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NUMBER:6523
QUOTATION:I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.
ATTRIBUTION:Robert Benchley (1889–1945), U.S. writer, humorist. Love Conquers All, “How to Watch a Chess-Match,” Henry Holt (1922).
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
 
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