The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-23

q. Did you have any talk concerning
tho 1919 series? A. Yes, sir.
| O. When was It? A. I'm not certain
as to the night. think the first time
was probably the afternoon before the
| first game. / saw him again that
night. In a casual way 1 had said to
him, "How are you betting?" and he
said he was betting on Cincinnati.
| Some time later in the day he asked
me to hold stakes. There were several
bets made. / remember the name of
only one man. When l was introduced
| to him they told me his name was Rich
ardson, part owner OF the Washington
ball club. 1t later developed that he
was another Washington man, a Mr..
| Hendricks.
O. Were any of the defendants on
trial there? A. Louis Levy.
Saw Attell I'm Chicago.
O. Did he take any part in any con-
yersation? A. don't remember.
Q. Did Levy do any betting? A.
Yes. he bet on Cincinnati the first game.
| the series and also the second game.
@. When, IL at all, after the second
game did you see Mr.. Attell or Louis
Levy? A. I didn't see Attell until the
next day In Chicago / don't remember
whether saw Levy that night.
@. What. If anything. did Mr. Attell
say to you concerning Levy? A. There
were times when Levy and Attell and
were talking about the bets.
@. Was anything said as to whose
money Levy was betting? A. No.
@. What bets were made and by
whom? A. Mr.. Richardson made the
first bet. I was coming down in the
elevator with him. We got out of the
a Re
a man from Washington who wants to
bet on the White Sox. The man from
Washington will bet $500 at to g.
Attell said all right, he would take the
bet.
@. Was Mr.. Levy there at the time
A. I think he was.
@. When was this? A. The morning
of the first game. The bet was on the
first game.
@. Who held the stakes? A. was to
hold them, but the man from Washing
ton said he knew Seys was secretary OF
the Cubs, but he didn't know whether
was Seys. He said Clark Griffith, man.
ager of the Washington American League
team, was outside in cab and he would
rather Griffith would hold the Stakes
Abe told me to go out to the cab and
turn the money over to Griffith. The
man from Washington produced five
500 travellers checks.
I q. Were you stakeholder for anybody
else? A. I held a number of others
Some on the individual games, some on
the series.
Q. Did you hold stakes for any one
besides Attell? A. For Attell and Levy
Q. What end did Attell and Levy
take? A. Cincinnatfs end.
@. What did you do with the money
you held? A. turned it over to the
winner
Put Money in Envelope.
@. Where? A. Some in Cincinnati
some here in Chicago after the series
was over. couldn't find Attell tina;
| night before 1 came back to Chicago.
didn't want to carry it around. After
got back I put It In an envelope and
gave 1t to Paul Cores. 1t was about
5000 or~S300. Cores was Levy's clerk
around the Congress Hotel. l asked
Cores to give it to Attell.
@. What was that money for? A. Bets
on the series won by Attell
Q. When did you first meet Attell ir
Chicago in reference to the first game
played in Chicago in the 1919 series E!
A. At the Sox park about 1:15 p. NJ, as
was going into the park.
@. Did you talk to'him concerning the
game? A. Yes.
@. What did Abe say? A. I told him
I had to find him in Cincinnati to turr
over the money, as didn't want to carry
it around. l gave it to him, then
asked him about the game and he said
II am not betting to-day. l wouldnt
advise you to. don't believe they car
beat Kerr" (Kerr won the game)
O. What was the total you paid over
A. don't recall exactly. i had severa
bets. $4,000 altogether. One wager
turned over was s1,100. That was the
money Of the man from Washington bel
in Cincinnati.
At this point Mr. Seye Identified the
FIVE travellers checks which j. T. Hen
bricks of Washington, introduced to him
as Richard son." turned over TO him as
part payment OF Hendricks's bet with
Attell. They were entered as evil
dence by the court. with the exception OF
Attell's Endorsement. Photographic
copies Of the checks were substituted
for the originals.
@. Have you told us everything Mr..
Attell said TO you at that time? A
think have.
Q. How many bets that you held
stakes for were made by Louis Levy ?
A. Three. all made In Cincinnati.
paid maybe two in Chicago.
Q. Did you ever before this occasion
in Cincinnati meet Attell and Louis
Levy together? A. Not that recall.
O. Did you know any of the other
Levys except Louis? A. I knew his
brother when l saw him (Mr. Seye
identified Mr.. Levy in COURT.
Q. Did you see Ben Levy in Cincin-
natl? A. Not that l recall.
Knew AtteII Twenty Years.
Q. Did you know whether there was
any business association between Atteil
and the Levys? A. No.
Q. How long have you known Atte,l?
A. About twenty years as an ac-
quaintance.
Q. Did you bet on the series? A. No.
Q. Did you bet on any single game I?
A. The first in Cincinnati.
Attorney Henry A. Berger. counsel
for Carl Fork of st. Louis, directed
the first cross-examination Of Mr.. Seye.
Q. Attell laid 6 to on Cincinnati in
Cincinnati? A. Yes.
game in Cincinnati? A. Fifty to forty
on Cincinnati.
Q. Clark Griffith was friend of Bar
johnson, wasn't he? A. don't know.
q. Is he the same Clark Griffith who
is part owner and official of the Ameri-
can League club? A. Yes.
q. Did you consider IL unusual to flnd
considerable betting on the world s