Category Archives: Archived News
Manson Prosecutor to Ask Death
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 24 – A co-prosecutor in the Sharon Tate murder case indicates the state will seek the death penalty for Charles Manson and three young women charged with the seven slayings. “I think you could draw a few […]
Judge Finds Mary Intelligent – Tells Her to Get Lawyer
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused Monday to allow Mary Brunner, 26-year-old Madison library worker and UW graduate, to act as her own attorney in the slaying of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman. Complementing the […]
Waives Right To Jury Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – A statuesque brunette whose story of the Sharon Tate murders led to the arrests of members of a hippie-style clan said Monday she would waive her right to a jury trial. The attorney for Susan […]
Manson to Take Stand in Try for Case Dismissal
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – Cult chieftain Charles Manson will take the stand in an attempt to get charges against him in the Tate-LaBianca massacre murders dismissed, his attorney said today. The surprise announcement came as the selection of the […]
Can’t Act As Own Attorney
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – A former library employee from Wisconsin was denied permission Monday to act as her own attorney, after which she said her lawyer in a murder trial will be the same man representing hippie clan leader […]
Bid to Quiz Manson Witness Is Stymied
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – Defense attorneys at Charles Manson’s murder trial persisted yesterday in attempts to talk to a young woman who may testify against the cult chieftain and his clan. Although the move was allowed by Superior Court […]
Manson Judge Lives Up To Billing As Unflappable No-Nonsense Jurist
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 22 – Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older, who is presiding over the trial of Charles Manson and three members of his nomadic “family,” has a courthouse reputation as a stern, unflappable, “no-nonsense” judge. He’s living up […]
Tate Case Suspect’s Relative Found Dead
MOBILE, Ala., Jun. 22 – The half sister of one of three women charged with Charles Manson in the murder of actress Sharon Tate was found dead here Sunday and police said she apparently drowned. Officers said the nude body […]
Lineup for Legal Battle of Wits in Manson Cult Case
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 21 – A scrappy former Golden Gloves boxer from Minnesota and a Brooklyn-born criminal law expert head up a sort of tag-team match now under way in a high-ceiling courtroom in the gray-stoned Los Angeles Hall of […]
Manson Flatly Denies That He’s Ever Killed Anyone
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun. 19 – Charles Manson, long-haired hippie guru who preached love and is accused of eight killings, had his say in public Thursday and flatly denied he is guilty of murder. In his first extended give-and-take session […]
Attorney Says Chance Still Exists Texan Could Be Tried With Manson
AUSTIN, Tex., Jun. 19 – The attorney for Charles Denton Watson says there is still a chance the 24-year-old Texan could stand trial with the rest of the “Manson Family” in California for the Sharon Tate murders. Therefore, Bill Boyd […]
Manson Says He ‘Paid Debt To Society’
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun. 19 – Charles Manson, the hippie chieftain charged with the murder of Sharon Tate and seven others, proclaimed his innocence Thursday at an impromptu courtroom news conference. “I know what I’ve done and I don’t have […]
‘Honest’ Prospective Jurors Turned Away, Manson Says
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 19 – “It seems they’re turning all the honest people away — and leaving the dishonest ones.” That, in one sentence, is what hippie leader Charles Manson thinks as he watches the slow process of selecting a […]
Says Main Tate Witness Urged Not To Testify
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 18 – An attorney says attempts are being made to intimidate Linda Kasabian, a young mother expected to be the prosecution’s main witness in the Sharon Tate murder trial. Gary Fleischman, who represents Mrs. Kasabian, said she […]
‘I Owe Society Nothing,’ Manson Says
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 18 – Hippie leader Charles Manson, in Santa Monica Superior Court today to answer charges he murdered musician Gary Hinman, told newsmen in an impromptu news conference “I owe society nothing.” Dressed in jail fatigues and looking […]
Kasabian in Court, Sees Cult Leader
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 18 – Linda Kasabian 20, one of Charles Manson’s “girls,” made a surprise appearance at his murder trial yesterday and faced the cult chieftain for the first time since it was disclosed she might testify against him. […]
Mary Brunner Arraigned In Musician Slaying Case
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 18 – Mary Brunner, a member of the Charles Manson clan, today had been arraigned for the murder of musician Gary Hinman and requested the right to act as her own attorney. Miss Brunner 26, was held […]
Texas Man Charged In Sharon Tate Murders
AUSTIN, Tex., Jun. 18 – “Charles Watson is a completely different individual from the other people that are being tried out there. It’s much more difficult to believe that he has involvement in this matter or that it would be […]
Tate Testimony in 60 Days Seen
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 17 – The chief prosecutor at the trial of four hippie types on charges of murdering actress Sharon Tate and six others said today that actual testimony may take only 60 days. But the judge continued to […]
Mary Brunner Indicted: Ex-Librarian Asks To Defend Herself
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 17 – Mary Brunner asked Tuesday to act as her own attorney when she was arraigned in connection with the Gary Hinman murder case. She was a one-time key prosecution witness. Miss Brunner, 26, a native of […]
