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