Originally Aired: February 14, 1956
Johnny Dollar #327, "The Cui Bono Matter Ep 2," Johnny Dollar confronts Acting County Attorney Tom Bates about the suspicious death of longtime county attorney Dan Parker. Despite the official ruling of accidental death, Dollar presses Bates for cooperation, threatening subpoenas and legal action when the young attorney initially refuses to talk. Bates, who's in love with Parker's adopted daughter Luanne, grows defensive when Dollar questions the gentle handling of witnesses at the coroner's inquest. He insists the girl was half out of her mind with grief and that the facts are clear: she mistook her father for a prowler and shot him.
As Dollar digs deeper, tensions rise. He learns about Bates' relationship with Luanne, his disagreements with Parker about prosecuting the Happy Hollow Roadhouse and its owner Sammy Drake, and the fact that Luanne is an expert marksman trained by her own father. When Bates claims not to understand Dollar's line of questioning, the investigator invokes the Latin principle "cui bono"—who benefits? While Luanne stands to collect $100,000 in insurance, Dollar suggests she may not be the only one who benefits from Dan Parker's death.