Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-29
Joe Jackson Tells How Judge
Refused To Hear His Plaint
That He Was An Honest Man
l Know You're Not Judge Replied and Hung Up
Phone-How Cicotte Started White
Sox Confessions

CHICAGO, Sept. 29-The identity
of the alleged go-betweens for the
gamblers who bribed the Chicago
White Sox players were revealed to-
day in a confession to the grand
jury by Claude Williams, pitcher. He
named "Chick' Gandil as the chief
go-between on the team, and Brown
and Sullivan, gamblers" from either
New York or Boston, as go-betweens
for the gamblers. The jury immed-
lately voted true bills for Brown
and Sullivan.
Indictments against five or six
gamblers were considered today by
the Cook county grand jury which
is investigating the baseball scandal,
according tosAssistant United States
District Attorney Replogle. More
ball players also may be indicted, it
was indicated, after the grand jury
heard the testimony of Presidents
Johnson and Heidler, and manager
McGraw, of the Giants. The latter
has been summoned to tell about his
release of Hal Chase, Lee Magee and
Heinie Zimmerman last year.
Charges that some of the players
accused of throwing" the world Sc
ries games have used their efforts to
prevent the White Sox winning the
pennant this year, were made to-
day by several members of the White
SoX team.
Further confessions by some of the
seven White Sox players will be made
within day or two, Alfred Austrian,
a al,
day.
True bills naming three ball play
ers not members of the White Sox
and three gamblers are expected to
be voted by the grand jury today. 1t
is reported that true bills against
two national league players are being
considered.
How Disclosures Came.
Manager Gleason, of the White
Sox, disclosed today the march of
events eliminating in Cicotte's con.
fession and the voting of indictments.
Last Monday, according to Gleason,
he gathered enough evidence to
know that some of the players had
been bribed to lose the series. Ci-
cote came home Monday night, he
said, and declared he had load on
his chest" and that he wanted to
get rid of it. Gleason told him to
see Comiskey, who heard Cicotte's
story, then called Attorney Austrian
and told him to take Cicotte to Judge
Mcdonald. The confession and in
dictments followed.
Joe Jackson, describing his con-
fession to the grand jury, said to-
day:
81 heard | had been indicted. |
called up Judge Mcdonald, who di-
rected the grand jury inquiry, and
told him | was an honest man. He
said, I know you're not and hung
up the receiver.
81 figured sobebody had squaked
and the place for me was on the
ground floor. I went over to tell
care what | got, that if / got what
| ought to have for Grabbing the
game of the kids, wouldn't be tell
ing him my story.
Il don't think the judge likes me.
guess Pm through with baseball.
Nov Risberg threatens to bump
me off. That's why / had all the
bailiffs with me when | left the grand
jury room.
"I'm not under arrest vet, but
Pm not going to get far from my
protectors until this blows over"
Story Comes Out.
The rush of players to bare their
part in the affair, started yesterday
when Cicotte appeared at Criminal
court building yesterday and asked
permission to testify. Cicotte wept,
court attaches said, and exclaimed in