New-York tribune., 1920-09-29

ne received $1O,OO0; Williams received
$4,000 and jackson received $4,000.
jackson, who took the stand after Ci-
cote, admitted that he had received
the amount attributed to him. 1t was
then that the grand jury voted the in
dictments.
There will be two indictments re-
turned against each Of the men, it 10
said. One will charge them with the
operation Of a confidence game. The
other will charge them with conspiracy
With gamblers to obtain money through
the operation OF confidence game.
Conviction Of the first charge carries
With it penalty of from one to ten
years. imprisonment. The penalty for
conviction on the second charge is
Eve years Imprisonment and dne Of
$1,000.
Z No arrests have been made yet. The
indictments will be formally returned
before the latter part Of the week, 1t
was announced at the states attorneys
Office. Mean time the accused men will
not even be under surveillance.
Cicotte Weeps on Stand
=. Cicotte's testimony was accompanied
by tears. He was on the witness stand
Tor nearly two hours. He cried, ~
don't know why did 1t. must have
been crazy"
Cicotte said that he found his bribe
money under his pillow; that after the
FIRST game of the series he had gone
half concealed beneath the pillow.
There was no note, he said, but he
knew what it was for.
Before Gandil. was a ball player he
mixed in with gamblers and low char
acters in Arizona" said Cicotte.
That's where he got the hunch to fix
the world series. Abe Attell and three
Pittsburgh gamblers agreed to back
<him. Gandil first fixed Williams and
r McMullin. Then he got me in on the
deal, and we fixed the rest. 1t was
easy to throw the game. Just slight
:. hesitation on a players part will let a
man get base or run.
81 did it by giving the Cincinnati
batters easy balls and putting them
right over the plate. A baby could
have hit them.
"Then in one of the games-the Sec
ond, think-there was q man on first
and the Reds batter hit q slow
grounder to me. could have made a
double play out of 1t without any
trouble at all. But I was slow-slow
enough to permit the batter to get to
first and the man on first to get to
second
at did not necessarily look crooked
on my part. 1t is hard to tell when q
game is or is not on the square. A
player can make a crooked error that
will look on the square as easy as he
can make q square one. Sometimes
the square ones look crooked"
Cicotte said he had been troubled
with his conscience ever since the
series.
"I've lived thousand years in the
last twelve months" he said. II would
not have done that thing for million
dollars. didn't need the money. My
salary was $4,000 a year and my job
was sure.
"And now I've lost everything-job,
reputation and friends. Ny friends ali
bet on the Sox l knew it, but
couldn't tell them that the Sox would
lose. had to double them. I'm
through with baseball. Pm going to
lose myself and start life over again"
Jackson Says williams Paid Him
Jackson told the grand jury he got
his part of the bribe money from
Williams
81 wanted $4,000 for my part in the
DEAL" he said, land Gandil told me !
would get that much out of it. After
the first game Williams came to me in
my room at the hotel and slipped me
SO, 1000. He said the rest would come as
soon as we showed the gamblers we
were -on the square with them. But
sthat is all ever got. I raised howl
Sseveral times as the games went on, but
= II never got me anywhere. / was hog
cited. / couldn't do anything about it''
= Jackson gave details as to how he
helped throw" the series to Cincin-
Eati.
~ am left fielder for the sox," he ex-
planned to the jurors. when a Gin
my territory I'd muff it If could. But
sif it would look too much like crooked
work to do that I'd be slow and would
make throw to the infeld that would
be too short.
= my work netted the Cincinnati
:. team several runs that they would
tnever have made if had been playing
ION the square"
1 Jackson testified that while each
sdividually, each knew about the others
eHe also said Gandil, Risberg and Nc
EMullin were the only clique that ex
listed and that Gandil was the leader
The players Thought it was Gandi
swho had double-crossed them on tn,
Smoney end of the deal, he said, blu
they found out afterward it wa
HAttell.
= After finishing their testimony boil
jackson and Cicotte were escorted from
sthe grand jury rooms by O deput.
sheriff. 1t was reported the accuse'
emen feared an attack by "fane" VIII,
Ilined the corridors Of the building.
Weaver Denies Charge
& Buck" Weaver, after hearing Of hi
sindictment and suspension, denied tha
DE had agreed to throw any worl
aseries games and that he had receive
amy of the money.
81 batted 1888 and made only fou
saserrors out Of thirty chances in tn
aworld SERIES he said. "That shoul
sbe good enough alibi."
; Evidence on which che White So
players were Indicted was uncovere
Iby Comiskey, president of the club, an
furnished by him to the grand iur,
Attorney Austrian said while Jaekso
was testifying.
- Austrian said ne had examine
3Cicotte and Jackson at Comiskey's d
Erection. and then had taken Cicotte b.
store the grand jury, where he gave tn
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