New Britain herald., 1929-02-08
BOSTON SCANDAL
 AGAIN ID FRONT
C,se Is Put in Hands Of District
 Attorney Foley

Boston. Feb. s RlInvestication into this city's Sunday baseball scandal today passed from the Bos- ton finance commission to the office of District Attorney William !. Foley. The commission described revelations it hoard during the re- cent and lengthy hearings as ''an array of very suspicious circum- | stances" but declared that "it was not within its province to pass upon the guilt of the parties involved It announced. however. that it would forward the report to the dis trict attorney flor such further in vestigation and action as he may deem proper" With 1t will 90 a transcript of the evidence replete with charges and counter charges by Boston Braves officials and city council members.
 Emil Fuchs. president of the Braves, had alleged that Council- man William G. Lynch had demand- ed bribes of 5000 apiece for him- self and 12 other councilmen in re- turn for favorable action on the measure permitting professional sports on Sunday. The demand was made, Fuchs testified when Lynch. accompanied by Daniel ]. Carroll. a boxing promoter. visited him in his hotel room on the night of Novem- ber 2S last.
 Lynch, on the other hand, while admitting the visit, denied that he had demanded money and said that Fuchs. who had arranged the inter- view had attempted to threaten him into a favora ble attitude toward the Sunday sports measure.
 In it's report made public yeste-- day the commission said. "Lynch's s credibility IS affected by the fact that he. pember of the city coun- cil which was to pass upon the measure, made visit in the nigh; time to the rooms of the persons most interested in having the bill passed"
 Commenting on evidence that members Of the city council had sent out notices for a special meeting ot the council 10 consider the bill from Fuchs rooms the commission held that while the state regulates the procedure of lobbyists before th.: legislature it is evident that in Boston certain councIImen do not wait for the lobbyist to come to city hall"
 The commission reported that the Q nit hptS l. ,,,J hlackjacker" applied by Lynch 70 Fuchs were not substantiated by evidence whereas. commentators by prominent men of Fuchs charac- ter and integrity had been entered on the record.
 Two men who were not prinrip3ls in the investigation. Mayor Malcolm Boston sportwriter. came in for sharp criticism. The mayor was ,le- clared guilty of 8 grave breach of official propricty" fer saying. admit tedly without basis. that the council lors were "a little bunch of orphans who want Christmas tree and haven't got one"
 
 his outrageous conduct in manu- featuring charges against members of the council" According to testi- mony he told Fuchs that he had in- formation concerning two city coun- cilmen sufficient to hang them" Later he admitted that his statement was without foundation.
 The commission made but two findings: First, that there was no evidence that any of the other l2 alleged to have been named by Lynch authorized him to use their names: second. that the name Of every city councilman al- legged to have been so named, had voted to table the Sunday baseball at d council meeting on November 30