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. FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) woe + 4 fore a jury in ‘Superior idee Adolph Alexander's court. He murdered, he said, because Charles Manson told him to go to the Benedict Canyon mansion of actress Sharon Tate and "to kill everyhody there as gruesomely as you can." At the time, he testified, he was under the influence- of two halluein- atory drugs—belladonna and LSD— and an energizing drug, speed. Watson's testimony vividly re- flected his lawyers' contention that he was powerless to think for him- self under. the "magnetic power" of Manson's will, reinforced by the ‘mind-sapping effect.of drugs. Cult leader Manson, 37, and two members. of his: "family," Susan At- kins; 22; and Patricia Krenwinkel, 23, were. sentenced to death for the: Tate. murders last April. .° Killed besides the actress on the night of Aug. 9, 1969, were Steve Parent, 18; Voityek Frykowski, 37: z Abigail Bolger, 26, and Jay Sebring, Watson Confesses li Role in 5 Tate Slayings Says He Followed Order From Manson to ‘Kill Everybody as Gruesomely as You Can’ BY ED MEAGHER Times Staff Writer (Mount mening in Space aaa eaer. GO 5 5 ft: {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) I-3 Los Sngeles Times Los “ngeles, Calif. ~Tald.to Kill Everybody There’ "Charlie (Manson) handed_ine.a gun and a knife," said Watson, "and ‘told me to go up to where Terry Mel- cher used. to live (Watson visited the mansion several times when Mel- cher, a recording executive, resided ! there) and kill everybody there as | gruesomely as you can." "Did he tell you who was there?" asked defense attorney Sam Bu- brick: @ "Something about movie: stars, I don't remember,": Watson replied, speaking in flat, unemotional tones which characterized his testimony throughout. Watson testified that Manson said "the wirecutter was in the back of the.car," and told him it was "to. cut the wires at.the home and then go in and make sure that everybody's aq ——— 2 Watson ‘said he got. ina car with Date: 9/2/71 Edition: nurs day Author: Editor: Title: Binal Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Log “ngeles ("] Being Investigated SEARCHED__..__ INDEXE SERIALIZED {28 FILED an bE ser! 2 ig7t ! \Y FBt— LOS ee /