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Show CHICAGO INSISTS TRIAL FORPLAYERS Report of Dismissal Is Investigated In-vestigated CHICAGO, rb. i. Robert K. Crowe, state's attorney, yesterday conducted a grand Jury Investigation Into report that the indictments voted against eight Chi-oago Chi-oago American league baseball players and othera fur alleged complicity In the throwing of 191 world series games were to be pigeonholed and the mete never brought to trial. Among those called before the jury today to-day yere: Mnclay Hoyne. former state's attorney; George T. Kenney, his secretary: secre-tary: Thomas 1. Nash, attorney for four of the Indicted players; Hartley Repldgle and Henry Merger, former assistant ; state's attorney, and L. U. Ed ward son. j Chicago correspondent for a New York , paper which was said to have printed the report. ft was said that Mr. Nash denied that he ever had said that the case would be dropped or that he had been offered copies of the original testimony for a prise. Mr. Crowe reiterated statements that teh case would be brought to trial as quickly as possible. AH White Box players have furnished bonds exoept "Chirk" Oandil, CUude Williams and Joe Jackson. These men, Mr. Crowe said, wok Id be, treated as "fugitives from Justice' if they did Pot apiene for trial. After today's Investigation Mf. Crowe sent a letter to each local newspaper saying he understood that copies of the grand Jury testimony had been offered to thera fur publication and asking them not to use It. "I believe that the publication of anything any-thing that transpired in the grand Jury room, during the Investigation, you Id lend to hinder and embarrass the state In the prosecution of the men," said the letter. |