The Kranesburg Matter - Ep 2 (3rd of 6)

From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar. Oh, yes, Miss Crane. I phoned a little while ago and your maid said you were out You've had a $20,000 pearl necklace stolen. I thought you might want to talk about it I have talked about it. The local police were quite thorough. Well, let's say there have been some new developments

That's what I want to see you about I I suppose you want to come out here. Oh, thank you. Well, a half hour from now be convenient. Couldn't we talk about this over the phone?

If 45 minutes will be better for you, I'll be glad to cooperate. You seem to be a very persistent man. I usually get what I go after. Know something, Mr. Dollar? What? So do I.

Oh, then this might turn out to be interesting. See in a half hour. 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 Investigator Johnny Dollar, location Cranesburg, Ohio, to the home office Tri-State Guarantee Company Hartford, Connecticut. Assignment, the Cranesburg Meta, expense account continued. Item, $20,000.

The face value of the policy on a pearl necklace stolen one week ago from Miss Melba Crane. Young Socialite, one of the last two surviving members of the town's most aristocratic family. And, according to her own statement, a girl who always got what she went after.

Well, I'd almost got what I'd gone after. I'd at least made contact with Smiley Prell, a jewel thief who'd phoned Hartford and offered a deal. But that was all. Smiley had clammed up, started to stall, and implied the whole thing was blowing up at his face.