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Retrial Assured For Member of Manson Family
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 – Retrial of Leslie Van Houten, a member of the Charles Manson “family,” was assured Thursday when the state Supreme Court refused by one vote to review the reversal of her conviction for murder. At the […]
Sentencing for Manson Cultist Set
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 — Sentencing is scheduled Jan. 24 for Charles Manson cultist Susan Murphy and a woman companion on their guilty pleas to a charge of assaulting a federal officer when they escaped from prison last August. U.S. […]
Susan Murphy, Friend Enter Not-Guilty Pleas
Former Charles Manson cultist Susan Murphy and a companion pleaded innocent Monday to charges of overpowering a federal prison guard on Terminal Island last August and escaping in the guard’s car. Miss Murphy, 34, and Diane Ellis, 33, entered their […]
Manson Now Denies He Ordered Killings
VACAVILLE, Sept. 15 – Charles Manson now denies he has ordered any more killings. At the same time, however, he says “there is no place on earth to hide from the IPCR” — a reference to the “International People’s Court […]
Linda Kasabian Arrested In Litchfield
NASHUA, N.H., Apr. 20 — Linda Christian, a former follower of Charles Manson, and 11 other persons face a rioting charge after an incident with firefighters who were trying to douse a bonfire the group started Sunday night in a […]
‘Helter Skelter’ an April Fool
Apr. 1 – A poster arrived from CBS last week proclaiming in jagged, blood-red letters that “Helter Skelter” would be shown in two parts, tonight and Friday night. Then KNXT yelled “April fool!” or words to that effect. The local […]
Hiring of Manson Friend Shocks Some State Senators
ALBANY, NY, Jan. 28 — The appointment of Herman Schwartz as chairman of the State Commission of Correction has been endangered by the recent hiring of an ex-convict associated with mass murderer Charles Manson. The hiring of Lanier Rayner as […]
No Prosecution of Fromme For Sending Letter Threat
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 13 — Lynette Fromme, sentenced to life in prison for trying to kill President Ford, will not be prosecuted for sending a threatening letter to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Attorney said today. […]
Fromme Mails a Death Threat to EPA Chief
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11 – Lynette Fromme, serving life for attempting to kill President Ford, has sent a death threat letter from prison to Russell Train, chief of the Environmental Protection Agency. Fromme’s rambling letter was mailed from the U. […]
Sandra Good Faces 4 Additional Charges
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8 – Manson cultist Sandra Good, 31, found herself facing a new federal grand jury indictment today charging her with four additional counts of using public communications to make violent threats. Miss Good, 31, already in jail under […]
Manson Cultist’s Bail Is Cut
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 6 – A federal judge today reduced the bail of Sandra Good from $50,000 to $20,000 and ordered Susan Murphy freed without bond in the government’s case accusing the two Manson cultists of conspiring to mail threatening letters. […]
Self-Counsel Bid: Judge Delays Ruling In ‘Death List’ Conspiracy
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 23 – Sandra Good and Susan Murphy, former roommates of Lynette Fromme and members of the Charles Manson cult, asked that they be allowed to act as their own lawyers at their arraignment today on charges of conspiring […]
US Indicts Sandra Good Over ‘Death List’ Threats
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 22 – Sandra Good, roommate of Lynette Fromme and an original follower of Charles Manson, was indicted today for conspiracy to mail threatening letters in connection with her so-called “death list” of environmental polluters. Miss Good, 31, was […]
Fromme Maintains She Didn’t Want to Kill Ford
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 20 — Lynette Fromme wrote her trial judge that she knew her gun could not be fired when she pointed it at President Ford, Fromme’s roommate says. Sandra Good said Fromme wrote U.S. District Court Judge Thomas MacBride […]
Fromme Case Threat Alerts City Schools
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 20 – Sacramento city schools were alerted yesterday afternoon after police received a telephone call threatening violence against school children unless Lynette Fromme was granted a new trial. Deputy Supt. Fred Stewart said, “We alerted all the schools, […]
Fromme Gets Life Sentence For Ford Assassination Try
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17 – Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, convicted of trying to kill President Ford, was sentenced to life in prison today after several hysterical courtroom outbursts in which she hit a U.S. attorney in the face and demanded that Charles […]
Fromme Trial Bill: $55,000
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2 – All the bills are not in, but federal court officials estimate the cost of Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme’s trial will exceed $55,000. However, a major item of expense — the cost of a flight to Washington, D.C. […]
Fromme Tried To Kill President, Jury Rules
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 27 – Lynette Fromme, disciple of convicted mass slayer Charles Manson and self-proclaimed environmentalist, stood convicted today as the first woman ever to attempt the assassination of a president of the United States. A jury of eight women […]
Manson’s Prison ‘Guru’ Testifies That Fromme Asked Him For Guns
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 11 – An ex-convict described as Charles Manson’s prison guru testified today Lynette Fromme asked him for help in getting guns two months before her alleged assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford. Lanier Ramer, who refused to testify […]
Manson Girl Freed, Father is Blamed
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 — Ruth Ann Morehouse, a former Manson girl, was freed by a judge who blamed her father for abandoning her to the weird gang when she was only 14. Miss Morehouse, now 23, appeared Tuesday for […]
