Manson, Charged With Murder, ‘Bewildered’
Associated Press, December 10, 1969
LOS ANGELES - Bearded, long-haired and wearing fringe-trimmed buckskin
clothing, Charles M. Manson appeared bewildered as he arrived in Los Angeles to
be jailed on murder-conspiracy charges in the deaths of actress Sharon Tate and
six others.
The 35-year-old leader of a communal clan he calls "the family" was brought
here Tuesday night in a five-hour, 300-mile automobile trip from remote Inyo
County, where he had been held on charges of arson and receiving stolen
property.
Three women indicted with him Monday by the Los Angeles County Grand Jury
were ordered to Superior Court today for arraignment. They are Susan Atkins, 21;
Linda Kasabian, 20; and Leslie Sankstone, 19. Manson will be arraigned Thursday.
Meanwhile, Detective Lt. Karl Deemer told newsmen police were studying a
"possible similarity" between knife-gunshot killings with which the cult members
are charged and two other deaths.
Deemer referred to the slaying of Doreen Gaul, 19, and James Sharp, 15, whose
bodies were found in a Los Angeles alley Nov. 4. Each had been stabbed 50 to 60
times and their eyes were slashed.
Miss Gaul and Sharp belonged to a cult called "The Process" and "The Final
Church of Judgment."
