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i ee Was Refused Aid Deait iS Were He said Manson, a mus Sara Ordered, Suspect Says BY CHARLES HILLINGER and DIAL TORGERSON Times Staff Writers Sharon Tate and four others died because of a hippie cult leader's grievance against Terry Melcher, Doris Day's son, according to a member of the occultist band. Melcher, 27, was a former tenanl. at the Benedict Canyon home where five persons were murdered early Aug. 9, but he had moved from the home six months before. Nevertheless, said Susan Denise Atkins, 21, the leader of the hippie "Family," Charles Miller Manson, ordered the slaughter of all in the home anyway, as a “symbol of protest.” ‘We Belong to Him' Miss Atkins said of Manson: "We belong to him, not to our- selves." Her attorney said Miss Atkins, who is charged with murder, acted under Manson's hypnotic spell. The Manson Family has been linked to the murders at the Tate home, the killing a day later of a grocery chain owner and his wife, and the slaying of a Topanga Canyon musician in July. Authori- ties say they may have been involved in three other deaths. Richard Caballero, attorney for Miss Atkins, said that Manson sent Miss Atkins and others to the Tate home but may not have gone himself. Caballero told newsmen; "Manson knew that Melcher no longer lived in the house, but he sent his people there because the hema..xapresented a symbol of rejection to him." ee songwriter, had held a_ grudge because Melcher had refused to help him make a recording. It was learned that Manson learned of the’ location of the secluded estate when he went there with Melcher and ' Dennis Wilson, a member of the Beach Boys musical group. Manson is now in custody in Inyo County. Two women and a man wanted by the district attorney's office are in custody in eastern states. A grand jury may indict others after an inquiry which begins Friday. Newest Developments Among the latest developments in the complex investigation: —A preliminary hearing is to be held today at. Inyo County Court- house for Manson. He is 35, slight, short, bearded, with shoulder length hair and dark, piercing eyes. He is charged with vehicle theft and receiving stolen property. —At Concord, N.H., Linda Louise Kasabian, 20, was arrested Tuesday by state police, arraigned as a fugitive from justice, and said that she would waive extradition proce- cures to return to Los Angeles, Miss Kasabian, who is pregnant, ar- ranged to meet officers wh