Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-20
Says Black SOr.
Crossed Bribers
Continued from Paso Ono


prove the odds, which then were three
the odds must be better'''
.. What did the players say7" A.
"Gandil said they had not won for
a regular pitcher and they wouldn't
win for a 'busher. p"
O.. "Did they know who was going
to pitch the third game?' A. Yes;
Dick Kerr. then went 10 the train
to go to Chicago"
Where Plot Started
Before going to Chicago let's 60
back to New. York. Tell tho jury Of
the conversation you had with Cicotte
in New York"
The defense objected, citing Judge
Friends ruling yesterday when this
conv ersation was barred.
Judge Friend again barred the. con-
versation for the time being, reserving
the right to reverse his ruling when the
State privately informed him that tho
alleged conspiracy had Its inception Mt
this meeting between Cicotte and Burns.
"Cicotte and Burns met in the writ
ing rom of the Ansonia Hotel. dis
cusscd the throwing Of the series and
met there again the next day with Ma
harg and Gandil and decided TO get the
gamblers to back the dcal," Mr.. Cor
man said in arguing the point.
The examination then was resumed:
o. Who came to Chicago with you?
A. Mahars.
O. Where did you meet Attell in
Chicago? A. Sherman Hotel.
@. Tell US what he said. A. He
asked about winning the third game. /
called up Gandil about It.
Q. "What did Gandil sny?" A.
"Gandil said the game would go the
same way
The Double Cross
O. "When did you meet Attell
next?" A. ''In the hotel lobby with
Bennett that night about g o'clock.
They said they went to Cincinnati and
lost lot of money when Chicago won
the third game. / said ] did the game.
! met them again at $3.50 2. NJ. We
talked over the game coming. Attell
told me to see the players and fix things
up. Attell said he bet $40, 900 or S2O,-
600 on the third game and lost. He said
he would give S45,000 to have the next
two games thrown, but wanted to bet
it, paying the players $50 900 after
the fourth game and $25,0O after the
fifth.
Q. What did you do? A. I went to
the Warner Hotel to see the players
about 10 T. NJ.
@. Who was there? a. (;andil. lie
said he was through with the deal and
wouldn't talk about it. He said they
were out to win the rest of the series.
They ! saw Risberg and McMulin.
They said tho players met before the
third game and decided to go out to
win.
Swede Risberg, the White Sox short
stop, agreed to 90 Through" with the
game throwing, Burns testified. he-
peated attempts to persuade the players
to throw the rest of the games failed
and Burns then gave up his efforts to
again bribe the players, he said.
Burns himself was double crossed out
of his share of the spoils by Chick
wGandil, who refused to pay him, the
witness testified, adding that he told
Gandil then that he would "squak'
and expose the whole deaal.
Atteu Refused to Pay
Burns related further details of
meetings in Cincinnati hotels at which
he said the gamblers and players dis,
cussed throwing the games. Attell
and Bennett, identified yesterday as
David Zelser, of Des Moines, Ia, u
defendant, were the leaders of the al
legged gamblers and Chick" Gandil
headed the players, according to Burns.
Burns said Atteil refused to pay the
500 900 promised the players after each
game. He persuaded Attell to give him
$4,000 after the second game, which
was given to Gandil, he said.
A st. Louis man volunteered to put
up $4,000 to have the fourth and fifth
games thrown. but the players turned
him down, Burns said. He did not
know the mans name, but said Joe
Gedeon, of the st. Louis Americans,
who was released after the Grand Jury
probe, was present at the time the
proposition was made.