The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-26
JURY At CHICAGO
ACTS FOR SECOND Time
IN BASEBALL SCANDAL
Five; Besides Original Is,
Charged With Thrown
Game Conspiracy.

Chicago, March s6-prue
bills against eighteen men were
voted to-day BY the Cook COun.
ty grand jury q . result Of the
second Investigation into the
alleged throwing Of the 1919
World Series to Cincinnati BY
Chicago White Sox players. An.
nounecment Of the true bills
was made BY the states atter.
ney.
Ono hundred and forty.four
indictments naming eighteen
men were returned By the Cook
county grand jury - . result
Of the second Investigation Into
the alleged throwing Of the
1919 World Series to Cincln.
matt, BY Chicago White Sox
players. Eight separate in.
dictments against each person
wero returned.
The indictments named the
thirteen men Indicted at The
first investigation and also Eve
men charged with taking part
IN arranging the alleged con.
spiracy. These men were Carl
Z0Fk and Ben Franklin Of St
Louis; Ben and Louis Levi
said to be from Dos MOines,
and David Zelser, said 70 b
from Des Moines.
Tho true bills named the
thirteen men indicted during
the first jury investigation last
fs4l and the following men In
additi0ns
Carl Fork, Ben Franklin,
Ben Levi Louis Levi and Da.
Vic Zelser.
The men reindicted were:
Eddie Cicotte. pitcher, who con
lessed to receiving $4,000 K
throw games.
. Claude Williams, pitcher, wht
to receiving $4,000.
Joe Jackson. outfielder. who con
tessed to receiving $4,000.
Fred McMullin. utility infielder.
Chick Gandil, first baseman.
"Swede" Rsberg. shortstop.
Oscar Felsch, Outielder.
Buck" Weaver. third baseman
Hal. Chase, former major league
first baseman.
Bill Burns. former major league
pitcher.
Abe Attell, once champion feath.
erweight fighter.
Rachel Brown. alleged gambler.
Joseph J. Sullivan, alleged gam
bier.
The cases against Cicotte, Nc
Jackson. Felsch, Ris.
berg and Williams. recent,
we're dismissed by the state on tht
ground that there was insufficient
evidence available to convict
The cases against the other meI
indicted last fall were taken of
the court call. Each indictment to-
day contained three counts charg
ing conspiracy to defraud. obtain.
ing money under false pretensel
and conspiracy to do an illegal act
Bonds were fixed at $1,000 for eaci
indictment of $4,000 for each man
Plan Extradition.
Robert e. Grove, states nttof
ney, announced after the indict
ments were returned that he al
ready had started extradition pro
ceedings against the men namet
and that every effort would b'
made to apprehend them at once
Mr.. Grove refused to say wher
the men might be brought to trial
but indicated that the trial woulS
not start Immediately.
When the proceedings agains
the seven players were dropped re
Gently he said the first investiga
tion had been bungled and tina
consequently ''it might take si,
months to prepare conv1cting evt
dence."
It vas necessary to indict th'
men Immediately as the statute o
limitations expired Is months afte
the alleged act was committed. ]
IL believed the indictments wer
returned Immediately for this rea
son and that trial will be post
poned for several months in orde
to give the state time to gathe
new evidence.
Chicago, March 26.-Offcials Il
the states attorneys ONCE sal,
the evidence ON which the indict
ments in the baseball case wer'
voted today, showed that Carl Zorl
and Ben Franklin organized the al
legged game throwing plot, that Jos
eph J. Sullivan handled the organ
iSation work In the east and tha
Abe Attel acted as travelling agent