The Piney Corners Matter

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Originally Aired: March 23, 1954Johnny Dollar #207, "The Piney Corners Matter," Johnny Dollar travels to the small Pennsylvania town of Piney Corners to investigate an anonymous letter claiming that the death of Martha Williams was not committed by persons unknown but by someone close to home. The woman was shot through her front window a month ago while sitting with her neighbor, Mrs. Keeler, and her husband Ben Williams stands to collect a ten thousand dollar insurance policy. Local Constable Jake Finley insists Ben couldn't be the killer despite the circumstantial evidence, but the facts tell a different story.As Johnny investigates with Jake's help, he learns that Martha was an invalid following an operation, leaving Ben to care for her while running their struggling farm alone. The neighbors, Ira and Agnes Keeler, reveal that Ben had been spending time with Flora Lane, a young waitress at the Piney Corners Inn. Mrs. Keeler turns out to be the anonymous letter writer, and while her husband defends Ben as a fine man, the evidence begins mounting against the grieving farmer. Johnny must determine whether Ben Williams killed his invalid wife for freedom and insurance money, or if someone else had reason to want Martha dead.

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