The Case of the Lame Canary
Client
Rita Swaine
Victim
Walter Prescott
Prosecution
Hamilton Burger
Investigator
Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg
Case Narrative & Plot Summary
A pet canary with its claws clipped too short provides the crucial clue when a snooping wife seeks an annulment and her husband is found shot in his apartment.
Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick
Mason shows how bird behavior in darkness proves the precise moment a gunshot occurred.