Character List and Descriptions

1. Otis Amber
-Age 62
-Private Investigator
-Hired by Samuel Westing, Barney Northrup, and J.J. Ford.

2. Madme Sun Lin Hoo
-Thief
-James Hoo's wife,cooks for a restraunt
-Age 25
-Born in China and immigrated from China two years ago.

3. Jake Wexler
-Husband of Grace Wexler
-Podiatrist
-Graduated from Marquette
-Married for two years
-Has 2 daughters

4. Turtle Wexler
-Real name is Tabitha-Ruth Wexler
-Age 13
-Plays with the stock Market
-Attached to Flora Baumbach
-Very smart

5. Flora Baumbach
-Maiden name is Flora Miller
-Age 60
-Dressmaker
-Husband left her
-Had a retarded daughter named Rosalie
-Made dress for Violet Westing
-Attached to Turtle

6. Chritos Theodorakis
-Birdwatcher
-Age 15
-Confined to a wheelchair
-Father was a childhood sweetheart of Sam Westing's daughter

7. D. Denton Deere, Intern
-St.Joseph's Hospital, Department of Plaustic Surgery Intern
-Age 25
-Graduate of UW Medical School
-Parents live in Racine

8. Alexander Mcsouthers
-Doorman
-Samuel Westing
-Died due to one of the heirs

9. J.J.Ford
-Judge of Appellate Division of State Supreme Court
-Grew up in Westing household
-Rich

10. Grace Windsor Wexler
-Born Grace Windkloppel
-Age 42
-Claims to be an interior decorator
-She works as a hostess for James Shin Hoo's restraunt

11. James Shin Hoo
-Owns a restraunt
-age 50
-born in Chicago
-first wife died 5 years ago
-remarried after a year first wife died
-has one son

12. Berthe Erica Crow
-Started Good Salvation Soup Kitchen
-Age 57
-Mother died at childbirth
-1 year of highschool
-Married to Samuel Westing at 16
-Divorced at 40
-3 arrests for vagrancy
-Works as cleaning woman for Sunset Towers

13. Theo Theodorakis
-Age 17
-Highschool Senior
- Works in coffee shop
-Wants to be a writer

14. Doug Hoo
-Track star
-age 18
-Competes with college milers

15. Sydelle Pulaski
-Secretary to the president of Schultz Sausages
-One year of secretarial school
-Lived with widowed mother and two aunt before Sunset Towers
-Broke ankle in second bombing
-Looks for attention
-Used crutches before injured
-Mistaken for Sybil Pulaski

16. Angela Wexler
-Engaged to marry Denton Deere
-Finished college in one year
-Victim of third bombing
-Embroiders

17. Edgar Jennings Plum
-Reads Samuel Westings will

18. Violet Westing
-Samuel Westing's daughter
-Commited Suicide because of marriage

19. Barney Northrup
-Mysterious "person" who sighned letters to heirs
-Sold all heirs apartments and Sunset Towers