Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Sidewinder Matter 02/07/1960

Speaker 0· Host0:00

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Johnny Dollar0:13

[phone rings] Johnny Dollar.

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:18

Johnny, this is Jake Kessler. You know, Greater Southwest Insurance Company.

Johnny Dollar0:22

Out there in Kingman, Arizona?

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:24

That's right.

Johnny Dollar0:24

Well, hiya, Jake. What's on your mind?

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:26

Uh, one of my clients, Johnny, insured for $30,000, has a little cattle ranch. Name is Rafe Chism.

Johnny Dollar0:31

Rafe Chism.

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:32

That's right. Owns a Circle RC layout. Lays over between here and that Lake Mojave resort you're always going to.

Johnny Dollar0:37

What's the trouble? He losing some of his cattle?

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:39

Oh, losing plenty of them. They're being poisoned.

Johnny Dollar0:41

Oh?

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:41

Only it's not them steers I'm worried about, it's Rafe.

Johnny Dollar0:45

What do you mean?

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:45

Well, Johnny, I just found out that he just found out who's been contaminating them water troughs.

Johnny Dollar0:50

Yeah? Who, Jake?

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:50

He won't say. But listen- Yeah? ... i- if he really does, well, I know Rafe Chism pretty good, Johnny. He's a bad character. I wished I'd never sold him insurance.

Johnny Dollar0:59

Yeah, yeah.

Jake Kessler· Soundbite0:59

Well, if he does know, well, Johnny, this whole thing is gonna end up in a killing, either whoever's doing this or Rafe himself.

Johnny Dollar1:05

The Circle RC.

Jake Kessler· Soundbite1:06

That's right. So will you come out here and see what you can do about it right away?

Johnny Dollar1:09

Sure. Okay, Jake, I'll be there.

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Johnny Dollar1:29

Yours