The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-29

pear at his office Friday morning
When informed by The United Pres!
that Hoyne is in New York, Lewis
said he would communicate with
Hoyne Immediately.
Lewis wired Hoyne as follows:
The New York Evening Sun O
September %, 1920, states:
Information which has been gath
cred by officials tended to indicate
that the same clique of gamblers
which is alleged to have fixed the
1919 series have made plans to have
Brooklyn throw the coming series
to the Cleveland Indians.
Il intend to initiate an investiga
ton at once. Will you let me know
if you have any information in sub
sanitation of the article above
quoted? e
(Signed) Harry e. Lewis,
District Attorney Kings County.
Brooklyn, n. "
IF there are any players of the
Brooklyn club concerned in any way
in this rumor, will suspend them at
once" Charles H. Ebbets, president
of the Brooklyn club, told District AT.
torney Lewis.
Ebbets also told Lewis that when
the Brooklyn players came to the
field today he would inform them OF
the circumstances and tell them
about the visit to be made to the
district attorneys office. 1t was
thought possible that some of the
players might be questioned this
afternoon, as there was no game
scheduled for today.
After talking v tn Ebbets, Lewis
said:
II feel that in view of these ugly
rumors the people of Brooklyn are
entitled to have this situation cleared
UP at once so that there may be no
cloud over the worlds series which
starts next Tuesday" "
: Lewis said that if the reported
gamblers plot is found to really exist
he intends to punish the gamblers
as wen as any players that may be
implicated.
They may be prosecuted, he said,
on a charge of Conspiracy to do an
illegal thing"
, States Attorney Hoyne, of Chicago,
when the telegram from Lewis was
read to him by The United Press,
said:
Il have no such information All
our attention was centered on the in
vestigation of the White Sox in Chi.
cago."
Other Confession offered
CHICAGO, Sept 29.--Other offers
of confession of conspiracy to corrupt
lo 10
Attorney Alfred Austrian, representing
Charles Comiskey, announced today.
He refused to give the names Of the
men who had made the offers or say
or not they were among the
eight indicted.
honest This Seaons.
CHICAGO, Sept 29.-The White
Sox played honest ball this year, Joe
Jackson, one of the "squawkers," told
the United Press today.
I'VE did everything we could to
win the pennant," he said.
"As far as I know none of the men
had anything to do with the gamblers
this year.
1914 World Series.
CHICAGO, Sept %. = Assistant
States Attorney Replogle. in charge
of the investigation into the baseball
scandal, today said he had received
many anonymous letters asking him
10 probe the 1914 world series be-
tween Philadelphia and Boston
Dubssc as Witness.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Jean Dubuc,
former pitcher for the New York
now with the Toledo Amer
lean association team, was ordered
to appear before the Cook county
grand jury investigating baseball
scandal on October 9Th in a wire
from the states attorneys Office to-
day. Dubuc may know something Of
gambling in the National league, off,
Gals believed.
cicotte Leaves City.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Eddie Cicotte,
the first Of the White Sox players TO
"squawk," regarding the conspiracy
to throw the 1919 world series, hur-
riedly left Chicago today. 1t was re-
ported that he went to his farm near
Detroit.
To IpJict Three GsnobIers