Holdontoyourhat
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We know the paintbrush handle was broken, but was it broken once or twice?
Whittled?shiloh said:Twice, and it had been whittled.
Thats what I was going to askParadox said:Whittled?
Here a whit..there a whit..everywhere a whit whit ...Im sorry Im just in a stupid mood todayParadox said:Not one whit of truth there, I bet.
In looking at the photograph of the paint tote, the broken paint brush is blue. http://www.acandyrose.com/178paint-tote.jpg (The blue paint brush in the lower left hand corner is the one which is broken). The "stick" tied to the cord is tan/brown. http://www.acandyrose.com/garrote3.jpgParadox said:Not one whit of truth there, I bet.
So now we have the killer whittling to while away his time.shiloh said:In looking at the photograph of the paint tote, the broken paint brush is blue. http://www.acandyrose.com/178paint-tote.jpg (The blue paint brush in the lower left hand corner is the one which is broken). The "stick" tied to the cord is tan/brown. http://www.acandyrose.com/garrote3.jpg
From the autopsy report: This wooden stick is irregularly broken at both ends and there are several colors of paint and apparent glistening varnish on the surface. Printed in gold letters on one end of the wooden stick is the word 'Korea.' The tail end of another word extends from beneath the loops of the cord tied around the stick, and is not able to be interpreted."
The autopsy report refers to it as a stick, and mentions several colors of paint and a glistening varnish, which would be from various painting jobs from areas on the "stick" that had not been whittled.
Whittling was one of Burke's hobbies. Either he had whittled it at some point in time, or (my theory) the killer whittled it as a way to implicate Burke.
Or maybe Patsy was whittling past the graveyard?dingo said:So now we have the killer whittling to while away his time.
Good question. Was it broken quickly like a dry string of spaghetti with two thumbs, or, was one end broken off first and then carefully the other? Indeed, what happened to the paint brush end? Did somebody go paint a picture with it?Holdontoyourhat said:We know the paintbrush handle was broken, but was it broken once or twice?
shiloh said:......... which would be from various painting jobs from areas on the "stick" that had not been whittled. .....
Whittling was one of Burke's hobbies. Either he had whittled it at some point in time, or (my theory) the killer whittled it as a way to implicate Burke.
Good catch, Shiloh. -- I can't take credit for that.Eagle1 said:Good catch, Shiloh.
Does anyone know a source that the stick had been whittled?