Originally Aired: March 6, 1956
Johnny Dollar #342, "The Plantagent Matter Ep 2,"
Johnny finds himself entangled with the Vicksburg Police Department after a mysterious young woman dies in his arms at the emergency hospital. Lieutenant Jim Aikens brings Johnny in for questioning, pressing him for details about the unidentified girl he met in the hotel parking lot the previous evening. Johnny can offer little help - he doesn't know her name, where she lived, or the identity of the man she was arguing with when he first encountered her. All he knows is that he bought her a drink, tried to cheer her up, and rushed her to the hospital when she collapsed.
The investigation deepens when the toxicology report reveals she died from perimethol poisoning, a petrol-based drug. Aikens leans toward suicide, suggesting the girl was despondent over a failed romance, but Johnny bristles at the lieutenant's formulaic approach to the case. Critical questions remain unanswered: Who was the boyfriend in the parking lot? Where is the girl's purse? And most importantly, who is this mysterious Jane Doe whose death Johnny witnessed?