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(Conti mn Pagel) — white officers who also threat- ened and endangered the lives of their wives, , Warned that the Moslems were incensed over the inci- dent, and receiving word they were to descend upon. . the courthouse “en masse,” an army of uniformed police, Plainclothesmen, and federal officers were on hand at the Courthouse in anticipation of " what could well be an “explo- ; sive” situation, { ee ee such large numbers they soon packed the courtroom, the courthouse corridors, and over- flowed into the street. Court officers, newsmen, and by- standers were amazed and ad- LIDARITY and open fearless- ness displayed by the zealous followers of Elijah Muhammed, Television cameras - focused upon the whijte robed Moslem womer, and their clean-cut, militant young men, who dis- played “uncanny discipline.” Their every move seemed to be a! under the expert “invisible’ _# conttrol of their own “officers” & who moved about silently in ~ their midst, ~ At the arrival of Attorney Edward W. Jacka, Ir, the lgw- P- yer for the Moslems, the dead- aly Silence around the Queens =. Courthouse deepened. The at- — Mosphere grew heavy, throb- - bing with suspense. The white . faces seemed to be trying to i. figure what would the Mos- “Iems do if the court decision - went against them, The Mos- _lem faces were expressionless, _ gtheir emotions well controlléd “¥Band concealed. But, within five minutes after their ‘attorney's arrival, the court moved that the public hearing be postponed until June 5th. As this news passed hrough the crowd, bystanders ere again amazed as the Moslems, seemingly moved by a SINGLE VOICE, silently, or- derly, but swiftly, dispersed and disappeared into nowhere. ) Later the same day, in & sur- prise “maneuver’ by the pol- ice, it was announced that the : Moslems’ case ‘would be put ‘before the Grand Jury at once, May .27Tth, with any preli- [minary “ ic” hearing. Also, The Moslems turned out in| ‘NEVER AT -ANY TIME POSS. 'ESSED A SEARCH WARRANT! mittedly impressed by the SO- }} fhave been besieging the Mas- sible white .olice officers who Neem to ieveWought their | in another surprise “‘maneuv- er” the porte Mitved to re-ar- rest the wives of Malcolm X and John IX, whose release the Moslems had secured the night of the incident with men- acing picket Hnes around the 114th Astoria Precinct, Assist- nt District. Attorney, Bernard Patten refused to grant the police request for the arrest of the two Moslem women, but did permit the police to name oth of the women as defend- ‘ant In the case, and. td be summoned before the Grand gury. Toesday, ton ~ | TOP POLICE OFFICIALS HAVE ADMITTED: THAT THE} TWO DETECTIVES INVOLVED The Moslem follewers of EL- jah Muhammad are considered hy many ta be one of the best jiked, and most influential groups in New York. Represen- tatives of African-Asian na- tions and their press attaches lems for “more details” of the case, With unrest already all over the Dark World, and their ‘suspicious eyes already turned toward America with ever-in- creasing hostility ... one for- eign official who refused to be named implied that this unfor. tunate incident has “potential implications” of becoming an- other “international hot to} for America throughout Dark World. *“ - | alcolm X, the Spirituai leader of the New York Moslem Tempie of Islam, who is sched- uled to return to Los Angeles Temple on Friday, May 30th, sent the following letter to Mayor Robert Wagner, con- demning the vicious police in- vasion of privacy of American citizens: 102 W. 116th Street New York, New York May 23, 1958 Hon. Mavor Robert Wagner Grane Mansion - ; New York, New York Honorable Mayor: The outraged Moslems of the African-Asian World jein us in calling for an immediate in- vestigation by your office into the Insane conduct of irrespon- r “ite faces were sufficient . to the prive es of inna- cent, law-abiding, darker citi- zens, under the false pretense | that they were looking for an (unknown, unidentified) party called “Margaret Dorsey.” The officers of the New York Police force shat wildly and without just or sane cause in- to our private home, which at the time was occupied by Mos- lem’ women, children and ba- * “ae 5 bies...a religious home where ho crime had ever been com- mitted. Only ALLAH prevented ¥ E to force their way in- j their innocent lives from being _ snuffed out by the wild shoot- ing of these white detectives, who were acting more like “mad dogs” than law officers. (There were flve Moslem wom- en, one man, and six babies in the line of fire at the time of the shooting, on the first floor.) The white “officers of the law” were not satisfied invad- ing and endangering the home and lives of the first floor oc- cupants. Instead of searching downstairs where their “pro- fessed suspect” was supposed to be, they dashed up the back stairs and smashed their way into the. upstairs apartment too, which is the home of Mal- ; colm X, the religious leader of . the New York Moslems; and John WX, secretary of Muham- “& mad’s. New York Temple of is- lam. , : They battered down the doer te my private apartment, shat- tering glass throughout my residence. In their frenzy, the white _maniacs, . representing the New York Police force. en- dengered the lives of our wives, bebles and children. whe had locked themselves into my pri- vate bedroom te escape the uz- ! controllable wrath of the inhu- “yuan white cops who were tear- ‘img up our home like ferocious ; wid beasts. Yeur New~ York |: Police officers . threatened to ‘bredk down by bedroom door if my pregnant wile did not un- lock it end let them in, and then te throw her down the back stairs because she wasn't moving fast eneugh te suit them. | These same New York Pol- fee, brutally man-hendling our tnnocent poslem women and iris, Pp aga: {wall in the alley before th we - ”