LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 – A rift appears to be developing in the defense team in the Sharon Tate murder trial. Three lawyers have accused Charles M. Manson’s attorney of trying to “dump” three women codefendants to help Manson’s case. […]
Linda Admits $5,000 Theft
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 – Linda Kasabian admitted today that she stole $5,000 from a friend and took it with her when she went to the Spahn Ranch and joined the “Manson Family.” The 21-year-old key witness for the prosecution, […]
Manson Shouts Objections to Questioning of Linda Kasabian by Own Attorney at Trial
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 – Charles Manson yesterday objected to his attorney’s relentless cross examination of star prosecution witness Mrs. Linda Kasabian. “Your honor, I’d like to object to my attorney,” shouted Manson as Irving A. Kanarek, was questioning Mrs. […]
‘I Thought I Was a Witch at Time Of Killing:’ Linda
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 – Linda Kasabian, the girl whose testimony could send hippie leader Charles Manson and three of his “followers” to the gas chamber, today admitted that she thought she was a “witch” during the Tate-LaBianca killings. The […]
Tate Joint Defense Splits; Cult Chief’s Attorney Blamed
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 – Defense attorney Irving Kanarek pounded away today with more cross examination of key state witness Linda Kasabian despite the objection of other defense attorneys to his tactics. The lawyer for 35-year-old hippie cult leader Charles […]
Hearing Slated For Immunity Of Kasabian
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 – Linda Kasabian — the state’s prime witness against Charles Manson and three codefendants — may be given immunity today from prosecution in the murder of Sharon Tate and six others. But another important issue will […]
Linda Given Immunity But Not Yet Released
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 – Linda Kasabian, the chief witness against long-haired hippie leader Charles Manson and three of his girls, today was granted immunity from prosecution in the Tate-LaBianca murders. The immunity order was signed by Los Angeles Superior […]
Manson Courtroom – Unbelievable World
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 – It’s an unbelievable world in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Dept. 101. In the always crowded courtroom, spectators, defendants, attorneys and even the jury have been described like “something out of central casting.” Little old […]
Sharon Tate Murdered One Year Ago Today
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 – One year ago Saturday actress Sharon Tate, eight months pregnant, sunbathed by her swimming pool, talked by transatlantic telephone to her director husband in London, and thumbed through a book of names for the baby. […]
Prosecution Feels Witness Tells Truth in Tate Case
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 – During seven days of cross-examination, defense attorney Irving Kanarek has constantly hammered the veracity of Linda Kasabian’s story of the Tate-LaBianca murders. But during a break in Friday’s session, Assistant District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi said […]
Claimant of Gun in Manson Case Dies
Aug. 7 – Death has eliminated a prospective prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial — a movie stunt man who claimed ownership of the gun thought to have been used in the first night’s slaughter. Goateed, one-armed Joseph Randall, […]
Linda Only ‘Lied a Little,’ Miamian Says
Miami, Aug. 7 – A Miami woman said today she had been “scared” into testifying for the defense in the Sharon Tate murder trial. And, she said, she was never given a chance on the stand to explain her testimony […]
Murder Victim’s Picture Shakes Up State Witness
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 – With a gasping cry of “Ohhh,” Linda Kasabian buried her head in her hands and sobbed after Charles Manson’s attorney thrust in front of her a color picture of actress Sharon Tate in death — […]
Manson Trial Witness Dies
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 – Randy Starr, a cowboy stunt man and resident at the Spahn Ranch in Chatsworth, died Thursday of meningitis, in Veterans Hospital. Starr, who was about 55, was one of the chief prosecution witnesses in the […]
How Could You? Linda Gasps at Manson Clan
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 – “Oh God…How could You do that?’” Sobbing, and her face contorted in horror, Linda Kasabian today gasped out the question to hippie leader Charles Manson and three of his girl followers as she viewed “nightmarish” […]
Linda Didn’t Know 5 Were Killed in Tate Home Raid
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 – Linda Kasabian, on the witness stand for the eighth straight day in the Tate-LaBianca murder case, testified today she was “really upset” when she eventually learned the next day that five persons had died in […]
‘Family’ Heckles, Scoffs at ‘Manson’s Mother’
THIS WOMAN, Mrs. Ethel Garvey, claims to be the mother of Charles Manson, leader of the “family” accused of the Tate-Labianca murders. Manson has said his mother abandoned him when he was a child and he was forced to live […]
Manson Girls Chant ‘Why Go on With Trial!’ After Nixon Remark
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 – The Charles Manson murder trial jury got another dose of “the Nixon statement” yesterday, this time from the cult leaders’ three female codefendants. Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten stood up before the […]
New Mistrial Bid Over Manson’s Antics is Denied
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 – Another motion for a mistrial in the Tate-LaBianca murder case was denied in Los Angeles Superior Court today. The motion, by chief defense counsel Paul Fitzgerald, was based on the actions of cult leader Charles […]
Nixon Censure Denied by Judge in Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 – A barrage of legal motions, including one to censure the President of the United States, threw the murder trial of cultist Charles Manson and three of his followers into an uproar today. The motions, all […]
