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The Smoky Sleeper Matter

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar · August 25, 1957 · 28 min · 4,802 words

The transcript of “The Smoky Sleeper Matter”, an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar first broadcast August 25, 1957. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar plays Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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From Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dollar Fred Larkin Johnny New Jersey fire and casually Hope I didn't get you out of bed. What you sure did Freddie, but how are things in Trenton in Trenton fine in the little town of Weinland. I'm not so sure fine. I'm about halfway between Philadelphia and Atlantic City

That's the place what goes down there fire arson. That's what I hope you can find out well Any reason for suspicion? Yes A man who holds the policy on $83,000 worth of betting. betting? Okay, friend, I'll grab the first train.

Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly? Johnny Dollar. And now, act one of yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Expense account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar.

To the New Jersey Fire and Casually Insurance Company Home Office Trenton, New Jersey. following as an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the smokey sleeper matter expensive on item one ten seventy five fair and incidentals hard for the trend item two eighty cents taxi to Fred larkins office on West state street

he lost no time in getting right to the point that's right eighty three thousand total loss well who's filed a claim friend names been married so loner and manager of bennmer furniture sales in philadelphia sort of a small chain scattered around all over the city i thought you said the lost was in final it was that's where he had a big warehouse all of his stores are

in Philly he claims it's cheaper than maintaining a big warehouse in the city also apparently it's close to a couple of sources of supply he's been a good account Johnny we've made a lot of money on his policies well it sounds like you vision him quite a few now we have you see in addition to the usual coverage on

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