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From: Jasper
Date: 7/7/03
Time: 10:10:14 AM
Remote User:
Charlie,
Right. We also need to know exactly when Kato went down the path to Arnelle’s window. “Weeks” doesn’t tell us much. Was it two weeks, three weeks or was it only a week and three quarters or a week and a half? We also have to know what kind of spider made the web (unless all spiders native to the area make webs at the same rate).
In any event we are left with another Fuhrman “coincidence.” Even if no web spanned the path a day before Fuhrman said he ran into one, what are the odds that it would appear just when he needed it to be there to support the idea that O.J. entered the path from Rockingham and went no further after dropping the glove?
The fact that Kato was five inches shorter than Fuhrman doesn’t work with Fuhrman’s story, either:
(Murder in Brentwood, page 32 – note the “Fuhrman talk”) “…Could someone have bumped into the air conditioner and dropped the glove? My heart started pounding. Was I on the trail of a victim, or possibly a suspect?
“Adrenaline shot through my system. I was in a dangerous position, halfway down a path that a murder suspect had possibly used. Should I urn back or go forward? If I turned around my back would be exposed to anyone who might still be hiding further down the path. Going forward seemed like a better idea. As I started to walk slowly forward, surly I held my gun, though I don’t remember pulling it out or even thinking about it. After twenty years some things become reflex.
“Within my first few steps past the air conditioner, my face hit cobwebs. Since I was slightly crouched, lower than most people would stand, I concluded that whoever had dropped the glove did not continue waking down this path…”
The business about the gun comes from Bialy’s March 13 surprise question about drawing his gun. Fuhrman first said no. Then he said he couldn’t remember:
Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION NOW, AS YOU SIT THERE, THAT YOU DREW A SIDEARM? A: I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I DID OR I HAD MY HAND ON IT, BUT NO, I CAN'T. Q: YOU JUST DON'T HAVE A MEMORY ABOUT THAT, TRUE? A: THAT'S CORRECT. So, it’s not just the question of the cobwebs with Kato’s story vs. Fuhrman’s (or whether the second gate was open or closed); it’s about Fuhrman’s credibility in regard to everything he said he did along that pathway. –Jasper