Mason said, “Get him. Bring him into the office. I want to talk with him. Don’t worry about your uncle. I’ll get out a writ of habeas corpus and serve it on Jason Carrel.”
“And there’s nothing else for me to do?”
“No.”
“Nothing I can do to help Uncle?”
“Not a thing,” Mason said. “Bring in John Milicant and forget about it. Quit worrying.”
He hung up the telephone, said to Paul Drake, “Okay, Paul. It’s nothing important. The relatives are closing in on the old man, that’s all. Go ahead and get busy on the Conway Appliance Company.”
As Drake left the office, Mason said to Della Street, “Get out a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. I’ll present it to Judge Treadwell and we’ll give Jason Carrel a jolt right between the eyes.”
Chapter 3
When Mason and Della Street returned from lunch, Paul Drake had already returned and was waiting for them.
“What’s new, Paul?” Mason asked.