article_snippet.sent: Things were getting ridiculous, but Jack Johnson's life outside the ring was unravelling.
article_snippet.sent: Jack Johnson spent money like Johnson's life outside the ring grew on trees and was being investigated by the government on the spurious charge of abducting Jack Johnson future second wife under what was known as the Mann Act, a dubious piece of legislation designed to prevent 'white slavery'.
article_snippet.sent: Jack Johnson had other ideas.
article_snippet.sent: How would Johnson, now 37, handle a challenger four years Johnson junior?
article_snippet.sent: Johnson motivation, Johnson said, was a $50,000 payout and a promise from the American authorities that Johnson could finally return to Johnson homeland without having to serve Johnson prison sentence.
article_snippet.sent: Johnson's 'confession' was sold for a fee to Nat Fleischer, the respected founder of The Ring magazine.
article_snippet.sent: Johnson would eventually end Johnson exile and continue fighting into the 1930s.
article_snippet.sent: Tragically Johnson would die in a car crash in 1946, speeding away from a diner that refused Johnson service on account of Johnson race.