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” cle oe Oe ame ee cena Ha ele gti, Fei AR Ao Sas Ne acacia Chicage Figs 61-293 < > rare DREW ALI'# lcadcrship was soon contcsted, In 1929 he became embroiled in a quarrel with CLiUDE GREENE, politician and former butler of JULIUS ROSENWALD, who previously had joined the temple. One day DR#? arrived at n his office to find that GREENE had moved all the furniture outside and declared himself Grand Sheik, A civil war ensued, each faction enlisting Support from temples in other cities, GREENE was shot and stabbed to death in his offices at the Unity Club on the night of March 15, 1929. DREW ALI, arrested as he sat with his wife and group of followers celebrating (authorities charged) the murder of his rival, was defended by Attorneys AARON PAYNE and WILLIAM Le ANSON, temple members who later gained political prominence. The Prophet, from prison, issued a message to his flock: "To the Heads of all Temples, Islam: "I, your Prophet, do hereby and now write you a letter as a warning and appear to your good judgment for the present and the future. Though I 4m 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 redeemed 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 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. weer or tt "Pcace from Your Prophet NORL, DRE) ALI" This proved to be DREW ALI's final official proclamation, Relcased on bond, hc died under mysterious circumstanccs a fow wocks later. One theory is that he succumbed to injuries inflicted by the police during his imprisonment, another is that ho was sct upon by partisans of GREENE after his relcaso and beaten so severcly that he never rccovercd. After DREW ALI's dcabh Attorney 4ARON PAYNE attcmpted unsuccessfully; to hold the group togcthcr. Each among several of the Prophct's disci anounced that he alonc was the rightful, inhcritor of DREY ALI's jy JOHN GIVENS BL (formerly the Prophet's chauffcur) and IRA JOHNSON-SEY (who had bucn imported from Pittsburgh to assist in quelling the GREENE i eel \ my