The Lorko Diamonds Matter Ep 1

Originally Aired: November 7, 1955Johnny Dollar #256, "The Lorko Diamonds Matter Ep 1,"Johnny Dollar finds himself on a plane to Algiers after receiving an urgent call from Ben Tyler at Transworld Fidelity. A courier for Lorco Limited, a prestigious Amsterdam diamond cutting firm, has dropped dead of apparent heart failure at the Algiers airport while carrying a briefcase containing $100,000 worth of top-grade set stones. The briefcase has vanished, and Johnny must navigate the prickly professional pride of Inspector Marcus of the Algerian Customs Police, who makes it clear he resents the implication that an outside investigator is needed to clean up his "goof."The case grows more complex as Johnny learns the details from the excitable Lorco representative, Mr. Zeindorf. The courier, Paul Gruber, a fifteen-year trusted employee, fell ill on the plane and died shortly after being taken to an emergency clinic. His briefcase was left on the desk of customs property agent André Jourdin, who was then found unconscious on his office floor after a gunshot rang out, the briefcase missing. The diamonds were destined for approval by the mysterious Countess Maria de Tolia, and Johnny begins to suspect the property agent himself may have staged the theft in a classic inside job.