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3k o 7 “a bai eet “came within ten feet of tov-the—betel. entering the betel But os Twas other. The Muslims "were But as Iwas six ck Muslims, | includin - Ali, drove, tp hotel. Eno they vere Muslims because two of the men are . Ion ongtime a a wausintanees af mine They are “Fohn Shadazz, the iminister of the Los Angeles mosque, and Captain Edward 2X (Sherrill), head of the Fruit of Islam of the local They spoke to me and ed why 1 was at the hotel I told them I was there to meet a friend. After another pleasan- try, the Muslims entered the - hotel, leaving one ptember ding guard at the hotel persed , By this time Malcolm had checked into Room 1129. Malcolm and Jamal came down ~ on the elevator and walked . across the hotel lobby just as the Muslim entourage entered —._grarted for. ass for assassination by the the jobby. I was just behind the Mistime-shd they and Malcolm stunned; Malcolm’s face froze but be never broke his gait. It was clear thatthe Muslims did not know Malcolm was in town until that moment. Later events roved that the entire scene was ut a dramatic coincidence. Ali had flown in from Chicago on - temple business and just happened to have landed within minutes of Malcolm and they doth ut happened to be registered at the same hotel. We rushed Malcolm to my car and drove to the two ex-secre- taries to the honorable Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslims, who have filed suits saying the Muhammad is father of their four children Malcolm's main purpose in the women was to warn them that they had been