Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator - Scream for Murder

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Barrie Craig first met the ex-boxer called "Killer" Best in the upscale Cabana Adora restaurant. Barrie was there to celebrate the birthday of Lieutenant Trev Rogers from the Homicide Division. Trev says "Hey, this food is alright". Barrie says "Tell me that again when you see the check". Trev says "Well, how many birthdays does a man have?" Barrie says "One a year, the rumor is". Trev says "This place is crawling with celebrities". Barrie says "Yeah, I see there's Marshmallow Midas over there, the hot lips trumpet player. Trav says "I thought he was dead". Barrie says "His agent dug him up. A forty week contract came along. Over there, getting nicely potted, is Killer Best". Trev says "Welterweight contender". Barrie says "Light Heavyweight ex-contender. He had his nose rebuilt and hung up his gloves". Trev says "He married into society. An educated guy for a fighter". Barrie says "He read a couple of books". Trev laughs. Barrie then says" Uh oh, Trev". He asks "What?" Barrie says "Look at the Killer change colors, from rosy red to green". Trev says "He's gagging, gasping for breath". Killer falls to the floor. Barrie says "He's not gasping anymore, Trev, he's conked out". Later, they saw Killer Best at the Southmore Hospital. He was no longer green in the face. He was blue. Barrie and Trev were at his bedside. Trev says "You were poisoned, Killer". He said "Poisoned?" Trev says "That's a proven fact. I had the sedimentation in your glass sent to chemical analysis. Somebody loaded your drink". Killer asks "If it was poison, why am I alive now talking to you?" Trev says "An excellent question and I've asked it too. There are a couple of likely theories on that. One, you have a certain immunity to a poison of this type, or two, you hadn't taken enough of it to be fatal".

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