The Roman Hat Mystery · Character

William Pusak

Usher at the Roman Theatre, provides information.

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Also known as Pusak, Mr. Pusak

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Pusak is the trembling man who found the body and is held by Doyle for questioning.

William Pusak first appears in 0005 part one i in which are introduced a theatre audience and a corpse.

In I: In Which Are Introduced a Theatre-Audience and a Corpse: Pusak is the trembling man who found the body and is held by Doyle for questioning.

Later, in In Which One Queen Works and Another Queen Watches: Key witness who discovered the body and reported the victim's dying words.

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Lexicon of Persons Connected with the Investigation
Clerk, cranially a brachycephalic.
I: In Which Are Introduced a Theatre-Audience and a Corpse
Pusak is the trembling man who found the body and is held by Doyle for questioning.
In Which One Queen Works and Another Queen Watches
Key witness who discovered the body and reported the victim's dying words.
In Which Inspector Queen Conducts More Legal Conversations
Recalls smelling whiskey near Field's body.

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