Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-02
Dramatic q. lIl Trial Of Bdh Players
When Counsel For Defense
 Charged State With Having
 Let the Instigators Go Free.

Let L0S 4L1StlSdtOFS NO TESCs
 Chicago, Aug. 1-Defense counsel in the baseball trial today placed the major part of it's closing arguments be- for the jury in a series of peas brought to climax by a dramatic address by Morgan Frumberg of St. Louis, attorney for Carl Fork, in which he charged that the state, having let the instigators of the baseball scandal go free was trying to make goats of underpaid ballplayers and penny ante gamblers
 MT. Frumberg repeatedly asked the jury in reaching it's verdict, to consider why Arnold Rothstein of New York lad never even been indicted when the states witnesses in the trial had named him as the financier of the alleged con spiracy and why J. J. Sullivan of Boston, Rachel Brown of New York, Hal Chase, and Abe Attell. others who have been termed leaders in the case, were never brought to trial
 Arnold Rothstein came here to Chicago during the grand jury Investigation and i immediately went to Alfred Austrian, the | White SoA attorney" said MT. Frumberg, | what lowing and scraping must have | taken place when Arnold the just, the millionaire gambler entered the sanctum | of Alfred the Great By his own tes- 1 timony, MT. Austrian admits conducting this financier to the jury and of bringing him back unindicted
 Why was this man never indictedi Why were Brown, Sullivan, Attell and | Chase allowed to escape? Why were these underpaid ball players, these pen ny-ante gamblers from Des Mones ant St. ouis who bet a few nickels perhaps on the worlds series brought here to be the goats in this case?
 Ask the power of baseball. Ask Bar Johnson who pulled the strings in thi: case. Ask him who saved Arnold Roth stein.
 Previous to Mir. Frumberg's address Henry Berger had told the jury that Bar Johnson, American League president, haS | furthered this case in an effort to injurt his enemy Charles A Comiskey, owne | of the Chicago American league club, anC presented a series of court rulings whicl he held proved there was no violation O law even if the players did throw thu 1919 worlds series games
 Michael AIhern also delved into con spiracy laws and Max Luster. emphasize' the alibi presented for his client Davit Zelcer, of Des Moines, claiming that thi alibi proved false the testimony of Bil Burns that Zelcer was Bennett, a lieu lLenanC CT hoChSteln.
 Burns was attacked by all of the at torneys, Mir Berger terrning him an Billy Maharg the states ace of clubs an ace of spades.
 They are the two black. aces" sai MT. Berger. Burns, the club wh knocks, and Maharg, the spade who du up Burns
 A three hour night session was hel with Thomas Nash. representing Happ Felsch, Buck Weaver and Swede Ris berg, taking up most of the time. To morrow the defense will finish it's pleas the state twill present it's final rebutts and the case is expected to go to the jur before night.
 MT. Nash asked the jury if 1t did nt believe Rothstein was left out of tn case at Ban Johnson's instigation b, cause Johnson wanted only to get C. miskey by wrecking the White Sox tea and did not want to involve Rothstein
 Ban Johnson controlled this case an if Rothstein got out it was because or
 man was willing to let him out," sai
 MT. Nash.
 Johnson, with more power in bas ball. than tn Russian czar had over h
 subjects. sneAked to the grand jury roo and gave his testimony in the da1 which he thought would ruin the playe
 and Comiskey, but he was not ma
 enough to come here in the daylight ar
 testify. He hasn't enough red blood Ill der his skin to do that.
 i, Johnson was not man enough, aft , theSstate had announced that Joe Ge :; con would prove Risberg guilty, to I
 Gedeon testify. He was afraid that Ge
 con, whom he barred from baseba would turn and tell the truth. Johnson brought Joe Pesch from S f Louis here and kept him from the wi . ness stand by sending him back hon f because he feared Pesch would tell ho
 this case really started.
 Johnson did not care whom he rui
 ed if he could get Comiskey. We'll, has got shlm; don't let him make v
 a party to the ruining of these innoce
 men upon trial"
 Mir. Nash detailed certain points
 Burns testimony which he claimed g hate proved false and pleaded for straight verdict of not guilty, "so as
 let the world know that Ban Johnst : might run baseball but that he cou : not run this jury.".