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Manson Goes ‘Home’ – Gets Death Row Cell
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 –Condemned killer Charles Manson was quietly spirited out of jail in Los Angeles by sheriff’s deputies late Monday and taken to Death Row in San Quentin. Manson was taken from the Hall of Justice at 3:55 […]
Manson Gets Life Sentence in Shea Killing
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 — Cult leader Charles Manson — described by the judge as a “whining, complaining delinquent and small-time car thief with an aversion to work” — was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the 1969 slayings […]
Jury Acquits Newsman in Contempt Case
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 — Newspaper reporter William T. Farr Monday was found innocent of a contempt of court citation leveled against him because of an article he wrote concerning the Charles Manson case. The citation was issued by Superior […]
Manson Given Life Term In Hinman-Shea Murders
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30 — A penalty verdict of life imprisonment was returned against Charles Manson yesterday for the Gary Hinman-Donald (Shorty) Shea murders in 1969. A Superior Court jury of eight men and four women had deliberated five hours […]
Manson Court Proceedings End With Whimper
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 — Only two seats in the spectator section of the courtroom were occupied Thursday. They were elderly men with frayed shirt cuffs, the kind who shuffle from one court to another day after day to hear […]
Watson Given Death Penalty by Judge Who Strongly Opposes It
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 — A judge who abhors the death penalty nevertheless pronounced it Thursday against Charles (Tex) Watson, 25, chief executioner in seven murders committed under the spell of cult leader Charles Manson. Superior Judge Adolph Alexander rejected […]
Grogan Death Decreed by Jury in Stuntman Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 — Manson cultist Steve Grogan was sentenced to death in the gas chamber yesterday for the murder of stuntman Donald “Shorty” Shea. The Superior Court jury of eight men and four women deliberated a total of […]
Manson ‘Girl’ Held in Contempt, Jailed
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 — One of Charles Manson’s “girls” was held in contempt of court today and ordered to jail for five days for her conduct at the penalty phase of the cult leader’s trial for the slayings of […]
Manson Girls Booked on Suspicion of Prostitution
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 – Two Manson family girls were booked on suspicion of soliciting for prostitution after allegedly propositioning two vice squad police officers. The two undercover officers were approached in their car in the Hollywood area by Susan […]
Charles Manson Convicted of Shea, Hinman Slayings
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 — Charles Manson has been convicted of first degree murder in the slayings of movie stuntman Donald “Shorty” Shea and musician Gary Hinman and the penalty phase of the trial will begin today at 9:30 a.m. […]
Manson Convicted of Murder in Shea and Hinman Cases
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 – Cult leader Charles Manson, already under sentence of death for the seven Tate-LaBianca slayings, was convicted Tuesday of two more murders and had to be hustled from the courtroom after the verdicts were read. A […]
Steve Grogan Is Convicted Of Murder
Manson Family member Steve Grogan, on trial for the Shorty Shea murder case, is being led back to his cell in the Hall of Justice by a sherrif’s deputy following conviction yesterday LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 — Manson family member […]
Manson Jury In Isolation
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 — The jury deliberating in second murder trial of Charles Manson was sequestered for the weekend Friday after failing to reach a verdict. Manson, 36, is charged in the slayings of Donald “Shorty” Shea, a ranch […]
Manson Jury Deliberating In 6th Day
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 — The jury in the second murder trial of condemned killer Charles Manson failed to reach a verdict yesterday after five days of deliberation. The panel of eight men and four women was sequestered in a […]
2 Members of Manson Group Arraigned in L.A. Jail Escape
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 – Two members of Charles Manson’s “family” were arraigned Friday in connection with a bold escape early Wednesday from the County Jail atop the Hall of Justice. Municipal Judge Nancy B. Watson set Nov. 8 as […]
Chained Escapist Arraigned
Kenneth Como, after arraignment on escape charge LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 — Chained hand and foot, Kenneth “Curly” Como, a member of Charles Manson’s hippie-style “family,” was arraigned Friday on felony escape charges stemming from his daring jailbreak last Wednesday. […]
Watson Sentenced to Die for Seven Murders
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 – “Nobody’s crying,” said Charles (Tex) Watson Thursday in a low voice to his attorney, Maxwell Keith, as he scanned the jurors filing into their seats, “and that’s bad.” He was right. Moments later in the […]
Watson Sentenced to Die in Tate-LaBianca Deaths
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 — Charles “Tex” Watson was given the death sentence yesterday for the Tate-LaBianca murders, making the gas chamber unanimous for the Charles Manson “family” members tried for the seven bloody slayings. Watson, 25, was refused a […]
Manson Cult Member Free for 7 Hours After Jailbreak
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 – After sawing two sets of bars and squeezing through a tiny window 170 feet above the sidewalk, a Manson “family” member gained his freedom from the County Jail atop the Hall of Justice early Wednesday […]
Follower of Manson Recaptured; 6 Seized
Undersheriff William McCloud shows bars Como cut LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 — A follower of Charles Manson escaped from a maximum security cell yesterday by squeezing through a 6 1/2 – inch opening and dangling on a rope of blankets […]
