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Smooth talker: Burglar alarm installer Benjamin Muir is back at work after talking a man out of killing a woman and himself with a knife
Smooth talker: Burglar alarm installer Benjamin Muir is back at work after talking a man out of killing a woman and himself with a knife

Smooth talker: Burglar alarm installer Benjamin Muir is back at work after talking a man out of killing a woman and himself with a knife

Date3/5/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0131274F
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