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be 4 obstructing oi uijMalcolm X'sKiller ConfessesPleas.fiveWellsClana!giniaIrmaand 5horn :of NaiThomchildrand 6 The ley Fi to theMrs.Fun compl da Du who. cNEW YORK (UPI) —Tal-madge Haver confessed from the witness stand Monday that he pumped “about four shots” into the black national leader Malcolm X. He insisted his two, pArc;. co-defendants had “nothing” to do with the killing.The admission shocked the state Supreme Court where for seven weeks a jury of nine men and three women have been hearing evidence against the 24-year-old Hayer, also known as Thomas Hagen, Norman 3X Butler, 27, and Thomas 15X Johnson. 30.“I just want to testify that Butler and Johnson had nothing to do with it,” Hayer said. “I was there. I know what happened and I know the people who were there.”Malcolm was gunned down as he prepared to address 400 of his followers in Manhattan’siAudubon Ballroom on Feb. 21,1965. The prosecution contends * there was a “prearranged” plot ] to kill Malcolm, who hadbroken with the Black Muslims to form his oWn group.From the hour-long cross examination of Hayer following his confession, it appeared the prosecution would continue its efforts to convict all three defendants, despite Hayer’s insistence that Butler and Johnson were innocent.ACC Ouste mah 1 of lareturrtoday.NkrearlyIL-18Therelong 1SovietBeflt;fromstaterreturrrebell“Asconfid
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Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Tue, Mar 01, 1966
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