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Bruce Davis, left, a freshly carved bloody “X” on his forehead, is led into the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles by his attorney, Dave Shinn, who talked the crony of Charles Manson into surrendering. Davis, 27, a member of […]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 – A hearing was scheduled today in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial to determine whether the last prosecution, witness — a former Manson “family” member now in Patton State Hospital — is capable of taking the witness […]

Charles Manson glances at Susan Atkins, a member of his hippie-style “family,” as the pair arrived in court at Santa Monica, Calif., Tuesday to plead on charges of murdering a Malibu musician, Gary Hinman. When his name was called, Manson […]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 – Three psychiatrists were appointed yesterday to determine if Charles “Tex” Watson is mentally able to cooperate in his defense against conspiracy murder charges in connection with the Tate-LaBianca murders. Superior Judge George M. Dell continued […]

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 – Charles “Tex” Watson, the fifth member of Charles Manson’s “family” charged with murder, made his first appearance in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial Friday but refused to give even his name. The six-foot Texan, a former […]

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 – Hippie leader Charles Manson took a sword or a gun with him when he entered the home of market owner Leno LaBianca, the star prosecution witness against the cultist testified today. Linda Kasabian wound up […]

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 – Mary Brunner, a former Madison librarian, and graduate of the University of Wisconsin, was sentenced to the Los Angeles County Jail for 90 days Thursday, thereby assuring her presence at the October trial of Charles […]

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 31 – The chief prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder case testified today that she felt cult leader Charles Manson was “the Messiah…the second coming of Christ.” The dramatic testimony came under grueling cross-examination of Linda Kasabian, […]

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 28 – “If you’re willing to be killed, you should be willing to kill.” Quoting hippie cultist Charles Manson, the chief prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder case today detailed the power the leader of the Manson […]

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 24 – Mary Brunner, the first member of Charles Manson’s “family,” the mother of his child and an admitted murderess, walked out of Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday a free woman. The Wisconsin University librarian, indicted for […]

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 23 – Charles Manson — is he the world’s hottest lover or the world’s coldest killer? Beginning Friday, the — and especially seven men and five women sitting in the jury box — will begin to find […]

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 19 – Mary Brunner, 26, former University of Wisconsin librarian, will argue for her freedom from a murder charge in Superior Court Wednesday. Miss Brunner, a member of a clan of young persons led by Charles Manson, […]

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 7 – Former University of Wisconsin librarian Mary Brunner, 26, charged in the torture-slaying last year of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman, today sought release on the grounds that she had allegedly been granted immunity from prosecution by […]

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 5 – A year ago, there were about 45 members of the hippie “family” that lived a communal existence on a crumbling movie ranch in the arid, boulder-strewn mountains at the northern end of the San Fernando […]

LOS ANGELES, Jun. 30 – Accused murderess Mary Brunner, a member of Charles Manson’s “family,” yesterday lost her bid to hire Daye Shinn as her attorney. At the same time, the prosecution announced it would seek the death penalty for […]

LOS ANGELES, Jun. 24 – A spokesman for the Los Angeles district attorney’s office told The Capital Times this morning that members of Charles Manson’s “family intimidated Mary Brunner with their visits to Madison” in recent months and thereby caused […]

LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused Monday to allow Mary Brunner, 26-year-old Madison library worker and UW graduate, to act as her own attorney in the slaying of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman. Complementing the […]

LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – A former library employee from Wisconsin was denied permission Monday to act as her own attorney, after which she said her lawyer in a murder trial will be the same man representing hippie clan leader […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun. 19 – Charles Manson, long-haired hippie guru who preached love and is accused of eight killings, had his say in public Thursday and flatly denied he is guilty of murder. In his first extended give-and-take session […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun. 19 – Charles Manson, the hippie chieftain charged with the murder of Sharon Tate and seven others, proclaimed his innocence Thursday at an impromptu courtroom news conference. “I know what I’ve done and I don’t have […]