Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-14
Negro Heavyweight Champion
Convicted in Federal Court
at Chicago of Violating
Mann Act,
PRISON SENTENCE AND
FINE MAY BE IMPOSED
Demand Of U, S, District At
toney That He Be Remand
ed to Jail 0yerruIed Re-
leased on $4,000 Bond
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iHt MORNING JouHNAi sFcclst tIAarp ulHrf
Chicago. May ia.--1ack Johnson
champion heavyweight prize Fighter
tonight was found guilty oi violating
the Mann law In Transporting Belle
Sehreihcr from pittshurg to Chicago
ia 1910. Hc was convicted ON am
seven counts In tho indictment The
iuiy returned its verdict after nt
hours consideration
The maximum penalty under the
finding is five years imprisonment ur
$4,000 fine. or both
A motion of Assistant District At
tnfney Harry parkin that Johnson hr
ordered confined iu the county iail
was u,euuled hN Judge Carpenter
and the negro WAS Released un bond ui
$4,000 \ motion Tor ncN trili
was filed at once hv counsel fof john
son ana arguments ON thr motion
were set for May 30.
johnson was characd with having
furnished Miss Schrtihcr with Slb.
with which 90 come from piftsburg to
Chicago Miss Sthreiher testified
that on hcr arrival here Johnson fur
nished flut which she said had been
devoted to immoral purposes She
also described trips around the Coun-
try which she said had been made
with the prize fighter ana at his eN-
pcnse.
This nas ln 1910. just before the
marriage of johnson Ia Ettg DurNea
the divorced Wife of an eastern horse
man. She shot herself tu death eight
months ago, leaving letters 60 her
mother indicating she had hrooard
over her social downfall and john
sons neglect
Two months mter Jo1nsun was ar.
rested hf Chicago police ON the charge
II having abducted Lucille Cameron
the lS-Year-old daughter of Mrs
Cameron -Falconet of Minneapolis
Minn Miss Cameron had heeh eni-
ploNed as cashier at JohnsOu's rcs-
tuurant These charges were dropped
and Johnson and the Cameron girl
were married
II WAS during the police ineestiea-
tion of Johnsou's affairs with the
Minneapolis girl that facts were un-
earthed which resulted ln the prize
fighters indictment hY "a erund Jury
In connection with Miss schreiher
Five ballots were taken 10y the iur
tonight. the first showing four jurors
for acquittal and eight for conviction,
James Bruce. i grain dealer Of Mar
settles, Ill., was foreman of the Jury.
Two counts of the indictment We're
dismissed Yesterday at The request of
Judge Carpenter who declared that
no good purpose could be- served hy
airing unnecessary details OF the rec
lations of johnson and the woman
Lucille Cameron Johnson, his pres
ent wife did not appear IN the court
room 40 the trial his attorneys fear
ing the effect Of her presence Mrs
Tiny Johnson, the negroes mother,
however. sat constantly at his side.
only few persons were In court
when the verdict WAS reached as
Judge Carpenter had ordered that
scandal fans be barred from The
hearings.
The suggestion of Johnson's golden
smile which had been OF his lps
during the time Of the iurys deliber-
atlons, faded when the clerk pro-
nOuneed the word guilty johnson
sat solemnly in his seat until Attorney
parkin's motion that the fighter be (
taken into custody was denied when
he slipped quietly from his seat ana
made his way from the court room
alone
u haven't thing TO shy" he said .
NV attorney will speak for me
Taking of testimony ended after The
prize fighter had taken the stand Ia
his own behalf and denied the tate
ment of Miss Schreiber that he had
paid for her transportation. night
session was held TO allow attorneys
to complete their arguments
johnson on the stand admitted that /
he had scnt Miss schreihcr money Ia
response to her request by telephone,
but denied that he had made any stip
uaUon that she should use il to come
to Chicago.
"if vou find this defendant not
guilty" said Assistant District AttOr-
ney Harry parkin II do not see how
any OF you can go home nnd look
squarelv into the faces of those sou
respect ana admire"
Attorney Bachrach for the defense
maintained that the general record
and behavior Of the negro was not
to be considered by the jury "lf he
sent her money to come 10 Chicago
he snid THAT is the only thing TO
be considered by jury
The arguments continued until o
late hour
Suit for sc8.5O was filed against
johnson by an automobile tire cont
panY today alleging that johnson had
lnied to pay for the goods he had
purchased from them.
ia the afternoon session johnson
took he stand and testified that ne
had spent ebetweeu $4,000 and $40
0G09 on Belle schreiber He declared
positively that he had not sont Belle
schreiber i TELEGRAM telling her to
come to Chicago and wait for him
mere Whether his agents sent her
such % telegram without bis knewl-
edge he could not say. He said that
she had called him up on the telo-
phone ana had asked him to send her
SIS. He complied but had no inten-
ton that she should come t. Chicago
His purpose here later WAS 10 make
arrangements about some boxing
Miss Schfeiber. be declared
had subsequently called him up and ,
asked him TO fix up flat for herself