His name is Daniel J Langton aka Dan Langton.
He is a poet.

http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/C … 611419.php

CITYLIGHTS-MT — Dec. 3, 1965—Literature Poets of S.F. , circa 1965. Conclave of poets assembled at City Lights. Upper Top Row: Stella Levy, lawrence Ferlinghetti. Second standing row: Donald Schenker, Michael Grieg, unknown person, Mike Gibbons, David Miltger, Michael McClure, Allan Ginsberg, Dan Langton, Steve Brostan, gary Goodraw and son Homer, Richard Brautigan (in back of Goodrow). Seated: unknown person, Shig Murao, Lew Welch, Peter Orlovsk. PETER BREINIG/THE CHRONICLE 1965 Photo: PETER BREINIG

http://www.danlangton.com/bio.php

Thanks

Oh man these beat poets interest me in relation to Z. I notice Lew Welch’s name up there.

I was going through my list of missing persons and UIDs today and saw many interesting things, but one missing person really interested me. Poet Lew Welch

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/welch_lewis.html

He was a writer in SF and drove a cab (Paul Stine?) as a job at one point while writing. He had military involvement in the 40’s which I added info about in an attached photo since it won’t link over – he had enrolled in the Engineering program at Berkley, but he left the program and was called to basic training in TX in 1945 for airforce and then sent to CO to train as a B-29 remote control turret machine gunner – had to admit it kind of makes me wonder where he was after active discharge during the spring of 1946 during the Texarkana murders. He worked in a garage (knowledge of cars) after his discharge from active duty as well as a men’s clothing store referred to as a habidashery (makes me think of theory Z was saying something about his past or present occupation by sending in pieces of Stein’s shirt). Also of interest is that he wrote reviews for the SF chronicle in 1968!

Skip a few years to May 23,1971 He took his friend and poet Gary Sneider’s .22 Smith and Wesson heavy frame revolver in Nevada City, CA (near Willow Valley) and supposedly killed himself, but his body was never found. The "suicide note" is odd and doesn’t neccesarily mention suicide, but does mention heading southwest. He had reddish graying hair and was part of the beat movement (buddies with the very guys who made many zodiac and moon related references).

http://thebeatspoetsoftheforevergenera. … h.html?m=1

Idk something kind of strange about him. He disappears after the last letter is sent in 1971 and then the next Zodiac letter in 1974 after the long break mentions suicide.

The photo attached is from an online book you can source and continue reading called Ring of Bone: Collected Poems by Lew Welch on Google books. His bio is written in there.

I think I might have to make a thread for LEW as a possible zodiac suspect.

He couldn’t be Z if he killed himself in 1971.

Obviously although my contention is that he faked his own death. They never found him or the gun. In fact he never even mentioned suicide or death in his note, just that he was heading southwest and specified who would be the executor of his writing/work. With the absence of his body or the gun it is possible he did not commit suicide.