Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-15 | Page 4 | Thousands Crowd Around Bier of Champion's Wife

Thousands Crowd Around Bier of Champions Champion's Wife B By fly Publishers Press Chicago Sept 14 Morbidly H. Morbidly curious thousands whites thousands whites and blacks blacks crowded crowded about the receiving vault ault today and blocked the burial of or Etta Duryea Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son tha tilo white wife of Jack Johnson worlds world's champion PU pugilist The Tho throngs pushed forward eagerly as is the casket was carried to the vault b by six dusk dusky pallbearers and It was with difficulty that Jack Curley the tho black champions champion's former manager was able to keep his feet teet as ho he Supported Mrs Irs David DavJd Terr Terry mother of the suicide sui sui- cide Jack Johnson hi his massive form bent with grief Iet stooped over and kissed the scaled sealed lips of his dead wife before the tho al procession started for forthe tho vault In Graceland cemetery and broke down and wept while thousands stood b by and looked on Services were wore brief That the woman noman pretty prett and cultured came from the nurture of or a 1 rich fathers father's home In the east and the black husband came caine from the roustabout crews of Galveston's water front seemed to b be forgotten by the mourners and the curious crowds as a-a 8 well The onlookers man many of whom followed the funeral procession from tho the Johnson home apparently came to see seo a 8 new sl sight ht They were not disappointed The i vividly dl contrasting elements of the two measurers of 01 life lite so strangely ely Joined were wore pictured at the services held at the home of or the tho black champions champion's champions champion's champlon's cham cham- pion's plon's mother Mrs Tin Tiny Johnson South Wabash abash avenue a toda today Within sat the mighty pu pugilist while outside thousands gathered Besides the tho stricken grief champion was t the dead womans woman's mother and und sister Mrs Irs David Terr Terry and her daughter Alleen AlIeen came to bid their farewell to the woman who started In life liCe pretty Etta EUa Terry Terno the tho belle helle of Hempstead L L. I. I to todie todie todie die b by her own hand In a black man mans man's 8 home homo over o a saloon Rev John W. W Robinson pastor of ot St St. Marks M M. E D. church Fiftieth street and Wabash abash avenue preached the tho funeral sermon Flowers in countless numbers filled 1 the room where the tho casket layOne lay One conspicuous above tho the rest bore this legend To m my wife Etta