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Former Disciple Tells About Life in Manson ‘Family’
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 — Some of the original members of Charles Manson’s “family” are still operating, says Brooks Poston, one of the very few Manson members who managed to escape Manson’s clutches. “The girls are in control of the […]
Sept. 25 Trial Set for Bugliosi, Shinn
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 – Los Angeles County Superior Judge Earl C. Broady Tuesday refused to dismiss perjury charges against attorneys Vincent T. Bugliosi and Daye Shinn, accused of denying under oath they gave information to newsman William Farr despite […]
Strange Legacy of the Sharon Tate Murders
Aug. 18 – On a lazy August weekend five years ago, they found the bodies – hacked, beaten, grotesque. The first four, including that of gorgeous movie star Sharon Tate, were discovered Saturday morning, Aug. 9, and while newspapers around […]
Decision Delayed on Shinn, Bugliosi Motion
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 – A move to dismiss perjury charges against attorneys Vincent T. Bugliosi and Daye Shinn was postponed Friday until Aug. 27, by Superior Judge Earl C. Broady, who said he needed more time to read briefs. […]
Jury Transcript Shows Basis for Indictments in Farr Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 12 – The 1973-74 Los Angeles County Grand Jury chose one version of Vincent Bugliosi’s involvement in handing information to reporter William Farr despite a court gag order over the lawyer’s own sharply different account, and pieced […]
Shinn Arraigned, Denies Perjuring Self in Farr Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 9 – Daye Shinn, a defense attorney In the 1970 Charles Manson murder trial, Monday pleaded innocent to charges he committed perjury three times in denying he gave newsman William Farr information despite a court gag order. […]
Judges Defend Jury Probe of Two Lawyers in Manson Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 4 – The defunct 1973-74 Los Angeles County Grand Jury spent its final eight days in a controversial investigation, questioned by some as redundant, which resulted in the indictment of two lawyers on perjury charges. The indictments […]
Bugliosi Surrenders on Indictment, Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 2 – Times reporter William Farr was cleared today of contempt of the grand jury and of court for refusing to answer six questions put to him last week during investigation of perjury charges against two attorneys. […]
Bugliosi and Shinn Indicted on Perjury Charges in Farr Case
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 29 – Vincent T. Bugliosi, unsuccessful candidate for district attorney and for state attorney general, and Daye Shinn were indicted for perjury Friday by the Los Angeles County Grand Jury in the last official act of its […]
Theft Suspects Kill Golfer
LOS ANGELES, May 26 – A dentist was shot to death on the eighth hole of the Western Ave. Golf Course in Lennox Saturday during a robbery attempt by two young men with a rifle, police said. The dentist, Gilbert […]
Younger Dropped From Suit Filed in Farr Case
LOS ANGELES, May 23 – State Atty. Gen. Evelle J. Younger was dismissed Wednesday as a defendant in the $24 million libel suit filed by Irving Kanarek and Paul Fitzgerald, two attorneys in the 1970 Charles Manson murder trial. The […]
Attorney Says Bugliosi Is Liar, Unfit for Office
LOS ANGELES, May 8 – In a scathing personal attack, attorney George V. Denny III Tuesday accused Vincent T. Bugliosi, candidate for attorney general, of lying to the public, press and police and conspiring to fabricate false evidence. Denny told […]
Transcript Indicates Bugliosi Lied in Manson Case, Foe Says
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 24 – William Norris, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, Tuesday released a transcript of sworn testimony which he said “casts the gravest suspicions” that his primary opponent, Vincent Bugliosi, lied to the Manson trial judge when […]
Three Arraigned in Plot to Kidnap Consul General
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12 – Three persons were arraigned Monday in Los Angeles federal court on charges they plotted to free a convicted airline hijacker and another man from Los Angeles County Jail by kidnapping a consul general. A U.S. […]
FBI Arrests Girl, Foils Plot to Kidnap Foreign Diplomat
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 10 – FBI agents arrested a Manson family girl Saturday to foil what they said was a jail-hatched plot to kidnap a foreign diplomat here. Maria Theresa Alonzo, 22, still bearing the “X” mark that Manson followers […]
Manson Ex-Followers Married Inside Folsom
FOLSOM, CA, Jan. 30 – The bells were ringing at Folsom Prison but they weren’t touched off by an escape attempt. They were wedding bells. Catherine Share and Kenneth D. Como, both former apostles of Charles Manson, were one of […]
Active Week at Prison: Suicide, Escape and Attempt
FOLSOM, Jan. 30 – Folsom Prison had its share of incidents this past week — a suicide, an escape, and an escape attempt. Friday night, guards in the security housing unit discovered the body of an inmate sitting on the […]
Jury Seated, Prosecution Opens in Willett Murder Case
SANTA ROSA, Jan. 24 – Dist. Atty. John W. Hawkes began outlining his case to the jury in the James Willett murder trial today. The prosecutor’s opening statement and testimony from the first witness got underway this morning after attorneys […]
Press Hit, ‘Gag Rule’ Imposed in the Willett Murder Trial
SANTA ROSA, Jan. 20 – A defense demand for change of venue on grounds of recent prejudicial publicity prompted Superior Court Judge Kenneth Eymann to impose a strict gag rule in the James Willett murder trial Friday. Public Defender Marteen […]
Murder Suspects Plan to Wed …in Jail
SANTA ROSA, Jan. 17 – Nancy Pittman exchanged loving glances yesterday with her fiance, Michael Lee Monfort. The two will be married soon, a friend said, in an unusual double wedding ceremony. In the Sonoma County Jail. Miss Pittman, 25, […]
