Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1920 — JACK JOHNSON BACK IN U. S. -PLACED UNDER ARREST [ARTICLE]

JACK JOHNSON BACK IN U. S. -PLACED UNDER ARREST

Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion pugilist of the world, crossed the international boundary from Lower California Tuesday, was taken to Los Angeles and lodged in the county jail. He will leave within a short time in the custody of federal officers for Chicago to begin serving sentence for the violation of the Mann act, federal officers said. Johnson, who has been residing m Tijuana, Mex., several months, rode in an automobile to the Mexican side of the boundary. He shook hands with several Mexican officials, walked to ~lhe Afinerican customs house, presented his passports, and stepped across the line. Deputy United States Marshal George Cooley and Dave Gerabon. special agent of the department of justice, were waiting for the pugilist and placed him under arrest as he entered the United States. When arrested, Johnson grinned and said, “All right, but say it is good to get back into the United States again.”