Ross Handwriting

[morf13]

Ok thanks. I am sitting here, so frustrated by the really bad quality of the ss application. I wish I could get more writing. I contacted SS to see if they can send me a digital or clearer copy, but have not heard back yet. There must be writing out there for him.

By the way Trav,I know I missed it, but I am sure you have it in your back pocket Do you have a list of all numbers written by Z?

[traveller1st]

Naturally.


Might need to update it as I bitmapped the whole thing for comp purposes but hopefully this will suffice for now.

znums.jpg

[murray]

This is too small -but here is an "m" from the bus bomb letter.
Its from the word "time" in the sentence "...when I do my thing, the rest of the time…"

Bus bomb letter is confirmed, and I think this "m" bears some resemblence to Ross's SS application "m".

(I posted the image a few pages back)

Also -- someone on the forum suggested that there might be handwriting on the spine of the books, or wherever they used to use the white ink (the librarians commented about Ross's use of this.) I'm guessing this was during the cataloging of new books. It would be hard to know who wrote on them when, but if there are still any books that were received by the library in 1966, that might give a window.

[morf13]

I think it's been mentioned before, but we know that Ross shares Zodiac's habit of odd spacing in his words

[morf13]

These are the most interesting and compelling similarities I see between Ross & Zodiac when their writing is compared

[Paul_Averly]

If you read this forum, this video is nothing new:

http://youtu.be/4-W6g-Hbxcg

[morf13]

Amazing Video Paul!

Lots of similarities, from just one little poor quality sample of Sullivan's writing. Just another little piece of the puzzle. Imagine if we had more good quality samples of his writing.

[bitterbeatpoet]

when i recently saw Ross' S.S. application for the first time,
my initial reaction was to laugh out loud..........because,
i immediately thought, "case solved!" i will go out on a limb here
and say that if Mr. Morrill was alive today, he would say the S.S.
application matched the desk poem, the Bates letters and the
Zodiac letters. what is interesting, is all this time we believed
Zodiac was ambidextrous or tried to disguise his handwriting.
looking at the application, it appears he wrote in his normal hand.
so, come on you nay-sayers and berate me. i'm sticking to my guns!

[morf13]

when i recently saw Ross' S.S. application for the first time,
my initial reaction was to laugh out loud..........because,
i immediately thought, "case solved!" i will go out on a limb here
and say that if Mr. Morrill was alive today, he would say the S.S.
application matched the desk poem, the Bates letters and the
Zodiac letters. what is interesting, is all this time we believed
Zodiac was ambidextrous or tried to disguise his handwriting.
looking at the application, it appears he wrote in his normal hand.
so, come on you nay-sayers and berate me. i'm sticking to my guns!

We have to tread carefully here. We have access to only one poor sample of Ross's writing, and I agree, the similarities are obvious. We need more samples of his writing. Clearer samples of his writing. I'm not sure how to go about getting more. Some people think that Zodiac used disguised writing, or his off hand, but for a Guy like Ross, lost and alone in the world, who would notice his writing and know it to be his?

[bitterbeatpoet]

exactly! and, he was to some degree, mentally ill. more samples
would be nice, but what are they going to prove. you have the handwriting,
the librarians's letter, Mr. Katz's assertions, and the remarkable
similarity to the Stine description. now you need DNA or finger prints
and how are you going to get that? without LE getting involved, where
do you really hope to go from here. and, he's dead nearly forty years.
i think all we can do now is satisfy ourselves. my hat is off to you, Morf.
you've solved this case for me.