Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1910 — JOHNSON ASSAULTS NEGRO [ARTICLE]

JOHNSON ASSAULTS NEGRO

Quarrel Over Drinks Results in Arrest of the Pugilist * New York, Jan. 21. —Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion, was locked up at police headquarters on a charge of felonous assault made by another negro, Norman Pinder a consumptive. Pinder says Johnson assaulted him in “Baron” Wilkins’ place at 253 West Thirty-Fifth street, between the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock this morning as a result of a dispute over drinks.