8/12/2019 Life With Charlie Manson - Part 2

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"That  wa s  Charles  Man-son."

Miss  F r o m m e ,  stillwearing  an  "x"  in   her*forehead,  told how she, an-other  girl  and a  boy,  l e f twitiv Manson   for  San Fran-cisco's  Haight-Asbury dis-trict:' Although the boy andgirl ' ,- left   them, Mansonpicked up ano ther girl —M a r j  B r u n n e r  — w h e nthey "got t o  Berkeley.

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mef'Mary,"  Miss Frommesaid

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at ffie University of Cali-fornia  at Berkeley  . . . shewasn ' t content  either.  Maryha d  he r  paycheck  and wewent  to  Mendocino  andrented   a cabin and   justlived  of f  practically  noth-ing."

Th e   three  then went  toSacramento   where they ex -changed   their  old car forthe   "big,  black  schoolbus,"  and in i t  they  wentback to   Sa n  Francisco."There   were  a lot of kidsaround   there  just trying  toge t  away from   that  fife,"Miss  Fr o m m e  recalled.""W^ took anyone   thatwanted   to  come."

She   related  how theym et   Patricia  Krenwinkel.

"Charlie   had a friend inManhattan Beach, and wem et   Katie (Miss Krenw in-kel)  the re .  We p layed mu-sic. She loved music. Andwe   sang."

"Charlie,"  she said witha  smite,  "Sings  so   as  itwould  make  yo u  w a n t  tosing.

"Anyway, we ail walkedon   the beach and spenttime together, Katie   w as

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looking, like   all  kids  arelooking,  for the  truth  —and   peace — and someoneto   love her .

"We sang  and   talked  andfinally   sh e  said  'I'm   com-in g  with  you.'  She had ajob with  a n  insurance com-pany;  i t was a drudge. S hesaid  she was tired   of  it.We   weren ' t  trying to  give

her   advice.  W e  were justliving   and having a  -goodtime.  W e  didn' t do any-thing about  he r  job.  Themore   yo u  try to tie uploose ends,  the   more looseends  there are. Her sisterw as   making  a  scene, pro-'testing,  bu t  we left.  It wasthat  simple."

Asked by chief defensecounsel  Paul Fitzgerald  ifthere was  a leader  to thegroup,  th e  girl  answered  aquick:  "N o  W e   werejust  riding the   winds .Charlie   is a man and wewere  all   looking fo r a manwh o  would  beat  ou r  feetin his  love,  bu t  wouldn'tlet us  step on   him."

Then, in a burst of en-thus iasm,  she   told  ofCharlie: .

"Charlie   is our  father  inthe   respect  that  he   wouldpoint   ou t  things  to us —help us. He'd   tell  us towatch things.

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A .  Fr iends  o f  Animals  Inc.,  1 1 W .  6 f l t h  St.,  N ewYork , N.Y.  1 0 0 2 3  is a non-profit  organization working forh u m a n e   treatment of animals, especially  seals.  AliceHerr ing ton ,  Fr iends  o f A n i m a l s  president, told  A C T I O NL I N E   tha t anyone  w h o  wishes to help circulate  petit ionsin   suppor t  of  seal  p rotect ion laws ,  to be  presented  toCongress,  s h o u l d  write to her  at   th e  Fr iends  of A n i ma l saddress .  Sh e  said  he r  g r o u p  also works closely   with  theN ew   Brunsw ick Society  for the  Prevention  of Cruel ty  toAnimals, to  stop  the   annual seal slaughter  In   the   G u l f o fSt. Lawrence, off the  coast of New Brunswick , Canada .Mrs. H errington said that  a  bill, which should  be   intro-duced in Congress very soon, would ban the importationo f  all  m ar ine mamm al p roducts in to  the   United Statesan d   also  make it  illegal  for Americans to kill  seals InUni ted  States wate rs o r on the Ugh seas.

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giving  myself up to oneman. It was   hard.  W e hadbeen taught  the re ' shou ldbe one man and one wom -an.   There  w as  jealousyamong  th e girls, but it wasa  beautiful  experience."

THEN , AS the courtroomburst  into laughter,  sh eadded,  with gestures,  "W ehad the  blanket going backand forth  . . . and  /we'dyell  at  each other until w efinally looked   at  each oth-er in the   eyes  an d realizedwe   loved each  other."

The group picked up Su-san Atkins  in   a commune

in   San  Francisco.La ter ,  Miss  Fromme

said,  the   'group  me t andgathered   in Ruth AnneM o r e h o u s e , lab ele d"Quish"  who had  "prettymuch been kicked out ofher house too."

When  the group got backto   Topanga  Canyon, theypicked up  Brenda McCann,wh o  "came  from  a prettywealthy  family."

JUST  BEF O R E   they  allmoved  to the  Spahn Ranchin Chatsworth,  Mary Brun-ne r  gave birth  to Manson'sbaby  in   a  condemnedhouse  in  Malibu.

"W e   called  it  SunstoneHawk," Miss Fromme   saidwith  a laugh,  "because  thesu n   w as  coming  u p over  astone and a hawk   f l e wover  the.house."

The group then went tolive at the  ranch  and   slow-ly moved from   a  backhouse on the 40-acrespread  to the  owner,

George Spahn's house,which,   she   said, theycleaned   up  and painted.

But,  sh e  kept  repeating,"Manson   wa s  never  ou rleader.   He'd follow us. Allhe had to d o when he gotout of  jail was to do thingsfo r   us. We'd mention onething,  and   he'd lookaround  and   pretty soonwe'd have   i t W e did whatwomen should do."

"Charlie,"   she said,"used  to walk, off  whenwe'd  get   feisty — and  we'dstraighten  up. We all lovedCharlie.  We loved love.

"W E   L O V E M r.  Bugliosi(chief  prosecutor VincentBugliosi) too,  and   he'strying to kill us."

Manson, she said   tender-ly,   "was a father whoknew   it was  good  to   makelove."

"Making love  to  Charlie. . . was guiltless  . . .  likea  baby .  He has no  e v f l  inh im ."

Samuel Barrett, Man-son's probation   o f f i c e r  fo rmore than   a  year beforethe   Tate-La Bianca kill-ings, however,  claimedthat the ex-convict's   four-inch high file   didn't  showh e   ha d  been  an  angel  fo r36   years.

A l t h o u g h   Barre t t refusedto   release  th e  Federalf i l e s  of  Manson's prison

record   to   th e court, he ad-mitted that the hippie le'ad-er had   been neglected  byhis   mo t h e r  at an   early  ageand   spent  23 of his 36years in prisons or institu-tions..  E A R L I E R , M r s .  J a n eVa n  H o u t e n ,  a  Monrov iaschool   teacher and L eslie'smother  f o u g h t  back  t ea rsas she  told  of her  daugh-t er 's   l i f e  before  mee t ingth e   "family."

Composed, but  cont inu-ously dabbing  at  tears,  sh ewas the second mother at-tempt ing  to   convince  th efive-woman,  seven-manjury tha t the defendantsshould not go   to   the gaschamber for the seven bru-tal   killings.  Th e  jury  is   todecide whether they   willspend the  rest  of  theirlives  in   prison or die in theSan Quentin  gas chamber.

Mrs . Van Houten told astory of a girl who untilher sophomore year inhigh   school  w a s  f u l l  o f  life,a le ader and obviouslypopular  with  he r  class-mates, who elected her toclass  o f f i c e  and named her"homecoming  p r incess"for   two years.

Then, her personalitychanged, apparently   be -cause   of an  unhappy  ro -mance  and she  becamewithdrawn.   H er  schoolgrades  suffered  and sheIdropped   out of school ac-tivities.

Mrs. Van Houten de-scribed  he r  daughter  as a"joiner"  who had a  "won-d e r f u l   sense  of  h u mo r . "

Mrs . Van Houten thendescribed an alienationwith   he r  family  which be-gan   when  sh e enrolled  in abusiness   school in  LongBeach.

Following  graduationfrom   th e  business schoolwhere  she   hoped  to be-come   a legal secretary,Leslie  telephoned  he r

mother  to say she wasgoing  to the  desert  in  Vic-torvfile with /friends, andwould look for a job assoon   as  fall came.

She never  r e t u r n e dhome,  her .mother  said,and   later  ended up in SanFrancisco.

IN  *THE ear ly  f a l l  of

1968,  Leslie called  home."She  said she was  going todrop  ou t and I  Wouldn' t behearing from her." Mrs.Van Houten testified. "Wehad a  heated argument onthe phone  and I  didn' t hearfrom   he r  after  that."

She said that in A pril of196 9   she had a  telephonecall  from her daughter whohad been picked up by po-lice   as she was hitchhikingon a freeway in Reseda .

A   Long Beach  chiroprac-tor   whose  license  w as  dis-played   in   a, Market  Streetmassage  parlor  w as  con-victed Tuesday of  operat-ing a house of prostitutionthere.

Municipal Court JudgeElsworth   M . Beam, whoheard the case  without  ajury, commented that   Dr .David  R. Hill continued todisplay  hi s license  as  par tof   the massage  parlor

front  e v e n . after vice  o f f i -cers   twice  arrested'  on ?

girl there.

Hill's  attorney, SheldonAndelson,  said  evidencecontradicted   the   prosecu-

tion's  claim that he wasmanager of the operation

at 905 E.  Market  St ."He   wasn't  there.  He

wasn't  running th e  place,"said Andelson of  Dr.  Hill,wh o  lists  his chiropractico f f i c e   at 824 Redondo Ave.

To be  tried later  on acharge   that  she   w as   co-proprietor  wa s  GraceEleanor  Young,  35, abrown-eyed  133-pound  bru-nette.  She is  recuperatingf r o m   surgery.

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iaih M urderTwo   me n ,  accused of  the

acid-bath   killing  of  a Para-mount  m an   last  June ,were  convicted  of murderTuesday   in  L os  AngelesSuperior  Court.

The penalty phase   of   thetr ial  of Dennis W ayne Wal-lace,  30,  and Joseph  FrankSamson,  35 ,  begins today

Suspect,  Wounded in Holdup, Is Dead

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tigators  identified  the   sus-pect as Larry Topps, 18, of10509  S. W ilmington Ave.,Willowbrook.

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The   defendants  '  werefound' guilty of the   murde rof   James  Summer*, 32, of8&4  Wilbam   St.,  last  June3. The v ictim   w as  beateno n   the' head  with  a crow- 'bar and   garrotted  beforebeing   put in a  bathtub  ofsulfuric   acid.

Lakewood  sheriff's  depu- -ties, responding  to a  bur-glary  call  at  th e  WilbarnStreet  address  a day la ter , f o u n d   Wallace  biding  in

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