The New York herald., 1921-07-28

were going to do and asked him to put
| up the money
O. What did Rothstein say? A. Roth
stein refused to do 1t.
| q. What further did you do ABOUT
financing this fight? A. Nothing rur-
| ther. I went back to Phliadeiphia,
| thinking that 1t was all off.
! O. What next occurred? A. l got a
telegram from Burns asking me to meet
him in Cincinnati.
O. Then what did you do? A. I went
to Cincinnati the next day. / arrived
there the morning of the first game q
couple OF hours before the game. met
Bill at the Sinton Hotel about $50 after
the first game. asked Bill how things
were coming. and he told me Abe At
| tell had got Rothstein to finance the
series and everything was all right He
said he was to get $4,000 after each
game from Attell.
| @. Did you see Attell that night? A..
| Y'ss. about $3.50, at the Haviland.
asked Attell why Rothstein had not
come across. and he said he went to
Rothstein. Rothstein said he had lots
OF money, but did not want to get MIXED
| up in 1t. Attell said that he had told
Rothstein that he had saved his life
Rothstein agreed. Attell said he had
| been down in a telegraph office waiting
for the money. He couldn't pay until 1t
came.
O. What else was said? A. Burns
went into the hotel. I asked Attell what
he was trying to do. Attell said he was
going to get the money all right, but
he'd lose it on the side lines. told him
that 1t looked to me as though he was
lying. We made arrangements to meet
at the Sinton Hotel that evening.
Q. Who was there? A. Attell, Ben
nett, Burns and three or four others.
q. Do you see Mr.. Bennett now?
(Maharg. rising, identified David Zesler
of Des Moines as Bennett.)
Q. Did Bennett say anything? A.
Bennett said that the players couldn't
have any money because they told all
the gamblers in the East and West, and
they couldn't bet any money. Attell
said Rothstein had $500. 900 on the series
apd when the series was over they'd all
gct their money.
q. Before Burns left was anything
said about the next game? A. Yes.
they wanted Burns to tell the boys to
win the next game. The gamblers said
the odds were so short they couldn't get
their money down. Burns came back
and said the boys couldn't win. AS they
hadn't won for Williams or Cicotte. they
wouldn't win for a busher (Kerr).
came on to Chicago. Attell took all the
bets that he could make that Cincinnati
would win the series. 1 heard him turn
down bets with fellows who wanted TO
wager on the Reds. Bennett said he
would put up $4,000 of his own money
as bet IL the players would let the
Reds win two games that this would
net s4.400 for them.
Q. Where did you see Attell next. A.
A t.x
fore the fourth game. Attell told Burns
he had some bankers coming to make
arrangements for the game. Attell had
a tin box. A fellow came In. Attell
gave him lot of money. He said the
fellow had been working on percentages
for him.
O. Whom did Attell say the man
was? A. He didn't say.
Q. Did you go to see the players that
night? (The night OF the third game.)
A. No, sir.
O. Did you go back to Cincinnati for
the rest of the games? A. Yes. / stayed
In Cincinnati till the end of the series
then 1 went back to New York.
@. Did you see Attell or Rothstein?
(Objection, sustained.) How long did
you go to school? A. I didn't get much
schooling left school when / was
about 10 and worked on farm.
O. who was the first person you told
this story to? A. Mr.. Isaminger. the
sporting editor of the Philadelphia
North American.
This ended the direct examination.
Maharg was cross questioned by At
torney Benedict J. Short for the de-
fence.
Q. Mr.. Maharg. when you saw In the
newspapers that the Grand Jury was
investigating the series. you went to Mr.
Isamingcr? A. Yes.
q. You saw in the papers there was n
reward OF $1,000? A. Yes.
q. Who offered It? A. don't know.
All I know was what l saw in the
papers.
Q. Did this newspaper man come to
your Yes. sir. to my ROOM
q. Didn't you send Charles Comiskey
n telegram saying, II accspt your offer
to tell what know, and will come to
Chicago to testify?" A. No. sir.
q. Didn't you send him a telegram
saying, "A certified check will have TO
be turned over before testify7" a.