Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Deadly Swamp Matter 04/17/1960

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Johnny Dollar0:13

[phone rings] Johnny Dollar.

Charles Kingsley St. Clair0:17

St. Clair, Mr. Dollar, in Kennett, Missouri. Would it be possible for you to come out here right away?

Johnny Dollar0:22

Kennett, Missi- what did you say your name is?

Charles Kingsley St. Clair0:24

Uh, Charles Kingsley St. Clair. I, I'm with- Oh, yeah, with Providential Assurance Company. Yes, that's right.

Johnny Dollar0:31

Yeah. Now, wait a minute. I thought you were leaving the company.

Charles Kingsley St. Clair0:34

Uh, Dollar- That you're such a gentleman, you just couldn't stand doing business with the poor, wretched clients you inherited Mr. Dollar, I am a changed man.

Johnny Dollar0:41

Well, good for you.

Charles Kingsley St. Clair0:42

It is true that some of the people that I have been sent down here to deal with, well, I, I consider them nothing more than poor white trash, ignorant, illiterate.

Johnny Dollar0:51

Well, I'll say this for them, they sure know how to make some pretty powerful moonshine.

Charles Kingsley St. Clair0:55

Right. Very true.

Johnny Dollar0:56

Yeah, if one of those characters hadn't poured some of that white mule down my gullet, I doubt if I'd have been crazy enough to go out after that killer.

Charles Kingsley St. Clair1:01

But thanks to you, Dade Wopperman was indicted, tried, found guilty, and has been incarcerated.

Johnny Dollar1:07

Yeah, that was the one, Dade Wopperman.

Charles Kingsley St. Clair1:09

Unfortunately, Mr. Dollar, Dade has a brother. His name is Daniel. Da- yeah, I beg your pardon, Daniel. He's been making trouble, very serious trouble.

Johnny Dollar1:19

Oh? Like what?

Charles Kingsley St. Clair1:20

Murders.

Johnny Dollar1:21

I see.

Charles Kingsley St. Clair1:22

So if, uh, you take a plane to Memphis, I shall be more than glad to meet you there.

Johnny Dollar1:26

Oh, now look, mister, I was lucky once,