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Show JOISOK RELEASED AFTER WEEK IN JAIL Re-Arrested on Charge of Assault As-sault and Served With Notice No-tice of $10,000 Suit. By International News Service. CHICAGO, Nov. "Jack'5 Johnson, John-son, tho negro pugilist, ivho is charged with violation of tho Mann act, Tvas released on bond today afte"r a weary woek in jail which wore the radiance of his "golden smile" to a frazzle. Immediately after tho acceptance of his bonds tho pugilist was rearrested, charged with assault aud batter' by Edwin, F. Weiglo, a newspaper photographer, photog-rapher, audi was driven in his automobile automo-bile to the Chicago avonuo nolico station, sta-tion, where lie waited until friends could go to tho bank and cash one of the negro's check's for 400, the amount of his surety in this case. A little lator .Tohnsou was served with notico of a suit brought, bv Edwin F. Weiglo for $10,000 damages" for thu assault. "Goo, this is Friday, my unlucky day," muttered tho pugilist, whose joy over his release was mingled with foreboding fore-boding that it happened on tho sixth day of tho week. t . Johnson's bondsman, in the Uuilcd States court was Matthew S. Baldwin, a real estate dealer of Evanston, who explained that his connection with the matter was due' sololy and simply to a fee of $7)Q paid by Johnson for the accommodation and an agreement signed by the negro that a private detective de-tective employed by Baldwin and pai.d by Johnson should be with him day and night until ho is surrendered in court. Baldwin scheduled $70,000 worth of property to cover tho $150,000 required by the federal court, aud Mrs. Tiny Johnson, the pugilist's mother, also went on the bond, scheduling tho property- given to hor by her sou after his fight with Jeffries. Assistant District Attorney Tlarry A. Parking announced that t.ho bonds submitted would cover the five indictments against Johnson. , It was stated by Baldwin during his examination that he did not know Johnson and had been induced to become be-come his bondsman by AY, G. Andorson. who if the negro's attorney. Hio financial fi-nancial arrangement between Tohnson and Baldwin was said by Judgo Carpenter Car-penter to be "perfectly proper." |