The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-27
Brown Player and New
York Turfman Not
\ Implicated
WOULD RETURN ATTElL
Extradition Of Former Box.
ing Champion From Can
ada Sought

CHICAGO. oct. 26.--Joc Gedron.
81. Louis American league second
bascman, and Arnold ROthHtcin OF
New York. today gave testimony be-
fore the Cook county grand jury In
vestigating tho baseball scandal
which the states attorneys office
afterWard announced had cNonor-
atcd the two mon from completely I'm
tho throwing Of games IN the 1919
world series. but had materially
strengthened the cases against some
of the men already indicted.
Tho jury today completed the tax.
ing OF testimony In the Investigation,
which has lasted more than month
and resulted In true bills being vot-
cd against 10 men on charges of
conspiracy to do an illegal act but
win hold a final session Friday 90
finish up clerical work. Tho jury
VIII vote I'm more true bills, accord
ing TO state officials, who said that
Rothstcin and Gcdeon were the only
mon said to have been implicated In
the scandal against whom true bills
had not previously been voted and
that the jury now wan convinced
these two were innocent.
Gedoon and Rothstein testified
against Abe Attell, Hal Chase, VIII
liam Burns and others oh whom the
jury already had acted. Their tcsti-
mony probably will result I'm an at
tempt to have Attell brought back
here from Canada for trial, officials
said. II being believed here that he
can be extraditcd.
Both Held Guiiticss.
Supplementing the announce mcnt
Al ff'a A. 3 of
dent Ban johnson of the American
league declared no felt that GodcOn
was entirely innocent and Alfred
Austrian, attorney for the Chicago
American league club. issued a state
mcnt declaring that "Rothstein In
hts testimony today had proved him
self guiltless.'
Attorney Austrian declared Roth
stein. Who had been mentioned In
some quarters as the. man who IL
nanced the bribipg of Chicago White
Sox players, not only had not helped
fix tho series, but had done every
thing he could to prevent the fixing
Rothstein said, according to Aus
trian. that "every newsboy In New
York knew of the series being fixod.'
He came before the jury at the re-
quest OF Mr.. Austrian.
Gcdcon mt Conference.
Codeon told the jury OF being
tipped by IA white Sox player that
athe series was fixed" and also told
OF being present at conferences held
by Abe Attcll and others In Chicago.
He said he had accidentally wan
dered into one conference and when
ne found what the subject being
discussed was no went into tho bath
room 80 al not to hear. Ho de-
clined to tell the jury the name OF
the player who tipped him OFT.
sport" Sullivan OF Boston and X.
Brown OF New York, against whom
tho Jury voted true bills, were mem
toned by Gedeon as men he under
stood were back of the bribing. He
also named Abe Attell, Hal Chase.
Bill Burns and White SoS players.
Atteli and Chase. Godeon told tho
Jury he believed. were the insu-
gators OF the game selling and his
statement was borne out by Roth
stein.
The New Yorker said he was aN-
proachcd by man on tho series
question, but told this person ito
get the hell out OF here" and re-
fused to take part. He refused To
name the man. Later he was asked
by newspaper men II anyone but
Atteli had approached him. ana re-
piled mo"
Rothstein said he lost sb,ouV on
the series. Gedeon said he won Sboo'
Kerr Bumped" Gamblers.
Gedcon said tho gamblers got
bad humping" on the third game
which Dick Kerr pitched, and the
White sox won. This gamo fright
encd them and they met TO raise
$4,000 still due the White SoS
players. II was when this pool was
being discussed that he wandered
into the room. raid Gedoon' sum
van. Brown. Zoark, formerly At
tells manager. and st. Louis gam
blor named Ben Franklin. were
there, he said.
Harry Redmond OF East ST. Louis
corroboratcd some OF Gedeon's ties.
umony, and also said he had told
oN ner Charles A. Comtskey and
Manager William Gleason of the
Chicago club all about the fixing
last winter.