Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-29


 votea agali.st eignt baseball stars today and confessions obtained from two 7f turra wien the old Roman, ChArles A. Csuiskev. owner of ire oft-timc cham ui,a Ci caEo W1iee Sex snllslei ns pr.f.r. crasing mach re to lill T" has,sal The con.e ssions toll lew me e,x tarev. last ysUs worlds cAdnlpioh ss.o ts Cincinnati for money 3ad py eamJisrs.-
 s-..r sox regulars and one former ra..- comprise .as ''iayers asLi"s s' ,.born true bills were voted by the Cooh county grand jury and the seven were immediately suspended by MT. CoilisAy, l,sie:i yritb his team only one game pehiid .t.. t.srse-leafing Cleveland 1ndiahs' yt-Lf.e Sox owner served notice on ms ssvcn stars that, if they were found --,u,v he would drive them out or or ssrizad baseball for. the rest or ther o.g,,ais of Chief Justice Charles Nc r,,,sld-s court. desirous of giving ne ,,.ionai game the benefit Of puoilclty III ps purring, lifted the curtain on l.e s-ana 1ury proceedings sufhcienty - sho.v a great hitter Joe Jachso,i. .,--,,g that he deliberately just tappeu .. ssft {, oic+ure of one of the world s---. f.nous pitchers. Cicotte, in tears, --,S rIirnnses of alleged bribes of $o'ooo
 s7n o6o discovered under pillows or he5s bv famous athletes about to re- tire. ,a time or .to- ,vc-e so of basebaiFs greatest i-.dc-e among them John J. McGraw' ,,,s,s~e- of inc New York Giants. await i,r call to testify tomorrow; ana Iobn Heydler. president of the na,ionl Icarue who went before the grand Jur-  ors this afternoon. ,-..,.,o, Tho exact nature of the information ,-- cor1is,sv put before the grand jury ,-,s not disclosed. The men whom the i,,-v involved ~s result of testimony Uncovered f,-- cir owner were
 Eddie Cicotte. star pitchers, who waiv- ,d i-,rnunitv ana confessed. according ,o court attaches. that he took s1O'- arnold Gandr. former first basennan. "shoeless Joe" Jackson. heavy hitting left fielder.
 Charles "swede- Risbery, short stop claude Williams pitcher.
 George Luck Weaver. third base man.
 Fred McMullen. utility player.
 C.ic,tte. according to court attaches ton f,. ---and ;ury he received $10.00o iron .the gamblers. finding the money under m rfuovr when he return&l to his hotel room an the night before the first game rfncirnati T refused to pitch bal until got it." they quoted him as say 'nE ..o, . !, v-ss nro-nfsed 900 by Chick Gan sn. but received only s5.0oo. Claude Will fams according to the witnesses. got Slo 900.
 Eddie Cicotte confessed that he CT -irsered tha deal by which the Whit sox lost last years worlds series. an oi nciaI Of the court announced this aftei noon. . low closely the story told in Philade phia last night by Billy Maharg, form CT prize fighter. t was stated.
 Cicotte told the grand jury. it was ar r-ounred that he received 10000 for h part in losing the series. He never sa the man who paid the money. he said. was told he would find the s10,00O sund' his pillow in his hotel room on the nigl before the first game at Cincinnati. ar when he returned to his room the none was there.
 Joe Jackson received s5,00o. Lii Cicotte he found the money in his bt when he returned to his room on u night before the first game.
 A court official who wa, present wh' Cicotte went on the stand described Il scene when the star pitcher broke dow and cried as he told the jury of his pa h the series fixing"
 My God. think of my children" cried. Cicotte has two small children.
 I've lived a thousand years in | last year." the court official quoted hi as saying.
 "I never did ~Sything I regretted much in my life" the witness adde according to the state official T wou give anything in the world if I could Il do my acts In the last worlds series r played a crooked game and l have lC and I am here to tell the whole truth
 The story Cicotte Is said to have tc tha jury follows in every essential ps tlcuar that tod . Phstade i.thin } Marharg last night. Tn the first gal 70 rin~irrau I was knocked out of box" Clcotte told the jury, according e cour, oihclaL I wasn't putting thinr on the ball You could have re the trade mark on it when l lobbed ban UD to the plate"
 "In the fourth game played at Chit go. which I also lost, l deliberately rercepted a.throw from the outheld to plate which might have cut off a run unuffed the ball on purpose. At ano or time in the same game I purpos' made wild throw. All the runs scoI against me were due to my own deliber errors. I did not try to win"
 Jackson said that throughout the ries he either struck out or else hit es oalls when hits would have meant ru
 President Heydler, of the Natior League. before going before the grs jury said the scandal in organized ba ball was the most deplorable thing | has ever happened in the history of game" He added that he was glad case was in the hands of a compet court and while 1t was a terrible tn hs hoped that the guilty would be pl lshed.
 When Jackson finished his testimt before the grand jury he was taken 1 custody by a deputy sheriff. A co official said that Jackson testified [ he received his money in Cincinnati tel and that Risberg and McMullin V the principal payor men. Jackson sta Ina, he received his money from Cla Williams.
 According to the court officials Jack testified that while each played i'm rated was approached individually sach knew about the other. He s hat cicotte had also testified to this feet
 Jackson also testified tbat Gandii I erg and McMulIin were the only eli that exiHted and that Candil waa