LOS ANGELES, Mar. 18 – Charles Manson’s attorney said Tuesday he will request a psychiatric examination for his client, the prime defendant in the Sharon Tate murder case, because of his bizarre conduct in court. Charles Hollopeter, Manson’s court-appointed lawyer, […]
Defendant In Tate Deaths Fails To Disqualify Judge
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16 – One of the defendants in the Tate-Labianca murder cases failed yesterday to remove Superior Judge William B. Keene as the jurist who will preside at her trial. Superior Judge George M. Dell ruled a motion […]
Things May Be Looking Up For Manson, Legal Breaks May Be Coming His Way
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 15 – Things are looking up for Charles Manson. When police first arrested the hairy little guru of a hippie “family,” an impression got around that there was ample evidence he had ordered five members of his […]
Manson’s New Attorney May Ask Insanity Plea
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 13 – Cult leader Charles Manson’s new court-appointed attorney said he may plead his client not guilty to the Sharon Tate murders by reason of insanity. Lawyer Charles Hollopeter said he was “distressed and disturbed” by Manson’s […]
Manson, Judge Play ’20 Questions’
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12 – Accused “mastermind of murder” Charles Manson Wednesday played “Twenty Questions” with a judge, blocking for a time a simple change of attorney motion by his ex-girl friend turned accuser. Manson, stroking his beard and “playing […]
Manson’s ‘Conscience Clear’
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12 – “I know what I’ve done and what I haven’t done. My conscience is clear.” So said Charles Miles Manson, the accused mastermind behind the massacre murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others, in an […]
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 […]
Informer May Deny Tate Case Confession
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 11 – Susan Atkins, the member of the “Manson family” who turned informer in the Sharon Tate murder case, will probably repudiate her confession, a lawyer seeking to represent her said yesterday. Miss Atkins asked the court […]
‘United Front’ Defense Mapped
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 10 – The lawyer appointed to defend Charles Manson, accused leader of a hippie murder cult, believes the best trial strategy may be a “united front” for all six defendants in the Sharon Tate murders. “The overall […]
Court-Named Counsel Sees Manson Pleasant, Intelligent
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 10 – Attorney Charles Hollopeter says his newest client, Charles Manson, is “pleasant, cooperative…and quite intelligent.” “He’s got an interesting personality,” said the 59-year-old criminal attorney of the man accused of planning and leading the grisly killing […]
Jail Pal Airs Angry Manson Statement
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 8 – Charles Manson, charged with masterminding the Sharon Tate and Leno LaBianca mass murders, spoke to the press by proxy Saturday and lashed out at the courts for barring him from acting as his own attorney. […]
Manson ‘Family’ Members Sing Their Leader’s Folk Song
Brenda McCann Holds Manson Album CHATSWORTH, Calif., Mar. 8 – Four disciples or Charles Manson sat on a dilapidated porch at Spahn Ranch Saturday and crooned a song their cult leader wrote in jail while awaiting trial in the actress […]
LINDA KASABIAN: Was She Yana the Witch?
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 8 – I was standing underneath one of those towering gas station signs you see by the highway all the time, at the eastern edge of Gallup, New Mexico, when the girl picked me up. It was […]
Manson, Judge in Heated Clash During Hearing
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 7 – Charles Manson Friday lost the right to defend himself in a stormy courtroom session which led to the arrest and jailing for contempt of three of his followers. The boisterous outburst erupted after Los Angeles […]
Shouting Match in Court
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 7 – Shouting “you can kill me, but you can’t give me an attorney,” accused murderer Charles Manson Friday was ruled incapable of representing himself and an attorney was appointed to handle his defense. The wild court […]
Manson Gets Attorney, Angry
MANSON ‘CLAN’ MEMBERS ON WAY TO JAIL – Three members of Charles M. Manson’s nomadic “family” leave a Los Angeles court Friday on way to serve five-day jail sentence for contempt of court. After Judge William B. Keene ruled that […]
Manson Has Stormy Session in Court
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 7 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of the Sharon Tate murders, was given a court-appointed defense attorney over his objections Friday after a judge ruled the “outlandish” motions he filed proved he was incapable of defending himself. […]
Jail Reunion of Miss Atkins and Manson ‘Joyous’
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 6 – The reunion Thursday in County Jail between Charles Manson and Susan Atkins was “a joyous one,” according to her lawyer. Both exploded in laughter as their eyes met for the first time in five months, […]
Manson Holds Jail Conference With Girl Co-Defendant
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 6 – Susan Denise Atkins met with her co-defendant Charles Manson, for an hour and 15 minutes Thursday in Los Angeles but declined to reveal much of what occurred. After she left the meeting at County Jail, […]
