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at ors te £ station yesterday. pending arraignment today in. Manhattan Criminal] Court. Coyle disclosed that Johnson : was taken into custody at his home. “What was his feaction?” a newsman asked... “He was surprised,” said Coyle, emiling. ~ When arrested’ on another - hares ten months een Iohnenn | CASE Boe to MCKNIS agu, «onsen said “he lived on Bryant Ave. in the Bronx. —— | Already held without bail were Norman 3X Butler, 26, an en- forcer and a member of the Fruit of Islam, the elite bodyguard of Elijah Muhammed, the 7 Ehteago- and Talmadge Hayer, 22. aw based prophet of the ‘movement, Counsel Protests Delay Hayer was shot in the leg by a bodyguard of Malcolm X as he led ¢h. beens ont t,t. aL. E UG LALLY, Su ct it Lie Bellevue Hospital prison ward. Butler, held without bail, went before Crimfna] Court Judge Reuben Levy yesterday for plead- ing, but the case was pot over Wa ntil tomorrow at Stern’s request. Joseph B. Williams, counsel to Puttic, protested heatedly at the delay and later went before Su- preme Court Justice J ohn A A. Mul- ; len. Mulien agreed to argu- raeant thie ventions a= a hear a — rat SiGe Woming on PrEuiwon fora sri pf habeas compte Sal - liams claimed that Butler (NEWS foto by Leonard Detrick) ; Thomas 15X Johnson at police [bad been held too long without ar against Baer End Johnson made them co-defend- ants in crimes of violence for the second time in less than two eee oe oe de pieleysl wal . On Jan. 6, Benjamin 13x Brown, 31, of 635 Castle Hill Ave., Bronx, a guard at Rikers Island who had left Fruits of Islam Mosque 7 in Harlem to open his own mosque in a store at 1478 Boston Road, Bronx, was shot in the shoulder as he talked with friends outside the mosque. ‘ Had Been Warned associates in the Harlem mosque eok be ee AP WL? gee Lee he HO WW §O Gil Oh fis OWnh, GUL had done so anyhow. Brown told authorities after the attack upon him that he had pulled away from the Harlem group because they were “inclined to violence” and he, personally, was aman of peace. ; Much of his recruiting was “ among young Negro prisoners on Rikers Island. Had Been Ont on Bail Butler and Johnson were ar- rested and indicted on felonious assault charges in the shooting of Brown and were free in bail when Malcolm K was gunned down. Butler and Johnson, in fact, were scheduled to plead to the felonious assault charge yes- terday in Bronx Supreme Court, but that proceeding was ad- journed until March because of the more serious charges stem- ming im the killing of Mal- colm THE News Sitablished yester- day that Butler, because of the Brown sssault, faced possible eviction from his home at 661 Rosedale Ave. Bronx, in Sound- view Houses, a City Housing Authority development, File Sent to CHA - Some days ago, Leon Malino- witz, 43 anager of the develo oP ment, advised atler that his f' had been sent to CHA offices at 250 Broadway for examination. Last Friday, Malinowits re- ceived an anon hone threat ous 5 FP 4h ot be seanld ta ad harenae | Hist ge Wee oe killed becense of the pendin ig how housing g, proceed: | ings a against Malinowitz ; advised police usr ‘the Benedict: Ave., Bronx, station of the threat and he since has been undef po- lice guard. He was too upset to report for work this week and re- mained in seclusion at his own hom A “CHA spokesman aaid that housing authority proceedings 2 ainst Butler would Me held in unt = ecourt charges + ee - beater nan eae a ee He had been warned by former : Cate,