1954 Perry Mason

The Case of the Fugitive Nurse

Client Steffanie Malden
Victim Dr. Charles Malden
Prosecution Hamilton Burger
Investigator Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

A surgeon killed in a private plane crash leaves an unrecorded fortune in safe deposit boxes and a missing surgical nurse accused of poisoning him.

Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick

Mason exposes safe-deposit box key duplicate signatures and bank vault access timestamps.