As she entered the darkened luggage car, she met up with "Phelps", confirming her conspiratorial partnership with her husband, but then advised against killing Ethan: "Is it such a good idea to kill him?" She warned: "Kittridge is here.Caustically, Lydecker describes the murder of his protege Laura Hunt (on Friday night) and his earlier statement to police on Saturday morning:Lydecker: Yesterday morning after Laura""s body was found, I was questioned by Sergeants McAvity and Schultz.Charles Tatum? Worked New York, Chicago, Detroit...When asked why his asking salary (of $50/week, and hen reduced to $45 and ultimately to $40) was so cheap (and a fraction of what he used to command), the self-obsessed and pushy Tatum bullied his way forward.They were valuable to him, because they would be radioactively "lethal" to anyone from the planet, hence disastrous to Superman.