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THE DRIPPING PEN CARD AND SAN JOSE CONNECTION

3/18/2019

 
Using old and new material, we will take a comprehensive look at the 'Dripping Pen' card mailed by the Zodiac Killer on November 8th 1969 and attempt to link it to a future threat of murder. The card itself was most likely chosen for purpose, referencing the immediate aftermath of the attack on Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard at Lake Berryessa on September 27th 1969. Approximately five minutes after the brutal stabbing the killer walked to the side of Bryan Hartnell's white Volkswagen Karmann Ghia and wrote "Vallejo 12-20-68, 7-4-69, Sept 27-69 -6:30 by knife". The hand the killer wrote on the car door with was likely the hand he used during the attack on the young couple, almost certainly peppering his dominant hand with blood, and consequently to the marker pen he wrote with. So the choice of greeting card stating "Sorry I haven't written, but I just washed my pen" was likely a sardonic reference to the callous and bloody attack at Lake Berryessa. The addition of "Aug" on the card inner, a suggestion of his involvement in the double murder of Deborah Furlong and Kathy Snoozy in San Jose on August 3rd 1969. This, coupled with the footnote of "by knife" written on the car door was likely deliberately engineered to steer investigators toward this conclusion. They had after all considered this premise in the October 1st 1969 edition of the San Francisco Examiner, in which was stated "And today San Jose police, to the south, inquired of law enforcement officers here whether there was indication that the "Cipher Killer" might be linked to the knife slaying of two teenage girls Aug.3, still unsolved". This wouldn't be forgotten by the Zodiac Killer.   
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Another reason to believe the 'Dripping Pen' card was referring to Lake Berryessa can be found in its design. The Zodiac Killer, almost without exception, would give us a running total of his victims, occasionally writing the victim count on the horizontal wing of the crosshairs. The only two times this was not the case, was the November 8th 1969 'Dripping Pen' card and the car door of Bryan Hartnell's white Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. In both of these writings he gave us his Zodiac crosshairs with the months of his murders underneath. This was the first and last time he would ever do this.

If you run the message from the face of the 'Dripping Pen' card to inner, it reads "Sorry I haven't written, but I just washed my pen and I can't do a thing with it". So when the Zodiac Killer wrote "I get aufully lonely when I am ignored, so lonely I could do my Thing", he was indicating that in the future when he needed some attention he would write again. His Thing being his propensity to put pen to paper, or in the case of Lake Berryessa, to metal. He was effectively addressing the police when he wrote "I though you would need a good laugh before you hear the bad news. You won't get the news for a while yet". In fact, the bad news would arrive in exactly thirteen days time - and it was directed towards the police in regards to the month of August. In effect, his next correspondence would be pushing the same narrative as the car door and greetings card, of his involvement in the deaths of Deborah Furlong and Kathy Snoozy. 

​On November 21st 1969, a letter arrived at the San Jose Police Department addressed to a particular law enforcement officer. The letter was threatening a widow - so much so - that police initiated 24-hour surveillance on the woman's home. The police stated that "they believed the widow in the message may be Mrs......" In other words, the woman wasn't directly named in the correspondence, but they had by reasonable deduction concluded who the threat was aimed at. I believe that the Zodiac Killer in his continued drive to cement the notion of his involvement in the two teenage girls murders, mailed this "bad news" to the San Jose Police Department. Can it really be a coincidence that he wrote "by knife" on the car door to plant the seed, added the "Aug" on the 'Dripping Pen' card, then mailed his next correspondence to the City of San Jose? In addition, this new communication began with some familiar words: "There's no doubt I will do my Thing".  

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On November 21st 1969, the San Jose Police Department would still have been devoting many hours to the unsolved murders of these two teenage girls, and likely receiving many tips from potential eyewitnesses and the residents of San Jose, eager to assist in the investigation. What better way for the Zodiac Killer to convince law enforcement of his potential involvement in this crime by threatening to do his Thing on one of these residents.

I have no doubt the Zodiac Killer was scouring the newspapers about this crime - so imagine he came across such a headline:
"An elderly widow, Maureen Jones, was today helping police with their investigation into the senseless murders of two young girls in San Jose, Sergeant Johnston said", or "An elderly widow, residing at Seacreek Way, was today helping police with their investigation into the senseless murders of two young girls in San Jose, Sergeant Johnston said". These article excerpts are fictitious, designed to show what Zodiac  may have read in any number of articles I have no access to. 

The Zodiac Killer never mentioned his victims by name, so it is entirely plausible that whether he knew this woman's name or not, he could, by sending a threatening letter to police using the term "widow", and addressing the communication to "Sergeant Johnston", convince police that the threat was a credible one. This may be why the police believed they knew who the woman was, despite the fact her name was never mentioned in the correspondence mailed to the San Jose Police Department. Because she had recently received newspaper coverage.     

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A small code arrived with the November 21st 1969 communication. The short code (shown above in the FBI files) was
​-- + 6 2 + --, containing two dashes either side, two pluses, and the numbers 6 and 2. The idea that anybody looking at this code could arrive at 1620 without having previous reason to suspect this four number solution, seems unlikely. But if investigators knew that "Maureen Jones" lived at a residence, such as 1620 Seacreek Way, San Jose, then they might have reason to believe this is what the code was implying. Earlier newspaper reports stated "A killer armed with a thin-bladed stiletto was hunted here today as the one who savagely stabbed to death two teenage girls yesterday as they picknicked in Almaden Valley. The scene where the bodies were found is just south of Blossom Hill Road, two blocks west of Calahan in the northern end of the valley. About 10:00 am yesterday, the girls packed a lunch and left Deborah's parents' San Jose home for a picnic atop a grassy knoll nearby. The picnic ground is a rugged area, near a narrow, serpentine trail used by motorcyclists for hill-climbing contests".  So, if we could find a 1620 residence in San Jose, possibly close to the crime scene, this may be the location of the "widow" Zodiac was targeting.

As shown above, in the October 1st 1969 San Francisco Examiner article "San Jose police, to the south, inquired of law enforcement officers here whether there was indication that the "Cipher Killer" might be linked to the knife slaying of two teenage girls Aug.3".  Therefore, would it really be that surprising if the Zodiac Killer had capitalized on their suspicions and mailed a threat to the San Jose Police Department? He knew he would be taken seriously by police - and why they were prepared to instigate 24-hour surveillance on the residence of the "widow" mentioned in the letter.
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Rubislaw 32 link
3/19/2019 04:01:37 am

Good to see that you have found a ''widow candidate'',in Maureen Jones,Richard.

It is certainly possible that the Zodiac scoured the newspapers,to find a complete innocent,that could tie in with a plan,to bait the San Jose cops,and probably,the FBI at the same time.

I buy in to the authenticity of the San Jose correspondence,and see it as the start of a four week campaign,in the run in to Christmas,of that 1969 year.

The campaign's purpose is unclear.It may have just been ''mood swings'' from the Zodiac.It may have been to press home a perceived advantage taken already,in his intent to inflict terror.It may have just been a need to show off,and exercise some social commentary.

But I am convinced that the two ''cut and paste'' 's and Fairfield letters,that followed the San Jose correspondence,are authentic,also.

Christmas was looming,and the city and its vicinity had to prioritise considerations of the local economy.So,perhaps lack of full attention to the Zodiac,at that time,may have been another opportunity ,missed [?].

Richard Grinell
3/19/2019 05:17:01 am

The police seemingly thwarted his "widow" threat by 24-hour surveillance Rubislaw, although I don't believe the threat was ever a realistic one. It was just designed to create fear and yet again link him to San Jose and the stabbing of the young girls. He certainly must have realized that police had to take the threat seriously, and the widow having been recognized by police from the limited information in the letter, she must have been known to police. Since they were heavily involved in the San Jose double murder, it doesn't take a genius to come to the conclusion this "widow" and the crime are inextricably linked to some degree. The Fairfield letter then arrived on December 16th 1969, primarily suggesting an attack on government life and the police. This off the back of the letter indirectly warning the police in San Jose. Not to mention San Jose directly gets a mention for the first time, threatening the murder of one cop in San Jose. I wonder if the police officer addressed in the November 21st communication was the cop referenced under San Jose in the Fairfield letter. Cops are effectively 'government life, after all they are funded through government taxes.Again though, the Fairfield letter presses home the Snoozy-Furlong connection with the 'Bleeding Knife of Zodiac', as well as the Berryessa attack. I believe it held dual meaning, as did the "by knife" attribution on the car door. His perceived lack of front page coverage effectively drove this current fixation with knife attacks, and their ability to command much greater publicity because of their personal and bloody nature. There was a notable shift after the BRS attack to San Jose and the knife in particular, especially as you noted in the latter months of 1969. The Berryessa attack and "by knife" writing, the August month, the threat on the "widow" in San Jose (my guess by knife), and finally the "Bleeding Knife of Zodiac" and a further San Jose threat. Then in 1970 he ramped up the terror another notch, becoming fixated by bombs, probably again influenced by Sam Melville and the bombing campaign in New York. The progression from gun, to knife, to bomb, marked an increase in the terror he wanted to facilitate, especially if he wasn't prepared to kill anymore. To stop the police and public becoming disinterested, he needed to seek ever more devious and deadly threats. If his activities ceased after the Monticello card, it may be because his lies were exposed after the arrest of Karl Werner. The wind had been taken from his sails, so to speak, and his credibility was now at an all time low.

Rubislaw 32 link
3/19/2019 06:37:56 am

Yes,I wholly agree that the Zodiac's tangled web of lies would eventually unravel,if,for example,one's that he had claimed,even if only by inference....were later to have been found to have been committed,by someone else.

And Karl Werner is an important case in point....first killing on August 3rd 1969....and conclusively the murderer of Furlong and Snoozy,by September 1971.

One could even argue that,the Belli letter,was as much to ''infer'' an eighth victim,and suggest that he,the Zodiac,was ''toying'' with the idea of going back to murdering ''couples''....than any other message [?].

If we simplify Zodiac's ''biting'' to his blood letting,and his ''barking'' to his penmanship....then his possible decision to give up,on the biting,was going to find him out,eventually.

He would have had to keep killing,to at least keep the authorities,on the back foot,''long term''.

All this ''barking'' that transpired,paid dividends for him,into 1970.But,inevitably would run out of steam.

Shawn
3/19/2019 10:36:44 am

Sorry to get off topic....

But your an Englishman and bloody ole Jack is back in the news trending today. What are your thoughts? Fair and balance quotes from three different websites....

Genetic tests published this week point to Aaron Kosminski, a 23-year-old Polish barber and a prime police suspect at the time.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/does-new-genetic-analysis-finally-reveal-identity-jack-ripper

The study's authors conducted genetic testing of blood and semen on a shawl found near the body of Catherine Eddowes, the killer's fourth victim, whose badly mutilated body was discovered on Sept. 30, 1888.

Through analysis of fragments of the victim and suspect's mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down solely from one's mother, researchers were able to compare that with samples taken from living descendants of Eddowes and Kosminski.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/jack-ripper-s-identity-may-finally-be-known-thanks-dna-n984536

Was a shawl even picked up by Metropolitan Police officer Amos Simpson at the crime scene that night? Even if that were true, whether this scarf is the authentic one is up for debate; the cloth was previously dated to the Edwardian period, from 1901 to 1910, as well as to the early 1800s, and could come from anywhere in Europe.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jack-rippers-dna-collected-shawl-though-doubts-linger-180971726/

Richard
3/19/2019 11:46:07 am

If I haven't misinterpreted the findings Shawn, I am of the belief mitochondrial DNA could only rule out suspects, not identify them. The article stated "The team also found a match to a descendant of Kosminski in other bits of mitochondrial DNA". So, how do they achieve this. I don't believe they have found anything significant. What they have done is similar to finding four markers of DNA, when at least 12 are required in most countries. They, I believe, have a small fragment of DNA, which as the article states could match thousands of people. The best these claimants can state, is Kosminski cannot be ruled out. The mitochondrial DNA from Riverside was used to rule out Bob Barnett, but was never able to rule him in. So how could they achieve a match to Kosminski and Eddowes after 131 years. I believe it's another bold claim backed up by less than honest scientific analysis.

Richard
3/19/2019 11:58:29 am

However, there is a lesson to be learnt with these DNA findings. Even if they ever do find a definitive DNA answer to the Ripper saga, I doubt hardened Ripperologists who have a pet suspect will ever accept the validity of any DNA results. The same sort of thing that will occur if Zodiac's DNA is ever found through several communications. It will never solve the case for some. But I have no doubt whatsoever that the tests undertaken in 2018, nearly a year ago, will never reveal anything. No matter how degraded the DNA is, it doesn't take a year to work out this fact. It is really hard to believe, that despite having at least 21 communications, they cannot find any viable DNA. We know the Exorcist letter does contain cells on the sealed sections. If law enforcement really believed this was a Zodiac letter, just use this. Why are they seemingly just focusing on the July 31st letters. Do you hold out any hope Shawn?

Shawn
3/19/2019 01:54:05 pm

Right now my biggest hope is the improvement of Hair forensics technology and the eventual back engineering to DNA.

The Stine letter has it all...

A piece of Stine's Shirt that only the killer could have had in his possession at one time. The person who killed Stine is probably the letter writer. A piece of hair under the stamp. All this adds up to being the most definitive evidence based correspondence from the Zodiac killer.

IMO, eventual Hair Forensics technology could ultimately solve this case. If DNA does not do it first.

Drew
3/19/2019 10:45:56 am

This is another great observation, Richard. Of course there is a lot of unreleased info that we don't have the opportunity to consider regarding this unseen correspondence, but looking at the evidence you have presented it actually seems quite obvious that the widow Jones was the intended reference. I am entirely sold. As you also noted it is another nod for the authenticity of the Fairfield letters as well.

Interestingly, if I recall correctly, the elusive DMV letter allegedly threatens a widow as well. Again, without seeing it or knowing the date there's not much we can speculate about that, but authenticating this unprinted 1969 cut and paste card really speaks to the legitimacy of those sent in 1970 (except the Adams one - that still seems hoaxy).

The Berryessa "6:30 by knife" car door writing solidifies (for me anyway) the theory that Zodiac wished to link himself to the San Jose murders before his close call in San Francisco. I find that helpful as a further articulation of his motivation to link himself to crimes he didn't commit. Although principally it just speaks to his need for coverage, for me this early attempt to amplify his evil reputation implies that he was not retreating to the relative safety of writing rather than killing because he was afraid of capture, but that it was borne of jealousy and greed, and virtually from the start he had the idea that the pen can be as mighty as the bayonet to achieve his goal of san francisco media domination.

One article at a time Richard I do feel you are honing in on a more solid profile of this son of a gun.

PS- can you believe they finally have DNA evidence of the Ripper identify? I read a bit of a debate critiquing the data but it sounds pretty darn compelling to me considering he was one of the original suspects.

Richard
3/19/2019 11:28:42 am

I hope I haven't misled you in the article Drew, or I have misread your comment, but Mrs Jones was just a fictitious example of what I believe Zodiac may have read. I haven't access to all newspaper articles in every paper, every day in 1969, so couldn't possibly know where Zodiac got the reference of a "widow", but I think it's out there somewhere. I don't believe the author of the November 21st letter just plucked it from thin air, and we know Zodiac often responded to the newspapers. I have amended the article (in red) to make it clearer. Sorry for any misrepresentation.

I did a Sacramento DMV article Drew (don't know if you saw it), but I believe it again was probably connected to the Snoozy, Furlong and Bilek murders, because the Sacramento DMV was pivotal in identifying Karl Werner's vehicle. I believe the DMV letter was a threat, or a letter just addressed to the chairman of the DMV (who would have been stationed in Sacramento, its headquarters). Here is part of the text from the 1971 article.

It stated "At about the same moment, Park Ranger Ken Williamson was informing a member of the investigative team that he, too, had noticed a tall, bespectacled young man who had been a frequent visitor at Villa Montalvo. He was a loner and had impressed the Villa's ranger staff with his almost furtive conduct, said Williamson. The ranger had jotted down the license number of the strange youth's auto.
The license number was forwarded to the California Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Sacramento, the state's capital 150 miles to the north of San Jose. The information teletyped back from the registration bureau was that the auto was the property of a Karl Francis Werner, living at an address on Shawnee Lane in San Jose."

This is why I believe Zodiac threatened the DMV, attempting to connect himself with these crimes once again. The article was published in October of 1971, so my guess is that if the DMV card/letter is ever released, it will be dated October, November or December of 1971.

Drew
3/19/2019 11:36:55 am

Ah, I must have been reading too fast! Thanks for clarifying. I'll have to take another look at your DMV article. Cheers

Richard
3/19/2019 12:01:44 pm

https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-news/the-sacramento-dmv-letter

Rubislaw 32 link
3/19/2019 11:37:42 am

Yes Drew,I think Richard's keeping of the Furlong and Snoozy murders,in the frame,gives us more understanding of the ''By knife'' message from Zodiac.....with the ''reminder'',in the second Fairfield letter of December 1969.

And,of course ''sells'' that second Fairfield letter,as authentic,itself.

Also,apart from a ''convenient'' Ripper-like fear factor,I believe that the reality is,that the Zodiac had simply run out of guns...using the last one,for fear factor,at Berryessa....and then on Paul Stines head,at Presidio Heights.

I think that the Zodiac had owned three guns,up to ''LHR'',and religiously destroyed,or threw in to the ocean....each gun,when actually used,in an attack.

So,by the time of the San Jose letter,the Zodiac had no real ''lead in his pencil'' left.....and realised that,in order to continue his terror,it would have to be ''pen and ink''...or,''By Knife''.

Rubislaw 32 link
3/19/2019 11:50:43 am

.....strange to think....and admittedly the way I see it is,that had the Zodiac felt the need to use his gun,on show,at Berryessa....it would have scuppered his plans for Presidio Heights....which,I believe,was already a ''project'' under development,at the time of Berryessa....and became a reality,exactly two weeks later.

Presidio Heights all hinged on the Zodiac,still owning a gun.

Richard
3/19/2019 12:07:48 pm

Not to mention his 1971 '148 Character' cipher, which I'm certain is Zodiac. The use of a knife to cut the skin (albeit threatened) apparent once again.

"Tis the Zodiac Speacking. Why can't you stop me. I can't stop killing. Stop listening t(o) phonys. If this is not on your front page in a week I will skin 3 little kids and make a suit from the skin".

Shawn
3/21/2019 09:38:33 am

Zodiac wrote in his 1970 little list letter.

"Others I shall skin them alive + let them run around screaming."

Richard
3/21/2019 09:50:08 am

Nice spot Shawn.

Rubislaw 32 link
3/19/2019 12:39:01 pm

Yes indeed Richard....it certainly suggests that ''Ripper-esque'',was the Zodiac's ''direction'',for engendering fear.

The poor chap had no guns left,to play with,and that was the best that he could muster.

In all seriousness,Zodiac wasn't going to take the risk of attempting to buy another gun.

Rubislaw 32 link
3/20/2019 04:49:01 am

Naturally,we don't know the answer,conclusively,Richard,but I have given it consideration,in the past.

Part of the ''mood swing'' feedback,that we receive from the Zodiac...if we buy in to his four December 1969 correspondences leading up to the ''confirmed'' Belli letter,is....

That the Zodiac was feeling,figuratively ''emasculated'',by no longer owning a gun.

The San Jose letter,in late November,saw him back to mischief.But as the days went by,he became,both ''reflective'' of what he had recently achieved.....and,how he saw himself,moving forward,as a feared terrorist.

It seems to me that the ''euphoria'' of Berryessa and Presidio,was over and,all his guns were used up.

So...he would look at other ways to terrorise.And,if we examine his purported correspondences,of 1970...they are about buttons,bombs,torture and self celebration.Just once,he mentions,and simply off the cuff,and out of nowhere : ''I shot a man sitting in a parked car with a .38 ''.....hardly convincing [?].

Returning to December 1969,I believe he realised that he had severely handicapped himself,as a viable terrorist,by no longer owning a gun.

If Zodiac had honestly examined what had happened at Lake Berryessa,he would have realised that it was the ''threat'' of a gun,on view....that persuaded Bryan and Cecilia,to succumb to being tied.The ''knife'' only became important,once they were tied.

So....if we then look at Zodiac's second Fairfield letter...we are really looking at Zodiac attempting to convince himself,that he could be a terrorist using a knife...as had Jack the Ripper been,so successfully,in Victorian times.

The reality is,that Zodiac ''By Knife'' wasn't going to materialise...so,he would have to make it up....that it was going to happen....and threw in a few bomb threats,for good measure.

Yes...by December 1969,Zodiac,I believe,had no guns left...and he was going to have to improvise,if he was to continue to perpetrate fear.

Not just a ''home brew'' cipher maker....but a ''home brew'' terrorist.

Period.


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