McKINNEY, Tex., Feb. 17 – Charles Watson looked more like the high school football hero he used to be than the person charged with taking part in the Sharon Tate murders. When he arrived in the courtroom Monday he wore […]
Judge Saw Manson Lampoon, Plea Says
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – A petition filed Monday in the State Court of Appeal charges the judge assigned to Charles Manson’s murder trial viewed a comedy skit lampooning the hippie cult leader titled “A Family That Slays Together, Stays […]
Watson Still Fighting Tate Case Extradition
McKINNEY, Tex., Feb. 16 – Charles Watson, a principal figure in the Sharon Tate slayings resumes his courtroom fight Monday against extradition to California. Attorneys for Watson, 24, of nearby Copeville, are seeking to invalidate Texas Gov. Preston Smith’s warrants […]
Principal Tate Case Witness Flees State
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 – Shirley Nadell, a principal witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder case, has fled California because of threats to her life, her attorney said Friday. Mrs. Nadell, 31, received the threats while in Sybil Brand Institute in […]
Susan Atkins ‘Confessed’ To Cellmate
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 – Susan Atkins, the informer in the massacre-murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others, wrote a series of letters to her former cellmate in which she implicated herself more deeply in the slayings than she […]
Manson’s Phone Rights Taken, Informer Flees
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 – Shirley Nadell, a principle witness in the Tate-La Bianca murder case has fled California because of threats to her life, her attorney said Friday. Mrs. Naddell, 31, received the threats while in a woman’s prison […]
Manson Loses Use Of Phone
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 – The telephone privilege of Charles Manson, who allegedly masterminded the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six other persons, have been suspended by the sheriff’s department. A spokesman for the department said Manson, who is […]
Tate Suspect’s Extradition Could Come Next Week
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 – Police said yesterday they may be able to go to Alabama next week to pick up Patricia Krenwinkel, a former member of the Charles Manson family and a suspect in the Tate-LaBianca murders. Miss Krenwinkel, […]
March 30 Trial Date Set for Manson, 2 Women Members of Cult
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – The conspiracy-murder trial of cult leader Charles Manson and two of his women followers has been scheduled for March 30. The trio will join a fourth co-defendant, Susan Denise Atkins, 21, also scheduled to go […]
Eight Members Of Hippie Style Family Will Be Called To Testify When Charles Manson Goes On Trial In March
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – At least eight members of a hippie-style “family,” still loyal to their jailed leader Charles M. Manson, have been ordered to testify when he goes to trial on murder and conspiracy charges in the slayings […]
Manson Refused New Plea; Trial With 2 Girls Set
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 – Trial for three more defendants in the murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others has been set for March 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court. The accused mastermind behind the killings, hippie leader Charles […]
March 30 Trial Set For Manson
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 – The conspiracy-murder trial of hippie cult leader Charles Manson and two of his women followers was scheduled today for March 30. The trio will join a fourth co-defendant, Susan Denise Atkins, 21, also scheduled to […]
Manson in Courtroom Demonstrates Magnetic Hold on Women
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 – The magnetic hold hippie cult leader Charles Manson has on women was evidenced Friday as he faced one of his co-defendants in the LaBianca murders for the first time since they were jailed. The encounter […]
Manson Loses Plea for Writ to Free Him From Jail Cell
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 – Charles Manson bounced into Superior Judge Malcolm M. Lucas’ courtroom Friday, seeking release from Los Angeles County Jail on a writ of habeas corpus. But by the time the brief morning proceeding ended, the spring […]
Manson’s Motions Rejected
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 – A Superior Court judge Friday denied a motion to dismiss murder charges against Charles Manson, high priest of a nomadic cult and accused mastermind of the seven Sharon Tate-LaBianca slayings. The 35-year-old Manson, who is […]
Charles Manson Transferred To “Loss-Of-Privilege Module”
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 – Charles M. Manson, leader of a hippie-style cult implicated in the Sharon Tate murders, is in a new cell today — in what he calls “solitary confinement.” He was transferred to it Friday — a […]
Monday D-Day for Manson
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 – Hippie “high priest” Charles Manson, charged with masterminding the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others, will appear in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday for setting of a trial date. Haggard, disheveled and complaining […]
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 Asks Superior Court To Dismiss Multi Slaying Charges
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 – Charles M. Manson, long-haired leader of a hippie-type cult, wants Superior Court to dismiss murder-conspiracy charges against him in seven slayings last summer on grounds there is insufficient evidence to link him to the killings. […]
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 […]
