The Phantom Chase Matter - Ep 5 (5th of 9)

From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny Deller No, it's please Johnny. How's that when you call lieutenant? I think I've got a new lead on the whereabouts of Tom Chase That room he leased under the name of Tom James remember that charred paper we found on the waste basket sure Stuff he tried to burn after he took off in a hurry the night of Freddy Quintana's murder

We could make out two numbers written on one scrap of paper Twelve and twenty-three. Haven't been able to figure out what they mean though. Neither had I, until I happen to look at the harbor news in the newspaper.

No. Yeah. You think those numbers can refer to a ship sailing? If you're twenty-three at twelve o'clock maybe. Could be, Johnny. Sure could be. How gonna work on it? Maybe I have something by the time you get here.

Lieutenant, I'll be there in seven minutes. Tonight and every weekday night, Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action packed Packed Expense Account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigators. Yes, truly. Johnny Dollar.

From Special Investigator Johnny Dollar, location New Orleans, to the Home Office Universal Adjustment Bureau, Hartford, Connecticut. Assignment, the Phantom Chase Matter. Expense Account continued. Item 16, $1.50, care for my hotel, the police headquarters in the office of Detective Lieutenant Lefebvre.

I got some of my boys working on ship salons, Johnny. The trouble is, we're not sure what date we want, and whether the 12 means noon or midnight. Pier 23's a pretty busy place. It had been several departures in the last few days.

Freddie Quintana was killed three nights ago, about 10.30 at night. Could be, the departure time was midnight that same night. Could be? And that's a line we're taking. But of course, that's assuming that Tom Chase, L.E.S., Tom James, was the one who murdered Freddie Quintana.