"Perhaps That Is Why He Had Contemplated Murder with Greater Passiveness Than a Society Woman Contemplates Another Tea."

"A Devil's Highball".

By G. Fleming-Roberts (George Thomas Roberts, 1910-68; Pulp Flakes HERE; Mystery*File HERE; the ISFDb HERE; and the IMDb HERE).

First appearance: Ten Detective Aces, July 1933.

Short short short story (3 pages).

Online at The Pulpgen Archive (HERE).

   "It was to be simple—this murder, for only simple murders succeed."

. . . but then there's the problem of the fresh air fiend.

Main characters:

~ Gavin Clark, Randolph Shortly, and Madeline Clark.

Reference:

- "TRIOXIDE OF ARSENIC" (Wikipedia HERE).

Resource:

- (HERE) is The Pulpgen Archive's collection of 16 of Fleming-Roberts's stories.

The bottom line:

Unless otherwise noted, all bibliographical data are derived from The FictionMags Index created by William G. Contento & edited by Phil Stephensen-Payne.

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