The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-02
DECLARES GAMBLERS ARE
 THREATENING HER LIFE
Mrs. Kelley Reports to Police That She Has Received
 Menacng Letters From All Parts of Country and Wants To Be Protected

Chicago, Oct. 2.-Garry Hermann was iury the 1,e: first witness before the grand him affidavits of Pitcher Pat Ragan, Pitcher James Ring, Outfielder Earl Neal and Christy Mathewson, former Manager of the Cincinnati team. | Although details of Hermann's tes- t1mony are not known it is reported l that he gave the grand jury informa- uon indicating that the alleged $2O,- 1000 fund to corrupt the Giants was
 raised in Chicago, presumably as a
 part of the gambling scheme reveal ed. in confession of players of the Chicago White Sox. Herrmann's tes- timony it was declared would include
 lnformation regarding the charges of gambling lodged against Hal, Chase | by Manager Mathewson while Chase
 was a. member of the Cincinnati club. Chase was tried by officers of the Ma
 t1onal League on these charges but
 was exonerated and afterward sold to the New York Giants.
 .Ev1dence corroborating the charges Hermann is said to have made is believed to have been obtained by States Attorney Hoyne who return ed to New York Hoyne declared he has aff1davits and new list of name es
 that will enable the grand jury to get to the very bottom of the corrup-
 tion and clean up baseball once and for all.
 Life is Threatened.
 Another startling turn in the in- vesugation came when Mrs. Henri l etta D. Kelley whose testimony in corroboration of the charges of t.Bil- ly' Maharg in Philadelphia prompted l the confession of Eddie Cicotte re- ported to the police that baseball gamblers were threatening her life
 She said that she had received men
 acing letters from all parts of the | country and asked that police pro- | lection be accorded her.
 l Cincinnati, Oct 2-The report that /! $20,0OO was paid a former New York Giant player by Chicago gambler
 to have the Giants throw two games
 to the Reds in September of. las,
 year will be thoroughly investigated
 next week by the Hamilton County Grand Jury. Prosecutor Louis A.
 Capell stated this morning. "Indef-
 mite rumors concerning this have 1 come to me, but the story does not
 in any way involve the Cincinnati
 team However we will rigidly i1Nes-
 tigate the entire natter
 Question Dodgers.
 New York, Oct. 2.-Just before go. l ing to the Polo Grounds for thei1 games with the Giants, Hi Meyers
 Jimmy Johnstone, Burleigh Grimes
 Otto krueger, Leon Galore and Geo l Mohart of the Dodgers visited the ] offices of the district attorney. After 1 a short conference they departed ano
 Attorney Lewis said all declared they
 had not been approached with any
 series and would resent any atternp to bribe them.
 After questioning, Otto Miller. frs l string catcher of the Brooklyn bod gers, and Sherrod Smith, a. pitcher District Attorney Lewis said:
 i "So far nothing has developed tha 1 would tend to show there is a basi for the report that Brooklyn player.
 have been approached or that the, 1 might throw games in the comins worlds series.''
 The district attorney said he had received information from the state! | attorneys office in Chicago that nc information had been obtained there that any effort had been made tc tamper with the Brooklyn players.