Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Johnny Dollar - The Glen English Matter

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Duration:: 29m
Broadcast on:: 14 Jul 2024
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Gambling problem, call 1-800-Gammler. Expensive call out to homicide bureau, department of police, city of Hartford, Connecticut. I am no way expect the bureau to honor this statement, but since it's my regular form of report, I would use it for convenience. The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Glenn English matter. My interest in the case has been a purely personal one. I have no fault to phone with official procedure after his death or after the two-year-old murder that was at the bottom of the whole thing. I've known Glenn since about 1947, the girly married longer than that. In '49, after studying under the GI Bill, he turned in his private operator's license and opened his own law office. Since then, I've called on him when I needed something and he's called on me, so it wasn't unusual that he phoned me at about 10.30 the night before I read of his death. Johnny Darling. Hi, Tim Star. What's this? That champion of purgent testimony? Got any to sell? Nothing that you could afford. How are things, Brian? Okay. I'd like to ask a favor, Johnny. Sure, what is it? I've got some evidence that I want to protect a statement. Could you get a photo-standard for me in the morning? Yeah. Yeah, I'm pretty in the morning. This is pretty hot stuff. I'll tell you about it when I see you. In for the night? Yeah. Well, I may come over. If I don't see you tonight, I'll see you in the morning. I'm sorry. Well, I may come over, if I don't see you tonight, I'll drop in on the way downtown in the morning. So you understand that the way it was put, there was no reason for me to think twice about the fact that he didn't show up that night. But the next morning, when I read about his death, the paper, naturally our conversation came back to me. I phoned his widow and went to see her a little afternoon. Oh, I don't know. I don't know. Oh, I just don't know what to think. Oh, I'm sorry, darling. I haven't helped matters any. Maybe I shouldn't have thrown this, aren't you? I thought of going to the police first. But I figured it would be better if I had something more definite. There's nothing in his briefcase. Oh, don't think of me, Johnny. Of course you should have come. But he didn't say anything about the case he was on. What did he say when he left last night? I wasn't here. He called me from his office about 5.30 to say he'd be late again. Asked me why I didn't go to a movie or something. So I did. So I didn't see him. Oh, Johnny, I don't know what I'm going to do. I know, honey, I know. And that part of it's up to you. Nobody can really help you with that. It did happen, didn't it, Johnny? I'm not going to open my eyes and see him next to me. And everything, all right again. Oh, I used to dream that way sometimes. No, no, please. But not this time. No, I wish I could never wake up. Is somebody going to be staying with you? I'm going to his mother's house. I can't stay here. You shouldn't try it. I'll talk to a secretary and then go to the police. I'm not helping any, am I? All right, all right. Are his things still downtown? His things? His clothes and so on. Yes, they wanted me to bring them, but I couldn't. They'll send them in a day or two. I'll try to help, Johnny. I'll try to think. Right now, I don't remember his saying anything. He did say, goodbye, darling, on the telephone. That's what I keep remembering. I hadn't been with him very long, Mr. Dollar. Not long enough to know as much about his businesses. Well, as much as some secretaries know about their employers. You know what I mean. Yeah, yeah. When I left the office at five last night, he said he had some work to do and would lock up. I asked him if he wanted me to stay, but he said it was necessary. Can we find out what the work was, the captain? Well, he said something about a new client coming here. And you don't know who it was? Well, he didn't say, Mr. Dollar. He didn't mention a name. You don't mind if I take a look through the office, do you, Miss Rose? Well, I suppose it's all right. Nobody's told me what to do about it. Well, you might as well start getting everything together so we can move it out. Let me know what's coming to you in the way of salary. I'll give it to you, plus a month. Yes, sir. I'm awfully sorry about Mr. English. He was such a nice man. I didn't really expect to find anything of value in his files and I was right. Most of his cases were unimportant civil suits. The only thing that even hinted at possible planned murder was our phone conversation. I realized how vague it was, but I decided to come to the police anyway. I was received by your Lieutenant Frank Dolejo, who sent for the reports on the case and led me to its office. Yes, you know, sir. Thanks. Well, I don't know, but the way I see it, you haven't given us enough to launch a full-fledged murder investigation. There's as much I realize there. He was a friend of yours? Yeah, but I'm not the kind to stir things up just because of that. He said he had some hard evidence that he was going to bring over and he was killed between his apartment and mine. What kind of evidence? Only that it was a statement he wanted to protect. He used that word, Lieutenant, protect. I suppose you could say he might have meant against fire or something like that. Well, the point is, dollar, that his being killed could make things seem to be more important than they really are. It's easy to read meanings into things, situations like this. You've probably run into it yourself. Yeah, yeah. Didn't you say he thought he'd dropped by in the morning? That's right. Well, then he wasn't necessary on his way to your place. Maybe he went out for cigarettes or something. Well, I thought of that, but it doesn't hold. There's a drugstore, a block away from his apartment. It's in the opposite direction. I can't think of a reason for his being at the intersection where he was found, other than that he was coming to see me. Well, I don't know. I don't want you to misunderstand me. I'm not trying to slough off anything to deserve that coming. Here's a report on that traffic death. Oh, thanks, boss. Anything else? No, no, that's all, thanks. Well, we'll see what we have here. English, Glen L. No, cause of death, multiple fracture of the skull. Internal injuries resulting in cerebral and noxia possibly tenant. What does it say about his effects? Hmm, personal effects upon person. Overcoat hat, brown two-piece suit. We can skip the clothing. Well, let's see, then. Sick ring, left ring finger, check book on Plymouth Bank. Cigarettes lighter, oh, here. More luck containing $38. Driver's license, personal business cards, membership cards to... Yeah, there's nothing there. Well, I'm afraid nothing that looks like this evidence you speak of, this statement. There we are again, Lieutenant. It could mean one of two things. That he didn't have it with him, and his death was accidental. Or it could mean that it was taken from his body after he was killed. But everything so far is based on supposition. I know it is, Lieutenant. I know that you can't assign a squad of men every time some crank comes in with an idea. If you can bring us anything, definitely. Yeah, well, believe me, I do understand, Lieutenant. This was, I could talk to the autopsy surgeons as long as I'm here. Sure, certainly. It's, uh, Dr. Ramsey, and you'll find him a very cooperative man. The proof that the victim was not killed willfully, it appears he was struck and thrown against a parked car. His head striking the bumper, but the automobile, as lethal as it is, would hardly be a foolproof weapon to be used in willful murder, would it? No, it's not. Is there any way to figure out how fast a car would have been traveling to close that damage? No, not away in the world. Although the internal injuries would seem to indicate quite some speed. Thanks very much, Dr. Ramsey. I won't take any more of your time. I want to repeat, I have no fault to find with the department. I got nothing but cooperation. The photographic lab showed me the pictures of the scene, the investigating officers gave me their reports. But since everybody's conclusions had already been drawn, I saw or heard nothing that didn't support the theory of hit and run. Everyone agreed, it couldn't have been anything else. I turned out a case that afternoon because I couldn't get planned out of my mind. I went to the corner where he was killed and poked at the snow. I didn't know what I was looking for, and I didn't find anything. The people living near the corner had already been questioned by the police and repeated to me that they hadn't seen or heard anything tonight before. And that evening, in spite of it, promised me to myself that I'd lived her alone for a while. I went to see his wife again. It's alright, Johnny. Something happened to me after I got here and spent some time with his mother. She's so brave, I feel ashamed of myself. I'm okay now. What about you? I can't get any place, Nana. Can you talk with me about it? Sure I can. Yes, drive me crazy. I saw his secretary and she mentioned that he was going to meet a new client. When he called to tell you that he'd be late, did he say anything about that about meeting somebody? No, he... He'd been working late quite a bit the past few weeks. He had a case coming up in the morning. I know. I went into that at the office. It's not what I'm at. What'll he say? Can you remember word for word if possible? Yes, I can. Because I said most of it. I was being a typical wife. I didn't like him working at night and I lost my temper. I didn't give him a chance to explain anything. That's what I have to remember about the last time I talked to him. Never mind now. Come on. He didn't mention anybody. Just that he'd have to work late. Will you give me the key to your apartment? Yes. I'll have to go through his things, Diamond. I didn't ask you to let me when I was there earlier, but now I've got to. I've covered every other angle I can think of. I don't know why I felt almost ashamed about going through tremendous things, except that a close friend shares with you everything he wants you to know about it. And learning new things because he's dead doesn't seem right. I started with his briefcase again, reading everything in it. I moved to the desk in their living room and from there into the bedroom. And an hour and a half I was still looking, and then the phone rang. (phone ringing) Uh, hello? Yes, sir. Mrs. English, sir. No, she isn't. Who is this? My name is Dalla, and I'm a friend of hers. I take a message? I've been trying to get her all afternoon. I wanted to tell her that, uh, that was no accident, how her husband got killed. What's that? He was murdered on account of something I told him. Who is this? I'm not saying. Not now, anyway. You're the client who was with Glenn last night? Yeah, that's right. We wrote up a paper. He told me about it. Listen to me, you've got the information I've been looking for. I've got to see it. You've got to see Warren Kelly, the one that had him killed. Warren Kelly, who is he? Why would he have Glenn killed him? Are you a lawyer, too? No, I'm a private detective. Glenn was one of my closest friends. I've tried to tell the police that it was probably murder, but I can't get any place with him because I haven't had anything definite. If you've got some information, won't you give it to me? You're willing to pick it up after what happened to him? Where can I meet you? All right. If you're a game I am, I sure got nothing to lose. You'll have to come here. I am being watched. Where are you? You know, Caruso's Cafe on Front Street. I'll find it. Ask the bartender for Bruno, but you're sticking your neck on. You're liable to end up where your power is. Just don't change your mind, Bruno. I'll get there as fast as I can. We will return to yours truly Johnny Dollar in just a moment. Learn how American communities have solved major problems on a local level. Hear true stories of democracy at work on the People Act, a new CBS radio series having its premiere performance tomorrow night on most of these same CBS radio stations. Now with our star Edmund O'Brien, we bring you the second act of yours truly Johnny Dollar. What do you mean, sir? What do you have? I came to see Bruno, said you could tell me how to find him. What's your name, Dollar? Yes. You buy one drink and look like a customer. Right away. This all right? Yeah, that's good. What's the matter with him anyway? Is he going to get killed? I don't know much about him. He's my friend since we was a kid, so I help him. But I don't like him. I don't like trouble. There. You drink there, then you go back where you see the restroom signs. Yeah. And you see one more door. And through that you find the stairs. He's up there in the store. The office is at the end. Okay, thanks. What do I do? Sixty. Okay, keep him and thanks again. What was that? Dollar? Yeah. All right, I'm trying to light up. All right, come on, the office. Is it Mr. Bruno? Here, it's Bruno, Vic. Hiya. I'm sorry I got your pal killed. So am I. But he didn't have to take you as a client, I guess. What's it all about? How much did you tell you? Nothing except that he had a statement. He was going to meet me tonight with a daughter. Then he said it would hold some water. What made it worth killing Glenn over and what was in it? The names of the three men that killed him. They got the paper, I guess. They got it. Who are these three men, this killer you mentioned? It seems a ring of bell. Yeah, he's one of them, Warren Kelly. The other two are Nat Runder and Alex Shaw. This is what happened. I didn't make her to ever go this way. I told you pal, he was as hot as it was as long as he had that paper. He shouldn't have been out on the street. Not part of his parents, what happened? Well, not many people know it, but Kelly is one of the big bosses of the syndicate around here. His front is a contracting firm. He got where he is because he got rid of the guy who was standing in his way. Maybe you remember, Ed Waters. Yeah, maybe. It was quite a while back. Yeah, two years. Kelly wasn't even questioned because nobody knew what happened to Waters. But I do. I was with Kelly when he killed him. I helped bury his body. I know where it is. And Kelly's had men hunting me for a year. This is what you put in that statement? Yeah, that's right. Glenn was killed over a two-year-old gang murder. I told him to be careful. I told him how I'd been hunted from here in California to the Mexican border every place. I haven't had a day's rest since Kelly got so big he decided it wasn't safe to hit me around. I told him all that. Maybe you forgot to tell him that you let Kelly know you're going to make a statement to a lawyer. You know, I didn't do that. But I let him know that I was through running, that I was going to give myself up. The paper was addressed to the DA. Why'd you bother with a lawyer? Why didn't you go direct with the DA? You know, I had to believe, Vic. Look, dollar, I know how you feel losing a friend. But I went to him for advice on the best way to do it. If it was his idea, he wanted to go to court with me. Mostly, I think he figured what a splash he'd make by breaking open that old case. How did they know enough to kill him? I don't know. If they followed me to his office, I didn't see him. And I had a lot of practice being followed. But I can get up for you. No, no, you don't. We'll do it the simple way. You come on down to police headquarters with me. No, you don't want to walk out of this cafe with me. Let me dust the light in you. Come over to the window with me. Come on. Take a look. Right across the street. They're standing together near the bakery. Yeah, one on the left's neck, right on the other's Alex Shaw. They're waiting for me. You're going to have a tough time proving anything about your power. You know you don't put the police on it anyway. Look at those creeks waiting for me. It's been like us for a year. Every place. Two or three creeks waiting for me. But no more, I'm through running. As you asked for. Yeah, I guess so. But I could count one good thing if I could lay those two and kelly away. Where's the telephone? It's at the bottom of the stairs and to the back. Stay here. I'm going to call the police. See if they want them down here. Sure. I realized that I still faced the same situation. I was phoning in about a material witness in two suspects in the death that the police had fired as accidental. Lieutenant Dozer was off duty in the desk and Sergeant wouldn't give me his home number. I gave up on something less than five minutes, but during that time, Bruno Vic had come down the stairs and passed without my seeing. The first inkling I had of what he was doing was a shout from the bartender. Come on! Bruno, where you going? Hey! Come back! Where's he going? He's got time! Hey, don't be a fool! Ryder! Shaw, you're waiting for me. What happened? What's going on? Vic! Vic! He's got the Bruno. Bruno. Is he dead? Yeah. Yeah, he's dead. Who's that one in the three? Put one of you. You're all right, aren't you? Leave me alone. Leave me alone. Can't move. Can't move legs! Don't try it. The ambulance will be there in a little while. Well, darling, they tell me you finally made a murder case of it. I finally have something to say. I'm not going to say that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to say that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. Tell me you finally made a murder case of it. I finally have something like evidence that that's what it was from the beginning. This one is Bruno Vick. He's the one who made the statement Glen English was killed for. The other one over here is Stella Ryan. He's Matt Ryaners. Why are you feeling? Leave me alone. Tell the little telling about that hit run last night, Ryan. Get away from me. Well, any more? Ryan was here by himself waiting for Vick to come out. He fired first before Vick saw him and Vick just managed to get a shot out before he died. It's a lie. If you want to take the rap alone, Ryan, I'll lie all the way up to the Supreme Court to help you do it. Well, we'll have a little talk with him. Tell me how this happened, darling. Well, Vick was holed up in the second floor of the cafe. I was in the phone booth downstairs when he started out. From what he said to me, I think he came out knowing he was going to be killed. I don't quite understand. I'm not sure of this, but it seems to me that he realized how hard it would be to prove anything in Glen's death. So he sort of offered his own as something to nail them with. Hey, soldier. Sergeant Buslin. Over here, sir. Oh, yeah. It seems to have something. This one, sir, Bruno Vick. He was carrying a letter addressing the District Attorney. As testimony in a court of formal law, I don't think Vick's unwitness letter would have been worth anything. But under the circumstances of the case, it was pretty strong police evidence. It obviously was as close as possible a duplicate of the statement given Glen English and content at least. But it opened in a way you could call this a dying statement because I'm not going to run anymore, and they're waiting for me. It went on to describe the two-year-old killing of that warters and included with the stereotypes as to how Glen English was killed. It was detailed that I have to keep Lieutenant Doge on the case of a 3 a.m. When that rhino regained consciousness after a spinal operation. Well, right now, you know that you would have died if it hadn't been for the work of the police, Sergeant? That's one thing that forgot to tell me. Did they tell you what you said under the anesthetic? I didn't say anything. Truth serum or a lie detector is going to bring out the same things. Like what? Like where Alex Shaw is staying, 718 hostile. I didn't say that. Don't remember what you said about Warren Kelly? I didn't say anything. You talked about last night about catching up with that lawyer at Glen English. No. You named the street corner. No. I know you're bluffing her. How did you know it was high-grove and Clayton? That's what you said. I read it in the paper. Why should you read about that? It was on the front page. Why semi-conscious? Should you remember the intersection? I don't know. I don't believe you. Believe what? That I said we were there. You and Alex Shaw. We weren't there. Where were you? We've got more than you think, Rhynan. You've got nothing on me. We've even got the truth about Ed Waters. We know where his body is buried. You want to get mixed up in that one too? What do you want? Well, first you understand that these aren't police methods. Nothing you're saying can be taken in evidence against you. But you killed a friend of mine. Then I can make the lieutenant go out of the room. We'll get this settled in a hurry. What do you want? First I want to hear about that hit and run last night. I... I didn't have any partner. You were there. All right. I was there. I'm the one who followed Victor that lawyer's office. His name was English. I followed him home and we waited for him. When he came out, we followed him in the car. In the corner, we pulled him full of them. When he stepped off the curb and then Shaw got out. Kelly wasn't there? No. No, he wasn't there. But he ordered it done. Yeah. He said we had to do it. What did he say you had to do? We made it look like a hit and run. He had Vic's paper in his pocket. Shaw took that and then we made it look like a hit and run. Shaw slept first and then we used a car. Enough lieutenant. Yeah, I think so. He'd better get some rest. It's pretty late. I have two squad cars standing by to go after Alex Shaw. I didn't mean it was too late, lieutenant. Do you think he'll be there? He's there. I got a report he arrived not 20 minutes ago. Seven eighteen high starts. The department knows there's a building that should be burned out of Hartford. It's been a saw spot, a route of trouble for long enough. It holds 12 families and Alex Shaw's apartment was on the top floor in the rear. Lieutenant told his men were given positions that covered all the exits. And he and I went up. Yeah, who is it? Police Shaw, medicine. What do you want? You were identified as being in that shooting scrape in front of the Corusal Cafe. Come on, come on, medicine. Shaw, I do have a warrant. He's trying something. I'm going to get a warrant. I'm going to get a warrant. I'm going to get a warrant. I'm going to get a warrant. I have a warrant. He's trying something. Let's go in. Okay. Try the panel. I can reach the knob now. The window there. Nelson. Nelson! Where's Lieutenant? Where is his room? And he's not here. And there he is, Nelson. On the roof across the way. They better stop him. He's a killer, Lieutenant. Nelson! Time to open up. I'll get up! I won't bother with any final entry or any expense account total. Since this statement will only be read by the police. But I will include remarks. They tell me that almost every day murders are being passed off as natural or accidental deaths. Only because people don't look at the circumstances closely enough. I'm proving nothing. If I'd been a better friend, I'd have walked halfway and met Graham English before he was killed. It was truly Johnny Daller. Yours truly Johnny Daller stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and is written by Gill Dowd with music by Wilbur Hatch. Edmund O'Brien can now be seen starring in the Paramount Pictures Technicolor production Silver City. Featured in tonight's cast were Jeanette Nolan, Jim Nusson, Jean Bitz, Wally Mayer, Jay Novello, Edgar Berrier and Bill Conrad. Yours truly Johnny Daller is transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime Delphi. 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