The Clinton Matter Ep 5

Originally Aired: March 16, 1956 Johnny Dollar #350, "The Clinton Matter Ep 5," Johnny Dollar continues his investigation into the suspicious school fire in Clinton, Colorado, uncovering a web of corruption that reaches deep into the town's leadership. Working with his operative Toby O'Brien, Johnny discovers that murdered building inspector Richard Hobb deposited twenty thousand dollars in the bank over six months, far exceeding his seventy-five hundred dollar annual salary. The deposits coincide perfectly with Hobb's inspection approvals on the school building, proving he was taking payoffs. Johnny confronts Hobb's widow, who despite her theatrical mourning act reveals that her late husband received the money from Roy Vickery's Clinton Gravel Company. She also discloses that Hobb was killed after leaving to see Johnny, having realized Vickery and the others planned to make him their scapegoat. The evidence against Vickery mounts when architect David Baines, consumed with guilt over his role in the fraud, provides Johnny with stolen purchase orders from Vickery's office proving substandard materials were used in the school construction. With witnesses placing Vickery at the scene of Hobb's murder and damning documentation in hand, Johnny prepares to expose the entire conspiracy through the local newspaper. Become a supporter of this podcast