JACK JOHNSON.
NARROWLY ESCAPES LYNCHING.
(United Prew Association. —Copyright.)
NEW YORK, October 21
Jack Johnson narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of an infuriated mob when it was known that he was charged ■with a-bdueting a white girl. He is now closely guarded by the police. A race war is feared in consequence of the illfeeling generated by his arrest.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 23 October 1912, Page 5
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