Comparing the hand writing of Don Cheney to zodiac revealed some very surprising similarities, at least to my untrained eye. Are there any handwriting experts or enthusiasts who would like to weigh in here?
Those lower case " r’s " look a lot alike…
As do the lower case " d’s "
Many very striking similarities…
Cheeneys 4 is a closed 4 zodiac used an open four with the last stroke down at the very end of the horizontal bar nearly every time.
Notice his misspelling of "victem"?
I’m not saying this to be dismissive, but I find it can sometimes be not too helpful to look at very common and simply constructed characters like "n" and "i". Those tend to look pretty alike in most people’s writings.
Actually the characters themselves don’t matter, what I look for is unusual or highly stylized characters in a person’s writing. You can’t eliminate based on a lack of those, but it’s something to look for. I think that’s why all of us instantly start looking for comparisons between a Zodiac "k" and "f".
Cheney has a distinctive ‘j". I would look for that, since it’s not in the Zodiac sample here.
It’s funny how cheney managed To not use the letter "k" in a single word in the letter or on the envelope…
Again, I am not an expert, but to my untrained eye, which has spent countless hours looking at zodisc’s handwriting, I would say that Cheney and zodiac have incredibly similar handwriting…Cheney even constructs many of his letters with the same or similar pen strokes as zodiac.
Cheney should have been further investigated. Cheney would describe in detail things that Arthur had done, for example he would say "Arthur told me that you can put a pen-light on a gun and use it to aim a gun in the dark", Don would go into great detail about things that "Arthur had told him", though I have never heard Arthur mention these things, only Cheney, and cheney goes into detail as if they were his ideas, not Allen’s. Maybe cheney was zodiac and he wanted to frame allen. …just thoughts to take with a grain of salt, nothing serious or Valuble, just baseless speculation.
…even in the letter posted here, Cheney was going on about a murder that Allen had committed, and he is describing it as if he actually committed the murder. Its as if he is bragging about what he has done, but it is as if he is doing it through Allen, because obviously he could not tell you that he did these things, but he wants to tell people about them none the less… the letters to the press were similar in the sense that zodiac wanted to tell everyone about what he had done, but had to do it under a pseudonym.
(The misspelling of victim is an odd note as well, zodiac would misspell victim as "victom", and it looks like Cheney wrote "victem" but it is odd none the less)
For what it’s worth, I see no similarity. Not that I ever thought Cheney was Zodiac.
Does any body know Cheney’s birth day?
All of the confirmed zodiac crimes were committed on a dali day of the 13 moon calender, and if Don was born on a dali day than it would further add To the circumstantial evidence against him.
Also, in the ciphers sent To the press, the ciphers zodiac knew everyone would break, the "zodiac symbol" represented the letter "d", I had always assumed zodiac was fairly egotistical and would have the first letter of his name be represented by his symbol.( I always thought the "d" was for "dick Hoffman", but "Don Cheney" could fit just as easily. )
Again, this is all done with an open mind, I am not trying to commit to any specific suspect, but to investigate all suspects objectively, so even if I personally have doubts, it is still worth the investigation.
For what it’s worth, I see no similarity. Not that I ever thought Cheney was Zodiac.
Could you be more specific? Do you see letters which are made with penstrokes in one manner in one sample, and in another manner in the other? Do you see inconsistent letter form and construction?
What exactly makes them dissimilar in your eyes?
For what it’s worth, I see no similarity. Not that I ever thought Cheney was Zodiac.
Could you be more specific? Do you see letters which are made with penstrokes in one manner in one sample, and in another manner in the other? Do you see inconsistent letter form and construction?
What exactly makes them dissimilar in your eyes?
I mentioned the lower case "r" in reference more To the writing in this thread (above), though they are fairly consistent.
