 She wouldn't have told him, not if she was really afraid of him. Isn't all this Mona Walsh's problem? No, Ted Walsh alive gets half of the $60,000. Ted Walsh dead gets a mouthful of dust in Potter's Field. How picturesque. The problem is how to kill Ted Walsh without annoying the police. The answer is hire a private detective, let Ted Walsh know where his lovely wife is, and he heads for her.