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+ PR-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) 6 ® (Mount Clipping in Space Below) | were grocery exec a Tabianca and his w: te Hane mary. Watson was scheduled to be tried with Manson and the three women, but he fought extradi- | tion from McKinney, Texas, and then was’ temporarily commit- ted ‘to a state mental hospital when he was brought. here last ca] Watson Found Guilty, Faces Sanity Trial“ Charles (Tex) Watson, con- victed of the. slaying sof actress had. entered dual pleas of ind: cent. and innocent by reason of at the time of the. 1969 killings, scribed by his attorneys as a “robot killer’ for cult leader Charles Manson, eu of seven counts of murder in first de- ‘gree and one count My conspira- cy. ; The 25-year-old former Texas honor student admitted from the witness stand during the trial that he. led the savage. attacks on the seven unsuspecting vic- tims on Aug. 9 and.10, 1969. However, the defense contend- ed that Watson was “no more than a zombie, a mindless auto- mation . blindly obeying Man-|p. son’s: orders.” chafence,, attorneys ; Keith and Samuel Bubrick, stig Sharon Tate and six others, will/isanity, said they would pre- iface a -second trial beginning ‘from the gas chamber. a A six-man, six-women jury yesterday found Watson, de- sent additional psychiatric festi- mony to attempt fo save Watson If the same jury which found Watson guilty yesterday ‘also rules he was sane at the time of the slayings, it: must then de- cide whether to recommend the death penalty or life in prison for the slayer. Watson, dressed in a dark blue blazer and pale blue shirt, sat slack-jawed and emotionless as the verdiet was read. Throughout. the trifl, he main- tained an attitude of ind*ffer- ence, as if he were merely a spectator at the proceedings. No one from the Manson ‘family? was present. : Deputy Dist. Atty. Vincent ip. ugliosi, who also prosecuted Manson and three women -fol- lowers for their parts in the sey- en murders, said: : “This is the final chapter of the Tate-La Bianca murders. , ‘All five killers now have been! convicted. I believe justice has , been served. The state will vig- | orovsly pursue the death penal- sy fcr Charles Watson.” “tanson, Susan Atkins, Patri. cia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten have -been sentenced to the gas chamber for their parts, in the seven killings. * Also slain at Miss Tate’s Ben- ‘edict Canyon home were Abigail | Folger, Jay Sebring, Voytick Frykowski and Steven Parent. ( Killed the following night - " spring, Eleven psychiatrists and psy- chologists testified for the de- fense and prosecution at the trial; which began Aug. 2. — opinions on Watson’ s ‘sanity, a influenced by drugs and Man: son, had been sharply contra-*: dictory., ‘The jury reached its senilict alter five day's s delibeF ator (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) A-1 Herald-Examiner Los Angeles, Calif. Date: 10/13/71 Edition: Wednesday Lates Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Los Angele | Being Investigated - ~— LOS ‘ANGELES van