Category Archives: Archived News
Susan Atkins Pleads Guilty, Gets Life Term
LOS ANGELES, May 28 – Susan Atkins changed her plea in the Hinman – Shea murder case Thursday and pleaded guilty to killing musician Gary Alan Hinman in Topanga Canyon nearly two years ago. The slender, pale young woman, her […]
‘Sexy Sadie’ Admits Guilt In Murder
LOS ANGELES, May. 28 — Susan Atkins pleaded guilty Thursday to killing musician Gary Alan Hinman nearly two years ago. The slender, Pale young woman, her head shaved, a faint “X” of the Charles Manson “family” scarring her forehead, waived […]
Seek Delay In Hinman, Shea Trial
LOS ANGELES, May. 27 — The attorney for Bruce Davis, a defendant of the Hinman-Shea murders, said he will fly to San Francisco today to ask the State Supreme Court to delay the trial. Davis 27, condemned mass murder Charles […]
Manson Family Legal Fee Paid By DA
Q: I would like to know — where did the money come from to pay the lawyers who defended convicted murderers Charles Manson and the three girls? — E. C. Miller, Northampton, Mass. A: From the Los Angeles District Attorney’s […]
Orgies of Death
WITNESS TO EVIL: by George Bishop 431 pg., Toronto Copp Clark, $8.95 About the only thing Witness to Evil has going for it is speed…the speed with which it was published following the verdict in the Tate-LaBianca killings — the […]
Manson Judge OKs Secrecy on Witness
LOS ANGELES, May 18 – Prosecutors were permitted Monday to keep secret the identity and testimony of a mystery witness until 72 hours before the witness is called to testify against Charles Manson and three of his followers in the […]
Manson Clan Dismissal Plea Denied
LOS ANGELES, May. 18 — A judge has denied a defense motion that murder indictments against Charles Manson and three others be dismissed because people with hippie-type life styles like Manson are excluded from county grand juries. Manson, 36, and […]
Secrecy of Witness Considered
LOS ANGELES, May. 16 — A request by the prosecution to keep secret the identity of a key witness in the Shea-Hinman murder trial has been taken under submission by a Superior Court judge. Judge Raymond Choate is expected to […]
Manson Ousted From Court After Shouting At A Witness
LOS ANGELES, May. 15 — Charles Manson, condemned to death for the Tate-LaBianca murders and soon to go on trial for two more slayings, was ousted from a courtroom Friday after yelling at a witness. Mansnn and three co-defendants were […]
Supreme Right of Public
LOS ANGELES, May. 13 — Judge Charles Older faced considerable difficulties at the Manson trial, most of them caused by the defendants. Charles Manson and his girls were rude, noisy and belligerent. At one point, Manson vaulted over the counsel […]
Charles Manson Described as a ‘Totally American Product’
SANTA ANA, May 12 — Charles Manson was described Tuesday as a “totally American product whose death is now being demanded by the society that produced him.” The statement was made by Paul Fitzgerald, chief defense counsel in the trial […]
Death Row Active With Appeals
SAN QUENTIN, May. 12 — The sound of pounding typewriters echoes through San Quentin’s death row as inmates start preparing new appeals, hoping to keep alive following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling supporting the death penalty. Nearly all the 93 […]
Bugliosi Defends Courtroom System
VENTURA, Calif., May. 12 — “No type of court reform, in my opinion, could have prevented outbursts in the Charles Manson murder trial which a defense attorney and many spectators called a ‘circus,’” prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi told the Ventura County […]
Watson Pleads Innocence, Insanity in Tate Murders
LOS ANGELES, May. 11 — Charles (Tex) Watson yesterday pleaded innocent and innocent by reason of insanity to charges of murder and conspiracy in the Tate-LaBianca slayings. Superior Court Judge Malcolm M. Lucas set July 19 for trial. The judge […]
Manson Lawyers Issue ‘Sensationalism’ Charge
LOS ANGELES, May. 5 — Two defense attorneys in the Hinman-Shea murder case yesterday accused the prosecution of “sensationalism” by not divulging the identity of a key witness. The charges were made to newsmen by Irving A. Kanarek, representing condemned […]
Get Jail For Trying To Take LSD To Manson
LOS ANGELES, May. 2 — A young woman who allegedly tried to smuggle LSD to condemned murdered Charles Manson has been sentenced to a 60-day jail term. Superior Court Judge George M. Dell sentenced 19-year-old Nancy Pitman, also known as […]
Ask Manson Trial Move, Hit Publicity
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 29 — Thousands of newspaper clippings were submitted to court yesterday in a defense change of venue motion for Charles Manson and three others accused in the Shea-Hinman murders. The clippings, from newspapers all over the state, […]
Manson May Get Rough Treatment
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 28 — Inmates at San Quentin’s Death Row know that condemned killer Charles Manson is moving in soon and, says one prisoner, they may give him a rough time. “Due to the publicity he has received, some […]
Manson Girls Arrive At Prison Near Corona
Patricia Krenwinkel, left, and Leslie Van Houten, convicted in the Tate murders, are taken from women’s jail in Los Angeles to Frontera prison. FRONTERA, Calif., Apr. 28 — Two of the three women convicted and sentenced to death with Charles […]
Cult Chief, Three Followers Act Calmly
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 27 — Charles Manson and his three co-defendants in the Hinman-Shea murder case were models of decorum yesterday as defense attorneys argued for dismissal of charges. Neither Manson 36, Susan Atkins 22, Bruce Davis 27 or Steven […]
