JACK JOHNSON.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1116, 1 July 1913, Page 4

JACK JOHNSON.

Montreai,, June 28. As Jack Johnson, the pugilist, who is escaping to Europe from America, via Canada, possesses a through ticket to France, the immigration authorities are unable to prevent him from departing. He sails on Monday.

The trial of “Jack” Johnson, the negro boxer, on charges of violating the White Slave Traffic laws, was in progress at Chicago last month, when evidence was given as to the manner in which the boxer, after his victories, was overwhelmed with love letters from white women. Before his fight with Jeffiies, the white champion, in 1910, he travelled to San Francisco with, it was alleged, three white women. After the fight (from which Johnson gained about ;£ 14.500) he established one in an expensive flat in Chicago, which he furnished at a cost of just before his marriage with Ktta Duryea, a white woman, who a few mouths ago committed suicide. The women who accompanied the boxer ou his travels, in violation of the While Slave laws, were frequently sent to hospitals, it was alleged, suffering from injuries he had inflicted on them.

Johnson was (on May-x2th) still out on bail, but the behaviour of a mob at the railway station the previous night frightened him badly. He was hissed and threatened with lynching. Finally he appealed to the police for protection until he could reach his motor car and escape. In court on the following day Johnson bore a very sobered appearance. He had discarded his green hat, large diamonds, and gold-headed cane, and, wore a suit of plain black.