![]() ![]() A large section of Texas was peopled by Spanish-speaking citizens and an American acquired a position of leadership and started advising these people how to mark their ballots. It is so trite to say that truth is stranger than fiction that one dislikes to use the expression, yet there is absolutely no other way of describing the strange situation that took place in Texas, where within the framework of the law a principality was created that was completely foreign to all of our American traditions.Īll of this started out innocently enough. MAE WALLIS JORDAN-a perfect whiz at the typewriter, she corresponded with a South African diamond merchant she called “Prince Charming”-and the results were terrifying JACK GILLY-shifty-eyed and furtive, he rented fishing boats for incredibly high fees, then watched their occupants with high-powered binoculars ![]() YVONNE MANCO-her attempt to look demure on the witness stand was as unsuccessful as a sports car trying to imitate a family sedan accepted the bravos of the crowd a little too soon HAMILTON BURGER-smugly certain that this time he would whip his archfoe, Mason, the D.A. JUDGE HARTLEY-he expected a long, bitterly contested trial, but he was in for a few legal bombshells MARLINE CHAUMONT-the peregrinations of this chic French party girl strained the tracing facilities of the Drake Detective Agency to their utmost WALTER IRVING-business associate of the accused, he did his best to fire the one man who might save his partner from a murder rapĭUANE JEFFERSON-the accused seemed anxious to make things tough for his attorney by insisting on remaining incommunicado PAUL DRAKE-Perry’s favorite private eye, he got to know nearly every typist in town before the case was overĪNN RIDDLE-her frosty blue eyes observed many goings-on from her vantage point behind a cigar counter, and she seemed eager to report on all she saw-at first GERTIE-Mason’s flighty office receptionist, she was the first to observe that the temporary typist was terrified PERRY MASON-everyone thought he had lost a case for the first time, but Perry proceeded to demonstrate that he wouldn’t give up without a battleĭELLA STREET-she was everything a man could want in a confidential secretary-and then some
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