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Show JACK JOHNSON'S MOTHER DIES POOR CHICAGO, March 18. Tcenie Johnson, John-son, mother of Jack Johnson, former champion pugilist, died last night. For a brief time in the heyday of the career of her son she knew prosperity and notoriety such as seldom comes to a colored "mammy," but tho curious cur-ious who gazed at the homo at 3444 Wabash avenue today saw tho mute testimony of a fallen grandeur, a sign reading "Boarders Wanted." When Jack became champion and money rolled in upon him he bought the Wabash avenue house and presented pre-sented it to his mother. He bought her gowns and jewels and an automobile auto-mobile and employed a chauffeur to drive it. Then came the champion's conviction convic-tion of violating the Mann .act, his flight and the forfeiture of the heavy bonds undor which he was at liberty. The automobile went, the house was mortgaged, and then came the last resort re-sort of humbled womankind, "Boarders Wanted." Johnson is said to be in Barcelona, Spain, where he has, according to friends, become a bull fighter. Owing to his conviction he dare not return to the United States. Mrs. Johnson was 74 years of age. |