The Washington times., 1920-10-23
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THIRTEEN ARE NOW
INDICTED IN CASE
Chicago Grand Jury Adds Five
Names of Those Mixed
Up In Scandal.

| CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-Thirteen men
| now stand indicted by the Cook
county grand jury. for being "impii-
Gated in throwing the 1919 world
| series" Others are expected to be
added TO the list before the probe
ends. Those now indicted are:
Hal Chase, former nrst basemAn
| for the New York Giants, Cincinnati
Reds. Chicago White Sox and New
! York Yankees.
Abe Attell. former festherweisht
| champion.
Bill Burns, former pitcher with the
Washington Americans, philadelphia
Nationals and Chicago Americans.
John j. { SPORTY sullivan. the Bos-
| ton bookmaker. and a man known
only as Brown" alleged to be Sulii-
vans assistant
Joe Jackson, Oscar Feisch. Eddie
Cicotte. Claud Williams. Charlie RS
berg, Buck Weaver, Fred McMullin
and Chick Gandil, members of the
Chicago White SoN, all previously in
/ dicted, but voted upon second time
cicotte. Williams and Jackson have
confessed their guilt to the grand
jury. but Weaver. McMullin and Ris-
| berg. have announced their willing
ness to tight the charges In court.
Ban johnson. president OF the Amer
lean League, was the first witness TO
testify yesterday. Mr.. Johnson told
the jurors OF his recent trip to St
Louis. where he went for the pur-
pose Of inducing three men to come
to Chicago and testify. One OF them.
he learned, Joseph Pesch, had left for
California Harvey Redmond and
Thomas kearney. the two other men
he desired to have testify, have prom
Used to come to Chicago together AZ
soon as Redmond, who is i'll, is abba
Mr.. Johnson said also he had ro-
ceived word that Joe Gedeon. second
baseman for the St. Louis American
League team, is on his way from
Sacramento to testify. This is the
first time Gedeon's name has been
mentioned during the proceedings
Upon learning that the grand jury
contemplate indicting Gedeon. Mr..
johnson requested 1T not to take any
action in his case until after Gedeon
has arrived here and has an opportu-
nifty to testify.
The nature of the charge against
Gedeon is unknown. He was here
during the 1919 world series, and il
said to have wagered and won on tho
Reds He is a close friend of Fred
McMullen and Swede Risberg. two OF
the Sox players under indictment.
A few days ago one Of Mr.. John
that suspicion could not be charged to
any of the clubs loyal to Johnson.
Gedeon is a member of the st. Louis
club. The st. Louis club is loyal to
johnson. The grand jury has many
questions to ask Gedeon. The grand
jury has adjourned until next Tues
day.
NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-Arnold Roth
stcin. whose name repeatedly was
mentioned in the investigation of the
alleged bribery of Eddie Cicotte. Joe
Jackson and other members of the
Chica go White Sox, said last night he
would leave this city for Chicago on
Monday and on Tuesday would appear
before the Cook county grand jury
and tell all he knows about the base
ball scandal.
Rothstein said he had so notified
the Cook county authorities, had
waived immunity and had made but
one request-that after he had fin
ished telling his story that he pub
licly be given clean bill of health
by the grand jury and freed from fur
Their. connection with the affair.
He said his story would make 1t i'm
possible for the investigating body to
arrive at any conclusion other than
that he is entirely innocent of any
in the de bauchery of the
Americans.