# William Pusak — The Roman Hat Mystery character guide

> William Pusak in The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pusak, Mr. Pusak

**First appearance:** 0005-part-one-i-in-which-are-introduced-a-theatre-audience-and-a-corpse

## Who they are

Usher at the Roman Theatre, provides information.

## In the story

### [Lexicon of Persons Connected with the Investigation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_roman_hat_mystery_se/chapters/lexicon-of-persons-connected-with-the-investigation)

Clerk, cranially a brachycephalic.

### [I: In Which Are Introduced a Theatre-Audience and a Corpse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_roman_hat_mystery_se/chapters/part-one-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_roman_hat_mystery_se/chapters/part-one-ii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_roman_hat_mystery_se/chapters/part-four-xix-in-which-inspector-queen-conducts-more-legal-conversations)

Recalls smelling whiskey near Field's body.

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