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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) (Mount Clinning in Space Below) from the scene at the time of the Forme J t ( Foncate tata teen ot 1 vw mer q e ’ ase killings, that Doyle and Tacot were Suspect Quizzed on East Coast, Cleared. BY DIAL TORGERSON Times Staff Writer A fourth man once listed in a Canadian all-points bulletin as a suspect in the Tate murder case has been questioned and cleared, it was learned Sunday. Quizzed by a Los Angeles officer in Washington, D.C., was Harris Pick- sens. Dawson, 24, son of a USS. diplomatic aide. Los Angeles police headquarters was still describing Dawson as want- ed for questioning Friday—when, it was learned, an LAPD detective al- ready had interviewed him. Dawson, once identified in Holly- wood gossip columns as the fiance of singer Mama Cass Elliot, voluntarily told the LAPD what he knew of the Tate case, it was learned. No hold of any kind was placed on him with authorities in Washington. A Los Angeles officer questioned and cleared William (Billy) Doyle— also a onetime fiance of Miss Elliot —in Toronto Friday. Once Listed as Suspects Doyle, Dawson, Thomas Harrigan and Charles Tacot were listed earlier this month as- murder sus- pects in an all-points bulletin the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it put out at the request of the LAPD. ’ Los Angeles police later said they were wanted only for questioning. One of the four, Harrigan, heard of the Canadian broadcast and walked into ‘the police administration build- inghere,while the Mount i were still seeking him in Canada. in Jamaica and that Dawson was in New York. Actress Sharon Tate, Abigail Fol- ger, Voityck Frokowsky, Jay Se- bring and Steven Parent were stabbed or shot to death early Aug. 9 at the home of Miss Tate and director Roman Polanski in Bene- dict Canyon. Acquaintances of Frokowski The four men sought in Canada were all acquaintances of Frokow- sky—a Polish emigre who, with Miss Folger, had been staying at the Polanski-Tate home while the Polan- skis were in Europe. They stayed on after Miss Tate returned from Europe in July. Polanski was in London at the time of the murders. He returned here for the funeral of his wife, then went to Bermuda to view locations for a forthcoming film. He is now in New York City, where he remains in seclusion. He ‘has been seen in public rarely-—~ dining with old friends such as actor Warren Beatty in out-of-the-way restaurants. ; Dawson's ‘father, a State Depart- ment career man, was most recently assigned as supervisory commercial officer in the U.S. Embassy in Bonn. All four men listed in the original Canadian broadcast have now been questioned and released, leaving police without a listed suspect in the complex case. The only other person to whom the term suspect was ever applied in the Tate case was a_ teen-age caretaker at the home who was taken pate custody after abe bodies were found, but was subsequently lfre 7 Decent (Indicate pa newspaper, Title: Character: or 25 /-2. Ct) Being Investigated ge, name of city and state.) I-3 Los Anzeles Times Los Aneeles, Calif. Date: 9-1-69 Edition: Home Author: Torrerson, Dial Editor: Nick 3. Williams Classification: 62-6817 Submitting Office: Los Angeles EP 1 1969 — LOS ANGELES