Category Archives: Archived News
Former Attorney Claims Susan Atkins Should Live
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 7 — Susan Atkins’ former attorney told the Tate-LaBianca trial jury on Friday he did not think she should die for her part in the killings because she had kept an agreement with the district attorney’s office. […]
Younger To Testify In Tate Case
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 6 — Atty. Gen. Evelle Younger, former Los Angeles district attorney, whose name has been mentioned frequently in the Tate-LaBianca trial, will appear as a witness next week it was learned Friday. Younger will appear in L.A. […]
Berkeley To Vote On Splitting Police Department; Radical Groups Support Plan
BERKELEY, Calif., Mar. 5 — This city which embraces the University of California will vote April 6 on a proposal to split the Police Department into three neighborhood-controlled forces. The outgoing mayor calls it an attempt by radicals to seize […]
Manson Used LSD As Tool?
NEW LOOK FOR MANSON – Hippie-style cult leader Charles Manson, long-haired since his arrest in 1969, arrives in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday with a new crew-cut. He and three women followers have been convicted of murder, and the jury […]
Psychiatrist Tells Effect of LSD on Manson Girl
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 4 — A hypothetical Leslie Van Houten, affected by LSD and influenced by Charles Manson, could have been induced to commit murder, according to testimony given yesterday at the Tate-LaBianca trial by a Beverly Hills psychiatrist. Dr. […]
Psychiatrist’s Report Denied by Manson Girl
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 3 – Patricia Krenwinkel, the girl who has admitted killing at least two of the seven Tate-LaBianca murder victims, took the witness stand Tuesday to deny a psychiatrist’s report that she killed on orders of Charles Manson […]
Manson Family Pair Pleads Guilty
LONG BEACH, Mar. 3 – Two former Charles Manson “family” members who knifed a Long Beach apartment house owner and his guest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of robbery and burglary. Vernon Ray Dean Plumlee and Robert Eugene Russell, both […]
Death Penalty Winning Favor
Outrage over the seven California murders of which Charles Manson and his women companions have been convicted has swung public opinion strongly in favor of capital punishment just us it seemed that the death penalty was on its way out. […]
Patricia Krenwinkel Says She ‘Feared, Loved’ Manson
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 3 – “I fear him as much as I love him,” said Patricia Krenwinkel, speaking of Charles Manson in her second appearance on the witness stand at the Sharon Tate murder trial. Miss Krenwinkel took the stand […]
Tate Defendant Termed Mentally Ill
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 2 – Convicted murderess Patricia Krenwinkel shows signs of mental illness, a defense psychiatrist testified yesterday in the Tate-LaBianca trial. Dr. Andre R. Tweed offered his opinion under examination by the 23-year-old defendant’s attorney, Paul Fitzgerald, in […]
Charles ‘Tex’ Watson Arraigned For Murders
Charles “Tex” Watson is led into court today, where he was arraigned for the Tate-LaBianca slayings. LOS ANGELES, Mar. 1 – Charles “Tex” Watson, who spent three months in a mental hospital, was arraigned today for the Tate-LaBianca slayings but […]
Manson Accuses Witness of Having Role in Killings
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 – Charles Manson told a witness at the penalty phase of his trial that if he told the truth on the stand the state would indict him for murder. “You mean if I tell the truth […]
$100,000 Income on Miss Atkins’ Tate Story Told at Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 – Susan Atkins’ account of the seven Tate-LaBianca murders has earned about $100,000 the agent who marketed the story worldwide testified Friday. Lawrence J. Schiller, a witness called by the defense in the penalty phase of […]
Lawyer Says DA’s ‘Deal’ Should Save Susan Atkins
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 – A former attorney for Susan Atkins said yesterday he does not feel she should receive the death penalty because she has fulfilled her part of a bargain made with the district attorney’s office. Atty. Paul […]
Psychiatrists To Give Opinions On LSD Use
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 – The defense in the Tate murder trial today had two psychiatrists prepared to give their opinions about the effects of continued use of LSD, on the human mind. Charles Manson and three women defendants have […]
Linda Kasabian Back on Stand, Sticks to Her Manson Story
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Linda Kasabian returned as a witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial Wednesday and testified as steadfastly as she did six months ago when she spent 18 days on the witness stand as the state’s key […]
Susan’s Attorneys Called to Testify on DA’s Promise
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Legal jousting in the chambers of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles Older today delayed the start of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial as defense attorneys prepared to call eight more witnesses in an attempt to […]
Linda Kasabian Sticks To Tate Story
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Linda Kasabian was shouted at by two of the defendants at the Tate murder trial yesterday when she stuck to her story that Charles Manson had ordered the killings. Manson’s lawyer had Mrs. Kasabian brought […]
Tate Prosecutor Called to Stand in Penalty Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – Prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi was called as a witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial Tuesday and questioned by the defense about a district attorney’s office deal for Susan Atkins’ testimony. The arrangement, Bugliosi explained, was […]
3 Manson Girls Contradicted by Linda Kasabian
Star Prosecution witness Linda Kasabian returned to Hall of Justice today to contradict the testimony of Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – The girl whose testimony led to the conviction of cult chieftain […]
