![]() ![]() As the children disembark, Uncle Charlie restrains his niece Charlie on the train, hoping to kill her by shoving her out after it picks up speed. Young Charlie boards the train with her younger sister Ann and their brother to see Uncle Charlies stateroom. Uncle Charlie announces he is leaving for San Francisco, along with a rich widow, Mrs. Later that night, she is trapped in the garage with a car spewing exhaust fumes, and almost dies. Uncle Charlie says he wants to settle down, and young Charlie says she will kill him if he stays. Soon, she falls down dangerously steep stairs which were cut through. Uncle Charlie is delighted to be exonerated, but young Charlie knows all his secrets. Jack tells young Charlie that he loves her and would like to marry her, and leaves. News breaks that an alternative suspect was chased by police and killed by an airplane propeller it is assumed that he was the murderer. Detective Saunders tells Charlie that the photo they took of Uncle Charlie was sent for identification by witnesses. He begs her for help she reluctantly agrees not to say anything, as long as he leaves soon, to avoid a horrible confrontation that would destroy her mother, who idolizes her younger brother. Uncle Charlie follows and takes her into a seedy bar. One night, when Charlies father and Herbie discuss how to commit the perfect murder, Uncle Charlie lets his guard down and describes elderly widows as "fat, wheezing animals" he then says, "What happens to animals when they get too fat and too old?" Horrified, Charlie runs out. ![]() During a family dinner he reveals his hatred of rich widows, comparing them to fat animals deserving to be slaughtered. The initials engraved inside a ring he gave her match those of one of the murdered women. Charlie refuses to believe it at first, but then observes Uncle Charlie acting strangely. ![]() He explains that her uncle is one of two suspects who may be the "Merry Widow Murderer". One takes a photo of Uncle Charlie, who demands the roll of film because "no one takes my photograph." The younger surveyor, Jack Graham, asks young Charlie out, and she guesses that he is really a detective. Two men appear, supposedly working on a national survey. She receives wonderful news: her mothers younger brother (her namesake), Charlie Oakley, is arriving for a visit. ![]() Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is a bored teenager living in the idyllic town of Santa Rosa, California. ![]()
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