New-York tribune., 1920-10-27

The State Attorneys office aftcrward
announced the grand jury had Tex
oneratcd the two men from completely
IN the throwing of games in the
series, but had materially strengthened
the cases against some of the men
already ina,ctcd'
"Atteli did the fixing said Roth
stein before he went into the grand
jury room.
."'!'ve come here to vindicatc my
self he added. "lf wasn't sure
was going to be vindicated I'd have
stayed at home AS far as my story
is concerned, I've already told most Of
1t, but guess the grand jury wants it
on official record"
he whole thing started when Attell
and some other cheap gamblers de-
clded to frame the series and make a
killing. The world knows | was asked
IN on the deal and my friends know
turned it down fiat. I don't doubt
that Attcll used my name to put it
over That's been done before by
smarter men than Abe. But | wasn't
IN on it, wouldn't have gone into it
under any circumstances and didn't
bet cent on the series after I, found
out what was under way. My idea was
that whatever way things turned out
II would be crooked series anyhow
and that only a sucker would bet on it.
Pm not going to hold anything
back from the jury. I'm here to clear
myself and expect to go out Of here
with clean bill of health"
The jury to-day completed the taking
Of testimony in the Investigations which
has lasted more than a month and re-
too ho; foJ
thirteen men on charges Of conspiracy
to do an illegal act, but will hold a
final session Friday to finish up clerical
work. The jury will vote no more true
bills, according to state officials.
Gedeon and Rothsten testified against
Attell, Hal Chase William Burns and
others on whom the jury already had
acted. Their testimony probably will
result in an attempt to have Attoll
brought back here from Canada for
trial, officials said, it being believed
here that he can be extraditcd.
A complete statement involving the
admission that he had been tipped off
by White Sox player to bet on the
Reds in the 1919 "sell-out series" was
made this afternoon to the grand jury
by Gedeon. The name of tho White
Sox player was not made public
Gedeon went to California after the
series with Fred McMulln and "Swede"
Risberg, both of whom have been
named in true bills.
Gedeon's reported statements 20 back
to the fatal third game, when some of
the White Sox players, disgusted at
the failure of their gambling assoc-
ates to pay up. turned in and played
baseball, defeating the inferior Reds
He told of a meeting at the Hotel Shcr-
man Immediately afterward, in which
Attell, Bill Burns, Carl Zork, Of st.
Louis, and a man named Frankel, also
of St. Louis, participated. Ways and
means, he said, were discussed at this
meeting of getting back the money
which the "framcrs" had lost on the
third game.
Another man who testified was
Harry Redmond, owner of the Majestic
Theater in East St. Louis, who said
that he had been asked, after the third
game, to contribute to S25,O 900 pot
he had been informed that part of this
money was to be used to pay the
players.
II refused to donate to this pot
Redmond said, "and had nothing more
to do with them after this
Mr. Redmond went before the grand
jury at 8 p m. He denied having won
money on the 1919 series and main
tanned that instead he lost S6,500 in
bets on the White Sox
81 made it up on Cleveland this
year. he said. II made $4,000"
Supplementing the announcement by
the states attorneys Office, President
Ban Johnson of the American League
declared he felt that Gedeon was zen
tirely innocent,' and Alfred Austrian,
attorney for the Chicago American
League club issued statement de-
claring that "Rothstein, in his test-
mony to-day, had proved himself
guiltless."