The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-27
ROHStein Is Cleared of
Worlds Series "Fixir1g"
New Yorker Tells Chicago Grand Jury How He
Spurned Offers Made by Attell and Burns
Gedeon Saves Himself From Indictment.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HnsArn
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.--The special Grand
Jury investigation OF worlds series
fixed" baseball was concluded to-day.
No additional indictments were voted.
The jury Will reconvene on Friday, when
formal report Will be submitted 10
Chief Justice Mcdonald of the criminal
court covering the inquiry, and return
the thirteen indictments voted several
days ago against the eight White Sox
players and five other former baseball
players and alleged gamblers who are
mixed up with the alleged fixing" Of
the 1919 worlds series.
The Grand Jury will not vote any fur
thor indictments unless 1t is against Chi
cago baseball pool owners. Chief Justice
Mcdonald lntimated tonight that ef-
forts will be made to extradite Abe At
tell, one OF the indicted "fixers," who is
vacationing in Canada.
Arnold Rothstein OF New York: Joe
Gedeon. second bAseman OF the st. Louis
Browns. and II. G. Redmond. theatrical
manager OF East ST. Louis. were the
star witnesses to-day. Rothstein re-
peated the story OF how he was APP
preached by Bill Burns. ex-White Sox
pitcher. and Abe Attell. who declared
that several members OF the White Sox
team had been fixed to lay down" In
the 1919 series TO Cincinnati.
"A few days before the series
opened testified Rothstein, IT received
call from Bill Burns at the Aston
Hotel. Burns outlined at length a
proposition to clean up thousands on the
series. Burns said that all the ground
work had been laid, that certain players
en- the White Sox had been 'fxed' and
al -. n
to pay the ball players.
81 told Burns that I was on the
square when it came to gambling and
any sure thing propositions We're over
my head. l also called him a few harsh
names. The following night l received
q telephone call at my home from Abe
Attell. l Was entertaining company
and 1 declined to talk to him. A day
or so afterward Attell approached me
in the Hotel Aston and assured me that
everything was o. X. on the PROPOSE
ton that Burns spoke about. Attell
told me all had to do was to supply
the bank roll. / told Attell to go to
h
Not Influenced by Atte1l.
At this stage of Rothstein's testi-
mony one Of the Grand Jurors asked
Rothstein II the information he had re-
ceived from Burns and Attell had infiu-
enced him in the placing of bets on the
outcome of the series.
mo, 1t did not" answered Rothstein.
IT heard gossip all over New York that
the series was fixed, but 1 paid no at
tention to It.. / backed my judgment
which was very poor because after the
series was over was out just $4,000"
When you receive this feed box
information that Bill Burns and Abe At
tell had conspired to fix certain players
on the White Sox team to throw the
game, did you tell any of the officials
of the big league teams that the world >
series was fixed?'" asked another men,
Der OF the Grand Jury.
NO" answered the witness. Roth
stein was then asked il he knew the
gambler who had supplied the money
to bride the White Sox players in the
series He replied that he did not He
was then excused after being asked IL
he would return before the Grand Jury
on Friday If requested. This he agreed
to do.
Rothstein. who was accompanied by
attorney Turchin of New York. after
leaving the Grand Jury room said: II
came to Chicago to clear my good name.
am not a sure thing gambler. have
never WEIGHED on a bet In my life. !
have bet thousands in my time on base
ball games will never bet on another
baseball game. / am off professional
gambling for life. My business Is that
of real estate. My sport Is my racing
stable. II / want a little fun, why a
few hours at the good old American
game OF draw will be plenty"
Rothstein was asked the nature of his
conference with Ban Johnson, president
Of the American League, recently in the
Pelmont Hotel. II really cannot say. IL
must come from Johnson. l am through
with this whole affair. 1t has almost
ruined me. don't know any OF these
ball players I would not know mem
her Of the White Sox team II he walked
in here now. Burns l met only once
Chase ] never spoke to- Just say that
Kan Johnson is a splendid fellow.
came to Chicago because attorney AL
fred S. Austrian of the Chicago White
Sox requested me to do so. am posi-
tive that / indicated myself before the
I Grand Jury to-day"
At the conclusion Of his evidence Al
/ fred s. Austrian. attorney for the Chi
I cago American League baseball club
/ stated
"I made a request upon Mr. Arnolc
/ Rothstein Of New York TO come to chi
! cago and appear before the Grand Jury
so that they might have the exact facts
with reference to his connection or lacF