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The Shady Lane Matter - Ep 4

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar · July 12, 1956 · 14 min · 2,268 words

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From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar hello hello Hello hello Sorry to scare off your collar Ben. You always answer other people's phones. Mr. Dollar Yeah, when it's right at my elbow and when I want to find out who's calling at this time and I did you find out?

I think so. I know of only one person in the township who'd probably hang up when they heard my voice and Who you reckon that'd be mr. Dollar Millie Wells, Jed. Who else? I think you'd believe Millie out of this if you don't mind.

I can understand your concern, Ben, but I'm afraid I can't go along with it. Your wife has been murdered. Gossip around town says you and Millie have been interested in each other. And Millie stood trial four years ago on a charge of murder.

Ended up, Ben. Ended up. Tonight and every weekday night, Bob Bailey and the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator... Yours truly... Johnny Dollar. From special investigative Johnny Dollar location Shady Lane Vermont to the home office star mutual insurance company Hartford Connecticut assignment the Shady Lane matter

expense account continued. It was a messy case hard to move around in. A small community and everybody in it was a neighbor or friend of everybody else. Except of course the unknown person who had murdered Ellen, Ben Bates invalid wife.

But the ties were close. Eleanor turned out was the niece of Constable Jed Bramler. And Sarah Preeney next door neighbor had accused Ben of carrying on with waitress Millie Wells, who was a good friend of Constable Bramler.

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