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The Zodiac Killer — Part 1

89 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Aug 4, 1969 · Broad topic: Famous Crimes & Fugitives · Topic: The Zodiac Killer · 88 pages OCR'd
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— ee ett ee i DE om ! CODED feed 4 From PAGE ONE! 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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