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Drew Alits leadership was soon contested. In 1929 he became embroiled in a quarrel with CLAUDE GREENE, politician and former butler of JULIUS ae ROSENWALD, who previously had joined the temple. (nme day Drew arrived st - his office to find that GREENE had moved all the furniture outside and ; declared himself Grand Sheik. A civil war ensued, each faction enlisting. ae Si oe igre eee support from temples in other cities. GREENE was shot and stabbed to death in his offices at the Unity Club on the night of Merch 15, 1929. Drew Ali, arrested as he sat with his wife and group of followers cele- brating (authorities charged) the ier of his rival, was defended by Attorneys AAROW!PAYNE and WILLIAM L=NDAWSON, temple members who later gained political prominence, The Prophet, prison issued a message to his flocks ®To the Heads of all Temples, Islam: "I, your Prophet, do hereby and now write you a letter as a warning and appeal to your good judgment for the present and the future. Though I am now in custody for you and the cause, it is all right and it is well for all who still believe in me and my father, God. I have re- deemed all of you and you shall be saved, all of you, even with me. I go to bat Monday, May 20, before the Grand Jury. If you are with me, be there. Hold on and keen faith, and great shall be your and keep faith, and great shall be your reward. Remember my laws and love ye one another. Prefer not a stranger to your brother. Love and truth and my peace I leave all, "Peace from Your Prophet Noble Drew Ali." This proved to be Drew Ali's final official proclamation. Released on bond, he died under mysterious circumstances a few weeks later. One theory is that he succumbed to injuries inflicted by the police during his imprisonment, another is that he was set upon by partisans of GREENE after his release and beaten so severely that he never recovered. After Trew Ald te Aanth A Ri Ves LAD ASL SS MES ne 4 anisuc hold the group together. Each among aster of the Prophet Lar Pie - : ttormn BADALI 04 Ware F io i