The Fishing Boat Affair

This you can really call a fish story and I was the live bait This is another in the adventures of America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar At insurance investigation Johnny Dollar is only an expert at making out his expense account. He's an absolute genius expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar

Two intercontinental marine insurance company, Hartford, Connecticut. The following is an accounting of my expenditures during assignment in San Pedro, California, investigating the loss of two pieces of property insured by you. Or the tuna were running and so was everybody else.

Or I caught a fishing boat but you should have seen the one that got away. to count out of one $176.87. Airfare from home base and hard for it to off-taste in California. Expense account out of two, $10.

Can't fare, Los Angeles Municipal Airport, to the waterfront office, to the Pacific Deep Sea Canning Company in San Pedro. There was perfume in the air, channel number five. Inside, the name on the door said, Walt.

That's who I wanted to see, so I walked in. Well, who are you? I'm here to follow up the claim you made to Winter Continental Marine Insurance Company. My name is Johnny Dollar. Oh, would you bring the money? I need boats. A tuna running.

No, Mr. Walton. I didn't bring any money. All I brought is a suspicious nature and an inquisitive mind. What the devil do you mean by that crack? I don't get your fishiness to Mr. Walton. This is standard procedure.

No insurance company is going to shell out $400,000 without first taking a long lingering look. Well, there's not much to look at. Yeah, so I understand. According to your claim, too, of your boats, the...