JOHNSON ESCAPES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1789, 30 June 1913, Page 7

JOHNSON ESCAPES.

OFF TO FRANCE.

By Tclcgraph-Press Afisoelfttion-OopyrlEM (Rec. Juno 29, 5.5 p.m.) Montreal, June 28. As Jack Johnson, tho pugilist, who is cs<j(iping to liuropo from America, via Canada, possesses a through ticket lo franco, tho immigration authorities aro unable to prevent him from departing, He sails on Monday, The trial df "Jack" Johnson, tho negn. boxer, on ohargas of violating the White Slave Traffic laws, was in progress nt Chicago last month, when evideuco was given as to t'ho manner in which tho boxer, after his victories, whs overwhelmed with lovo letters from wliito women. Beforo his fight with Jeftries, tho whifco champion, in 1910, ho travelled to San Francisco with, it was alleged, thrco whilo women. After the fight (from which Johnson gained about i.'14,.W0) ho established one in an expensive Hat in Chicago, ivhioh he fuVmshod nt a cost of X4OO just before his marriage with Etta Duryea, a wJiite woman, who n fow months ago committed suicide. The women who accom panied the boxer on his travls, in violation of tho While Slavo laws, wore frequently sent ,to hospitals, it was, alleged, suffering from injuries he had inflicted on them. Johnson was (on Way 12) still out on bnil, but tho behaviour of n mob at tho railway station tho previous night frightened liim badly. Jle was hissed and threatened with lynching. Finally ho aj). pealed to the police for protection, unlii Jio could reach his motor-car and escape. In court on the following day Johnson "bore a very sobered appcaranco. >Ho had dfeoariled his green hat, largo diamonds, and gold-headed oanc, and wore a fruit of plain black.