The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
Client
Edna Hammer
Victim
Frank B. Loring
Prosecution
Hamilton Burger
Investigator
Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg
Case Narrative & Plot Summary
A wealthy man who suffers from severe somnambulism awakes to find a bloody carving knife under his pillow and his business partner stabbed to death in the adjoining bedroom.
Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick
Mason recreates the nocturnal movements of sleepwalkers to expose an engineered framing scheme.