Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Really Gone Matter 08/30/1959

Summary

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Podcast Summary: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – The Really Gone Matter"

Episode Date: December 29, 2025
Original Air Date: August 30, 1959
Podcast: Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
Host: Choice Classic Radio
Featured Star: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

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Overview

In "The Really Gone Matter," freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is drawn into a puzzling case in Eugene, Oregon. He must locate the beneficiary of a $50,000 life insurance policy named Jonathan Doe—a man who appears to have vanished right after the policyholder’s death. The deeper Johnny investigates, the stranger the circumstances become, casting suspicion on everyone involved and raising questions as to whether Jonathan Doe even exists.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. The Case Assignment ([01:32]–[04:13])

• Johnny Dollar is briefed by Pat McCracken and Les Fairfoot of Tri Western Life Insurance.
• The unusual case involves the missing beneficiary of Harvey Wakeman’s life insurance: Jonathan Doe of Eugene, Oregon—an almost generic, mysterious name.
• The policy's instructions are strict: Payment must go to Jonathan Doe, or, if absent for seven years, to the secondary beneficiary.

Quote (Johnny Dollar, 01:45):
“Oh, now wait a minute. You sure this isn’t a gag of some kind?”
Pat McCracken: “Hardly. I have a photo of the policy right here in front of me.”

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2. Arriving in Eugene: First Suspicions ([04:13]–[08:18])

• Johnny travels cross-country, meets Les Fairfoot in Eugene, who provides background:
  • Harvey Wakeman, a retired professor and successful farmer, left the policy.
  • His "best friend," Jonathan Doe, is the beneficiary, but is missing since Wakeman’s death three months prior.
  • Wakeman’s wife and son were left the family farm (worth much more than the policy).

Quote (Les Fairfoot, 05:26):
“Jonathan Doe was Wakeman’s best friend... but now my problem is, I can’t find Jonathan Doe. He just disappeared around the same time Wakeman died.”

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3. Interviewing the Wakeman Family ([08:18]–[10:14])

• Johnny visits the farm and meets Ben Wakeman (son) and Mrs. Wakeman (widow).
• Both claim no real knowledge of Jonathan Doe, despite his supposed close ties to Harvey.
  • Mrs. Wakeman speculates: Did Doe leave in grief? Or was he murdered?
  • Neither Ben nor his mother ever met Doe, or even visited his farm until he disappeared.

Quote (Mrs. Wakeman, 09:14):
“Any reason why Jonathan Doe wasn’t just, well, murdered?”

• Suspicion grows as nobody seems to have interacted with Doe directly.

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4. Investigating Jonathan Doe’s Existence ([10:14]–[13:00])

• Johnny speaks to townsfolk, the post office, merchants, nearby farmers—no one knows Jonathan Doe.
• Johnny visits Doe’s farm—finds evidence of farming but no sign of a real, active life (no car, livestock, or presence).
• City hall records show all documentation signed by John Waverly, Wakeman's lawyer, via power of attorney—nobody in records office met Doe.

Quote (Johnny Dollar, 12:12):
“Hey, now, wait a minute. Where’s the signature on these?”
Records Clerk: “They were all signed by Mr. Waverly.”

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5. Back to Police & Revisiting Motives ([13:00]–[15:53])

• Johnny consults Sergeant Conroy at police HQ. No progress: No one’s seen Doe.
• Key point arises: If Doe is never found, after seven years the money goes to Ben Wakeman—raising potential for motive.
• Johnny considers whether Ben, the secondary beneficiary, could be involved in Doe’s disappearance but doubts arise due to Ben’s reputation.

Quote (Sergeant Conroy, 15:29):
“Is when Mrs. Wakeman starts...I always did feel sorry for Mr. Wakeman having that mouth of hers around all the time.”

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6. Confrontation & Unraveling the Truth ([15:53]–[21:00])

• Johnny confronts the Wakemans about Ben being the secondary beneficiary; emotions run high, Mrs. Wakeman is offended, and tempers flare.
• Johnny seeks John Waverly, the lawyer, for answers about the paperwork and Doe's alleged existence.
• Waverly reveals the twist: Jonathan Doe never existed. Wakeman invented him as a legal device:
  • The money couldn’t go to Ben or Mrs. Wakeman immediately; Doe served as a legal placeholder.
  • Seven years later, Ben (now an adult) will get both the insurance payout and the Doe farm.
  • The scheme protected Ben and Wakeman’s estate from instability or impulsive decisions after the patriarch’s death.

Quote (Waverly, 20:30):
“A real John Doe in the true legal sense. The fictitious name of a completely non-existent person. But for such a sound, logical, for such a good reason...”

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7. Aftermath & Johnny’s Closing Thoughts ([21:00]–[21:36])

• Waverly urges Johnny to keep the truth concealed until Ben is mature and ready for the inheritance.
• Johnny agrees; the case closes with a quiet satisfaction. The "missing person" was a legal artifice—case solved.

Quote (Johnny Dollar, 21:10):
“Yeah, sure. No less. You can just hold this $50,000 payment outside and outstanding for a while. And don’t forget to keep up the adventure, dishonor.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Johnny Dollar's bemusement:
  “I began to wonder if this John Doe ever existed. But then at City Hall...I had that idea knocked right out of my head.” ([11:47])
• The twist revealed by Waverly:
  “For the simple reason that he was never alive…By inventing this Jonathan Doe…all of it completely legal. By the way, I attended to this myself.” ([20:00–20:41])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Case Introduction - [01:32]
• Wakeman Family Interview - [08:18–10:14]
• Evidence Search/No One Remembers Doe - [10:14–13:00]
• Lawyer Waverly’s Reveal - [19:04–21:00]
• Resolution - [21:00–21:36]

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Episode Tone & Style

Classic Johnny Dollar: sardonic, witty, methodical, and compassionate. The episode mixes dry humor (about redheads, chatty mothers, and insurance policies) with the intrigue and red herrings typical of old-time radio detective stories. The twist—that the missing beneficiary was a legal fiction—delivers both a clever narrative payoff and a commentary on the lengths people would go to protect their families.

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Summary

"The Really Gone Matter" is a deft blend of mystery, rural eccentricity, and legal sleight-of-hand. At its heart is the myth of a missing beneficiary and Johnny Dollar’s dogged search for the truth, which ultimately lies not in malice or murder, but in a father’s clever plan for his son’s financial future.

The cleverness of the plot and the quirky supporting characters make this episode a classic example of golden age radio detective storytelling—ending with Johnny Dollar, as always, one step ahead, but in this case, a little wiser about the unpredictable nature of human motivation.

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Transcript

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[Johnny Dollar]

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 [e-mail] Percival Leslie Fairfoot Percival. What he's had man at Tri Western Life Insurance company in Eugene, Oregon. Oh, brother. With a name like that, what's bothering the dear boy, Pat? Exactly. $50,000. Yeah. How'd he lose it? He didn't. He wants to give it to the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. What's the name of this beneficiary? Jonathan Doe, also of Eugene, Oregon. Jonathan John Doe. Oh, now wait a minute. You sure this isn't a gag of some kind? Hardly. I have a photo of the policy right here in front of me. Okay, Pratt, I'll take your word for it. I also think it that Percy wants to hand over the money but can't find this John Doe. Right, but maybe you can. Expense account at my usual commission based on face value of the policy. Well now, Johnny, we usually make that for Sam's deal and whatever you may be able to save the company, but in this case. But in this case you'll stretch a point and give it to me. I didn't. Okay, Pat, it's the deal. I'll be in touch, Johnny. CBS radio brings you Bob Bailey in the intriguing adventures of the man with the action packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dallas. Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar to the Tri Western Life Insurance Company, Eugene, Oregon. Attention, Mr. Percival Leslie Fairfoot. Wow. Following is the kind of expenses incurred during my investigation of the really gone matter Percy Fairfoot and a missing beneficiary by the name of John Doe. Oh, well, it's a living. So on Sweat at a late hour. Item one is 162.85 plane fare. Hartford to New York to Portland, Oregon. For some reason or other, I couldn't get to sleep during the cross country flight. Of course, it may have had something to do with the good looking redhead in the seat next to me. In any event, by the time we pulled into Portland a few minutes after 4am I was bushed. Then I had to wait some four hours for the local flight to Eugene. It was after 11am when I finally walked into the office of Tri Western on Jefferson Street. I was tired, hungry and in no mood to bandy wars with anybody by the name of Percy.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

The office straight ahead, Mr. Dollar.

[Johnny Dollar]

Thanks.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

He's expecting you. Very anxious to see you.

[Johnny Dollar]

Oh yeah, I'm sure. Well, come in, Dollar. Close the door and come in and sit down. You're Percival Leslie? Yeah, that's right. Call me Lesson. Come in, come in.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Sure.

[Johnny Dollar]

Well, you look like you've been run for a ringer, Johnny. How about a little drink? Think that might help? No, no thanks. Or is it because you've been nipping at the jug all the way out here? Oh, highly. Of course, there was that redhead in the seat next to mine. Oh yeah, those redheads. They'll do it to you every dime. Good looking. Well, I told you I didn't get any sleep. Baby, you're a man after my own heart. But now Listen, did Pat McCracken tell you why I wanted to see you? Something about a missing beneficiary. Now here's a story in a couple of nutshells or two. We got a lot of farms around here. Big ones, little ones, all kinds. A few years ago, Harvey Wakeman and his family came out here. That's Mrs. Wakeman and his 20 year old son Ben. It's Wakeman's policy that's involved. Just let me give it to you my own way, save time. Yes. Shoot. Well, Wakeman used to be a professor at some agriculture college somewhere back east. When his doctor told him if he didn't stop teaching and retire. He'd die before his time. Why? He came out here and bought this farm up this side of Coburg and went to work on it. He called that retiring? Oh, he did wonders with it. And when he died a few years ago, I don't know. Yeah, a wife and son. That's right. But he left the insurance to somebody by the name of. That's right. To a man named Jonathan Doe. Just who is this John Doe? Ask me, Johnny, he isn't. Well, what do you mean by that? Ask me. Jonathan Doe is dead. Now, he must have known old man Wakeman was leaving him this money. So why isn't he around to collect it? Yeah, I see. Tell me one thing, Les. What's that? How did Wakeman die? Sound asleep in his own bed, in his own house. Nothing to be suspicious about, if that's what you meant. Okay. Now let's get back to Jonathan Do Wakeman's best friend. Johnny had a farm just north of Wakeman's on a little side road. The way I understand it, Wakeman spent almost as much time this past year over at Jonathan's helping him out as he did on his own farm. His best friend. Yeah, that's why he left him the insurance money. After all, he left his widow and his boy his own farm worth three or four times that much. I see. But now my problem is I can't find Jonathan Doe. Only just disappear. Just disappeared when? About the same time Harvey Wakeman died. Near as we can figure it, that was three months ago. What do the police think? Well, they decided the only thing we can do is wait. Maybe he'll show up again. But you ask me, Johnny. Yeah. That means wait for seven years until he's legally presumed not to be alive and then give the money to the secondary beneficiary. Legally presumed not to be alive? That's a funny way to put it. That's the way Harvey Wakeman had me write it in his policy. But you know what it means, Johnny? Sure. The statute of limitations. When someone fails to show up for seven years, the law presumes him to be deceased, but this company doesn't like that sort of stuff hanging over its head. So Johnny is up to you. Either find this Jonathan or more likely, prove him dead. So how are you going to start? You know something? Yeah. Well, you've given me so much to go on, right? Unless I haven't the least idea. Expense account item. 250 bucks deposited on a rental car after a big lunch at Les Fairfields. Expense. I crossed the Willamette. Then drove north. A couple of miles inside of Coburg, I found the prosperous looking Wakeman farm. As I pulled up in front of the house, a clean cut young fellow in blue jeans came over to the car. Afternoon, mister. Can I help you? I'm Ben Wakeman. Yeah, hiya, Ben. My name's Johnny $$. Insurance investigator. Oh. Oh, then you must be here because of Jonathan Doe. Yeah, that's right. Sure save you people a lot of time and trouble. If Mr. Doe showed up, wouldn't it? Any idea what might have happened to him then? Me? Why, no, sir.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, I have, Mr. Dollar. I could hear you through the window. I'm Mrs. Wakeman and I have a couple of ideas about what happened.

[Johnny Dollar]

Oh, how do you do, Ms. Raymond?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

You know what I think? Well, now, Ma, I think Jonathan Doe was just so broken up over my husband's passing that he couldn't bear just staying, being able to do anything about it. One of the closest friends that ever lived. Harvey and Jonathan. I spent more time with him, helping him, loaning him his implements.

[Johnny Dollar]

Well, maybe he.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

I guess our Alice John was practiced too, over there, Ben.

[Johnny Dollar]

I know it is, Ma. And as soon as Mr. Waverly says it's okay.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

All right.

[Johnny Dollar]

All right.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Yes. Pa spent more time with him lately.

[Johnny Dollar]

Than he did here.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

And with the shock of paw going, well, I just think he went away, Ma.

[Johnny Dollar]

I don't mean to argue with you, Ben.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

The more you say no, the more I believe that you just know the best way to keep me thinking something is to say it isn't so. You're just like your father was.

[Johnny Dollar]

You. You said you had two ideas, Mrs. Wakeman.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, of course. Mr. Dollar. Any reason why this Jonathan Doe wasn't just, well, murdered?

[Johnny Dollar]

Ma, please. Any reason you know of why somebody might have murdered him?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, no, but just the same, it's a possibility, isn't it?

[Johnny Dollar]

What sort of a man was Jonathan Doe?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, according to Paul.

[Johnny Dollar]

No, no, I. I mean, in your own opinion.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, you see, I just never did get around to meet him. Goodness knows I told Pa to invite him over here to Sunday dinner.

[Johnny Dollar]

Often enough, Ben.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Sir?

[Johnny Dollar]

Well, that is, I never met him either. I offered to go there with Pa a couple of times and maybe help him out. But.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

You want the truth? Neither Ben or I ever really saw his farm close up until they told us he disappeared. It wasn't that Pa kept us away from him.

[Johnny Dollar]

It's just. Well, who around here did know Jonathan Do? Well, actually. Well, I guess even we wouldn't have known about him if it hadn't been.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

For Pa. That's true, Mr. Dallas. It's just.

[Johnny Dollar]

Kind of funny that they knew so little about Mr. Wakeman's closest friend and beneficiary of his insurance. But the more I questioned them, the more sure I became that they really did. More important As I was, Mrs. Wakeman's constant jabbering nearly drove me off my rocker. So after learning that the Eugene police had made what little investigation there was, I drove back to town. Dropped in at headquarters.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Well, you really should ought to talk.

[Johnny Dollar]

To Sergeant Conroy, Mr. Dolly. He's the one really been out looking for that John Doe. John Doe?

[Sergeant Conroy]

Ain't that a laugh?

[Johnny Dollar]

Yeah. Well, is Conway around here now? It's his afternoon off. I don't know where you'd find him. Be on duty 8am in the morning, though. Okay, thanks. I'll catch you later. I spent the rest of the afternoon contacting everybody I could think of who might have had some contact with Jonathan Do. At the post office, I learned the delivery man had only seen him at a distance driving Wakeman's tractor across the field. Another merchants remembered his having ever come in. I drove out into the country again, talked with other farmers living nearby. None of them knew anything about him, nor had ever seen his face. I drove to his farm, went over the place with a fine tooth comb. Result? Nothing. Except perhaps that it was obvious he'd never owned a car or any livestock, nor many of the usual agricultural impulse either. As a matter of fact, The Ellis Chalmers Mrs. Wakeman mentioned was the only motorized piece. Wait a minute. Yo come. I went back to Eugene again. Checked with ticket offices, bus, plane and railroad. Nothing. I began to wonder if this John Doe ever existed. But then at City hall, in the hall of records, I had that idea knocked right out of my head.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, here are the records, Mr. Dollar.

[Johnny Dollar]

All in order. Dollar. Tell me this. Did you ever see and talk to this man?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, no.

[Johnny Dollar]

Well, who in this office might have talked to him?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, I would have, but you see.

[Johnny Dollar]

Hey, now, wait a minute. Where's the signature on these?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, you see, they were all signed by Mr. Waverly.

[Johnny Dollar]

Waverly?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, that's lawyer.

[Johnny Dollar]

John Waverly had his power of attorney. Well, I find him.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, I understand he went up to Portland this afternoon.

[Johnny Dollar]

Oh, son of a gun. Somebody around this town must have known this Jonathan Doe. Must have seen him somewhere sometime. Of course, Mr. Sarah. All right, who?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Well, now, that's something. I just don't know.

[Johnny Dollar]

It was late and I was beat, so I grabbed dinner In a room at the barkley. That's item three, 1170. And spent the next nine hours getting some much needed sleep. Item four, first thing in the morning, a buck 85 for breakfast. Then I barged on over to police headquarters again. Sergeant Conroy was cooperative enough, but not very helpful if you know what I mean.

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[Johnny Dollar]

But Sergeant, it did. It just doesn't make sense that no one, not one around here is.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Well, if only I didn't know young Ben so well. Not you've seen him chip off the old block.

[Johnny Dollar]

Just as hard working, just as honest as his followers. Well, what about him?

[Sergeant Conroy]

Well, anybody else but him, I'd have.

[Johnny Dollar]

Locked him up first and asked the questions later. What are you talking about? Thinking of that?

[Sergeant Conroy]

Do you ever get so many answers.

[Johnny Dollar]

To questions you didn't ask?

[Sergeant Conroy]

Is when Mrs. Wakeman starts.

[Johnny Dollar]

Nice enough woman.

[Sergeant Conroy]

I guess I always did feel sorry for Mr. Wakeman having that mouth of hers around all the.

[Johnny Dollar]

Wait a minute. What? What do you mean about young Ben?

[Sergeant Conroy]

The insurance? What? What?

[Johnny Dollar]

Secondary beneficiary. You know it's Ben who gets that money if Jonathan do never shows up.

[Sergeant Conroy]

That's right.

[Johnny Dollar]

At least that's. Are you sure of that. That's what I understood from Les Fairford.

[Sergeant Conroy]

He's the.

[Johnny Dollar]

Yeah, yeah, I know who he is. But why he didn't tell me that? All right, I'll see you later. Look, $, I told you about that boy. That boy is somebody I want to find out more about for myself. Expense account, item 5. 10 cents for a telephone call to Les Fairfoot. Johnny, you're not trying to tell me Ben could have killed Jonathan?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

No.

[Johnny Dollar]

To get that 50,000 seven years from now, didn't he? Oh, I know that boy. I've known him for years. Or maybe he paid him off to disappear this way, when by simply staying around, he could get 50,000 bucks. Are you sure that Jonathan knew he was beneficiary of that policy? Well, I certainly imagine old man Wakeman would have told him so. Wakeman ever say he did? Oh, no. You ever tell us of Jonathan? I never even met him. Not you nor anybody else. And I've been wasting all this time trying to find someone who did, who knew something about him. But, brother, that's all beside the point now. What are you gonna do? Go out to that farm for a showdown with Ben Wakeman? Showdown? I'm afraid I kind of made a fool of myself trying to trick that boy into confessing that he disposed of Jonathan. Joe, he had an answer for everything. But I mean a straightforward, honest, eye to eye answer.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

As for his mother, Dan, who's worked so hard to take care of me and Pa ever since he first got sick. How can you say such a thing?

[Johnny Dollar]

It's all right now, mother. It's just Mr. Donald.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Just that he's accusing you of the most horrible, the most awful things, and he has no right to. Well, look, you think that Dan, this wonderful boy who's taken such good care of this farm, just like his father wanted, and who's even taken care of Jonathan's place ever since he. And taken care of us. I ought to psych your eyes out for even thinking such a.

[Johnny Dollar]

Well, I. I'm sorry. Sorry, Mrs. Waverley.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

You'd better be. And you just gotta get out of here.

[Johnny Dollar]

Mother, please.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

I had me since I'd sue you. I'd call up John Waverly and say.

[Johnny Dollar]

Wait a minute. Waverly?

[Mrs. Wakeman]

That's right. Lawyer Waverly.

[Johnny Dollar]

He was Dad's attorney, Mr.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Darling.

[Johnny Dollar]

Your father's too, of course. Then he's the one I want to see.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Just don't you worry about that. You just come around here like this anymore and you'll see him in court.

[Johnny Dollar]

Mrs. Wakeman.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Go on now get out.

[Johnny Dollar]

Mrs. Wakeman, I may end up by owing you a big fat apology.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

You certainly will.

[Johnny Dollar]

But right now, until I talk with this lawyer.

[Mrs. Wakeman]

Right now you can just get out of here.

[Johnny Dollar]

Yes, ma'. Am.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Well, I can't say that you were very wise, Mr. Dollar, trying to, shall we say, cross swords with Mrs. Wakeman.

[Johnny Dollar]

You see, she was one of the.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Reasons Harvey Wakeman spent so much time on his. On the farm of Jonathan Doe. Just to get some peace and quiet.

[Johnny Dollar]

Yeah. Now, Mr. Waverly, let's stop beating around the bush. Are you going to tell me something about this John Doe? No, no. You're the one person I found you had his power of attorney. You're the one person who must have seen him, must have known him. No, Mr. Dollar, no. What? What are you talking about?

[Sergeant Conroy]

Did you see Wakeman's insurance policy?

[Johnny Dollar]

I know about it, naturally.

[Sergeant Conroy]

First beneficiary, Jonathan Doe. Right. The money to go to the second beneficiary.

[Johnny Dollar]

Yes.

[Sergeant Conroy]

@ such time as Jonathan Doe legally is presumed not to be.

[Johnny Dollar]

Alive. Sure, when the statute of limitations runs out at the end of seven years. But it's kind of a screwy way to put.

[Sergeant Conroy]

It. I had him put it that way. Huh. True. Said until such time as Jonathan.

[Johnny Dollar]

Doe legally is presumed deceased, would have meant.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Nothing. What? That's right. For the simple reason that he was never alive. Ben is a young man. His father loved him very dearly. The boy meant everything to him. Wakeman knew he didn't have long to live. He arranged it so that his farm and the profits from it would pass to his widow. And his son. Well, of course. But he wanted to do more for the boy after Ben had really reached maturity. And do it incidentally, without seeming to slight his widow. So, by inventing this Jonathan Doe, putting the other farm in Jonathan's name, all of it completely legal. By the way, I attended to this.

[Johnny Dollar]

Myself. It means the 50,000 can't possibly. Can't possibly go to bed while he's still a.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Kid. Exactly. Nor could his widow, and she's not the most level headed woman in the world. Nor could she possibly upset the whole.

[Johnny Dollar]

Plan. And the other.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Form? I can show you papers in my files that will turn that over to Ben when he receives the.

[Johnny Dollar]

Insurance. But I will be a monkey, sir. Then this Jonathan was the real.

[Sergeant Conroy]

McCoy? A real John Doe in the true legal sense. The fictitious name of a completely non existent person. But for such a sound, logical, for such a good reason, Mr. Dollar, that I, I. Tell.

[Johnny Dollar]

Me.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Yeah. Don't you agree it's best if neither Ben nor his mother find out about this until, say, until about seven years from.

[Johnny Dollar]

Now. Yeah, sure. No less. You can just hold this $50,000 payment outside and outstanding for a while. And don't forget to keep up the adventure dishonor. Also, I think you have sense enough to keep your mouth shut about it. So expense accounts total, including another hotel bill and the trip back to Hydrid.

[Sergeant Conroy]

40105. Yours, Julene. Johnny.

[Johnny Dollar]

Down. Now here is our star to tell you about next week's story. Next week, a very clever device to cover a.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Murder. And it almost.

[Johnny Dollar]

Worked. Join us, won't you? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, starring Bob Daly, originates in Hollywood and is written, produced and directed by Jack Johnstone. Heard in our cast were Virginia Greg, Lawrence Dobkin, Marvin Miller, Sam Edwards, junior Matthews, Stacy Harris and Bart.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Robinson. Be sure to join us next.

[Johnny Dollar]

Week, same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly.

[Sergeant Conroy]

Donnie$. This is Dan Coverley.

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