Category Archives: Archived News
Didn’t Coerce Key Witness, Woman Says
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 11 – A member of Charles Manson’s hippie clan yesterday denied under oath that she pressured a prosecution key witness to recant testimony that Robert Kenneth Beausoleil killed Gary Hinman. Beausoleil 22, also a member of the […]
Police Seek Manson Case Auto, Driver
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 11 – The Los Angeles Police Dept. has requested public assistance in locating anyone who reportedly gave three members of the Manson family rides to Spahn Ranch following the LaBianca slayings last summer. Grocery market owner Leno […]
Change of Mind in Hinman Testimony Tied to Conscience
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 10 – Mary Brunner, a prosecution witness in the murder trial of Robert K. Beausoleil signed an affidavit admitting perjury in testimony against him because “I couldn’t stand to be free and have the others in jail,” […]
Manson Says Court Has Shown Him No Respect
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 10 – “The court has showed no respect to me,” Charles Manson retorted Tuesday as he was removed from a courtroom after the hippie cult leader insisted on turning his back to the judge. Manson, in court […]
Key Witness Says She Lied in Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 10 – A key prosecution witness in the trial that convicted Robert Beausoleil of murdering musician Gary Hinman has signed an affidavit saying that she testified falsely and under pressure from authorities, the court has been told. […]
Prosecution Fights Manson In Motion for New Attorney
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 5 – The prosecution in the Gary Hinman murder case yesterday opposed a substitution of attorneys for cult leader Charles Manson. Superior Court Judge George M. Dell continued the substitution motion until June 10 when prosecutors will […]
Manson Loses Bid to Co-Counsel
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 2 – Hippie-tribe leader Charles M. Manson got a new lawyer Monday but again lost an effort to have a voice as a co-counsel in the Tate-LaBianca murder case. Los Angeles Superior Judge Charles H. Older approved […]
Judge Grants New Lawyer for Cult Leader Manson
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 2 – Cult leader Charles Manson yesterday won a new attorney to represent him in the Tate-LaBianca murder case. Superior Judge Charles H. Older, at Manson’s request, substituted Van Nuys attorney I. A. Kanarek for the defendant’s […]
New Attorney OKd for Manson
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 1 – Charles Manson got a new lawyer today after the attorney promised the judge he would he ready to begin trial in the Sharon Tate murder case on schedule June 15. Superior Court Judge Charles Older […]
Police Deny Report By Attorney
LOS ANGELES, May 29 – A defense lawyer for a member of the “Manson family” contends police have a confession from someone not connected with the hippie cult stating he killed actress Sharon Tate. Paul D. Fitzgerald, attorney for Patricia […]
Defender Charges Cover-Up of Manson-Trial Evidence
LOS ANGELES, May 28 – Police and district attorney investigators were charged Wednesday with intentionally “covering up” the possibility that someone other than hippie leader Charles Manson and his “family” killed actress Sharon Tate and six others. Former Public Defender […]
Judge Sets Hearing Monday To Rule On Manson Attorney
LOS ANGELES, May 28 – With the Sharon Tate murder trial 2 ½ weeks away the question of who will defend Charles Manson remained undecided yesterday. Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older denied another of the hippie cult leader’s requests […]
Defendant in Hinman Case Will Seek ‘New Evidence’
LOS ANGELES, May 28 – Robert Kenneth Beausoleil today had won the right to act as his own attorney to get “new evidence” aimed at clearing him in the murder of musician Gary Hinman. Superior Court Judge William B. Keene […]
Hinman Slayer Will Act as Own Attorney in Seeking New Trial
LOS ANGELES, May 27 – Convicted murderer Robert K. Beausoleil was granted a request Tuesday to act as his own attorney after a statement was read to the court in which the prosecution’s star witness repudiated her testimony as “not […]
Beausoleil Given Okay to Seek New Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, May 27 – Robert K. Beausoleil, condemned to death for one of eight sayings police have attributed to the “Manson Family,” has been granted permission to act as his own attorney in seeking a new trial. Beausoleil’s request […]
Manson’s New Pleas Are Heard
LOS ANGELES, May 27 – Motions to change attorneys, suppress evidence, and throw out the whole case against accused murder mastermind Charles Manson and three of his female followers were heard in Los Angeles Superior Court today in a confusing […]
Tate Slayer Suspect Watson Wins Delay, Separate Trial
LOS ANGELES, May 21 – Manson “family” member Charles (Tex) Watson apparently will not be tried with the other five defendants in the slaughter-killing of actress Sharon Tate and six others. Watson, who allegedly wielded the murder weapons — a […]
Manson Family Legal Troubles
LOS ANGELES, May 20 – A motion by cult leader Charles Manson to substitute attorneys in one of the eight slayings he is accused of masterminding was denied Tuesday in Superior Court. Manson asked Judge George M. Dell that attorneys […]
Manson Only Witness?
LOS ANGELES, May 19 – Charles Manson is expected to be the sole defense witness among those accused in the Sharon Tate murders, sources close to the bizarre case said today. The ego of the 35-year-old leader of a hippie […]
Drug Victim Identified
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, May 18 – Police today tentatively identified the man who died from an overdose of narcotics early Saturday as a 23-year-old mystic and practicer of black magic living in a hippy community at Cedar Crest. The man, who […]
