make one. I can't do it that way. Look, I'm where you first met me. Bring the sergeant and come out after me. Do it fast before I change my mind. Hello? Hello? After working half the night, it thought that Sergeant Middleton even more than it did me, but it was something that we thought we should look into. About 45 minutes later, we were knocking on the door of a dingy room next to the poultry shop. Who's that? Dollar? That's right, Roy. I just came too late. I told you I might change my mind until I have. Ah, come on, Roy. Don't be ridiculous. Oh, I killed him. If there's no chance of working on a life with Rita, you might just-- Look, Roy, everything is just-- OK, darling, let him have him. Roy Corona made a good try, as well he might have, since he went to Mrs. Hayes and started the whole thing. But his shots went wild, and the sergeant's mind it, too. When we dragged him out, he was still telling the same story. He didn't stop trying to save her until he heard about the confession made by Rita Cobb after I'd left her about her motive and about the murder gun that turned up in her apartment, but find and closed his reaction to that. I'm sorry. I started it. I wanted to get her away from these men. I thought I could scare her away from the things she was doing. That's why I went to Hayes' wife. I never thought it'd lead to this. And I'd take the rap for Rita if I could. Wanted to get her to come back to me. Now look. [MUSIC PLAYING] Expense account item two, $140, miscellaneous expenses in New York. Item three, same as item one, transportation back to Hunter. Expense account total, $180.80 remarks. Earl Fisher, the man suspected of shooting at me, was brought in for questioning. Because there was no proof he survived that. But I felt sorry for him. I saw his wife. And what lay ahead for him at her hands was obvious. He was a condemned man. He was truly Johnny Dollar. [MUSIC PLAYING] Your is truly a Johnny Dollar. It stars Edmund O'Brien and the title Roan and is written by Gil Dodd with music by Wilbur Hatch. Edmund O'Brien's latest picture is a Paramount Pictures production, The Redhead and The Cowboy. 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