 At San Quentin, merchant seaman Burt Stokes comes forward as a witness to tell the Warden that Riley Morgan, convicted murderer, did not kill Martin Kendall. Stokes also offers information on the crime to Morgan s wife Lorraine, requesting $5,000 to help rehabilitate Morgan. Bill Worth, a freelance writer, is working with Stokes on the story, including Lorraine s hidden past. Lorraine contacts Perry Mason about a manuscript she received that distorts the details, and Morgan calls it quits with Stokes. Lorraine arranges to meet Stokes in a public park. Later Perry and Paul Drake find Stokes dead, and evidence incriminates Lorraine. Lorraine is arrested for murder.