Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Rhymer Collection Matter 07/31/1960
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
21 min
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What is the Rhymer Collection case and why is it important?
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Johnny Dollar. Miniatures?
You know those tiny paintings, portraits usually done on porcelain.
Oh, yeah, I know what you mean. But I don't think I ever heard of any Rhymer collection.
Half a dozen of them stolen from the Rhymer Galleries in Philadelphia. Cost us something over twenty thousand dollars insurance. Never
found him, huh?
Here's the thing. I just got a phone call from Wilbert Reimer. He wants to see you just as quickly as possible.
About those miniatures.
You wouldn't say, Johnny, but I'll bet on it. And he insisted that you and only you be brought in.
Funny, since I had nothing whatsoever to do with the case.
Why not with your reputation? But
I thought you usually had a staff man to secure
the fact that our company investigator at that time was Jerry Pitcher.
Jerry Pitcher.
Yep.
The one who was suspected of complicity in some of the cases he was supposed to be investigating?
That's the one.
Well, wasn't he suspect in that robbery?
Yeah, but neither we nor the police could ever pin anything on him.
Hmm.
All we could do was fire him and warn the other insurance companies to look out for him.
Fred.
Yah?
Any idea where Jerry Pitch is operating now?
Not the least. After the Rhymer episode, he simply disappeared. Talk of his having skipped the country but nobody was sure of it.
I wonder if Reimer's suddenly got a lead on him. Okay, Freddie, I'll grab the first train.
All right.
C B S Radio brings you Bob Bailey and the exciting adventures of the man with the action backed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly? Johnny Dollar.
Oh
And now, Act One of yours truly, Johnny Dollars.
Yeah.
Expense account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar. The Mono Guarantee Insurance Company, Philadelphia Office. The following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Rimer Collection Matter. Expense account Adam one eight twenty five train fair and incidentals, Hartford to Philadelphia PA. Adam two seventy cents for a taxi to the Reimer Galleries over on Walnut Street. Mr Reimer turned out to be short, slightly grey and very, very British. Oh, let's go into my office, Mr Dollar, where we can talk and disturb. Yeah, sure, Mr Remer. Well, the art business must be pretty good with a crowd like this in the store. Pardon us.
In here I peer.
Hey, thanks.
Well, the gallery is rather well patronised this morning, isn't it? Who was it down for you? I don't. I must say, Mr. Darlo, that I many times wished that you had been assigned to the case when these priceless miniatures that I brought to me from Europe were stolen a year ago. Oh, how so? Well, they were so vastly uninsured, sir.
How does Johnny Dollar learn about the stolen miniatures and the insurance loss?
A man of your capabilities would have been able to find them for him.
Yeah.
Maybe. You instead of that.
Jerry Pitcher. I understand that although nobody could prove anything, you suspected him of somehow being involved in that loss. Oh yes.
If only because of his failure to investigate it properly. But now look further. It's some. This cheque has a direct relationship with the unusual number of people visiting the gallery this morning. Mm-hmm. This check was made out by
you.
Yes. I intend to put it in the mails before the day is over. To the Mono Guarantee Insurance Company. Four thousand fifty dollars? The exact amount I received for the loss of one of the miniatures, a genuine palegrini. But you collected something like twenty thousand and all. On the sixth it was stolen, yes. But now, suddenly and most mysteriously, the Pellegrini has been returned to me. What? And of course the people out there in the gallery, most of them connoisseurs, would be interested in seeing it again, wouldn't they? Yeah, I should think so. As a matter of fact, I've already found a buyer for it. Who? Uh Mr Charles Cunningham, one of my regular clients. Well Just how did you happen to get this one back?
Two days ago when I opened the place I I found it lying inside the door, on the floor, under the letter slot for the morning mail.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Rhymer Collection case and why is it important?
0:00–3:15
2
How does Johnny Dollar learn about the stolen miniatures and the insurance loss?
3:15–6:00
3
Who is Jerry Pitcher and why is he a suspect in the theft?
6:00–8:19
4
What clues does the returned Pellegrini miniature provide?
8:19–10:46
5
How does the investigation lead to Paris and the black‑market art trade?
10:46–12:53
6
What does the conversation with Mr. Reimer reveal about the miniatures’ value?
12:53–15:22
7
How does Johnny Dollar confront the possibility of fraud and insurance fraud?
15:22–17:29
8
What is the final outcome of the Rhymer Collection matter?
17:29–20:57
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