Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-26 | Page 1 | Jack Johnson Opens Chicago Legal Battle

JACK JOHNSON OPENS CHICAGO LECALJATTLE Many Negroes Disappointed When Former Champion Fails to Appear CHICAGO. July 26 Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, began a legal fight to escape serving a ono year prison sentence as a Mann act violator today when his attorneys ap-p.-iinil l.otoro Jiifltfr Als'huler. of the federal circuit court of appeals, and made a motion that ball bo accepted for his release pending appeal for a new trial Johnson, who has beon a fugitive for elht years. Is being held In Jail at Jollet, 111 . pending the outcome of the fight to obtain ball NEGROES DIS XPPOINTKD CHICAGO. July 26 Two thousand negroes gathered at the depot today to welcome Jack Johnson back to Chicago Chi-cago after a voluntary exile of eight years, a fugitive from Justice In foreign for-eign lands, but "LI'l Arthur." Idol of the soulhslde, failed to appear. Federal officials removed Johnson from the train at Jollet and hurried him to the Jail there when they learned the size of tho welcoming throng here When the train reached Chicago the negroes stormed the gates In an effort ef-fort to see the ex-champlon heavyweight. heavy-weight. Police reserves were forced to beat the crowd back with clubs to clear a passage for Lucille Cameron .Johnson, white wife Of the former pugilist, who appeared wearing a bright red hat and a blue serge suit. Policemen loaded Mri Johnson and her eight suit cases Into a brace of tiixlcabs and assisted her out of the crowd. I N DER SENTENCE Johnson Is under sentence of a year and a day In Leavenworth penitentiary' peniten-tiary' for violation of th- Mann act. lie was convicted of transporting Bello Schrclber, Milwaukee white girl, from Pittsburgh to Chicago for Immoral Im-moral purposes. Etta Duryea Johnson, John-son, Us first wife, committed suicide during I he 1 rial and Johnson promptly prompt-ly married Lucille Cameron, the government's gov-ernment's principal witness. 00