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Show WAGE WAR ON CONTESTS Johnson's Widow Declares De-clares That She Will Devote Her Life to Discourage and Stop If Possible Moto reyele Races . Cincinnati. O. Aug 1 Mrs. Bet tie Johnson, the 21 year-old widow of Odin Johnson, motorcycle racer, killed with seven spectators at the Lagoon motordrome Wednesday night, has but one consuming desire the abolition of motordrome raring She does not want other young wives of motorcycle riders to suffer her bitter experience "At first. 1 wanted to die.'' she sa'd today, "but now I want to live be cause 1 can do more by living 1 am going to help stop motor racing. It must stop There Is no need of sac rlficlng lives." Mrs Johnson declared the public was partly to blame for speed man "if people did not crowd to th races the boys would not take such chances." she sain 'They simply h;ie to speed up If they want to make a living wage "I lored motor r.icinc. because it was through it that I met Odin . 1 met him at the race in Salt Lake City last year, and Just before we left Sal' lke City he built s nice little bull galow, and furnished It. After his engagement at the Lagoon, we meant to go back there and live 1 shall go back there and live, but poor Odin will be In the cemetery that I can see from my kitchen window He always al-ways said: 'If anything should happen, hap-pen, liotty. take me back and bury me under the pint 1 'it is the only thing that I can do for him now The first thing that 1 want to do for the living is to ge Bennie out of the game Bennle '3 Odin s your.ger brother. He must leave the track or he will be killed too ' The number thirteen flcured in Odin'6 life ll the accidents Odin hnii were on the 13th day of the month, and he was killed in 1013.'" Contestants in the sweepstakes declare de-clare that lohnson s machine did not collide with another but the accident happened after one of the tires blew out. jounson went n-on(i an ruics when he dashed to the top of the track, said Manager J W Lberhardt The poor fellow, he Is all to blame.' The body of Johnson was shipped tonight to Salt Lake City Mrs. John son, the widow . islted the undertak Ing establishment of Linneman ami Moore, late this afternoon, and viewed the body. She was led into the room on the arm of Henry Linneman and bravely stood her ground while gazing gaz-ing on the features of her husband Mrs Johnson was accompanied to th undertaking establishment by Ben Johnson, a bro'her of the dead rider Mrs Johnson and her brother-in-law left with the body for Salt Lak-j City tonight. |