The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-21
ALL BROKE FAITH IN BALL
'FIXING,' AYERS BILL BURNS

Berger).
Q. What did you do with the money?
| A. tossed 1t on the bed and said
$50. 900 was all Attell would give"
Q. Did any one say anything when
you did this? A. Gandil said. Are we
being double crossed?" and I told him
We wasn't.
@. Was anything said about the game
the next day? A. Yes. Attell told me
to ask the players to win the next day.
He said to tell the Sox to win and they
could get more money down.
Q. Did he say why that was? A. Yes,
on account of the betting odds going the
other way.
@. What were the odds before that?
A. Three to two in favor of Chicago.
l. @. What was said about the odds?
A. He said the money was switching the
other way and the Cincinnati Reds were
the favorites.
Q. Tell us, Mr.. Burns, what was said
about switching the odds? A. Attell
said that II the players won the third
| game the odds would come down.
| @. When you mentioned this to the
players what did they say? A. They
agreed to do this, and it was decided
that Kerr was to pitch the third game
@. When you went to Attells room
who else was there? A. Bennett.
| d.
did you go? A. ! went to my hotel.
@. Where did you go from there? A..
I returned to Chicago.
| @. Now let us go to New York first.
| When you first talked to Cicotte in New
| York at the Ansonia Hotel, tell the court
| the conversation which you had that
time.
At this point Attorney Benedict j.
Short for the defence objected on the
grounds that 1t had been previously
ruled that the testimony concerning
New York was not admissible. A legal
battle ensued in which all the attorneys
took part.
Has Talk with AtteIl.
Judge Friend ruled that the New
York angle Of the conspiracy could not
be testified to at this time. He said he
did not believe 1t was admissible but
that he would like to consult Supreme
| Court authorities first.
Throughout the testimony Attorney
Berger kept Directing to the testimony
of Burns as far as Fork was concerned,
and the Judge upheld him. AS yet
Burns has not mentioned Fork, and
unless he does Attorney Berger will make
a motion to dismiss the case against him.
The testimony continued as follows:
O. Did you talk with Attell before the
third game? A. Yes.
O. Where did you meet him? Ain the
Sherman House lobby.
Q. Was anybody with you at that
time? A. No.
@. Anybody with Attell? A. No.
/ @. Did you have some talk with At
| tell? A. Yes. He wanted me to call up
and find out about the third game.
@. Is that everything that was said?
| A. He asked me to go and call up the
players.
Q. What did you do? A. Called up
Gandil.
O. What did he say? A. That 1t would
go the same way as the other two.
@. After you got this message what
did you do? A. Told Attell.
@. What did he say? A. He seemed
satisfied
@. Was any one with either Of you
when you delivered this message? A. l
don't remember any one.
O. Did you leave Attell then or go
some place with him? A. I left him.
@. Did you see him again? A. Yes,
after the game.
@. Where? A. At the hotel in the
lobby.
O. Who was with you? A. Maharg.
@. Any one with Attell? A. Bennett.
Q. Was anything said? A. Yes.
O. What was said? A. Bennett and
Attell both said they went down in the
crash and lost a lot Of money.
Q. Is that all? A. Yes.
Again Meets AtteH.
Q. Did you meet Attcll again that
night? A. Yes, after dinner that even
ing.
@. Was there any one with Attell?
a. Bennett.
Q. What talk did you have with him?
A. We talked about the other games.
Q. What was said? A. Attell wanted
me to see the players.
Q. What for? A. About the other
games.
Q. What did he say? A. He wanted
me to see the players. Gan objection to
| the answer was sustained because the
witness did not use the language of
Attell)
Q. Tell us Attell's language. That is
what we want. A. He said he'd put up
$4,000 of his own money IL the players
would lose the next game, and that they
could get this money.
| @. Was there anything else said? A.
Yes. SIS. 900 was mentioned for the next
, two games.
| Q. Did AttelI tell you what to say to
! the players? A. Yes. he told me to tell
them that would put this up as q bet.
| ". who was to hold the money? A.
vas. Attell said any responsible party.
| Q. Did you see the players that night.
thu night of the third game? A. Yes, I
went to the Warner Hotel about 10
p. NJ. l met Gandn. There wasn't
much said. He said he was through
that he could have nothing more to do
| with 1t. that they were going out to get
the psnnant.
| Q. What other players did you see?
| A. Risberg and McMullin.
.. What did Risberg say? A. He said
the players had a meeting before the
game started and decided to win the
| third game.
q. Had you said anything to Gandil
about their winning the third game? A
Yes. he said the gamblers had double
| crossed them.
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