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E } (Rev. 7-16-63) o® (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Informant Links 3 o Tate Murders Close Friend of One Victim Says Dope Involvement Is Key to Case BY JERRY COHEN f Times Police kept close guard for a sindsy—ORP Person named by him is pp Staff Writer aspiring Hollywood actor, knovn straight night Friday on a man who chiefly to industry figures but says he believes he knows the killer unfamiliar to the movie-going pub- or killers responsible for last week- lic. end's Benedict Canyon massacre. The informant, who said he The informant wus invited to the fateful party at the Tate-Polans{i eftate, but said he worked late inf fears for his life, claims Polish play- py night and thus escaped the fat} boy Voityck Frokowsky, 37, was the principal target of the mass murder which left five dead, including actress Sharon Tate. The motive behind the slayings was Frokowsky's deep involvement with narcotics distributors, the man has told police. If he is correct, the four other; ofithe slain five. } | But the informant has indicated he is certain the killer or killers know that he can identify them. Originally, he was afraid to talk to police, but was persuaded to do so ‘during the day Sunday by out-of- itown confidants. Two detectives have remained by his side ever since he first spoke victims presumably died as a bypro-; with investigators Sunday night. duct of Frokowsky's execution. The informant, like Frokowsky, is a Polish emigre. He was a close friend of the dead man. "Names of 3 Given’ He has given detectives the names of at least three persons, one of whom he believes was actively involved in the blood-letting late last Friay night or early last Saturday at the rented estate of Miss Tate, 26, and her husband, Polish director Roman Polanski. Polanski was in London at the time. Other names supplied to police are presumably thought by the infor; mant to have had a role in the killings or at least some Knowretfe me. - It is known that detectives have -acted on his information, but they decline to say what has been developed from it. However, there are persuasive indications that the focus of their investigation is concentrated on his story which, essentially, follows this line: Not long after Frokowsky, a close friend of director Polanski in Po- land, came to this country two years jago, he met coffee heiress Abigail (Gibby) Folger, 26, in New York City, She was another victim of the slaughter. : r ; "What has happened really is a fove tragedy," said the informant. ¢®@ (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) I-l ITA Times Tos Angeles, Calif, Date: 8/16 /69 Edition: Home Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: TA Submitting Office: [_] Being Investigated 62-651) -13