Sandy had a bruise even though Turtle never kicked him. Sandy apparently played chess with Theo when he supposedly could not play.
When Sandy is supposedly dead, the others discuss his death. Crow is accused of having filled the flask that killed him. When Turtle says that Sandy was her friend, Denton says that if he was her friend she should not have kicked him. Turtle is upset by the suggestion that she kicked Sandy.
“That’s a lie, that’s a disgusting lie,” Turtle shouted. “The only person I kicked today was Barney Northrup and he deserved it. I didn’t even see Sandy until tonight at the Westing house. Right, Baba?” (Ch. 25)
The fact that Turtle kicked Barney Northrup and Sandy McSouthers had a bruise is evidence that they are the same person. At this point, no one has any idea of this, or that both of those are disguises of Sam Westing. Turtle is really sad because she was close to Sandy.
Theo talks about playing chess with Sandy, but Turtle says thinks Sandy didn’t know how to play chess. Theo tells the judge that Doug watched the table to see who was moving the pieces. This is further evidence that Sandy was actually Sam Westing. Judge Ford knows how Westing plays chess because Westing taught her chess.
It is the chess game that finally convinces the judge that Sandy was really Sam Westing. Theo says that he was winning because he had Sandy’s queen.
The queen’s sacrifice! The famous Westing trap. Judge Ford was certain now, but there were still too many unanswered questions. “I’m afraid greed got the best of you, Theo. By taking white’s queen you were tricked into opening your defense. I know, I’ve lost a few games that way myself.” (Ch. 25)
Turtle thinks back and remembers Sandy winking and saying that the game is not over. She and the judge are both pondering the situation. This is how Turtle, who actually has less information than Judge Ford, realizes that Sam Westing is still alive and pretending to be Julian R. Eastman. She regrets kicking him.
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