The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom

Cast of Characters

Perry Mason — Nodding over a lawbook, he caught sight of a lovely pair of legs on the fire escape. That started it

Virginia Colfax — Her figure was hard to believe, and so was her alibi

Della Street — Her woman’s eye caught three details that escaped her boss, Perry Mason

Edward Charles Garvin — He was on a honeymoon, but who was his wife?

Ethel Carter Garvin — Her hard-headed scheming cost her first her husband, then her lover

Lorraine Evans Garvin — A beautiful redhead who loved her husband and his money — but not necessarily in that order

Paul Drake — A hard-working private eye whose loose- jointed, indolent gait makes a difficult job look simple

George L. Denby — Meticulous secretary-treasurer of Garvin’s mining company who balanced the books but juggled the figures

Frank C. Livesey — Pudgy, jovial, middle-aged man who preferred his figures animate — and feminine

Señora Inocente Miguerinio — Well-padded hostess of the Vista de la Mesa Inn

Alman B. Hackley — Knew how to make women fall for him; how to shake them was sometimes difficult

Frank L. Bynum — Thought his young sister needed his protection

Virginia C. Bynum — She was Frank’s sister all right, but he couldn’t have been more wrong

Sergeant Holcomb — A humorless guardian of the law

Lieutenant Tragg — Worked out of Police Homicide, and he could match trickery with technicalities when out to get his man

Mortimer C. Irving — A passing motorist — he made the fateful mistake of examining a deserted parked car

Hamlin L. Covington — Imposing district attorney who sets out to cure Mason of using courtroom razzle-dazzle but subsides in a frazzle

Samuel Jarvis — The D. A.’s deputy, whose yessing still adds up to no score

Howard B. Scanlon — An unemployed painter who saw enough with one eye through a crack in the door to jolt an entire courtroom

Harold Otis — Gas-station attendant who worked the swing shift

Señorita Carlotta Delano — She had a new name and a new story, but the same old face