Category Archives: Archived News

Hearing Set for Manson, Susan Atkins

LOS ANGELES, May 17 – A Superior Court judge today had scheduled May 27 to hear defense motions designed to free accused Tate-Labianca murder defendants Charles Manson and Susan Atkins. Judge Charles H. Older will hear arguments on the motions […]

Beausoleil Is Denied Right to Act as Own Attorney

LOS ANGELES, May 14 – Robert Beausoleil, condemned to death for the murder of musician Gary Hinman, tried unsuccessfully to act as his own attorney so he could introduce “new evidence” into his case. Superior Judge William B. Keene denied […]

Beausoleil Asks For New Trial

LOS ANGELES, May 13 – Robert Beausoleil, a “Manson family” member convicted of one of eight slayings attributed by police to the hippie cult, has requested a new trial with claims he has “new evidence.” Beausoleil, 22, also sought unsuccessfully […]

Beach Boys Singer Splits With Wife

LOS ANGELES, May 8 – Beach Boys singer Dennis Wilson’s five-year marriage ended in divorce Thursday. His Benedict Canyon home, which he allegedly once shared with Charles Manson and his family, was ordered sold by Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner […]

Texas Okays Tate Case Extradition

AUSTIN, Tex., May 7 – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday upheld a lower court order sending Charles Denton Watson, 24, to California to stand trial on charges he helped murder actress Sharon Tate and six other persons last […]

Tate Case Defendant Charles Watson Asked to Stop Fighting Extradition from Texas

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 30 – Leslie van Houten appealed to Charles (Tex) Watson today to stop fighting extradition and agree to return to Los Angeles so that Manson family defendants could stand trial with “the strength of unity.” Watson, 24, […]

Judge Denies Manson Request

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 30 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of eight slayings, as once again appealed to the court to allow him to defend himself because “it’s in my heart.” Stroking his heard and reaching inside his purple velvet embroidered […]

Atkins Girl Denied Plea Of Jeopardy

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 30 – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused Wednesday to allow Susan Atkins to enter a plea of “once in jeopardy” to murder-conspiracy charges stemming from the death of musician Gary Hinman. Judge George M. Dell […]

Manson ‘Kin’ Urged to Accept Trial

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 29 – A defendant in the Sharon Tate murder case appealed to Charles “Tex” Watson Tuesday to stop fighting extradition from Texas so the “Manson family” would stand trial with “the strength of unity.” Leslie Van Houten, […]

Warrant for Manson Cult ‘Kin’

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 28 – A federal warrant was issued Monday for the arrest of Bruce Davis, a member of the Manson “family” and a defendant in the murder of musician Gary Hinman. U.S District Court Judge Jesse W. Curtis […]

One Hinman Murder Indictment Against Atkins Will Be Dropped

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 24 – Complicated murder-conspiracy charges against hippie cult leader Charles Manson and Manson family member Susan Atkins are due for still another switch, the district attorney’s office said Thursday. Miss Atkins, 21, is charged in Santa Monica […]

Manson Accused of Saying He Cut Off Someone’s Ear

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 23 – Hippie clan leader Charles Manson told two people he cut a man’s ear off, according to a County Grand Jury transcript released yesterday. The transcript was a record of testimony taken during closed-door proceedings last […]

Court Assigns New Attorney for Manson

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 23 – Attorney Richard A. Walton was appointed yesterday to defend cult leader Charles Manson against murder and conspiracy charges stemming from the fatal stabbing of musician Gary Hinman. Superior Judge George M. Dell appointed the lawyer, […]

Tate Trial To Exclude 1 Defendant

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 22 – The attorney for Linda Kasabian, a young mother charged with murder-conspiracy in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others, said yesterday she will not go to trial with five other defendants June 15. […]

Manson’s Pal Sentenced to Gas Chamber

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 21 – The first member of the Manson family to stand trial for murder was sentenced today to death by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury. Robert Beausoleil, 22, registered no emotion as the seven-woman, five-man jury […]

Beausoleil Must Die In Slaying

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 21 – Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, convicted murderer of musician Gary Hinman, was condemned to die in the gas chamber today. The verdict was returned by seven woman, five-man jury which last Saturday found the 22-year-old Beausoleil guilty […]

Jury Weighs Life, Death Penalty for Slayer of Hinman

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 21 – Following daylong arguments, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury Monday began deliberating whether Robert Beausoleil, convicted of first-degree murder Saturday in the death of musician Gary Hinman, will face death in the gas chamber or […]

Jury Ponders Penalty in Murder Case

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 21 – A Superior Court jury was locked up in a downtown hotel late today after deliberating briefly in the penalty phase of the murder retrial of Robert Kenneth Beausoleil. The seven-woman, five-man jury deliberated 45 minutes […]

Tate Murder Trials Face Legal Tangles

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20 – A maze of legal tangles may conflict with a judges announced resolve that the Sharon Tate murders trial begin June 15. A clutter of courtroom complexities surrounding the six persons charged in the slayings has […]

Death Asked For Killer Of Musician

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20 – The prosecution will seek the death penalty Monday for Robert Beausoleil, the 22-year-old “Manson Family” member convicted of the 1969 torture slaying of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman. Beausoleil, his parents looking on, slumped in his […]