Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-09-14 | Page 13 | Huge Crowd at Funeral

HUGE CROWD AT FUNERAL Mrs. Jack J o h n s o n , White Wife of Pugilist, Is Buried (Chicago, Sept 14. People crowded tk-Aic today at tho funeral of tbc white-' white-' ' wlfo of Jack JohnEon, the negro pull pu-ll gillEt, who committed suicide, that the police were' called to clear the sidewalk in front of the house- Several Sev-eral thousand people were "in tho street when the police arrived. ) ) Mrs. Johnson's mother nnd sister. ' Mrs. David Torry, and Miss Elaine Tom- of Brooklyn. N. Y.. were at-- at-- tended by tho negro pugilist. John-- John-- son supported and half-carried Mra. v Terry as she walked from the house. t The two women entered Johnson's ' closed limousine, the curtains of 5- which were drawn, and sped away tOt with the fighter. . Jack Curley, manager of Jim Mff Flynn: Tom Flanlgan, Johnson's m$' trainer, Jack Barry, ex-puglllat; Bar-it Bar-it ney Auroy, trainer of many fighters, my all white, and a score of others prom-flw prom-flw inent in the world of gloveB, attended " Ihc funeral fl " The pallbearers wero negroes, I Johnson's personal friends.