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Mary Brunner Is Jailed; Fight Starts Over Her Baby
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 – Mary Brunner, a former Madison librarian, and graduate of the University of Wisconsin, was sentenced to the Los Angeles County Jail for 90 days Thursday, thereby assuring her presence at the October trial of Charles […]
‘Saw Manson with Weapon,’ Linda
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 – Linda Kasabian testified today that Charles Manson carried either a sword or gun into the home of a wealthy market owner before the man and his wife were slain last August. “I don’t know what […]
Manson on Stand Seeking End to ‘Jail Harassment’
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 – Hippie leader Charles Manson, his long hair uncombed and his shirt-tail hanging to his knees, took the witness stand today in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial to seek release from what he charged was “harassment” in […]
Manson Complaining Of Barbaric Treatment
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 – Charles M. Manson complained today of “unjust and barbaric treatment” by jail officers, saying he is searched and forced to walk until exhausted. He added in a “cease and desist” motion at the Sharon Tate […]
Manson Attorney Draws Fire From “Everybody”
CHARLES MANSON…another day in court. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 – Charles M. Manson’s attorney, in his eighth day of cross-examining the state’s key witness in the Sharon Tate murder trial, has drawn the fire of the judge, other defense lawyers […]
Rift Seems To Be Developing In The Charles Manson Trial
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” […]
