Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-01
HOYNE HAS TWO
OUTSIDE WITNESSES
Men Neither Players Nor Gamblers
to Furnish Some Inside Information
-Harry FsIsehs One Of Indicted
Fi.ysrh H,psrt.a 60 HAv. Triplsd
Ills sribs ~ Setting on Cincinnati
Team ins 1919 WYrId Series.
BY Asso oclated Press.

cution Of the baseball players In
volved In the "hxinH" Of the 1919
world Series was expected by the
grand jury today when State Attor-
ney .sfaolay sHoyus arrives from New
York sss s
August Essnann, president Of the
cincinnati Heds, was expected to
testify today, and Alfred Austrian,
attorney for the White sox. said he
believed four players were ready to
tell what they know. The grand jury
.will complete Its regular session te-
day, but Chief Justice Mcdonald. who
ordered the investigation, said It
would be retained as a special grand
Jury. devoting Its entire time to the
baseball situation. Judge Mcdonald
said indictments and prosecutions
could be returned on the evidence
already submitted. but that no de-
tail would he overlooked In the in
ycstigation.
Wives Of Players 80 es Called.
The nature Of the new evidence
which H0yno nays ho obtained, Is not
known, He would only say that he
obtained ~ information from two
Iasa no arc AAlther baseball men
nor -amblerg ana who have not yet
been mentioned % the inquiry. Hs
also asserted that he had no evidence
to slow sathat the coming 1920 wosld
rey3es SA6ds seen snxAd., Z,
Wives 81 several Sof the players
may be called to tell what they know
tOf the alleged liking Of the 1918
series; II was reported. Mrs. Claude
Williams said she knew some rnaors
We're directed at her, but denied that
she had ever bet on q baseball game
or knew anything OF the fixing"
Fslsoh Won Big Bet.
d Reports said TO ef1anate from
members of the White Sox team
credit Happy Felsch with having
placed $4,000, accepted as q bride
from the gamblefs, MS a bet. at two
TO one on Cincinnati In the second
game OF the series, thus accommodating
$4,000.
It IS claimed he wired his wife in
AfilWAukee to come to Chicago for
tho frBt game here and that when
she met him his greeting was to toss
thu 31S. 900 Oh the table.
There are various accounts as to
what fpllOMld. The, players said the
couple hed ID disagreement over the
$ffair.s Il He made up and Mrs
r. n III the, money in a
The G9xs said to have been
Yithdf sessAonday. Mrs. Felsch
81 Ax1el 90 DE asked by the grand
tion.
Hermann Brings EvidDnce.
s ,AugNat Hermann, president Of the
GtpcinnaN tetm and formers chair
man cf the national Commission, ap.
{ pcared sat State Attorney Hoyne's
Office this morning with a portfolio
Of dpcnmahts and papers relative te
the assI pf Hal Chase and Lee Nc
Gees tho were driven from organized
baseball last year. Hermann had
hketn. nestAd bysIhe grand jury tc
bring the papers. EIe said he had
enidavits oe Christy Matthewson
former manager Of the Cincinnati
] tsAssr:: a AasX NeaIe. outf1elder:
John MeGraW and Pitchers Jim Ring
4nd RegAn. Hermann did not expect
70 appsar before the grand jury un-
tjl this afternoon,
81 81 Comisksy Long Suspicious.
Chsrles camiskeyI, owner Of the
Chicago White Sox; asked State At
9Orney Hayne to investigate las,
EGar's world ssrtsa immediately afte,
~ nalpSton oSathe games, Hoyne
aelid here today after his return from
New York, Hoyne's Office conducted
tbs investi0At Ation for three or fou,
detA and fOund enough evidence te
eAtlafy him that the series va.
crooked. he said Not. enough eyi.
tlcnce was found, however, to prove
The fact, he said.
ediately after the world series
Coniakey asked nae to investigate
and said fe would pay the expenses
ok the investigation. I told him We
would be ,glad "a help him and that
II We obtAined eyidence we woulc
presecute. We worked for three OF
four days on the investigation ant
obtained enough evidence to satisfy
J us that Tho -ysries was crooked, bu
we did not obtain sufficient evidence
Z I'd act
Mr.. Hoyne said that he would Civ.
out another statement later in tn,
day. ts II
Hoyne was called before the grant
1nry soon after making his statement
He stated his position in the case tt
the Jurors and the grand jury re.
cessed until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Aoyns Pradfcts More Indictments.
State Attorney Hoyne said today
{ that he believed the present investi-
CATION here Of alleged baseball fixing
would DO widespread and that he ex-
pscted moro indictments to be voted
Sufficient evidence to warran,
prosecution Of several players has al
ready boon disclosed, ne said
M. Aoyne said that he and we'll