Fire damages former Galveston home of heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson
Fire investigators are still working to determine what caused a fire at a Galveston home where the late boxing legend Jack Johnson used to live.
GALVESTON, Texas – Fire investigators are still working to determine what caused a fire at a Galveston home where the late boxing legend Jack Johnson used to live.
The Galveston Fire Marshal's office said the vacant, two-story house on 29th Street at Avenue K caught fire Friday.
According to the Galveston County Daily News , the home was in the process of being renovated.
Last May, President Trump posthumously pardoned Johnson for a 1913 conviction for violating the Mann Act by traveling with his white girlfriend.
The law prohibited traveling with a woman across state lines for "immoral purposes."
VIDEO: Damage left behind at Jack Johnson's former Galveston home following fire
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