Explore "The Roman Hat Mystery" by Ellery Queen on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
"Let's see where we stand," continued Ellery without pausing. "Let's consider this thing in its most elementary light.
"These, roughly, are the facts: A man of shady character, Monte Field, probable head of a vast criminal organization, with undoubtedly a host of enemies, is found murdered in the Roman Theatre ten minutes before the end of the second act, at precisely 9: 55 o'clock. He is discovered by a man named William Pusak, a clerk of an inferior type of intelligence, who is sitting five seats away in the same row. This man, attempting to leave, pushes his way past the victim who before he dies mutters, ‘Murder! Been murdered! ' or words to that effect.