The man looked genuinely puzzled. “Bean? This is a person?”
“The woman in the penthouse apartment in the East Sixties,” Anderson said. “You followed Mr. Barrington there and killed her when he went out. Why did you kill her?”
“I am not knowing about this,” the man said.
Stone remembered the name. “Herr Hausman,” he said, “are you telling us you don’t know who Susan Bean is?”
The man turned and looked at Stone, exasperated. “I am not knowing…”
He stopped.
“Hausman is your name, isn’t it?” Stone asked.
The man shrugged.
“Your Christian name is Ernst, isn’t it?”
The man laughed.
“I got it,” Dino said. “The nephew in Hamburg, the one who works at the cigarette factory.”
The suspect shook his head. “No,” he said. “Ernst is being in Hamburg still.”
“And your mother is still in Hamburg, isn’t she?” Stone asked.
The man turned and glared at Stone but said nothing.
“Let’s get back to Susan Bean,” Anderson said. He read out her address from his notebook. “You were at this address?”
“No,” the man said. “I am not knowing this place.”
Stone took the legal pad from the table, tore off a sheet of paper, and wrote on it. “Check to see if Ernst Hausman is still in Hamburg. Find out his address and his mother’s name. Find out if there are any siblings.” He handed it to Dino, who looked at it, then handed it to Anderson. Anderson left the room.
“I don’t understand,” Dino said. “You’ve admitted killing all these people, but you deny killing Susan Bean. Why?”
“You must be listening better,” the man replied. “I am not knowing this lady.”
Anderson returned to the room. “It’s being done,” he said, handing Dino a note.
Dino read it and handed it to Stone.
Stone read it aloud. “No fingerprint record in this country. Have sent request to Interpol.”
“How long have you been in this country?” Dino asked.
The man shrugged. “Few weeks, I think.”
“Did you enter the country legally?”
“Oh, yes,” the man said. “I am being very legal always.”
“Except when you are killing people.”
“Except at this time.” He smiled.
“You’re enjoying yourself, aren’t you?” Dino asked.
The man shrugged.