Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-26
Confessions Of Ball
 Players Admissible
Ruling of Court Damaging
 Blow to Defense-Confes sions will be Read Today.

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 Chicago, July 25-Judge Hugo Friend today ruled that the grand jury confes- sions or Eddie Cicotte, Claude Williams and Joe Jackson that they were paid to throw games in the 1919 worlds series are admissible as evidence in the base ball trial
 The judge, however informed the state that if the defense presented fur ther evidence which proved that the con fessions were not made voluntarily by the players he would instruct the jury to disregard them. Each confession can be used only against the man who made it.
 The ruling considered the most dam aging blow yet given the defense, came after Judge Charles A. Mcdonald, who ordered the baseball scandal investiga- tion, testified that no promises of im- munity were made any of the men. The players had claimed they were told they would be given immunity.
 Under Judge Friends ruling the names of any defendants appearing in the con fessions will be stricken out with the ex- lception of the names of the men making them.
 The jury was called back into the court room and repetition of the testi- mony given privately Friday and today
 was begun.
 Judge Mcdonald was the first witness
 after the jury was called. After telling
 how Cicotte came to his chambers, Judge
 Mcdonald gave details of the alleged
 conspiracy, emitting all names but Ci-
 cotte's
 "Cicote told me the plan to throw the 1919 worlds series first came up at the Ansonia Hotel in New York. where it
 was arranged that the games could be thrown for $10o.00O," testified Judge Mo Ponald. He said he got ten thousand dollars in advance. He said meeting of number of players was held at the , ,, Warner hotel here several days before the worlds series He said he went out
 after the meeting and when he came back } there was ten thousand dollars in big bills under his pillow.
 He said he hit the first man up in : the first game of the worlds series | while trying to walk him.
 "Cicotte said that was his only mis
 play in the series He told me he used = farm, pay for repairs on it and to bu! \ cattle.
 K "Cicotte said he realized he had ruin T ed his future but it was too late now"
 Judge Mcdonald said Cieotte made / the same statement to the jury.
 He then gave the details of the Will V lams and Jackson confessions as re
 lated to him by the two men before the!
 went to the jury room. 4.
 When Judge Mcdonald had fnishe 5 denying the statements the players al
 tributed to him that he promised ther es immunity he walked over to Cicotte an " Jackson.
 on Hello, Eddie" he said. I'm SOFT. m lsbut l had to tell the truth" D. Cicotte smiled. Hello, judge" wa in all he said Jackson looked straigf
 ahead and said nothing.
 te Judge Mcdonald not only denied ths t immunity was promised the men, bt ne followed with testimony in the presenC cA of the jury which confirmed much II Bill Burns story. He quoted Eddie . ny cotte as telling him the alleged conspi I Il acy was started at the Ansonia hote Al New York in a conversation between c s cotte and another party'-Judge NJ = Donald not being permitted to mentiC 70 any names but that of the man he W; ,,.. quoting He quoted Cicotte as confrr ha ing Burns story that players asked f h s1OO. 900 and that other meetings we ;oe held at the Sinton hotel in Cincinna ,o and the Warner hotel in Chicago ,n- A scandal within a scandal develops ,a- today when Ban Johnson, president h the American league, sent word Ta+ Robert Grove. states attorney, that ene could prove that Arnold Rothstein
 New York. whose name has been prom on nent in the case, FIt who was not I tes dicted. and other customers paid s1O,O in for comics of the grand jury testimol ,rd and for the immunity waivers, confe If sions and other documents missing. \ Iad Grove said he would start an immedia of investigation.
 ,n- q charge" said Mir Johnson's col nv munication, that Arnold Rothstein pa sen ten thousand dollars for the grand ju ted confessions of Edward Cicotte, Clau bi- Williams and Joseph Jackson l char vas that this money, brought to Chicago Ia cen fall by a representative of Rothste by went to an attache of the states attc
 nev's office; that after Rothstein h om examined these confessions in New fo B. cit wand had found that the ball playt ons had not involved him, he gave the dt sell uments to a friend the managing e ney tor of a New York newspaper" -ow George German, assistant states ard torney in charge of the prosecution, ss ply tonight that the state might not call ,m- Iv Maharg of Philadelphia and Joe say deon. former St. Louis player, as V to nesses.
 we may be able to complete our c;
 with the confessions" said MT. Gormi
 1 ana II We uC, NS VIII ASsA'S ~A~4-eN-S Q KS Gedeon out"
 Judge Friend ruled that in place of nks original signed confessions of the m suit which are missing, the state coulo ns cks the court stenographers at the grd the jury inquiry read frofA their shortns ing notes the testimony of the three pIaye L. He also granted permission for 9ut t ia McDonald and others to whom the pl fish CTS told their stories before golng 10 Iour grand jury to testify as to these conV
 sations, the state thus being able to r tif- sent a series of identical cf cfnfessions med stead of only one
 nall The confessions themselves VIII
 read to the jury when court reconve
 in tomorrow. Judge McDonald today mp his version of them how Clcotle rom paid s1o. 900 and Jackson and Willis wed s5. 900 each, the latter two claiming t
 were double-crossed out of $15,O0o m ma apiece promised them. Following rust reading of the confessions, Alfred ank, trian. White Sox attorney. will rel ston what the three players tod him, der- Harry Brigham, foreman Of the gr onaI jury will verify the statements as r and by the court reporters.
 Cicotte, Jackson and Williams testi
 with the jury absent their testim
 dealing only with the admissibility UsE the confessions, Chewing gum vigor'
 ly and speaking in a low, but dist Fa- tone, Cicotte brought about silence has the court room when he told he her broken down before Judge Mcdonald -hite with tears in his eyes confessed to her ----- rhite 15-FooT BOAT BOUND FROM The HAIJFAx TO yANCOUV