Donating some old books to the thrift store today.

I think Fenn is protecting the Omega Man. In this view it was the Floyd riots that borked the chase. Floyd was killed to protect a cash counterfeiting ring based at the nightclub where he and Derek Chauvin both worked. Within 12 hours of Floyd's death, the club had burnt to the ground. To make counterfeit cash you need engravers plates. In general, there are 2-3 people alive at any given time who are capable of this level of forgery: and furthermore all of them are well know to those who know such things. Most people around here have not focused on the most obvious and important clue: the omegas clue in the "chase" alert us to the possible presence of the greatest criminal forger in history: The Omega Man. Fenn's first really successful art business was selling forgeries (known to the buyers) of painted masterpieces. https://www.oldsantafetradingco.com/blog/elmyr-de-hory-on-fire

is too far a stretch to think he also did coins?

https://www.greatamericancoincompany.com/a/info/blog/notorious-counterfeiters-the-omega-man-mystery

Fenn and Connelly knew who he was. In all likelihood they employed him. Previously he was a deep cover specialist that worked in Burbank, Ca. for the CIA providing forged documents and id's. Fenn probably met him at Edwards. He was/is a skilled sculptor, whose work resides in many famous places. I have reason to think this a person is also of African American ancestry. Omega also represents a somewhat important symbol here. The first American black fraternity is/was Alpha Phi Alpha at Cornell University. When members of this fraternity pass beyond, they are said to now belong to the "omega chapter". Many allied fraternities brand the Omega symbol on the skin as a permanent token of membership.

I think people should allow the possibility that there may be other reasons for a hiatus in the chase.

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