The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-14
GUILTY OF ALL SEVEN COUNTS
Negro Pugilist Faces Long Term
in Prison, Fine, or Both
NEW LEGISLATION PREDICTED

Chicago, May l1--Jack Johhsons tn,
negro pugilist, was found guilty last
night Of violating the Mann law in
transporting Belle Schriebcr from
Pittsburgh To Chicago III 1910. He was
convicted OH all seven counts In the in
diCtment The jury was out one hour.
That the conviction Of Johnson is the
iorerunncr of laws forDidding misceg-
enation, was the assertion today of As
sistant United States Attorney Harry
ParlSin, who conducted the ease for tho
This verdict will 20 around the
world" he said. 1T is the forcrunner
of laws TO he passed by the United
States, which we may live TO see e
laws forblddng miscdgenation. This
negro, in the eyes of many. has becn
prosecuted. Perhaps as an Individual
he was. But his misfortune Is to be
tho foremost example of the evil OF
permitting the intcrmarriage of whites
and blacks
The maximum penalty under the
unding in the Johnson ease Is five
: tdlS Imprisonment W 81 F'V'N"N ~
or both. 4 motion or Assistant DIS
trict Attorney Parkin that johnson be
ordered confined in the county jail was
Jverruled by Judge Carpenter ana The
negro was released on bonds OF Slo-
900 4 motion for now trial was
filed at once by counsel for Johnson
aud arguments ON the motion were set
for Msv ~.
Woman TcstiHes Against Him.
johnson was charged with having
furnished Miss Schriebcr with so
with which to come from Pittsburgh
To Chicago. Miss Schrieber testified
that on her arrival here Johnson had
furnished hat which was devoted
tc Immoral purposes. Sh" also de-
scribcd trips around the country
which She said had been made with
the prizchshter and at his expense,
This was i'm 1910 just before the
marriage of Johnson to Etta DurNco'
The divorced wife of an eastern horse
man. She shot herself to death ciGhl
( months ago. leaving letters to h"r
mother which showed that sh" had
teen brqodng over her social down
| fall and her neglect.
Two months later Johnson Was ar
rested by the Chicago police on the
charge or having abducted Lucille
Cameron -Falconctt of Minneapolis
Mimi, who had been employed as
| cnshier at Johnsons restaurant tn,
charges were dropped and Johnson
and the Cameron girl were married II
was during the police investigation o'
I lohnson's affairs with the Minneapo-
IFS girl that facts were unearthec
which resulted in the prizehghter'
Indictment by a federal grand jury II
lconnection with the Schrieber woman
! Four Ballots Taken.
-Four ballots were taken by the jury
last night.
The suggestion OF Johnson1 gold
on smile" which had been on his lip'
during the time OF the jurys delib
Grafton. faded when the clerk pro
nounccd the word guilty
johnson sat soemnb i'm his sea
until Attorney Perkins motion tina
the fighter he taken INTO custody wa
denied. when he slipped quietly iron
his seat and made his way from tn
courtroom alone.
Il haven't thing 10 say" he said
Taking of testimony ended after tn
prizefighter had taken the stand in hi
own defense and denied the statemen
of Miss Schreber that Inc had pat
for her transportation.
johnson on the stand admitted tina
he had sent Miss Scbricber money b
response to her request by telephone
hut denied that he had made an
stipulation that ehc should use II 7
ccme TO Chicago.