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Manson Book Mixes Fact And Fancy
Oct. 21 — “The Family – The Story of Charles Manson’s Dune Buggy Attack Battalion” (E. P. Dutton & Co., $6.95) by former Free Press writer Ed Sanders should have been entitled “Rumors I Have Heard or Thought About Re. […]
Manson Member Caught After Escaping
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 — A Manson family member accused of attempted murder escaped from a 13th floor jail cell today, sawing through bars and sliding down a rope of torn mattress covers, but was recaptured in a house-to-house search […]
Grogan Says ‘Pooh Bear’ Headed Cult
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 — Steve Grogan, accused of the murder of movie stuntman Donald (Shorty) Shea, testified yesterday that Charles Manson was not the leader of the so-called “family,” but conceded that “I loved the man.” Under cross-examination by […]
Woman Hugs Watson at Trial, Gets Jail Sentence
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 — A 29-year-old Riverside woman was sentenced to a day in jail for contempt of court yesterday after she ran into a courtroom and clasped convicted murderer Charles (Tex) Watson around the neck. The incident occurred […]
Grogan Under Oath Denies Murdering Movie Stuntman
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 — Steven Grogan, a member of Charles Manson’s cult, has denied under oath that he murdered movie stuntman Donald (Shorty) Shea. Grogan 20 took the stand on his own behalf Friday before the jury of eight […]
Continue Case In Arms Raid Of 5 Cultist
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 – The case of five Manson cultist accused of armed robbery in an abortive gun raid It been postponed until Oct. 26 when pre-triaI motions will be heard. Superior Court Arthur L. Alarcon ordered the continuance […]
Find ‘Tex’ Watson Guilty; Sanity Phase Scheduled
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 — Trial Judge Adolph Alexander ordered the jury which found Manson cultist Charles “Tex” Watson guilty of seven counts of first degree murder Tuesday, to return to court tomorrow at 9 a.m. for the start of […]
Manson Rants from Cell as Prosecutor Sums Up
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 — The prosecution began its summation Tuesday in the second murder trial of Charles Manson as the condemned cult leader continued to rant from a detention cell adjacent to the courtroom. At the start of Dep. […]
Watson Found Guilty of Tate-LaBianca Slayings
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 – Charles (Tex) Watson, 25, Tuesday was found guilty on seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to murder in the first degree in the Tate-LaBianca homicides. Watson, whose deterioration from a strapping, […]
At the End of the Road, Death
Copeville, Tex., Oct. 13 — It’s about 1,500 miles from this Red River country town to the neon-glutted boulevards of Hollywood. But, for Charles “Tex” Watson, the road has been considerably longer and a good deal more drama – packed […]
Watson is Guilty of 7 Cult Killings
Charles ‘Tex’ Watson is led back to his cell from a courtroom in Los Angeles after he was convicted Tuesday of seven counts ot first-degree murder and one of conspiracy to commit murder in the Tate-LaBianca slayings. Watson, a former […]
Rice To Act As Own Attorney
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 – The eldest of five Manson family members who allegedly participated in a nighttime raid on a Hawthorne gun shop has been permitted to act as his own attorney in their trial. Superior Court Judge Arthur […]
Defense Rests Case in Manson Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 — The defense rested its case Friday in the second murder trial of condemned killer Charles Manson, who smilingly refused to testify in his own behalf. After Manson’s attorney, Irving Kanarek, told Superior Court Judge Raymond […]
Jury Gets Watson’s Case as 4-Day Arguments End
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9 — The fate of Charles (Tex) Watson was put into the hands of a Superior Court jury yesterday. Watson 25, a member of the Charles Manson “family” is accused of seven murders which were committed in […]
Testifies In Defense of Cult Leader
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9 — Linda Kasabian, the star prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial, yesterday spent a full day on the stand as a defense witness in Charles Manson’s second murder trial. Her testimony appeared to add nothing […]
Prosecution Says Watson ‘Directed Knife’
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 — Cult leader Charles Manson ordered the Tate murders but it was Charles “Tex” Watson’s will that “directed his hand to thrust his knife downward into the flesh of the defenseless victims,” the prosecution said Tuesday. […]
Kasabian Accused As “The Leader”
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 — The real leader in the slayings of Sharon Tate and six others two years ago was a star prosecution witness, Linda Kasabian, a defense attorney says. Sam Brubrick said that in contrast his client, Charles […]
Walter Scott’s Personality Parade
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 — Want the facts? Want to learn the truth about prominent personalities? Want informed opinion? Write Walter Scott, Parade, 733 3rd Ave, New York, N.Y. 10017. Your full name will be used unless otherwise requested. Volume […]
Watson Called Calculated Killer in Closing Argument
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 — Charles (Tex) Watson was depicted yesterday as a level-headed man who took charge of the band of Manson cultists on the nights Actress Sharon Tate and six others were killed. The description of Watson as […]
Watson Claims He Was Mistreated In Jail, Hospital
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 — Charles “Tex” Watson, testifying at his murder trial, says he was mistreated while a prisoner at the county jail and a patient at a state mental hospital. Technicians at Atascadero State Hospital beat him, Watson […]
