Category Archives: Archived News
Manson, Planning Defense, Said Readying Surprise
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 – In the law library of the Los Angeles County Central Jail, a short, slight man pores over legal tomes and makes notes. It takes a lot of time. He has only a fifth-grade education and […]
Beausoleil Retrial Set for Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 – The retrial of 21-year-old Robert Beausoleil for the July, 1969 slaying of Malibu musician Gary Hinman, 34, will be held in Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge William B. Keene ruled Friday. Keene turned down a […]
No Public Funds for Defendant
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 – No public funds will be used to pay attorney’s fees for Susan Denise Atkins, charged with the murders of actress Sharon Tate and seven others, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge said Friday. Presiding Judge […]
Manson Asks Again for Tapes
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 – Charles Manson has asked the California Court of Appeal to overturn a lower court order denying him use of a tape recorder in preparing his own defense in the Sharon Tate multiple killings, attorney Daye […]
Manson Sued
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 – Two children of Mrs. Rosemary La Bianca, one of the seven persons allegedly murdered by some of the suspects in the Sharon Tate case, filed a $2 million suit in Los Angeles against Charles Manson […]
Kasabian Defense Motions Rejected
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 – Superior Judge Malcolm Lucas turned down all defense motions made last Tuesday in behalf of Mrs. Linda Kasabian, 20-year-old defendant in the Tate and LaBianca murders. However, during arguments by her attorneys, various details of […]
Ask Switch in Slaying Trial Site
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 – Robert K. Beausoleil, charged with murder in the death of Malibu musician Gary Hinman, asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William B. Keene Wednesday to switch his retrial to San Francisco or Sacramento counties. Keene […]
Linda Tells Her Fear of Manson
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 – Linda Kasabian, seven months pregnant, appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday in an unsuccessful bid for release on bail and claimed through her lawyers she accompanied the Charles Manson clan in the Sharon Tate […]
Victim’s Parents Sue Manson
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 – A $5 million wrongful death suit has been filed against Charles Manson and four other members of his hippie cult indicted for the Sharon Tate murders by the parents of one of the victims. Mr. […]
Defendant Kasabian Faces Trial – No Bail
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 – A judge denied Tuesday motions for dismissal of murder and conspiracy charges against Linda Kasabian, one of six persons accused in the killings of actress Sharon Tate and others. He also declined to set bail […]
Manson Now A Cleancut Hippie
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 – Bearded hippie cult leader Charles Manson, charged with instigating the murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others, is now clean-shaven hippie cult leader Charles Manson. Manson shaved his beard after asking for a safety […]
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 […]
