THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP

THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP

Edward McWade asks Mason's help in a case of a young girl, Janice, who may or may not be the granddaughter of wealthy Ronald Brownley. The bishop suspects that she is a fake and it is Mason's job to find the real Janice, whose estranged mother Ida believes her to be one Janice Seaton. But before Brownley can verify this latest claim, he is murdered by what appears to be a woman wearing a light raincoat. A fingerprint in Brownley's car points to Ida as the murderess, but is she guilty? And who is the real Janice Brownley?

Carol Delaney was raised in an orphanage and never knew who her parents were. Charles Burroughs, is a multimillionaire whose only daughter ran away years ago, leaving a baby daughter in an orphanage before she died. When the stuttering Bishop Mallory brings these two people together, he expects a joyous reunion. But when Burroughs is stabbed to death Carol becomes the main suspect. Perry must prove not only Carol's innocence but her right to inherit Burroughs's name and fortune.

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937). A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry, to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and his granddaughter, who may be an imposter. Soon after, the Bishop is killed in his hotel room. When, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets, Ida Gilbert. Later that night, Brownley is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.