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Chance To Deny Tate Crime Allowed To Pass

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Mar. 12 – Susan Atkins had the chance Wednesday to disclaim her story about the Tate-La Bianca murders but she let the opportunity pass. Her new attorney, Daye Shinn, said Tuesday she had repudiated an account of […]

Susan To Repudiate Tate Death Story

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 11 – Susan Denise Atkins, Manson clan informer who sang the song of slaughter that broke the Tate-LaBianca mass murder cases to a grand jury, won’t let out a peep during the forthcoming trial. This reversal of […]

Manson Tactics – Legal Ploy to Unite Accused

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 – From his County Jail lodgings, Charles Manson still directs his loyal hippie “Family” with the verve of old, while plotting a courtroom coup which might have stunning repercussions. It becomes clear now that, far from […]

Manson Planning Courtroom Coup

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 – Even in jail, Charles Manson still directs his loyal “family” while he plots a courtroom coup which could get him out from under charges that he directed the Sharon Tate mass murders. Until now, Manson […]

‘Informer Susan’ Wins Trial Delay

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 – Wearing a purple dress with a deep plunging neckline, Susan Atkins, the informer in the Tate-LaBianca murders, today won a delay in her case until March 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court. Smiling and appearing […]

Beausoleil Retrial Set for Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 – The retrial of 21-year-old Robert Beausoleil for the July, 1969 slaying of Malibu musician Gary Hinman, 34, will be held in Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge William B. Keene ruled Friday. Keene turned down a […]

Ask Switch in Slaying Trial Site

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 – Robert K. Beausoleil, charged with murder in the death of Malibu musician Gary Hinman, asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William B. Keene Wednesday to switch his retrial to San Francisco or Sacramento counties. Keene […]

Refuses To Drop Murder Charge Linked to ‘Family’

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 – A Superior Court judge yesterday refused to dismiss a murder charge against Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, who has been linked with the “family” of accused Tate-LaBianca slayer Charles Manson. Judge William B. Keene continued until today […]

Manson Loses Motion to Form Jail ‘Family’ as Aid in Defense

Judge Allows Rambling Discourses on Law, Philosophy While Dealing With Series of Unique Legal Maneuvers LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 – Charles Miller Manson sought unsuccessfully Wednesday to form a corporation with six other County Jail inmates to be known as […]

The ‘Manson Family’ Murders

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 – Last month when the grand jury here indicted a motley group of hippies — most of them girls — for the senseless slaughter of film actress Sharon Tate and six others, the public became progressively […]

‘Guilty’ Verdict Before Trial

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 – “The news media have already executed and buried me,” says Charles Manson, head of the hippie clan charged with responsibility for the gruesome murders of actress Sharon Tate and four of her friends. Quite a […]

Judge Again Denies Manson Move to Represent Himself

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 – Hippie cult leader Charles Milles Manson’s request to act as his own attorney at his trial on seven counts of murder was denied for a second time yesterday as a lawyer was named to discuss […]

Appoint Attorney for Tate Case Defendant

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 – A Superior Court judge today had appointed a veteran criminal trial attorney to represent Leslie Van Houten, charged in the murders last Aug. 10 of wealthy market executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary. Judge […]

Monrovia Girl Gets Attorney

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 – A former deputy district attorney was appointed Friday to defend Leslie Louise Van Houten of Monrovia, charged with conspiracy in the Sharon Tate murders and murder in the deaths of a wealthy market owner and […]

The Wreck Of A Monstrous ‘Family’

Long-haired, bearded little Charlie Manson so disturbed the American millions last week – when he was charged with sending four docile girls and a hairy male acolyte off to slaughter strangers in two Los Angeles houses last August – that […]

Manson Makes Wisecracks in Court

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of the Sharon Tate murders, smirked and wisecracked Wednesday during an unexpected court appearance in which he unsuccessfully argued he should be permitted to act as his own attorney. Superior Court […]

Susan Atkins Pleads Innocent in Tate Deaths

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 – Slim, dark-eyed Susan Denise Atkins — whose testimony led to the indictment of herself and five other members of a hippie band in the Tate and LaBianca slayings — pleaded innocent Tuesday to murder charges. […]

News Crew Claims Finding Clothing of Tate Killers

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 – A television news crew yesterday found what may be clothing worn by the killer of actress Sharon Tate and four others. The discovery was made at an undisclosed location near the actress’ rented estate in […]

‘Sadie and Mary’ Hunt Unlocked Tate Case

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 – A retrial date has been set for Feb.16 for a handsome young transient accused of a murder which has been linked to the Tate-LaBianca killings. Robert E. Beausoleil, 21, is one of two persons charged […]

Talkative Manson Arraigned in Tate, LaBianca Slayings

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 – A chatty Charles Manson was arraigned Thursday in the Tate and LaBianca murders. Despite his previous courtroom experience — he has spent about half his 35 years behind bars on a variety of offenses — […]