Cast of Characters
PERRY MASON — His methods raised objections in court, but they got results
DELLA STREET — Not only Mason’s Girl Friday but all the other days of the week
PHYLLIS LEEDS — Niece and confidential secretary of wealthy old Alden Leeds
ALDEN LEEDS — He left the Klondike with gold in his pockets and something on his conscience
EMILY MILICANT — Alden Leeds’s December heartbeat
NED BARKLER — Salty old prospecting pal of Alden Leeds, with an eye for the girls
PAUL DRAKE — Head of the Drake Detective Agency, he always looked disinterested and so succeeded in fooling the public
L. C. CONWAY — When Alden Leeds made out a $20,000 check to him, the whole case began
GUY T. SERLE — He bought Conway’s crooked-dice business only to have the police raid his joint
MARCIA WHITTAKER — A beautiful blonde, hard as nails but soft about Conway, she cashed the controversial $20,000 check
JOHN MILICANT — To some he was known as Emily Milicant’s brother, but others knew him under a different name
JASON CARREL — He took Uncle Alden for a ride and committed him to a sanitarium
FREEMAN LEEDS — He hadn’t seen his brother Alden in fifty-three years but was quick to recognize him when he found out that Alden had come home rich
HAROLD LEEDS — Freeman’s son, he had a few vices his father didn’t know about
HAZEL STICKLAND — These two girls didn’t know each other,
INEZ COLTON — but both took a run-out powder on the night of the murder