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The Zodiac Killer — Part 1
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name is in the cryplogram, pos-,
‘sibly 21 the last four words, |
: Lynch talked to Harden and
nse ‘I'm convinced he has it|
solved.” He said he would talk,
to him in iocay, Meanwhile,’
‘Lynch has Harden’s wo-k sheets, 7 .
fend is seeing and comparing
ith the tiree-nart cryptoe-, -
jgram std the transiation. H
\ Jn cuxgred letters delivered
ALS. 4 iG tae Tir 2s; Toreld, San;
‘Franc . 2G 0 Exarisar and San
, elie “fFratc.<co Chronicle the writer!
--Valileis 2 tee Car ‘ sez'd Re had kiked cvo teen} -
; agers Deceraher 5° ou : hake!
a 'He-m:.4 Road end 2 \sung!
Killer yirece iesseges | oma’ July 4 at Blue “Rock
Scvings park, j
+ THRES LETTERS ‘
‘The cipher sent to tae Times-Herald by amanwho ; ‘With each of the letiers. post-! .
tke July St in San Fran-)
- claimg-he murdered threc pecale in Va'lejo apparently: te Te
fie writer iachded 2 aif
: has been broken. It spells out a chilling massago of.
i killing for.thritls. Police ara convinced the cipher iranse
i dation is accurate and that tha author is indeec the,
co . Mies Denals GB. Marder, 4
Salinas high ‘school teaches
. af history end ecorsmics!
aad aa amateur crystegra--
phor saic he and his wife:
broke the ¢jsher after about!
28 hours of work. “As you:
cen see,’ Earden seid ‘of:
tha eryptogram, “his spell-'!
ing is rather poor and in: iz 38 different sy:2-i
roe . soe places he nad mada, bois for “e ” ? tha racst common} ‘
woo . errors in the use of iis own’ Hy used latter in the language.
cipher, + ""He said that in an obvious
These emors Hardea said, -ctemp: to throw cryploanalysts
showed in incomprehensible. of the track, the weiter used a: . ‘
groupings <f letters, out the. ‘bockweze “G” 15 ¢
Soe, writer’s message was fairly: etfort io mcke the s
+
he wrher wet
eC ma
: clear. iit stood fer “e." Ha! ;
Harden's translation of t3 at fizst thought it did. on .
-typtogram, with possiole me..n- “TELLS CLUES | s
ings of unintelligible words add- ' Tne S:lnas school teacher
ed in parentheses, reads: | said he broke the cede by Jook-! a
“P LIKE KILLING PEOPLE: {ing for four-letter pa iterns! oo .
BECAUSE IT IS SC MUCH FEN: ‘which would fit with the word: .
. IT IS MORE FUN TaAN aTULA, RIL" ney ee: 7 :
ING WILD G: i i “We fei: that WP wend ve!
: “ORRES! BECA MAN Is! used msre a onze.” Ne aie fop
yp TH TY Actually, the write usedl.
Dangerers < gy’) ANIM pee IN: lena” once. twice; and
. ‘KILL SOMETHING ERYeres.: j ‘thrilling’ anc “killec’’ amce|
vi mu Gee yeach. '
oives md che maT ~ E as EVEN Barren! | y Lyrch said he woie devotel
THAN GETTI N G YOUR ‘more time to the cipher and its|
ari WITH A GIRL THe. [itanslation anc would confer! -
“packs” otf. “Best PART OF IT 1 arwee! [with Harden again, |
ree ; Us that WHEN | DIZ TWILL!
BS REBORN IN PARADICE: :
AND ALL THE I HAVE, - . .
xu, LED/ WILL BECOME MYi co . pots
VES 1 WILL NOT GIVE, :
MY NAME BECAUSE;
YOu WILL TRS (ry) TO SLOT. .
(slaw: DOWN OR ATOP (stop):
MY COLLECTING OF SLAVES:
“OR MY AFTERLIFE EBEO,
ET EMETH HPITI.” :
PLEZLING WORDS
There is no ready explana‘ic”
‘or the last four woras aithousa,
possibly they have something to
a Loe i do with a signature. Hl
Det. Sgt. Jahn Linch, voa
wilh Det Spt. id 1
cure of dhe anit
shat Care, snd, | i
doubt in cay mind wat the
a true translation of tre ciphar.
and that the murderer wrole it.
You can almost check the cipher,
. against itself. :
“1 think perhaps the man’s
See DECODED Page 2:
AA ae en NE RENE eT hie Ra RR NRTA et ap, RLS Eye PE RES SI EA AN Se fee SPA OE EMS
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