WROW, Albany, New York.

Johnny Deller. This is Frank Harmon, Johnny, a Tri-Western Life here in Hartford. Hi, Frankie. Where have you been, anyway? Oh, I just got back from Lake Tahoe out on the West Coast. Well, and it's no wonder Jack Price couldn't get hold of you. Price in your office down in Corpus Christi? That's right. He called and told me he'd been trying to get you on the phone for several days.

Oh, well, I'm sorry. Jack Price couldn't get hold of you. Price in your office down in Corpus Christi? That's right. He called and told me he'd been trying to get you on the phone for several days.

Oh, well, I'm sorry. He has a problem, a pretty big one. When he couldn't reach you, he sent it on. He sent her on to us. It? Her? What is it? Both. So come on over here, will you? There's no time to waste.

Oh, what's it all about?

Well, all I can tell you is...

Well, somehow, you've got to prevent a murder.

CBS Radio brings you Bob Bailey

in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account,

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly investigator Johnny Dollar

to the New England Office of Tri-Western Life Insurance Company.

Following as an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the unworthy kin matter.

After the Lake Tahoe mess, I was ready for a nice long rest, but a job's a job.

So expense account I don't want, $110 for a cab back to Frank Harmon's office at Tri-Weston in the big new building on the square.

Glad you finally got back here, Johnny. Hi, Frankie. Sit down. I'll get right to the point. Okay. I'll try to give you the whole story before she gets here. Oh, she? The name is Gene Unworthy. Unworthy? That's right. That's a funny one. Well, our little problem isn't very funny. Well, listen. I'm listening. About four, maybe five years ago, up in Hipsilanti, Michigan, a prominent businessman was killed by a guy named Eric Bean. Oh, you're telling me. It was a ruthless, pointless, wanton murder, simply because the victim refused to give him a few bucks. And the defense tried to get Bean out of it on grounds of temporary insanity. That's right. But instead, they sent him up to the Michigan State Prison, gave him life with no chance of parole. Oh, yeah. Remember, it just happens I was in on that case. Hmm? Oh, of course. Of course you were. Well, all right, then. Well, I didn't play a very important part in it, I have to admit, but I was there. And you were there during his trial? From the first to the last gavel. Yeah, and you know what Eric Bean did when the judge pronounced sentence on him. Yeah, that's right. Because it could be that Bean thought his remarks were partly aimed at me. mean, let's talk about getting even with him. All right, sure. Sure, I'll go up to your lousy, stinking prison. Order! Order! Order in the court! But if you think you can keep me in it, you're crazy. Order! Order! Will someone restrain the prisoner? Because I'm going to get out. I do I'm going to kill everybody everybody that had anything to do. You're going to me up. Officer, restrain that, man. No. Don't take your hands off. I'm going to kill anybody. Order. Do you want to get it. Yeah. Yeah, Frankie. It was the typical threat of a tough criminal to get out someday and get even with everybody.

By killing them.

That's what he said.

Including you?

Well, I told you I really didn't have too much to do with the case, so there's no real reason for Bean to hold a grudge against me.

Was there any real reason for the murder?

Well, no. But listen, you know how little those courtroom threats usually mean well then you're not at all worried over the fact that eric bean

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