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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) - awww savane 2GRE Uerayp By WILLIAM FARR ~ |he spent the rest of the nigh Heraid-Examiner Statf a female friend, he sai Thomas igan is} Attorney Caruso said Harti-| derjgan could ‘account fcr every case limelight todaf after sur-{minute of his time” between rendering to Los Angeles police}9:30 p.m. Aug. 8 until the time when he learned that the Royalfthe five bodies were fcund at Canadian Mounties were looking bout 9:10 a.ge. Aug. 9. | Eddie Roperts, 26, a Manhat-: n, went with for him. The 27-year-old unemployed personnel consultant was one of/Harrigan to police headquarters four persons mentioned in a re-|to back up his story. amest to Canadian authorities} Caruso said there were 8-12 for pickup and questioning injpersons who could further attest connection with the slaying oflto Harrigan’s version as to his = Tate and four others Aug.jactions on the night in question. 9 at a Benedict Canyon estate. | Harrigan said he did not know However, Harrigan said yes-jthe present whereabouts of the terday he had not headed forjthree other men mentioned in Vancouver, B.C., as police be-jthe Canadian search bulletin. lieved and that he indicated to} He said he thought that Harri- investigators his willingness toon Dawson is driving a truck| come to headquarters as soonfomewhere in New York State as he read his name in thejand that,Charles Tacot and Wil- newspapers. iam Dofle probably are in Ja The red-haired Harrigan, ac- companied by Beverly Hills at- torney Paul Caruso, spent three hours with detectives yesterday. | There was no reason to hold) him, police said. In an impromptu press confer- ence following his interrogation, Harrigan said he had been at a dinner party in Manhattan Beach for most of the night the Slayings took place. Harrigan said he had been in the Tate residence on several joccasions for social iia \the last time on Aug. 7 He said he was a friend of oityck Frokowski, 37-year- ld Polish screenwriter who was) ne of the five slain at the 10150 ielo Drive estate. It was Frokowsky who intro-| Jduced him to Miss Tate on the; Later in the evening, he was Thursday night before the mur- with some friends “‘just talking ders, Harrigan said. She was and dri irigking beer” at an apart- | washing her hair at the time, he Owing tis SOalang, “T met Frokowski six or eight months ago,” Harrigan stated. He described Frokowsky as a) “beautiful human being.” Harrigan told newsmen he knew nothing of drugs being used by persons at the estate. Caruso interjected that Harri-| gan “doesn’t use drugs’’ despite the police bulletin description Which_mentioned narcotics vio- lations. ee Murder re Freed | (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) A-1 Herald-fxaminer Los Anreles Date; 8/19/69 Edition: “irht inal Author: Editor: Title: Character: 0p Classification: f Submitting Office: T.A Inyestigaje ee SERIAUZED. LD 2 AUG? { ; 13 AUG2 0 1969 | [