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Death Is Unlikely For Manson, Followers, Attorney Says
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 – Even if the jury condemns Charles Manson and his three female followers to death in the Sharon Tate murders, attorneys believe the chances are slim they will die in the gas chamber at San Quentin. […]
Tate Juror ‘Mentality’ at Issue in Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 – A hearing to determine whether a member of the Tate-LaBianca jury, sequestered more than seven months, has been “mentally affected” by the tight security and sensational publicity surrounding the case, today was scheduled for next […]
Judge Denies Insanity Plea for Krenwinkel
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 – One of the four members of hippie leader Charles Manson’s “family” convicted of the seven brutal Tate-LaBianca murders Monday today attempted to change her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. The motion was […]
Manson: The ‘Why’ Remains
Jan. 27 – A jury of representative citizens has pondered the evidence and reached its verdict, and now the long and arduous trial phase of the Manson murder case is over. Ahead lies still more testimony as prelude to the […]
Susan to Testify of Being Tricked Into Confession
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 – Convicted murderess Susan Atkins, whose initial “confession” to the brutal Tate-LaBianca murders led to the arrest and eventual conviction of sex guru Charles Manson and three of his “family,” will take the witness stand during […]
Until Charlie Gets Out Girls Vow to Continue Vigil
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 – The Charles Manson “girls” who have kept a five-month vigil outside the gray Hall of Justice took the Manson guilty verdicts calmly Monday and vowed they would stay there “until Charlie gets out.” When it […]
MANSON VERDICT ALL GUILTY!: First-Degree Conviction on 27 Counts
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 – Charles Manson and three of his “girls” were convicted Monday on all 27 counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder in the seven Tate-LaBianca killings 18 months ago. The long-haired, bearded Manson and the […]
Manson, 3 Girls Found Guilty on Mass Murder Charges
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 – Charles Manson and three female followers were convicted of first-degree murder yesterday in the killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others in August 1969. The defendants also were convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. […]
The ‘Family’ Knew No Wrong
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 – “Sadie Glutz is a snitch” Small, white stickers with those words appeared in public places after slender, dark-haired, dark-eyed Susan Denise Atkins, 22, broke Charles Manson’s rule for survival in the nation’s reform schools and […]
Mother Tells Life of Manson as Boy
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 – She looks older than her 53 years and feels 90, she says. Thin and slightly hunched from emphysema that keeps her from working, she still smokes heavily. Sometimes, when the fear keeps her sitting up all […]
The Manson Story: Love and Murder
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins, and Leslie Van Houten walking to court yesterday, where a Los Angeles jury found them, along with Charles Manson, guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy for the Tate-LaBianca killings LOS ANGELES, Jan. […]
Manson, 3 Girls Found Guilty
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 – Charles Manson and three young women he lured into his wild nomadic cult were convicted of first degree murder today in the savage and senseless slaughter of actress Sharon Tate and six other helpless victims. […]
Manson and Three Girls Guilty
Sheriff’s deputies escort Charles Manson to court today, where he along with Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel were found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy in the Tate-LaBianca killings LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 – Hippie cultist Charles […]
Manson Jury Recesses in ‘Circus Mood’
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 – Obviously in a “circus” mood, jurors deliberating the fate of Charles Manson and three of his girlfriends quit their job early Saturday so they could return to their hotel to rest. The five-woman, seven-man panel, […]
Musician Is Tate Penalty Witness
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 – A Negro trumpeter still carrying a bullet in his back allegedly put there by hippie cultist Charles Manson, appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court briefly today as the prosecution in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial began […]
Manson Waits Fate, in Blast at Lawyers
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 – As the jury in the Tate-LaBianca murders trial began its sixth day of deliberating the fate of Charles Manson and his three girl followers, the cult leader today issued a press release from his jail […]
Tension Mounts as Tate Jurors Ponder Verdict
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 – Tension mounted in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice today as the Tate-LaBianca jury began its fifth day of deliberations. Newsmen from throughout the world crowded around the eighth floor courtroom where the marathon trial […]
Request by Manson Jurors to Visit Murder Scenes Denied
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 – Jurors in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial sought permission Monday to visit, after dark, the scenes of the seven murders but the request was denied. Superior Judge Charles H. Older rejected a defense motion to reopen […]
Manson, Girl in Court on 2 Other Murders
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 – As the jury began its fourth day of deliberating the fate of Charles Manson and three of his girl followers for the Tate-LaBianca massacre murders, the hippie leader and one of the girls appeared in […]
Tate Jury in Deliberation Sifts Mass of Evidence
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 – The Tate-LaBianca jury, in its second full day of deliberations, today asked for a record player to hear the Beatles album on which the prosecution claims the Manson “family” based its “helter-skelter” motive for murder. […]
