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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Further Buffalo Matter 10/11/1959
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Greetings, listeners. I'm Elizabeth Mnookian and I've just created my first original podcast. It's called Genesis and the Luminarians. It's a science fiction series with cyberpunk, neo noir and vaporwave influences, accompanied by a score decked out in synthesizers. I would be thrilled if you gave it a listen. Genesis and the Luminarians. Available everywhere you listen to podcasts August 5th. Until next time travelers, keep searching. Welcome to Choice Classic Radio where we bring to you the greatest old time radio shows, like us on Facebook. Subscribe to us on YouTube, and thank you for donating@ChoiceClassicRadio.com. Dollars. Still there in Buffalo, huh? Yeah. Well, you get my report on the big robbery case out here? Yes. It looks to me like you've done yourself proud again. Only if you're still there. How come your expense account included transportation back here to Hartford? I. I'm afraid I got a little ahead of myself, Pat. Or maybe just pat it a bit before you actually spent the money, is that it? Yeah, something like that. Well, I think we can overlook it this time. After all, you recovered something. Over $400,000 that was stolen from that store. Well, let's say I found out where it went. Well, that's what you mean to say you didn't get that money back? Not yet. Oh, but Johnny, now look. Oh, no, no. Don't come unglued, Pratt. I know where the money is. At least I'm pretty sure I do. It's a port. Old man McNair's yacht in the lead of a point off the Canadian shore of Lake Erie. Now listen, with the big storm that's raging up over Lake Erie, well, it's impossible to go out and get him. Who's them? An employee. An ex employee of the Emporium. The guy who took the money, pal. Who helped him get away with it. Well, now, you wait until that storm is over. By that time they'll be 100 miles away. I'll be hidden away in some little cold there on the Canadian shore. Be. What? What was that? Nothing, Pat. Now listen, I'll keep on it. You'd better. I'll bring him back here and the money or die in the attempts. You fail to get that money back, and I'll gladly attend your funeral. Yeah, okay, Pat. I'll stay with it. Believe me, Johnny. You'd better. C Radio brings you Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Ours truly, Johnny$. Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the Universal Adjustment Bureau, Hartford, Connecticut. Attention, Mr. Pat McCracken. Following us. An account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Further in Buffalo matter. What I hadn't told Pat over the phone was that the last minute the Coast Guard had stepped in, forbidden me to go after those crooks and a Reddit subchaser. After all. And you know something? Because of that storm, I'm afraid they were right. In spite of the fact I'd already paid for that boat and could only get half of it back. I. I'll put that down as a credit on this expense account. After all, it's on my American Express credit card. Anyhow, all I can do is sit around my hotel room and wait for the storm to quit. Yeah, sit and wait. Come in. Come in. Well, $. Oh, hi, Mr. McGarry. No, you couldn't go after those. Those criminals because of this? Well, sir, just as soon as it lets. That's no reason for them to get away. Not with my $400,000. 421,216. Now, look, Mr. McDonald, quite frankly, that amount of money doesn't mean very much to me. But to coin a phrase, it's the principle of the thing. Yeah, sure. So how can you sit idly here in this hotel and. Well, have you got in touch with the Canadian authorities? Yes, sir, and they. And they can't do any more than we can. Also, there's a. Well, there's a kind of ticklish international situation. What international situation? Well, a. By any chance I should be wrong? Be wrong about what? Well, I mean. Well, look, after all, the only evidence against John Harker and his pals so far is the circumstantial count. I thought you were absolutely certain they took the money. I am. As sure as I can be until I get my hands on that money. I had all the faith in the world in John Harker. Then you came along and destroyed it. Destroyed it with your. Your. Your theory that he and some friend of his committed that robbery. Well, just let me tell you something, young man. You go out there to wherever he is on my yacht and you find him. But when you do, you'd better also find proof that he stole that money. I'll do everything I can. Because if you don't, if you or anybody else finds out that he is innocent, $, I'll ride you out of Buffalo on a rail. Yeah, at this point, I was feeling real good, real happy. Everybody was being so nice to me. I was just about to blow expense account item 7 on room service for a bottle of scotch and a couple of quarts of soda when the phone rang. Johnny dollar Murphy at the Coast Guard. Dollar Grammer. Look, I'm still sorry about having had to stop your chase across the lake, but the old man would have had my scalp. It's all right, Murph. Nothing you can do about it anyhow. If you've been following the radio reports on that storm, well, you might have got yourself into a lot of trouble out there. Yeah, I guess so. You'd never been able to board a yacht in it anyway. So you have any ideas? Yeah, I just received a report from our meteorological station. Oh, that storm's going down just about as fast as it build up. So if you want me to arrange a boat for you to go out there just as soon as we deem it safe. Why? What? Well, a minute. The storm is over. The boys in that yacht will start moving. After all, they got 400 grand. They've got a stash away somewhere. Oh, yeah, that's true. By the time I could sail over, the way they've been riding out the storm, Lord knows where they could get to. Yeah, but now dollar but now, wait a minute. Yeah, Murph, I just got me a wild idea. Wild enough to work. Oh, the storm is breaking up now. It's beginning to. Then, mister, by the time that yacht is able to get underway, I'm going to be right on top of those guys. Just remember what I said. Right on top of them. Expensive seven three bucks and a quarter for a taxi out to the municipal airport. Along the way I noticed the rain was letting up. The wind was dying down at one side of the airport. I found exactly what I was looking for. Within a couple of minutes was in a little office talking with Tinker Barnum, owner of the Barnum Flying Service. Sure dollars. Complete equipment for it. Winch line, slings, everything. Good. You see, we not only give a lot of demonstrations, instruction, that sort of thing, but now and then a Coast Guard calls on us to help with an actual rescue at sea. What'd you say Your price is? 300. That includes me at the control. Okay, then it's a deal. Okay, we'll take off just as soon as the wind goes down a few more knots. Oh, sorry, Tank. We gotta take off right away. But if the wind starts blowing up again. It won't. And I got that straight from the Coast Guard. You're sure of that? I'm sure. So let's go. Well, I don't know if the tower will Give me clearance, then forget the tower. Well, now, wait a minute. 400, but I could lose my license dollar get in a lot of trouble. There's nothing else taking off from the field right now. I know, but that site that just came in had a pretty rough time of it. Tell the tower it's an emergency, a rescue operation if you have to, but please, let's get going. Now listen, it could be very dangerous. All right. That's a chance we'll have to take. 500. 550. Keep talking. After all, it's 400,000 bucks this thing. What? 600 bucks? Take it or leave it. Okay, dollar let's go out and warm up the old windmill. Attab. It was my first ride in a helicopter. And brother, what an introduction. I've been aboard regular planes in rough weather lots of times. But the way that wind tossed us around, picked us up and let us down. And with nothing but the broad wind chop surface of Lake Erie below us. Well, it was inexperienced to say the least. The first half hour, Tink was fighting the controls every inch of the day under the gray, ominous scudding clouds that raced by overhead. Then all of a sudden the clouds left us. The sun came out in all its Glo. Most welcome sight of scene in year when the air calmed down. Then finally standing out clearly under us was the Canadian shoreline. Look ahead dollar over to the left a bit. Yeah, I think that neck of land, that peninsula sticking out into the lake. Yeah, I see it. Long Point. And the yacht was supposed to be riding out the storm in the lee of it. I don't see it. The lee side would be the look holding on the far side of the point. That's a cruiser, Johnny. But is it the right one? Come on, take us down to her. Right. Meantime, I'll get the sling ready so you can drop me down in the deck. Right. I still don't know how Tink figured he could pilot that helicopter and at the same time lower me to the deck of the yacht. That he can handle a winch. But he swore he'd done it before in rescue operations and he could do it again. He made a couple of close passes and I was able to identify John Harker at the helm. A tough looking character standing beside him. So it had to be McNair's shot. Then I suddenly realized there were not only two of them, but they both knew who I was. Knew all about my interest in the robbery. I could be at a slight disadvantage. Sure, dollar they'd shoot you dead before you Even hit the deck. Think I can't remember when a lie has ever paid off or even worked? I've got to try one this time. Well, listen, we could simply keep a line on them and find out where they. So, yeah, what happens when this expeder runs out of gas? Yeah. Oh, well, I can radio the Canadian Coast Guard. Now, by the time they get through the necessary red tape to hold those boys and get here from wherever the nearest station is. Yeah, I see what you mean. Okay then. Johnny, open the door. Use this megaphone. Thanks. I'll hang around over them. Right. Arthur. Arthur. He's cut his power. And the hand to his ear. Parker, this is Johnny Dollar. You hear me? You hear me? All right, wave with your right hand. It's okay, he can hear you. McNair wants you to know the police have found the man who did the robbery. They shut him down. He waves. Okay? Yeah. Parker, they haven't found the money yet. McNe says you will have to blow them a break. And the first are all the way to Radzivill. Hey, what was that, Johnny? You get that, Hacker? I said that. Look, I'll drop on down there, stop your engines and I'll drop down to your deck on a line. You get that? Emotion's okay, Johnny, to come ahead. Set me down there, Tinker, and make it gentle, will you? You got your gun real handy, right? I still don't like this, but down you go. Swinging around under that copter, hoping I'd hit the deck of the Buffalo was no fun. It was a pretty small target and the yacht was still popping heavily. I think it was an expert. And a couple of minutes later I saw the deck slowly coming up to me. Slower, slower. Coming down too fast. That's it. That's more like it. Glad to see you, $. Can't you steady that boat a little better? Give me a hand when I get down there. Sure, don't worry, we'll take care of you. Get ready to pull the release cord, Johnny. Steady now. Steady. There you go. Make a list. Nice work, Dollar. Let me give you a hand. Thank you, yes. While Billy here takes your gun away from you. Oh, no, you don't got it, baby. Now just one funny move, darling. I pull this trigger. You see what I mean? Oh, yes, I see. Yeah. Just one funny move. Okay, Hawker. Now watch. You know something, Billy? I think it might be a very good idea for you to pull that trigger anyway. All right. Risk him, Billy. Make sure Dollar hasn't got another gun on him. That's just what I'm doing, baby, just what I'm doing. And it's all right. He's clean now. What did you take me for, dollar A fool. Did you think I'd be crazy enough to believe what you were shouting down from that helicopter, whatever it was? Well, as a matter of fact, Hugger most of the who was double. And did you think I believe that old fool McNair sent you out? Yeah, that's a laugh. That God fisted old co. Shut up, Billy. That story the police have gunned down the man who stole the money from the Emporium. Don't make me laugh. You like to see that money before you go, darling. Like to run your fingers over 400 GS? Yeah, Billy, why not? It's all stashed away in that chain. Lock up for it. But you ain't never going to see. You're never going to see anything anymore. Can I kill him now, Hawker? Can I, huh? No, no, wait. Huh? Stop waving that gun around. That helicopter gets out of sight. Okay, sure. Well, what's hanging around for? I don't know. $, get the load of the cabin. You stay here, Billy, but keep that gun on through the door. That fly boy can't see it if somebody closes. Sure, go ahead, Dollar sure, why not? Now you just sit right there on that bunk and don't make a move, you understand? But all I got to do is pull the trigger in here and neither your pal up in that chop it or nobody else is going to know it. Has he gone away yet, Harker? No, no, he's circling around again. Make a sign to him then. Make a sign everything's okay. Go ahead, Harker. That'll send him away. You just keep dollar under control. Now. Don't you worry about him. You just go ahead and sign that chopper okay up there. Everything's okay. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. Dad, look. You see, I told you that to get rid of him. Yeah, yeah, there he goes. And maybe I better start digging up something to make Donna sink to the bottom. What? Well, you know, the lead I'm gonna fill him with might not be enough. You see what I mean? Yeah, very fine, go ahead. Only watch him. He's tricky. I can handle him. Baby. Wait, wait. Why, what's the matter? That cop is coming back again. I'll shoot him down. I can hit him. Oh no. You. Then get us underway. Give her the power and get us underway. Then that guy will know everything's okay. Maybe you're right. I'll try it. During all the talk I sat there in the bunk looking into the muzzle of Billy's.38, knowing these were desperate men with a lot at stake. And if I made one false move, he wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger. Even if he took the gun off me for a couple of seconds, there was nothing in reach I could use for a weapon. Could even pick up and throw at him. We were. Willie, Copper's going away again. I told you so. Can I shoot him now? Can I kill him? I better wait a couple minutes more to make sure. Only will I find some chains or something to tie around and make him sink in the locker under that bunk he's got him sitting on. Okay? Okay. All right, now, $, get off of that bunk and walk up to the front of the camp. Go ahead. Don't forget, I've got this done on. Yeah. The copter was going back to shore. Time was running out. Then I saw them. A duplicate set of controls there at the front of the cabin. Steering wheel, throttle, everything. Go ahead, $. Keep your hands up over your head. Up high. Rising off the bunk, my hands over my head, I half stumbled as though from the motion from the boat. I lurched against the wheel and grabbed it and swung it hard up for the boat. Swung around. Crazy. Hey, what do you think, Rousy shark? Billy, what's the matter? Billy? Billy, what's happened down there? Plenty, Harker. And if you want some of the same strong Dollar, dead wrong, because I have a gun, too. Not another st. I see what you mean. Too bad you didn't take Billy when you. Billy. Billy. Okay, okay, okay. I'm a hokey. You think I'm going to wait any longer to kill this guy? You crazy? Okay, Billy, go ahead and kill him. You the only. Look that cop what's coming right out, smash into us. Stop him. Kill him. You bet I will. No, you pull the p. The cop to the fly boy. Shoot him. My last chance. They turned to fire a tinker up in the copter. I lunged against Billy, shoved him over the side. By the time Marker turned to fire at me, I was on top of him, swinging with everything my hat killed. You all right? Quite all right. All right, Johnny. Okay, okay, okay. You want to pick up what's left of Billy out there in the water? Sure, Johnny. After all, that's what I told the tower. This was the rescue operation. See you back in Buffalo. Yeah. Like Billy had said, the stolen money, all of it was stashed away in the place Ford chain locker. So after tying up Harker with all the line I could find. I started the engine of that beautiful yacht, but then suddenly realized. Well, put it this way. If Tinker and his copter hadn't stayed with me, so help me, I'd never have found my way back to Buffalo. So, expense account total, including an even thousand bucks for Tinker Barnum. And please don't argue about it. Plus the trip back to Hartford, plus the previous charges you haven't yet paid me for. $1,800 even. And believe me, it's a bargain. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Now here is our star to tell you about next week's story. Next week, two beautiful girls. One of them a sweetheart and one of them a killer. Join us, won't you? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, starring Bob Bailey, originates in Hollywood and is written, produced and directed by Jack Johnstone. Heard in our cast were Lawrence Dobkin, Bartlett Robinson, James McCallion, Dick Krena, Junius Matthews and Gil Stratton. This is Jim Matthews speaking.