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Suit Filed by Manson Girl Against Lawyer Dismissed
May 3 – A $2,000,000 malpractice and fraud suit brought by convicted murderess Susan Atkins against two attorneys who once represented her and against former Dep. Dist. Atty Vincent T. Bugliosi has been dismissed. Superior Court Judge Rodney Potter granted […]
Six Hurt in Brawl At San Quentin
SAN QUENTIN, Apr. 25 – A free-swinging brawl involving six convicts with two prison-made knives and two baseball bats broke out shortly after lunch yesterday in San Quentin’s lower yard but was broken up after a guard fired a warning […]
Judge Balks at Role of Cupid After Trial Ends
STOCKTON, Apr. 4 — Two men and two women, implicated in the murder by shooting and basement burial of a young mother here last November, pleaded guilty to lesser charges in superior court Monday; then heard the judge refuse to […]
Manson-Linked Quartet Pleads Guilty in Killing
STOCKTON, Apr. 3 – Michael Lee Monfort, 24, pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder in the Nov. 10 death of Lauren Willet, 19, and three co-defendants pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of being accessories after the fact of murder. […]
Fourth Of Manson Clan Convicted
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 24 – The fourth member of Charles Manson’s notorious family, convicted in a plot to get money and guns to free their cult leader from jail, was sentenced Friday to a prison term of 20 years to […]
Another Manson Family Member Gets Life Term
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 23 – A Manson family woman was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison Thursday for raiding a surplus store to get guns to free Charles Manson. The judge who imposed sentence called Catherine “Gypsy” Share, […]
Manson ‘Kin’ Sentenced In 2 Robberies
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 22 – Manson family member Kenneth Como yesterday was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison for the armed robberies of a Covina beer distributing firm and a Hawthorne surplus store. Como was the second […]
Manson ‘Girl’ Sentenced for 2 Robberies
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21 – Mary Brunner, a Charles Manson follower convicted of committing two armed robberies as part of a plan to free the murder cult leader, was sentenced Tuesday to two consecutive 10-year-to-life prison terms. And in another […]
Mary Brunner, Manson Follower, Gets Life Term
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21 – Mary Brunner, one of four Charles Manson followers convicted of committing two August, 1971, armed robberies as part of a plan to free the cult leader from prison, Tuesday received a 20-year to life sentence. […]
Manson Life-Style Changes After Move From Death Row
FOLSOM, Mar. 5 — The lifestyle of convicted killer Charles Manson has been sharply altered since he was moved off San Quentin’s Death Row and out of the shadow of the state’s gas chamber. For one thing, he has dropped […]
Ex-Manson Aides Held Sane; Face Sentencing
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 2 – Four members of the clan that once followed Charles Manson have been ruled sane and will be subject to prison sentences. A jury made the decision in the sanity phase of a trial for Kenneth […]
Manson Follower Recalls His Life of Crime at Sanity Hearing
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 – Kenneth Como, one of four Charles Manson followers convicted of committing two robberies as part of a plan to free the cult leader from prison, told jurors Tuesday that “all I wanted to do was […]
Manson Says Family ‘People Having Fun’
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 – The Manson family was just “a lot of people having fun,” said Charles Manson, returning to the courthouse where he was convicted of nine murders as the guru-svengali of the hippie tribe. He had no […]
Chained, Barefoot Manson In L.A. Court
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 – Chains clanking on the floor behind him, mass murderer Charles Manson shuffled barefoot into Los Angeles Superior Court Monday in an attempt to save four members of his family from prison. But what the prison-pale […]
No ‘Family’ Exists, Media Created It Manson Testifies
AFTER TESTIMONY – Charles Manson leaving courtroom where he appeared as a witness in behalf of Catherine (Gypsy) Share. Manson, wearing his hair cut short, is manacled hand and foot. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 – Charles Manson testified Monday that […]
‘You Better Pray I Never Get Out,’ Manson Friend Tells Sanity Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – “You had better pray I never get out,” convicted murderer Bobby (Cupid) Beausoleil told a jammed courtroom Friday at a sanity hearing for four other members of the Charles Manson “family.” The 25-year-old Beausoleil was […]
4 Manson Followers Convicted in Hawthorne Robbery-Shootout
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 – Four followers of hippie cult leader Charles Manson were found guilty Wednesday of committing a Hawthorne surplus store robbery which led to a shootout with police. The seven-women, five-man jury deliberated four days before returning […]
Jurors Deliberating Fate of Four Manson Cultists
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 – The jury in the trial of four Manson cultists charged with armed robbery did not reach a verdict during its first day of deliberations yesterday. The panel of seven women and five men will resume […]
Manson, 10 Followers Won’t Testify at Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – Charles Manson and 10 other convicted murderers will not testify in the robbery trial of four of his followers as had been expected. The defense rested Friday without the appearance of Manson and the others […]
Second Juror Out By Phone Threat
LOS, ANGELES, Feb. 16 — A second juror in the case against four Manson Family members has been excused by a Superior Court judge because of telephone threats against him. The juror, Michael Flores, said he was upset and wished […]
