Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22
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SESSION TODAY
State Will Attempt to Intro.
duce the Grand Jury Con-
LESSONS of Players.

chicago, July - nrSt story
Of the actual placing of bets duringl
the 1919 worlds series by men charg-
ed with the alleged conspiracy for
White-sox players to hrow the games
was told from the witness stand in
the baseball trial today by John O..
Seys, secretary Of the Chicago, Ma
tional league club.
5 Mr.. Seys identified Louis Levi OF
Kokomo, Ind, and Des Moines, Ia,
q. defendant, as one Of the bettors.
Seys said he and Clark Griffith, man
ager of the Washington baseball
team, held stakes for bets made by
Abe. Attell and Levi. ,~
Seys testified he met Attell in the
Hinton. hotel in Cincinnati the night
before the first game. Attell and
Levi we're taking turns making bets
that Cincinnati would win, the first
game, giving odds of six to five and
that Cincinnati would win the SERIES,
he said. N
Hold Bets for AttcIl and Levi.
Seys said he held bets for Attell
and Levi totalling $2,25O. When a
man from Washington named A. T.
Hendricks objected to Seys holding
his bet his stakes were given to Clark.
J Griffith to hold, Seys testified. This
bet was for $500 put up by Attell
to $500 by Hendricks that Cincinnati
would win the first game.
Photographs Of cancelled travellers
checks put up by Hendricks were pre-
sented as evidence.
An intimation that Attell may not
have been caught by the gamblers in
the third game came when Seys tes-
titled Attell told him he was not bet
ting on Cincinnati In the third game
as he thought Pitcher Dick Kerr
would win for Chicago.
Attell Claims He Lost Money.
Bill Burns. the states witness. had
testified Attell told him he had lost
a lot Of money on the third game,
thinking the players would throw it.
Seys then testified to paying some
of Lewis and Attell's bets in Chicago
the day of the third game,
Seys also identified Ben Levi, broth
er of Louis, and also a defendant as
one Of the men making bets.
Chicago. July 22.-Carl Fork Of St
Louis, one Of the defendants ii, tn.
baseball trial declared during the
1919 worlds series that he had start.
ed the alleged game fixing deal. &C.
cording to testimony by Harry Red.
mon of East st. Louis today.
is HOIh lUlu me ne dHuG LII lleT mar
from St. Louis started the whole dea
but it didn't cost him a cent. Red.
mon said.
Redmon's testimony was the mrs,
introduced against Fork.
Chicago. July 22.-Havfng USED
Bill Burns, former White Sox pitcher
who turned states evidence in tn.
trial here Of former White sox play.
ers and alleged gamblers charged
with conspiring to throw the 1911!
world series to Cincinnati, to place
before the Jury its contention tina
the conspiracy had its conception l,
New York and its birth in Cincinnati
the state planned att the opening o
the trial today to bring the scanda
to Chicago.
John seys, secretary Of the Chicag,
A National League cub, il expected II
be the chief witness today and tn,
state depends on him to tell OF seeing
alleged originators Of the plot. Burn
may also be recalled by the defense
A legal battle is anticipated Ldurin,
the day when the state attempts to in
troduce the grand Jury confessions o
Eddie Cicotte, Joe jackson and Claud,
IWilliams. former White Sox player
now on trial: Argument over thi
matter is expected to- consume half
day. They state Is expected to ask TO
!. quest Is granted, the prosecution ma;
finish its case Monday or Tuesday
Testimony BY Joe Gedeon, Billy Ma
hars and possibly or two other
- expected to complete the state
( case.
The defense is understood to hay
= large number OF witnesses and de