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THE ESCAPE CLAUSE

4/8/2020

 
PictureSan Jose murders committed by Karl Werner
After the Lake Berryessa attack on September 27th 1969, the Zodiac Killer drew the attention of investigators in the August 3rd 1969 knife slayings of Kathy Snoozy and Deborah Furlong in San Jose. This is the attention he likely courted in switching from gun to knife, after reading the extensive front page coverage received in the double homicide. However, because he knew he wasn't responsible for the murders in San Jose, he never came right out and said so, like he did in his previous four attacks. In the Lake Herman Road and Blue Rock Springs attack he made a phone call 40 minutes after the second attack and provided details in three July 31st 1969 letters only the police and he knew. At Lake Berryessa he adorned the Zodiac symbol, wrote on the car door of Bryan Hartnell's Karmann Ghia and made a phone call about 70 minutes later from a Napa payphone. While at Presidio Heights he effectively attached the crime scene to his correspondence by including a piece of the murdered taxicab driver's shirt.

He never did anything of value to corroborate his involvement in the murder of Kathy Snoozy and Deborah Furlong. He merely insinuated he was their murderer by dropping "Aug" into his Dripping Pen card on November 8th 1969 and bumping up his total victims from five to seven. The Zodiac Killer, at this juncture, was effectively leaving himself an escape clause if these murders were ever attributed to the real killer. His vagueness was evidence of deception, unlike his four canonical attacks, which he backed up by near irrefutable proof of his involvement.

On June 26th 1970, the Zodiac Killer would repeat this tactic by insinuating his involvement in the shooting death of Sgt Richard P. Radetich (25) on June 19th at 5:25 am, who was gunned down by three shots from a .38 caliber revolver at point blank range through the driver side window of his vehicle while in the process of serving a parking ticket. He was sat in his police car near 643 Waller Street in San Francisco. The Zodiac Killer once again left himself an escape clause if Sgt Richard Radetich's real murderer was ever apprehended. Rather than write "I shot a cop sitting in a parked car with a .38" which is a little more specific, he merely stated "I shot a man sitting in a parked car with a .38". The Zodiac Killer avoided inextricably binding himself to the crime by leaving the door half open.  

PictureKathleen Johns
The Kathleen Johns abduction he again laid claim to on July 24th 1970, by stating "So now I have a little list, starting with that woeman + her baby that I gave a rather intersting ride for a coupple howers one evening a few months back that ended in my burning her car where I found them". Yet again, the only information he ever gave was readily available in the newspapers. This newspaper story was a no-brainer for the Zodiac Killer, because Kathleen Johns had already identified her attacker as him from the Presidio Heights sketch on the wall of Patterson Police Station. This night of terror for Kathleen Johns would extend Zodiac's portfolio well beyond the Bay Area. Now nobody was safe.

On September 26th 1970, the San Francisco Chronicle ran an article about the missing (believed abducted) nurse Donna Lass in South Lake Tahoe on September 6th 1970, and the murder of nurse Judith Hakari, who was abducted on March 7th 1970 and discovered in a shallow grave aside Ponderosa Way in Weimar nearly two months later. But why did the Zodiac Killer latch onto this newspaper story? 

This newspaper publication had all the ingredients the Zodiac Killer could possibly have wished for. He didn't want to appear too eager to claim either of these crimes, not only because the immediacy of the claim would have looked forced, but Donna Lass had only been missing for twenty days at the time the San Francisco Chronicle article featured and she may have turned up unharmed. Investigators feared Donna Lass may have been abducted, just like the abduction and eventual murder of Judith Hakari six months earlier. The Zodiac Killer had just come off the back of being linked with the abduction of Kathleen Johns in Tracy, California, so the story of these two women was the perfect opportunity to spread his terror into Placer County and Nevada.

Lake Tahoe borders Placer County, so when the Zodiac Killer mailed his Pines card on March 22nd 1971 with the words "pass Lake Tahoe areas", he was effectively leaving the Pines card open to interpretation. He could be insinuating his involvement in the abduction of Donna Lass from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino, which bordered the lake, or he could be insinuating his involvement in the abduction and murder of Judith Hakari from the Sutter Hospital, who was ultimately discovered in a shallow grave in Placer County. "Pass lake Tahoe areas" could be referencing the burial site of Donna Lass or Judith Hakari - or both. By leaving the Pines card intentionally vague in design, the Zodiac Killer is effectively introducing to the observer the idea of three abductions into his portfolio of crime, all of whom were young women, of which, two were nurses with an unfortunate connection to the lake. The Zodiac Killer knew by mailing the Pines card in such an unspecific way, that investigators would make the connection between these crimes, but yet again, the Zodiac Killer had left the door ajar if any of these crimes by the lake were solved, and subsequently proven not to be the Bay Area murderer. The vagueness of the Dripping Pen card, Button letter and Pines card are telling. They are a complete departure from the specificity exhibited by the Zodiac Killer's actions during and after Lake Herman Road, Blue Rock Springs, Lake Berryessa and Presidio Heights - and indicative of a man who was lying about Snoozy & Furlong, who also had no hand in any of these 1970 crimes.

PictureCheri Jo Bates
The Zodiac Killer couldn't believe his luck, when on November 16th 1970 the San Francisco Chronicle published an article by Paul Avery, giving persuasive evidence of a link between the Riverside murder of Cheri Jo Bates on October 30th 1966 and the Zodiac crimes. Cheri Jo Bates was brutally attacked by a knife-wielding psychopath in the alleyway bordering the Riverside City College library. She was discovered the following morning by Riverside City College caretaker, Cleophus Martin.

He would again bide his time, before begrudgingly uttering the words "
I do have to give them credit for stumbling across my riverside activity, but they are only finding the easy ones, there are a hell of a lot more down there". The Zodiac Killer seemed surprised that investigators had stumbled across his Riverside activity, but probably not half as surprised as when Paul Avery presented him with another murder to add to his growing portfolio. His acceptance speech in the March 13th 1971 'Los Angeles' letter, yet again replete with vaguness and a ready made get out clause. He could easily have stated "I do have to give them credit for stumbling across my riverside library murder, but they are only finding the easy ones, there are a hell of a lot more down there", but used the word "activity" as a less than full confession. I chose the word "confession" carefully, because the Zodiac Killer left the door open to being responsible for the Riverside letters on November 29th 1966 and April 30th 1967, and nothing more.

He then cements the notion of involvement by claiming "a hell of a lot more down there", when he hasn't given us one shred of evidence he was the murderer of Cheri Jo Bates. The Zodiac Killer didn't supply one piece of evidence in his 'Los Angeles' letter only known to him and Riverside police, just like the Confession letter author did 4 1/2 years earlier. Riverside activity doesn't equate to Riverside murder - and neither does boasting about more murders in Southern California as a way to validate the crime you haven't yet proven. There was a sea change in Zodiac activity after the October 11th 1969 Paul Stine murder, from a ruthless killer, to a killer who wanted to appear ruthless. But he did remain consistent subsequent to October 11th 1969, in that he always left the back door open, clutching his escape clauses firmly between his grubby hands. 


BB
4/8/2020 05:17:17 pm

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arlington+Ave+%26+Magnolia+Ave,+Riverside,+CA+92506/@33.9461574,-117.401615,3a,90y,239.63h,85.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgmCi0d4CHGLGu1QOMe0qPA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x80dcb1acc0dbcba7:0x56c1b7780f2c7550!8m2!3d33.9463127!4d-117.4011104

This is the only naval orange tree on the earth. On the corner of Arlington Ave and Magnolia Ave,Riverside,CA. The other oranges have seeds and are from Florida trees grown from seeds and they're different each time. Riverside has many cool things like this (the one and only seedless orange tree) from which all others are grafted.The people here would murder me if I told you how cool this place really is though. This is probably why they don't know about the murder of Cheri Jo Bates. They down play it. If they ever mention anything at all. I never heard of it until the History Channel series “THE HUNT FOR THE ZODIAC KILLER” in 2017. This was the beginning of the hunt for a lot of other people too. But, my main comment is that the murder of CJB was down played. That is why they don't want to hire detectives who will shout out Zodiac killer! It brings bad attention to the city. It is not what people living in paradice want. The Zodiac is bad politics. The word Zodiac is a cuss word. And, this is probably why there is the questioning of - if it really was the Zodiac. It's Politics.
Even-though his secret pal (SP) Apollo Averly believed this lead that he was secretly given by (PS) Phil Sins.

Rubislaw 32 link
4/8/2020 08:58:57 pm

I like your last line , BB , and perhaps it should be pointed out that Phil Sins , as an amateur sleuth and trusted by Paul Avery , never wrote Avery a line , in his whole life . Their's relationship was '' phone only '' .

But Avery , in the personal euphoria wake of being noticed by the Zodiac , in a very public manner ( The Halloween Card ) , got taken for a sucker over the '' Slow Boat to China '' letter , concocted by Riverside Captain Cross and Vallejo's Sergeant Lynch .

Perhaps something to reflect upon , with a current President , business oriented and officially anti-showboating ( ? ) . This 2020 year is the year that Mr.Trump intends to be re-elected for a second term .Perhaps it may be the case that , nevertheless , an '' announcement '' on a high-profile criminal '' legacy '' might fit the bill nicely , as a '' feel good about America '' piece of rallying call to re-elect '' The Donald '' .

JD
4/8/2020 06:03:35 pm

Hi Richard. FYI, I just posted a comment to your 02/04/20 Initials of a Killer article, concerning FK, I'm Crackproof. Didn't know if you would see it since the article is a couple months old, but didn't want to take away from any current discussion concerning this one. It's a bit of a strange coincidence, but thought you might like it just the same. Cheers!

Richard
4/9/2020 12:40:35 am

All comments get fed to my inbox JD, no matter how old the article. I have responded.

BB
4/8/2020 07:10:18 pm

We used to have a forth branch of government.
Like ultimate superhero Super-man.
But now there is no more freedom of the press.
If you report the truth now-a-days, it's a conspiracy.
The news is not speaking truth to power any more.
We are vulnerable to the corporate whims.
Propaganda is now the purpose of the news media.
The president is a businessman. A vulture capitalist.
They have no creed. Except every man for himself.
They have no allegiance to this country.
They off-shore their wealth so we don't get the tax pooled.
The Zodiac is a super-villain.
The main world he lived in was that of comic books.
Comics sell the notion of the good guys vs the bad guys.
The super-villains and the super-heros.
The pre-Zodiac got his instructions from them.
He may have been a guy like Steve Ditko.
The cartoonist who created Spider-man.
His main thing was the super-villian though.
He saw the world as black and white.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwDnhMO8is

He probably was not the Zodiac.
He was a strange man though.
"The Zodiac" as opposed to just "Zodiac" since The super-villain and The superhero moniker requires the - "The" - before hand.
Like "The Joker"

Robyne
4/9/2020 11:11:47 am

Can you refer to the possibility "zodiac" was an avid Ironside fan? It seems that his lingo with the word "epasode" may hint that. I suggest that Law Enforcement will see if the show's production ever got any interesting fan mail before and after the "zodiac" murdered David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen?

BB
4/13/2020 02:06:30 pm

Friday Saturday
Faraday Shepard
Ferrin Stine

BB
4/9/2020 01:04:53 pm

Richard - The Zodiac started 58 years ago today.

On the evening of April 9, 1962, the Oceanside Police Department received an anonymous telephone call. The unidentified caller stated cryptically: “I am going to pull something here in Oceanside and you will never be able to figure it out.” The call was likely dismissed…until two nights later on April 11th, when a body was discovered and the caller contacted the police again. https://historiesandmysteries.blog

The Zodiac called it in just before and just after his murder of the first cabby exactly 90 months prior to Stine.
Both cab drivers - bookend the Zodiac killings. Both Ray Davis in 1962 Oceanside and Paul Stine on October 11, 1969 San Francisco were 29 years old when murdered. Why was a man shot alone? This was always an anomaly.
The Zodiac hunted people in PAIRS. Are the cabbies the pair?

Richard
4/9/2020 01:33:02 pm

There were only two murders committed under the Zodiac umbrella, so they actually began on September 27th 1969, but of course I understand what you're saying BB. Taxicab murders are not uncommon, so this one, comitted in different fashion to the Paul Stine murder doesn't cut much sway with me. Zodiac never moved his victims to another location once they were deceased, as was done in the Ray Davis murder. What sets this case apart is the advance threat to police and the threat on buses. This without doubt is Zodiac-like. The counter-argument is that threats towards police are not specific to Zodiac. Nevertheless, a very good find by Kristi Hawthorne, that she should be proud of. I certainly would have run the story if I had discovered it. If you ask me do I think it's Zodiac, I would say it's an extremely slim possibility, on odds alone. But hey BB, I don't believe Zodiac was responsible for the Domingos/Edwards murders, the John & Joyce Swindle murders, the Cheri Jo Bates murder, the Kathleen Johns abduction, the Radetich murder and the Donna Lass disappearance. The Ray Davis case deserves its place at the Zodiac table of possible Zodiac murders, but I highly doubt it is. There simply isn't enough evidence and probably never will be. However, it's imperative every avenue is explored - you just never know.

BB
4/9/2020 08:14:00 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiqiIU4Imf4

Zodiac killer doc for April 9th

BB
4/10/2020 03:33:58 pm

Richard
The 'Dripping Pen Card and 340 Cipher' was mailed on November 8th 1969 and on the card he wrote "Des, July, Aug, Sept, Oct = 7"

"Des=2, July=1, Aug=1, Sept=1, Oct=2 added together = 7"

https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-news/the-340-cipher-riverside-connection

But what is more important, are the seemingly innocuous lines of text the Zodiac wrote on the card, namely "I thought you would need a good laugh before you get the bad news, you won't get the news for a while yet."

That news is that Cheri Jo Bates was killed by the pre-Zodiac laughing creeper.

Oct.=2 (Stine and Bates) This reasoning of yours is excellent Richard!

Richard
4/10/2020 04:25:27 pm

I have no doubt that the "Aug" reference is the Snoozy and Furlong murders. This has been born out by the "Monticello" reference in 1971. I don't consider the "bad news" a reference to CJB anymore. I think the bad news would come on November 21st 1969, continuing his threat in San Jose on the widow.

BB
4/11/2020 09:20:24 am

Richard - Donald Lee Bujok I've read died in 1993 - If true that's another you can eliminate.

Richard
4/11/2020 10:00:27 am

I believe that the 1990 and 2001 cards are one author (I know some people disagree, but I'm going from my perspective). My argument waa if you believe the 1990 card was Zodiac, you should believe that the 2001 card was Zodiac. Therefore you can rule out Allen, Bujok, Kaczynski and Sullivan immediately. I cannot say for certain either of these communications was Zodiac, although I err on the side they are. However, I am 99.99% sure that the 1986 and 1987 letters are now Zodiac. This would only rule out Sullivan. You only need one of the communications subsequent to 1977 to be Zodiac to rule out Sullivan. The odds are massively against him. I never gave him a chance anyway, but for me the 1987 VTH envelope rules him out once and for all. Like I've said many times before though, any staunch Sullivan advocates will never analyze the 1986, 1987, 1990 and 2001 communications from an objective standpoint, they will approach it from "how can I discredit these communications and how can I negate Richard's arguments". When the objective approach would be to approach them without any preconceived bias.
I can guarantee you BB, if you get 100 objective Zodiac sleuths to assess what's been presented, you will get a spread of differing conclusions. If you ask 100 lifelong staunch Sullivan advocates whether these communications are Zodiac, I can guarantee a minimum of 99/100 would reject all four. Shock, horror. I don't object to people having suspects, but unfortunately your preconceived beliefs will always determine the answer you give. The example above a case in point.

Richard
4/11/2020 10:36:00 am

One other possibility to the above presentation BB, is the Zodiac Killer stumbled across the 1969 Inside Detective magazine about Cheri Jo Bates in the middle of 1970. We know he was an avid reader. He noticed the similarity to his letter-writing and so began his game. He needed to make investigators and observers draw the conclusion he was responsible for Cheri Jo Bates. He begins by mimicking the wording on page 3 http://www.zodiackiller.com/InsideDetective3.html He doesn't want to make it too obvious mind. The page 3 describes "She squirmed and shook as I choked her and her lips twitched". He saw the misspellings on the typed letter, so reproduced it in some form on the Little List letter, writing "Some I shall tie over ant hills and watch them scream + twich and sqwirm". The next communication on October 5th 1970 he said "some of them fought it was horrible". On page 4 of the Inside Detective magazine it stated "The driveway adjacent to 3680 Terracina Street was so churned up it looked like a tractor had been over the ground" a detective said later. "The girl, who was very athletic, put up a terrific struggle". Sounds like "some of them fought it was horrible".

Then the coup de grace by Zodiac, send a Halloween card with the number 4 a predominant feature. Cheri Jo Bates was found on Halloween morning in 1966. Cheri Jo Bates was a teenager (aged 18). Zodiac wrote 4-TEEN in October 1970, four (4) years after he murdered Cheri Jo Bates, who was a TEEN on Halloween. There were 4 big eyes looking at the skeleton. Zodiac had hoped he had primed his audience. Less than a month later, Phil Sins contacted Avery, who investigated and published the connection in the San Francisco Chronicle ob November 16th 1970. Zodiac's suggestive communications had worked. If this is really what happened?

BB
4/11/2020 12:33:17 pm

The Riverside killing of CJB.
It just doesn't fit the MO.
No couple attacked.
Why would he want to take credit for it?
He wouldn't. But, he did confess to blow off steam.
He seemed embarrassed by his boo boo.
He dons a hood and welders glasses at LB
to prevent the scratches he received from Bates.
She clawed at his eyes.
She almost won the fight. But, this was only pre-Zodiac not the Zodiac.
He may have had help too.
Wasn't there a possible second set of smaller foot prints?
Possibly a woman's? Did he trick her into this?
Was this the missing blonde and bearded man from the re-enactment?
Was this what Darlene wanted to talk about?
Was this really why she had to divorce Jim?
She wouldn't say the killer's name either. Did he threaten her?
Was that because she was with him at the attack.
And, just did not want to go down with him as an accomplice.
Were the eyes on the card representing the medical issues with his eyes?
Which he had to attend with after the Riverside attack. Did his glasses get ripped off his face? Was he stigmatized with that? His hand and face scarred. He was ashamed of Riverside. He cut his own hand. And, wished he never did the attack. He - like Jim started over fresh in the San Francisco area. But it took time to heal-up. And begin again with Lake Herman Road.

BB
4/11/2020 03:13:34 pm

Richard -

Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery is in the heart of Riverside.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Evergreen+Memorial+Park/@33.9779443,-117.3900443,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x52208fb8aeec7b96!8m2!3d33.9798037!4d-117.3871046

It's on 14th and Palm.

Who's buried there?
Someone related to the Zodiac?
The Halloween card skeleton had #14 on it's palm.
I know it's nuts. But, we have to explore all possibilities.
I don't care if the Zodiac is Joe blow from Sikkamo.
I just want to know his damn name.
I think he made his first appearance in newspapers Daliday -
58 years ago today - Anton LaVey's 32 Birthday.
And I think he knew, if he left Ray's corpse on the mayor's lawn
it would make the news and he'd get the attention he craved.
Am I wrong? Probably. I've been wrong on everything else.
But, does that stop me form sticking mud in my eye?
It should. But, I'm too curious to quit.
Thanks for everything you do pal. Peace

BB
4/10/2020 06:22:28 pm

​Diane Louise Gerrish, 19, of Albany, killed with a garrote August 30th 1965. She was killed just after James DC Phillips was released from the stockade. He also meets Darlene in Aug.on Larkin street..
Diane's body is discovered next to Lincoln Blvd.
LL - Was she the someone Dee saw "him" kill?
online post by Jim
"So… I’m out on the streets in front of the Presido. I caught a bus downtown, read in the paper there was an opening for a desk clerk, walked into the Harcourt, was given the job and a place to live and started on the midnight shift.
A few days later I met a kewpie doll (Darlene) we all know and I started an adventure that I still find somewhat less than wonderful to this very day…."

He enlisted in the Army at age 17 in 1961 They measured him at 5' 6".
However men tend to grow another couple of inches from that age. He grew his hair long after getting out of the military. He was in the stockade for just over four months for desertion but the charges were dropped and he was released.

Things linking Jim Phillips to the Zodiac Killer

1 Albany Ny (Albany Times Union)
2 Darlene married him 1-1-66
3 South Lake Tahoe
4 Military 61-65
5 Police CHP
6 5' 8"
7 Pot belly
8 White male brown hair reddish tint (looks like he dyes hair)
9 Beard and long hair
10 Glasses
11 Cryptographer school 16 week in training
12 Aries DOB 4-8-44
13 Timeline Match
14 Corvair brown
15 Presidio Stockade
16 Comicbookreader
17 Phillips66
18 Gaped teeth & fat lips
19 Church of Satan
20 Diamond Bell Phillips CHP
21 Sandy the Laughing boy sketch match
22 Intelligent IQ.138
23 Lived 6 doors down from Nikki Benedict in Poway
24 Writer for several different jobs at news papers and magazines.
25 Takes the bus often
26 Thinks he is a big deal - grandios thinking
27 Tells tall tales
28 Changes residence often
29 Changed his name to Crabtree
30 Dee said he was physically abusive
31 On the 23rd of Nov 1965 Rick Crabtree shoots his brother Paul (Paul Avery/Stine?).
32 Places he worked at, Virgin Islands Daily News, at Fairfield Daily Rep. Jan 6 - 11
Nov 23 66 Santa Barbra a few weeks, Jim worked at Santa Barbara Star Free Press.(On attack of Zoltan Mansfield Jane's child that is mauled by a Lion) Probably is introduced to the COS here.
Feb 15 1970 a Warrant is put out for James - his connection in LE probably informs him.
33 Jim abandons wife and child,drops out of society for several years - he even lives in tipi for about 2 years in Ashland Oregon. He then moves to Salt Springs Island BC Canada for a period of months. And, learns to never live in the same place longer than 6 months - so that cops don't find out in time where he is living. He never stops moving.
34 He knows the importance of keeping quiet - But this does not last forever - his ego has him braging on the internet about what a big deal he is. He is constantly laughing and joking.
35 Further: He was in the Airborne Regiment in the Army.Which could be a link to the Wing-walker boots that may be visible in the unknown man picture with Darlene his wife. It is Jim. Yet he lies and says it's not. Why?

BB
4/12/2020 01:24:49 pm

James Douglas Phillips Crabtree
Timeline
April 1968 Jim’s Dad Diamond Bell Phillips dies.
Jan 1969 Jim meets his new wife Shirley in San Fran
April 1969 Jim’s Wife Shirley becomes pregnant and Jim turns 25
In 1969 Dee gets gifts from Mexico while Jim is there. Oxnam thinks from Jim.
May 24 69 Jim’s friend Jay Eisen attends the painting party with “Rick” Crabtree
July 4th 1969 Dee is murdered
July 1969 Jim new wife's father buys them a house in Ben Lomond
Sept 1969 Jim changed name to Crabtree (based on brothers interview)
October 1969 Paul Stine - end of killings
Dec 22 1969 Jim's son is born
Feb 1970 Warrant made for Crabtree
Feb 1970 Jim abandons wife and child,drops out of society lives in tipi for 2 years in
Ashland Oregon then to Salt Springs Island BC Canada.

BB
4/14/2020 10:33:20 am

Golden Gate Park

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=golden+gate+park%2C+Ca&ia=images&iax=images&t=opera

The Robert Emmet statue in Golden Gate Park

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x808587009a70f119%3A0xaf21a5d0f933ebed!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOMxyaGEcFVdsN53tne5AjFT5OsGv2cGbLts_2E%3Dw120-h160-k-no!5srobert%20emmet%20statue%20in%20san%20francisco%20ca%20-%20Google%20Search&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipOnLog8acF3o-KTPP8cRj0ytUUstDa5hdK085a7&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNjLCstujoAhU3GTQIHZb9AfoQoiowCnoECA4QBg

Richard
4/14/2020 11:02:57 am

A statue of Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza can also be found in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (Dragon Card). And the Prayerbook Cross (Celtic Cross).

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Prayerbook+Cross/@37.7717781,-122.4780309,51a,35y,270h,39.56t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x5c9b258110003e35!8m2!3d37.7716753!4d-122.4783364

BB
4/14/2020 02:08:33 pm

Was the costume 100% black or were there some items of this dark red leather in color?

https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-807430/croft-barrow-reversible-belt.jsp?skuid=91721954&ci_mcc=ci&utm_campaign=MENS%20ACCESSORIES&utm_medium=CSE&utm_source=google&utm_product=91721954&CID=shopping15&utm_campaignid=174293612&pid=googleadwords_int&af_channel=CSE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzZLdquPo6AIVHz2tBh2ODgZ2EAQYAyABEgJ9ZPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

There may have been a reddish brown smattering of color to the Zodiac's appearance.Leather is able to hold a shape better than textiles which would tend to droop and sag. The hood held up and had a stiff like look to it.
If Bryan is able to tell us whether it was a completely black costume this would contribute to Drew's notion of Don Cheney's obsessing with silent film actor Lon Cheney's many appearances as monsters like Quozimoto in the Hunchback of Notre-Dame. This may help to say Don's leather working expert skills were plausibly used in the making of the super-villain costume. Leather is often of a dark reddish brown color often seen as black.

Richard
4/14/2020 02:30:07 pm

All black as far as I know.

BB
4/15/2020 02:36:00 pm

Robert Emmet, the Irish rebel leader was executed on Daliday September 20 in 1803.

The 50th anniversary of the first dedication of the Emmet statue was rededicated on April 22, 1966.

“Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance, asperse them.

“Let them and me rest in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remains uninscribed, and my memory in oblivion, until other times and other men can do justice to my character.

"When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done.”

After a one-day trial, for high treason - the following day, Emmet was hanged on Thomas Street. Then he was beheaded after death. There are no remains. However, Ireland has taken its place among the nations of the earth.
Was the Zodiac, with the 18 unsolved, telling us that he was possibly of at least half Irish Catholic decent? In 1967 there was a big gathering of hippies near the statue. It was called the Human-Be-In. The code could be a way he could communicate to these meeting places. So the blue meanies would not break it up before hand.The hippie meeting place by the Robert Emmet statue. Did Richard Giakowski and James Phillips work together?At the last minute did the Good Time guys move the meeting place to the other side of the park from Hippie Hill?


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