7/22/1973, "A code for murder"

[doranchak]

Found on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zodiac-Killer-True-Crime-NewsPaper-Clipping-Of-Sorts-1973-Arch-Killers-/321192976842?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160

This was a storage locker auction find. It appears to be a snippet of sorts with information about the Zodiac Killer. I do not know much about this kind of stuff so the pictures will have to speak for themselves. The paper itself does contain an assortment of wear and tear. From tears to discoloration, it's all there.

Article by Kermit Jaediker. My guess is that the paper is the New York Daily News, since someone named Kermit Jaediker is associated with that paper.

[morf13]

Interesting article Dave, thanks for posting it. Kind of odd too run such a story on the opposite coast of Zodiac's activity, in 1973, when he had been quiet for so long.

One thing to note, despite Zodiac being quiet for a couple years, this article runs in NY out of the blue, and 30 days later, we get the unconfirmed Albany NY letter:
viewtopic.php?f=77&t=60

The Albany letter reads, "you were wrong, I am not dead or in the hospital", almost as if the writer is responding to somebody or to an article,etc. I wonder if the article Doranchak posted mentions Zodiac has not been heard from in a while, and may be dead or in a hospital?

[morf13]

Google the Reporter's name, and you will see that Kermit was also involved in comic book production too

[morf13]

Morf the answer to your question is in the 1st paragraph:

A screwball with two hobbies, killing and cryptograms hasn’t been heard from in quit awhile. Zodiac-watchers are firmly convinced he’s in jail or in a mental hospital or just dead.

“then comes the NY letter a few weeks letter”?????????

Does anyone have concerns about the way Kermit wrote this article, read it and tell me what you think? I’ll point it out if no one sees it.

Dave O very nice find and post…

Daniel

Wow, great stuff. I couldn't make out the words in the article. That's amazing! Zodiac or not, it would seem like the article is what prompted the Albany letter & cipher.

[Seagull]

In May of 1973 Sherwood Morrill announced his retirement and there was a comprehensive article in the Chronicle about it.

viewtopic.php?f=84&t=28

Not sure of how widely the announcement was distributed across the nation but perhaps it could have been the inspiration for the writer of the back east article.

[morf13]

In 1971, the reporter for this article was a Chicago Tribune Staff Writer, not sure when he wound up in NY.

[glurk]

I'm really interested by the last part of this, which looks like:

"Someone tried speeding ... by feeding the cryptogram into ..."

And I guess the remainder of the article is missing? I'm sure they mean feeding it into a computer. I'd certainly like to read the rest of that part.

-glurk

EDIT: Never mind. I just found the text in the images, which are hard to read. "feeding the cryptogram into a computer, which failed miserably."

[doranchak]

I'm really interested by the last part of this, which looks like:

"Someone tried speeding ... by feeding the cryptogram into ..."

And I guess the remainder of the article is missing? I'm sure they mean feeding it into a computer. I'd certainly like to read the rest of that part.

-glurk

It continues on page 2 shown above.

[doranchak]

I wish we had an intern to transcribe all these old articles.

[morf13]

I wish we had an intern to transcribe all these old articles.

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