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Bugliosi asked Watson if | he Still thought Manson ‘Was : esus sli after the murders, when he wag at Death Valley ranch, . He lost me somewhere there," Watson said, "but | he still had a hold on me, | paimething would tell me on |. to pull back from h by Dep. Dist. Atty. Vin- | then something von i cent T. Bugliosi, the de- | make me go back to him fendant said he did not |, It's all mixed up." know he was going on aj "What, do you thi murder mission to the Be- Charles Monies wen °t nedict Canyon estate of ac- |, " "Ee is a false god a false tress Sharon Tate. . prophet," Watson said. done, the enormity, of it?" "Yes. "How do you feel about, it now?" Bubrick asked. "You can't explain how you feel about doing a thing like ‘that,"* Watson said, his words almost in- audible. _ Under cross-examination Testimony Has pidi ' ite [ re hat the murdérs were "T had no thoughts of what murder was," he said, "I was only doing what Charlie told me to do." . "No matter* how many when asked by Bugliosi "Do you think he is an "Yes, I do.” JB anotker_natyt == committed in an effort to : foment’ a race war be- tween blacks and whites, with the blacks winning but then turning over government to. Manson and his family because of Manson's greater exper jence. "Do you believe that a civil war is imminent now?" Bugliosi asked. "IT really don't know what to believe," said Watson, “I'm confused in many ways.” Watson testified that ‘he stabbed both La Biancas an undetermined number of times. But he denied having aN in Indictment, “Named in hoth counts of. the indiciment,. according to Dep. Dist, Atty, James. M. Ideman, were: Cather- ine (Gypsy) Share, Mary Brunner, Kenneth Como. and Lawrence Hd- ward Jones, who was ar- rested under the surname of Bailey, Dennis Rice was charged . only with the Hawthorne robbery. They will. be arratyned today. Bail in the case was set. at. $100,000 each after Ideman reported that weapons’ from the Haw- thorne holdup—foiled ‘by the sotinding of a secret alarm—were to have been used for an armed assault ‘written words.in blood on be various courts where the La Bianca's wall, or | 'Manson and -other mem- having ever seen the knife | jbers of his family are on and fork taken from the } jtrial. .. . La Bianca kitehen and} \ The indictment was the 1 found at the ie h stopped heliexing, | eople you found at the wien e 33 roaee, you would have | + tha lanson was Jesus ! killed them all, even if/ | Christ, Watson replied: i there had been 10 people,;: "I just don't know. isn't that right?" Sometimes: his world pops ! "I guess I would have," | ‘back into me. I'm between. , i Watson said. "I was just! worlds so much, I just used to stab the couple. He , said he brought the knife given him by Manson. first indication -that the Manson’ group. was in- volved in the Covina-rob- doing what. I was told." , don't know." Watson denied state- © Watson testified that ments given by prosecu-|‘ sometime after the mur- tion witnesses that he had| gers he threw away his test-fired the murder): driver's license and other weapon in advance of the |! identification and used the killings, bought newspa-\' name Charled Mont- pers for accounts of the 1 somery. He said he did so because he was afraid of crimes and confessed and described as fun the knif- | traffic warrants outstand- ing against him. ing of Miss Tate, | | ' "When did you acquire Had No Thoughts ' "Traffic warrants? Is Meanyyhile, five.cother., | Manson followers were i -dinted ‘Thursday eb ths iLos Angeles County \Crand Jury on charges of armed robbery—the in- dictment stemming from an Aug. 21 shootout with police at a- Hawthorne sur- plus store. Four ‘of them also werd. charged with | the $2,300: holdup of a Co- bery..The suspects repor- tedly were linked. to’ that j ause of gimilari. the feelings you say you have now?" the prosecutor , ked., that what you were afraid es , aE ed to say," Watson , of?" asked Bugliosi. "Are ‘wina beer distriutorship seid, , ! you sure it was not be- Sa ci cause of the. murders?" "No," Watson said. "T had no thoughts at that a "Did the fact that you | were to be tried for mur- | der have anything to do | with it?" Me ey No, if, does not."