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o } 0-19 CRey. 10-17-69) ' f° r > ¢@ ] 9 .2 .3 i4 Ad. “By Dave Smith. 5 - Los Angeles Times a “6 Ve SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22; .9 —A man who said he is the. 18 _ Zodiac. kill er repeatedly ; "9 oe -.1 phoned a ‘television: talki ; se show here today to arrange: 0 ‘a secret me cosine with: ate) 21 -* “torney Melvirt-Belli. : 22 | Belli kept the date but the: 23 imysterious caller did not. : > Police declined to specu-. 24 late whether the bizarre, as! phone calls were reglly. from’ 2g the killer of: five or- from’ — 3 sick prankster. ~~ . 2y The dramatic series of con- PS: tacts began with a phone. 29 ; - ,,eall to police at 2 a.m. . itd * The caller demanded that 10 either Belli or Boston at- RL _torney F. Lee Bailey—both 3 figures in celebrated mur- 4 der cases—appear on the 32 morning talk show of disc 34 jockey Jim Dunbar on KGO- TV. 35 Police phoned Belli, who - 36 went to the studio as order-. 37 +. ted: Shortly after the show re began at 6:30 a.m. the first: 38 -- _eall came through. - VQ - 1)? While thousands of break- 40 ‘fasting bay area ‘residents tlistened, a soft, sometimes $1 ' muffled voice told Dunbar, 42 “PL kill” unless he could -. _ Speak to Belli. <3 ' Belli was put on the line, 44 , and the voice ‘said, “I want 4 S . ! help. Md Then began a series of 13. 46 abrupt conversations in: 47 which the caller identified. 48 himself as the zodiac : and: also said. his , yhame.. WAS | 49 Sam." 30 ' When Belli attempted to 31 draw the caller into conver- : sation/ he was repeatedly 52 cut short as the man gaye . 53 ‘one-word and two-word me 54-0 wers arth slamm ¥ 35 . a 36 of. \7 RE, 32 C- 81 LS - \ the phone, then called pack, | In another short ¢o nver- i sation, Belli asked,’ is your problem?’ pts “I don’t want to go to the | i gas’ chamber . have +headaches see . “How Jong?” - - “Since I killed. a id? * _ In still another conversa: .tlon, the man’s voice. was : extremely muffled, and i Belli asked, - “What's the. ‘matter? 0 ~ “My: -head aches, Vm: 50° sick. I've having: one of my headaches." Then the’ man- “emitted a strange noise and -' ‘shouted, -“I've got to kill! . ‘Tve got to. kilt”. Then. whe? hung up. a PeRoth Dunbar and Belli as- sured the man that his calls }£,°: _were not being. traced. Po- bes “ ice declined to say. whether “that was actually the ‘case. Although most of the con-— _versation was’ clearly audi- 3 ‘ble to TV viewers, Dunbar ‘ and Belli also arranged that ; some calls be received on a; private line." 6 ~ It was in one of ‘these ‘short talks that Belli: and ° the man .arranged a 10: 30 ‘am. meeting “inside?” "at building in “a place that be- “gins with ‘D’,” Belli said. .. Shortly before’ noon,’ [po- lice confirmed that Belli. and. Dunbar had - pone * to , 6728;.Mission St. © Daly : City, to- _an--office :; pullding . owned : by“‘the St. Vincent ; ‘DePaul Society, ~* Crowds‘ of: “police * Suna’ newsmen ‘were also on hand at the appointed ‘hour, in- cluding television’ crews and. ‘ police. .: Belli and Dunbar waited : Bape. but Sam didn’t vents Le mere (io . The New Leader Sullivan — Tavel —_— Tele. Room .- ‘ Holmes: The Washing gion Bist Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Sunday Ster (Washington) — : me : Daily News (New York) a “ Sunday News (New. York) ef New York Post rece Fr SE The New York Times Oe The Sun (Baltimore) The Daily World The Wall Street Journal ______! The National Observer — People’ 8 World -