THE CASE OF THE MISSING LETTERS


Hamilton Burger, the District Attorney, always at loggerheads with Perry Mason, the Defence Lawyer, addresses the presiding judge, with an elaborate gesture of one making a dramatic disclosure. “Your Honour, the defence counsel, Mr.Perry Mason doesn’t solve the case of the missing letters! The judge, visibly startled, reacts: “What! are you certain of your facts, Mr. District Attorney?” “Yes, Your Honour sounds incredible, doesn’t it? sadly, it is true. All the combined efforts of Perry Mason’s lightning mind and drilling cross-examination, Della...

Ch 1:

Perry Mason had realized how busy he had been the last few months. He had recently finished a big case and won, and was working on another case that came in. He could tell that he couldn't do this kind of work on his own, so he thought he would put an advertisement in the local newspaper for help from another lawyer so they could come and work in his office. He asked his secretary, Della Street to come into the office. Della came in, but knew how busy she was at her desk as well with so many papers.

"Yes, Chief? You called?" she asked.

"Will you put an advertisement in the newspaper for...