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0-19 (Hev. 1-28-68) pic - In a heavily guarded, Building, the three assassins Malcolm's widow, Mrs. Betty Shabazz, slipped into a rear seat of the spectators’ benches as Supreme Court Justice Charles Marks passed sentence on Thomas 15X Johnson, 30, of 932 Bronx Park South, Bronx. _ Widow Smiles—Ne Comment She arrived too fate to hear sentence pronounced on the other two-—Talmadge Hayer, 24, of 347 Marshall St., Paterson, NJ. and Norman 3x" Butier, 27, of 661 Rosedale Ave., Bronx. Mrs. Shabazz left hurriedly afterward, and with a smile, told 2 reporter, “I have no comment. ” Mrs. Johnson and Mrs, Hayer were present when their husbands were sentenced, but showed no emotion, The three—waere convicted of first degree murder March 11 after an eight-week triaL All Spectators were searched before being admitted to the courtroom for the trial, a procedure which Was repeated for the sentencing. The prosecution charged that Johnson cut down Malcolm with | two biasts from a double-barreled , ~ 2 ne an ae fw sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday for the s] Malcolm X Slayers Get ee - Life; Court Is Barricaded By NORMA ABRAMS barricaded, 11th-floor courtroom of the Criminal Courts of Malcolm X impassively heard themselves mandatorily aying of the fiery Black Nationalist shotgun as the 39-year-old seces- sionist from the Black Muslim movement addressed 400 follow- ers in the Audubon Ballroom, 166th St. and Broadway, on Feb, 1, 1965, Open Fire with Pistols Hayer and Butler then pumped pistol slugs into Malcolm ag he slumped to the floor, During the trial, Hayer, who at first swore he was blameless, returned to the witness stand and admitted his part in the kill- ing but sought to exonerate Johnson and Butler. The three could be eligible for parole after serving 26 years and ieee nths. Oo: LittTLeée 176 APR 19 1986 “i 7 om Tolson ff DeLoach —— Callehan Cantad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy Justice Charles Mar Sends killers to prison The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Daily News —____ The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-Amertcan oa New York Daily News ——ege New York Post The New York Times The Baitimore Sun The Worker —Ne See ee The New Leader The wall Street Journal The National Gbservet — People’s Werld — Date 4 ht APR 15966 | dy! / L fed