Chicago Tribune (IL)
18 September 1907
Page 5
MUSHMOUTH JOHNSON DEAD.
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By Hearst News Service.
Chicago, Sept. 17.--John V. (Mushmouth) Johnson was buried yesterday. From all walks of life came those who attended the funeral of the negro millionaire, once known as the African policy king of Chicago. It was estimated that 2,000 persons heard the sermon preached by Rev. E. T. Martin in the Institutional Church. Interment was at Oakwood.
John “Mushmouth” Johnson (nicknamed due to his proclivity for profanity) was a black gambling-house proprietor who made his fortune controlling Chicago's policy racket and other gambling enterprises. He was known as the "Negro Gambling King of Chicago". He opened his own gambling house and saloon in 1890 on State Street. The players did not gamble against the house, but rather against each other, with the house taking a part of every "pot". Johnson himself did not gamble.
18 September 1907
Page 5
MUSHMOUTH JOHNSON DEAD.
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By Hearst News Service.
Chicago, Sept. 17.--John V. (Mushmouth) Johnson was buried yesterday. From all walks of life came those who attended the funeral of the negro millionaire, once known as the African policy king of Chicago. It was estimated that 2,000 persons heard the sermon preached by Rev. E. T. Martin in the Institutional Church. Interment was at Oakwood.
John “Mushmouth” Johnson (nicknamed due to his proclivity for profanity) was a black gambling-house proprietor who made his fortune controlling Chicago's policy racket and other gambling enterprises. He was known as the "Negro Gambling King of Chicago". He opened his own gambling house and saloon in 1890 on State Street. The players did not gamble against the house, but rather against each other, with the house taking a part of every "pot". Johnson himself did not gamble.
Chicago Tribune (IL)
18 September 1907
Page 5
MUSHMOUTH JOHNSON DEAD.
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By Hearst News Service.
Chicago, Sept. 17.--John V. (Mushmouth) Johnson was buried yesterday. From all walks of life came those who attended the funeral of the negro millionaire, once known as the African policy king of Chicago. It was estimated that 2,000 persons heard the sermon preached by Rev. E. T. Martin in the Institutional Church. Interment was at Oakwood.
John “Mushmouth” Johnson (nicknamed due to his proclivity for profanity) was a black gambling-house proprietor who made his fortune controlling Chicago's policy racket and other gambling enterprises. He was known as the "Negro Gambling King of Chicago". He opened his own gambling house and saloon in 1890 on State Street. The players did not gamble against the house, but rather against each other, with the house taking a part of every "pot". Johnson himself did not gamble.
18 September 1907
Page 5
MUSHMOUTH JOHNSON DEAD.
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By Hearst News Service.
Chicago, Sept. 17.--John V. (Mushmouth) Johnson was buried yesterday. From all walks of life came those who attended the funeral of the negro millionaire, once known as the African policy king of Chicago. It was estimated that 2,000 persons heard the sermon preached by Rev. E. T. Martin in the Institutional Church. Interment was at Oakwood.
John “Mushmouth” Johnson (nicknamed due to his proclivity for profanity) was a black gambling-house proprietor who made his fortune controlling Chicago's policy racket and other gambling enterprises. He was known as the "Negro Gambling King of Chicago". He opened his own gambling house and saloon in 1890 on State Street. The players did not gamble against the house, but rather against each other, with the house taking a part of every "pot". Johnson himself did not gamble.
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