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Manson Told To Hire Own Private Eye
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 – If Charles Manson wants to use a private investigator, he is going to have to pay for one himself, it was ordered Friday. Manson is charged with conspiracy and murder in the Tate and La […]
Refuses To Drop Murder Charge Linked to ‘Family’
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 – A Superior Court judge yesterday refused to dismiss a murder charge against Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, who has been linked with the “family” of accused Tate-LaBianca slayer Charles Manson. Judge William B. Keene continued until today […]
Manson Wins Several Motions
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 – Cult leader, Charles M. Manson, accused in the Sharon Tate multiple killings, came to court for the first time as his own attorney wearing a red velveteen shirt and an embroidered vest. He carried a […]
Hinman Stabbing: Murder Trial Challenge Loses
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 – A motion to dismiss a murder charge against Robert K. Beausoleil, a former member of the hippie cult implicated in the Tate-LaBianca slayings, was denied Thursday in Superior Court. Beausoleil, 21, is accused of the […]
Manson Loses Motion to Form Jail ‘Family’ as Aid in Defense
Judge Allows Rambling Discourses on Law, Philosophy While Dealing With Series of Unique Legal Maneuvers LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 – Charles Miller Manson sought unsuccessfully Wednesday to form a corporation with six other County Jail inmates to be known as […]
Manson Chats With Judge On Defense
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 – “You know, judge, like sometimes I wonder if you know what is going on,” said Charles Manson. “Sometimes I wonder, too.” said Superior Court Judge George M. Dell. It was a storybook setting in the […]
Cult Leader, Decatur Youth Pals
DECATUR, IL, Jan. 14 – A Decatur man who was slain in 1961 was arrested in Peoria in 1949 along with a companion, Charles Manson, West Coast cult leader who is being held in connection with a recent mass slaying […]
Manson Gets Delay in Tate Killing Plea
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 – Persuasive, bearded Charles Manson, accused killer of actress Sharon Tate and six others, today won a two-week continuance before entering his plea, but was denied the use of a battery of “jailhouse attorneys” to help […]
A Lesson From Charles Manson
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 – Charles Milles Manson is accused of leading the pack that committed a vicious, nearly unimaginable crime — the bizarre murder of five persons. Aside from the brutality of the crime, there are two aspects about […]
Murder of Gary Hinman Led to Tate Killing Suspects
FORT COLLINS, Co., Jan. 12 – The murder of a Fort Collins High School graduate in isolated Topanga Canyon, Calif., last July 25 or 26 led police to the Charles Manson “family”, the accused killers of actress Sharon Tate and […]
Manson Ends Hunger Strike at County Jail
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of the seven Tate-LaBianca slayings, skipped breakfast and lunch in a “hunger strike” Sunday but abruptly ended it when dinner was served. Manson, 35, the bearded leader of a hippie cult […]
The ‘Manson Family’ Murders
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 – Last month when the grand jury here indicted a motley group of hippies — most of them girls — for the senseless slaughter of film actress Sharon Tate and six others, the public became progressively […]
‘Guilty’ Verdict Before Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 – “The news media have already executed and buried me,” says Charles Manson, head of the hippie clan charged with responsibility for the gruesome murders of actress Sharon Tate and four of her friends. Quite a […]
Hippie Leader Was Vague Says Atkins
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 – Hippie leader Charles Manson never directly ordered his “family” to murder actress Sharon Tate and her house guests or a supermarket owner and his wife, reliable sources said Friday night. The sources, who have had […]
Tate Massacre By The Book?
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 – There is compelling evidence that the murder of actress Sharon Tate and at least six others were part of a grotesque, psychotic drama improvised by Charles Manson from a novel he read over and over. […]
Suspect LaBianca Killing Will Face Psychiatric Testing
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 – Leslie Van Houten will face psychiatric testing in hopes of establishing her mental condition during the Leno and Rosemary LaBianca murders Aug. 10. The examination request was made by her attorney, Marvin Part, before Judge […]
Girl With Accent Answers — After Hinman Killed
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 – The parade swung down Santa Monica’s palm-lined Ocean Avenue that Sunday, July 27. I watched eagerly for my boys — the Bag Pipers of the Nicherin Shoshu, the American Buddhist movement in which I am […]
Tate Suspect Will Be Given Sanity Test
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 – A court-appointed psychiatrist will examine the youngest defendant in the Sharon Tate-LaBianca slayings to determine if she was sane at the time of the crimes and sane now. The psychiatrist was appointed Tuesday by Superior […]
Hunt Fails for Cult ‘Victim’
CHATSWORTH, Jan. 7 – A three-day search for the remains of missing cowboy-stuntman Donald O’Shea at a movie ranch northwest of the San Fernando Valley ended fruitlessly Tuesday. O’Shea, feared slain at the hands of the Charles Manson hippie cult […]
Defense Asks Evidence In Tate Slayings
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 – Attorneys for Leslie Van Houten, one of six suspects in the Sharon Tate-LaBianca slayings, attempt a legal maneuver today aimed at forcing the prosecution to reveal its evidence in the case. Lawyers for Miss Van […]
