Category Archives: Archived News
Manson Judge Lives Up To Billing As Unflappable No-Nonsense Jurist
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 22 – Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older, who is presiding over the trial of Charles Manson and three members of his nomadic “family,” has a courthouse reputation as a stern, unflappable, “no-nonsense” judge. He’s living up […]
Tate Case Suspect’s Relative Found Dead
MOBILE, Ala., Jun. 22 – The half sister of one of three women charged with Charles Manson in the murder of actress Sharon Tate was found dead here Sunday and police said she apparently drowned. Officers said the nude body […]
Lineup for Legal Battle of Wits in Manson Cult Case
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 21 – A scrappy former Golden Gloves boxer from Minnesota and a Brooklyn-born criminal law expert head up a sort of tag-team match now under way in a high-ceiling courtroom in the gray-stoned Los Angeles Hall of […]
Manson Flatly Denies That He’s Ever Killed Anyone
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun. 19 – Charles Manson, long-haired hippie guru who preached love and is accused of eight killings, had his say in public Thursday and flatly denied he is guilty of murder. In his first extended give-and-take session […]
Attorney Says Chance Still Exists Texan Could Be Tried With Manson
AUSTIN, Tex., Jun. 19 – The attorney for Charles Denton Watson says there is still a chance the 24-year-old Texan could stand trial with the rest of the “Manson Family” in California for the Sharon Tate murders. Therefore, Bill Boyd […]
Manson Says He ‘Paid Debt To Society’
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun. 19 – Charles Manson, the hippie chieftain charged with the murder of Sharon Tate and seven others, proclaimed his innocence Thursday at an impromptu courtroom news conference. “I know what I’ve done and I don’t have […]
‘Honest’ Prospective Jurors Turned Away, Manson Says
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 19 – “It seems they’re turning all the honest people away — and leaving the dishonest ones.” That, in one sentence, is what hippie leader Charles Manson thinks as he watches the slow process of selecting a […]
Says Main Tate Witness Urged Not To Testify
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 18 – An attorney says attempts are being made to intimidate Linda Kasabian, a young mother expected to be the prosecution’s main witness in the Sharon Tate murder trial. Gary Fleischman, who represents Mrs. Kasabian, said she […]
‘I Owe Society Nothing,’ Manson Says
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 18 – Hippie leader Charles Manson, in Santa Monica Superior Court today to answer charges he murdered musician Gary Hinman, told newsmen in an impromptu news conference “I owe society nothing.” Dressed in jail fatigues and looking […]
Kasabian in Court, Sees Cult Leader
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 18 – Linda Kasabian 20, one of Charles Manson’s “girls,” made a surprise appearance at his murder trial yesterday and faced the cult chieftain for the first time since it was disclosed she might testify against him. […]
Mary Brunner Arraigned In Musician Slaying Case
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 18 – Mary Brunner, a member of the Charles Manson clan, today had been arraigned for the murder of musician Gary Hinman and requested the right to act as her own attorney. Miss Brunner 26, was held […]
Texas Man Charged In Sharon Tate Murders
AUSTIN, Tex., Jun. 18 – “Charles Watson is a completely different individual from the other people that are being tried out there. It’s much more difficult to believe that he has involvement in this matter or that it would be […]
Tate Testimony in 60 Days Seen
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 17 – The chief prosecutor at the trial of four hippie types on charges of murdering actress Sharon Tate and six others said today that actual testimony may take only 60 days. But the judge continued to […]
Mary Brunner Indicted: Ex-Librarian Asks To Defend Herself
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 17 – Mary Brunner asked Tuesday to act as her own attorney when she was arraigned in connection with the Gary Hinman murder case. She was a one-time key prosecution witness. Miss Brunner, 26, a native of […]
Manson Asks Jury Selection Speedup
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 17 – Charles Manson was willing to have the first 12 prospective jurors selected at random try him for the Sharon Tate-Labianca murders. The trial judge ignored him. Jury selection proceeds instead today in normal fashion but […]
Manson Jury Selection in 2nd Day; None Picked
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 17 – Thirteen of 24 prospective jurors called in the mass murder case against Charles Manson and three of his “family,” were excused as the trial began its second day today in Los Angeles Superior Court. The […]
Hinman Witness Indicted for Murder
Mary Brunner, a key witness in the trial of Robert Beausoleil for the slaying of musician Gary Hinman, is shown behing taken to county jail at Los Angeles, Calif., grand jury for Hinman’s death. Beausoleil has been sentenced to death […]
‘Manson Family’ Jury Selection Begins
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 17 – Selection of a jury began yesterday in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial and hippie cult leader Charles Manson said he was willing to accept the first 12 citizens called into the jury box without questioning any […]
Defense Gets Trial Delay; Files Charge
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 16 – The chief prosecutor in the Sharon Tate murder case faced a contempt of court hearing today on defense changes that he violated a judicial order by giving a published pretrial interview. The hearing for Deputy […]
Manson, 3 followers Sit Quietly at Pre-Trial Hearing
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 16 – Charles Manson and three of his female followers yesterday apparently decided to quiet down so they could remain in the courtroom during a hearing before the start of their murder-conspiracy trial. Manson and the others […]
