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terplece. or a fraud? The ONE person s .re L. jrfV Jillll C I
who kriom. lets shot up - and Perry ir-C I If !MI ilvl
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SPURIOUS SPINSTf J UW J sT
Perry Is plenty Duelled. Two spinsters ' M I J5 Yl"
disappear. Paul Drake warns there's f J 'M . "A I jt IlJ
Ironclad, "bombshell" evidence. But M. -sr. f -or V I fA I 0
fore the REAL one sets killed! It. T m . I Vso,: :.'?Xr I
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Perry Mason really has his hands full
. . . (or the testimony to convict his
curvaceous client Dlanne Alder of
MURDER comes from an Investigator
Perry hired himself!
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BIGAMOUS SPOUSI
Stunning Owynn Elston tutptctt her
friend's husband of bigamy. beseeches
Perry Mason to protect her when she
nearly gulps a fatal cocktail . . . then
SHE Is nabbed for MURDER!
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SHAPILT SHADOW
Perry's beautiful client won't even try
to defend hertelt, The Judge wants a
mistrial But Perry DOES NOT - even
though It would save his client from a
First Degree MURDER RAF!
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DUPLICATE DAUGHTER
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Perry knocks gently
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sagging, bullet hole in
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DEAD!
THI DAY SHE DUO, By HiLSN HltlLY
Dr. Olles. Duzzled. moved Mrs. Ransom's hfaH frnm
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exclamation. Then, taking a small forceps from his
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