Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-10-16
2S.. Indictments

stars today and confessions Obtain
cd from two OF them when the "Old
Roman" Charles y. Cumiskcy. own
CT of the ofttimc champion Chicago
White SoX smashed his pennant chas
ing machine to clean up baseball.
The confessions told how the Sox
threw last year worlds champion
ship to Cincinnati for money paid
by gamblers.
Seven Sox regulars and one form
cr player comprise the players
against whom true bills were voted
by the Cook County grand jury, and
the seven were immediately suspend
eli by MIR. Comiskey. With his team
only one game behind the league
leading Cleveland Indians, the White
Sox owner served notice on his sew
en- stars that if they were found gull
l." he would drive them out of organ
lied baseball for the rest Of their
lives.
LIFTS CURTAIN OF JURY ROOM
Officials of Chief Justice Charles
McDonalds court, DESTROYS of giving
the national game the benefit OF pup
licity in its purging, lifted the cur
an on the grand jury proceedings
sufficiently to show great hitter.
Joe jackson, declaring that he delib
crately just tapped the ball; pic
turo of one Of the world famous
pitchers, Cicottc, In tears, and glimp
ses of alleged brides of $4,000 or $40
600 discovered under pillows or on
tl,ln ala
tire. !,
Around the courtroom ut one time
or another were some of baseball'S
greatest leaders, among them John
j. McGraw. manager OF the New
York Giants, awaiting Il call to testi
fy, and John Hcydler, president Of
the National League, who went be-
zone the grand jurors this afternoon
The exact nature Of the eXplanat-
ion Mr.. Comiskey put before tho
grand jury was not disclosed. ThH
men whom the grand jury inVol, we'd
as result Of testimony uncovered by
their owner were:
Eddie Cicotte, star pitcher, who
waived immunity and confessed, &C
cording to attaches, that he took
$4,000 bride.
Arnold Gandil, former first base
man. "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, heavy
hitting left fielder. Oscar Hap
Fclsch center fielder. Charles
"Swcde' 1lisbcrg, shortstop. Claude
Williams, pitcher; George Buck Weav
er, third baSeman; Fire. McMullin
Utility player. j >
A Nm
CRUMRLE-
While tho grand jury jurors voted
their true bills, the "Old Roman,
seated in the midst of his crumbling
empire out at White SoX Park, issu-
cd The telegram suspcndng those in
volved, paid Off Weaver, Cicotto and
Jackson on the spot and announced
that checks due others would be
sent them at once.
With his voice trembling, Mr.. Com
iskey, who has owned the White Sox
since tho inception Of the American
League, said this was the first time
scandal had ever touched his fam
ily," and that it distressed him too
much to talk about 1t.
Tho rush Of players to bare their
part in tho affair started today when
Cicotte appeared at Criminal Court
Building and asked permission to
testify Cicotte wept. court attaches
said, and exclaimed in anguish his
sorrow for his part in the games as
lie told how he did his utmost rath
or than win The 1919 series after he
he had found $4,000 beneath his Pill
gamblers.
He said he lobbcd the ball to the
plate.
you could read the trade mark on
it," he declared, at the first game at
Cincinnati when he was taken out
OF the box after three and two-third
innings had been played.
CONFIRMS MAHARG'S STATE
MENT.
The details OF Cicotte's confession
follow closely the story told in Phil
adclphia last night by Billy Maharg,
former prize tighter, it was stated.
CicOtte told the grand jury it was
announced. that he received $4,000
for the his part in losing the series.
He never saw the man who paid the
money, no said. He was told he
would find tho 10000 under his
pillow in his hotel room on the night
before the first gamo at Cincinnati
and when he returned to his room
III money was there.
Joe Jackson received $4,000. Like
Cicotte he found the money in his
bed when he returned to his room
on the night before the first game
\ court official who was present
when Cicotte went on the stand dc
scribed the scene when the star pitch
or broke down and cried as he told
tho jury IF his part in tho series
fixing" My God! think Of my chill
dren, no DRIED. Cicotte has small
children.
"I'ye lived thousand years in
tho last year." the court official
quoted him az saying.
DELIBERATELY INTERCEPTS