The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-27
THREE MEN
In SOX CASE
NOT GUILTY
Judge Friend to Direct
Acquittal of Weaver,
Felsch and Zork.

Chicago, July 27.-Judge Hugo
Friend today informed the states
attorneys in the baseball trial that
he would direct the jury to return
a verdict of not guilty in the case
of Buck" Weaver. and Happy
Felsch, former White Sox players; /;
and Carl Fork of st. Louis, unless
further evidence was introduced
against these men.
The judge temporarily overruled
the defense motion to dismiss these
cases when the state urged that the
defendants might be incriminated
by further testimony. The state
dropped its case against Ben and
Louis Levi, of Kokomo, Ind.
Motions to dismiss the charges
against Joe Jackson, David Zelser
of DeS MoineS, were overruled.
Chicago, July 27.-The state to-
day rested its case in the baseball
trial after Billy Maharg of Phila-
delphia had given testimony con-
corning much of Bill Burns story
of the alleged conspiracy for the
Chicago White Sox players to throw
the 1919 worlds series.
Maharg, who was intimate with
Burns and Abe Attell during the
alleged sell-out, told of meetings
between himself, Burns, Eddie Ci-
cote and Chick Gandil in New
York, of further meetings in Gin
cinnati, Chicago, and of how Attell
sent $4,000 to the players in Gin
cinnati by Burns when 100000 was
due them.
Like Burns, Maharg identified
David Zelser of Des Moines, Iowa,
as a man he knew in the alleged
as Bennett
Judge Friend indicated that he
would not permit the cases of Lou
is and Ben Levi of Kokomo, Ind,
to go to the jury, when the state
announced that it would not op-
pose motion made by the defense
that their cases be dropped.
The defense then moved that the
case against Carl Fork of st. Louis
be dismissed.
Chicago, July 27.-Billy Maharg
of Philadelphia, pal of Bill Burns
and Abe Attell, during the alleged
for the throwing of the
1919 world series, today told his
story of the reported 100000 sell
out of the eight Chicago White Sox
players.
Maharg was the final witness for
the state in the baseball trial. He
was said by Burns to have been
present at several meetings of the
gamblers and players where plans
for the alleged game throwing
were made.
Maharg began his testimony by
telling of the meeting he witnessed
between Burns and Eddie Cicotte
at the Ansonia hotel in New York in
1919, before the SERIES
"'Chick' Gandil also was there" !"
Maharg said. Il heard Cicotte say
that if the Sox won the pennant the
worlds series could be thrown for
500. 900. Gandil said the players
would throw the games in any order
desired.
.After Cicotte and Gandil left,
Burns repeated the conversation to
me as l had not heard all of it He
said Cicotte and Gandil had agreed
to see that the series was thrown
for 100000. He asked me if could
get someone to put up the 100000.
when 1 got back to Philadelphia
I went to see a fellow named
Rossie, and then 1 went to New
York with Burns and saw Arnold
Thrown Game Deal
Burns told Rothstein the Sox had
agreed to throw the series for
SI0O. 900 and asked Rothstein to put
il up, but Rothstein refused
81 went back to Philadelphia
Then l got a letter from Burns TO
meet him on a train for Cincinnati.
81 went to Cincinnati. getting
there the morning of the first game.
l met Burns at the Sinton hotel that
evening. He told me Abe Attel got
Rothstein to put up the 100000 and
that $4,000 would be given the
nIavers after each game"
THAT night Attell told me the
same thing, explaining that Roth
stein had put up the money because
AttelI saved his life once. Later
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