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G-19 (Rev. pic 11-30-65} ‘POLICE GIVE TESTIMONY By Herman Porter NEW YORK, Feb. 15 — A series of detectives and technical wit- nesses have testified during the past week in the trial of the three men accused of murdering Mal- = eolm X, The most important piece ; of evidence to emerge from al! this * testimony is the identification of a fingerprint of Talmadge Hayer, also Known as Thomas Hagan, one of the defendants, on a crude device set aflame in the Audubon Ballroom at the time of the shoot- . ing. - Roland B. Wallace, a 36-year- _ eld member of the Organization ! ont Afpn American Unity, testified “-a' om Feb. 10 that he had just re- 2 entered the ballroom at the rear > when shots rang out. Then his attention was attracted to a burn- ing “smoke bomb.” It was near a window at the rear on the right side facing the stage. Someone poured water on it and put it out. Detective John J. Keeley testi- fied that he found the wet device, &@ man’s sock stuffed with matches and other material, later in the afternoon of Feb. 21, i865 near where Wallace had seen it. He turned it over to Detective Ed- ward Meagher who examined it for finger prints and other evi- dence. aa Meagher took the witness stand -' = next and said he found a usable - fingerprint on a piece of unravel- led film that was in the sock. He found no usable fingerprints on the shotgun or .45 caliber auto- evidence thus far in the trial, Detective Robert Meyer testi- fied on Feb, 11 that the finger print on the film and one t pr os a) tL. FEO OF 1066 3u matic that have been entered inte . Slate N.Y. Me For Malcol A memorial meeting for Malcolm X will be held on the first anniversary of his death, Monday evening, Feb- ruary 21, from 7 to 10 p.m. at P.S, 175, 178 W. 135th St. (between Seventh and Lenox Avenues) in New York City. The meeting will be under the auspices of the Malcolm X Memorial Committee, ¢/o Svlvester Leake, 410 W, 116 Sylvester Leaks, 410 St. The sponsors of the com- mittee include such figures as James Baldwin, Ossie Davis, and John Lewis, rial. from the left thumb of Hayer were *one and the same.” Dr. Milton Helpern, the city's chief medical examiner, took the stand the same day and described the results of the autopsy he had performed on the bedy of Mal- colm X. The cause of death was multiple gunshot and bullet wounds in the chest, heart and aorta, he said. Malcolm X was hit by eight shotgun slugs and nine bullets from .46 caliber and 9 mm guns. The evidence indicated he was hit by the shotgun slugs while standing and by bullets from the other weapons while prone. On Feb, 14 Detective James A. Scaringe, a ballistics expert, de- scribed a great many slugs and shells found at the scene of the assassination. Aside from 4 Mo 3 99 52/- A ee eee KOT som 191 FEB 2.4 1968 oft \ ————_—s Malcolm X Murder Trial three types mentioned above, three .32 caliber bullets were found near the ballroom office door. : On the morning of Feb. 9 the ‘second “secret” witness of the trial gave his testimony. The court was ¢leared of spectators and re- porters before he appeared. He- portedly this witness is an FBI agent. who was given the .45 cali- ber automatic that Hayer is al- leged to have used by the first “secret” witness. According to reliable sources the first “secret” witness testified on Feb. 3 that he picked up the .45 at the Audubon ballroom and turned it over to the FBI, He identified Norman (3X) Butler and at least one of the two other defendants. Detective Ferdinand Cavallaro, who was originally in charge of the investigation, was questioned at length about a list of 119 names of the people questioned concerning the case when he testi- fied on Feb. 9. During his cross-examination by Hayer’s attorney, Cavallaro mentioned that Reuben Francis, who was indicted for shooting Hayer but later disappeared, had been rearrested on Feb. 2, 1966 in Assistant District Attorney Dermody's office. A spokesman for the district at- torney’s office said that Francis had been picked up by the FBI. He had forfeited $16,000 bail; and was now being held on $25,000 bail. A spokesman for the FBI denied any knowledge of Francis. The number of spectators at the trial has dwindled over the weeks. the Spectators are still being subject- ed to the practice of bein Tolson CDeLoach Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Wick Tele. Room Holmes Gandy fon Post and 2rald ton Daily Mews uw Star tald Tribune urnal-American ily News st k Times Ls each time they enter the courtyve Sun —___.._ The New Lea der The Wall Street journal The National @bserver “ORDED — People’s World ~ \ B 9/91/68 “Y Pie eee 8 THE MILITANT PAGE b7C