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Show I FOUR IHDTGTED I BY GRID JURY I Bills Returned Aqainst Two Former Salt Lake Stars; Others Returned LOS ANGELKS. Gal., Dec. II. Indictments In-dictments charging i rtaninsl conspiracy conspir-acy were returned against four persons per-sons here yesterday by the Los Angeles county grand jury which for several week haji been Investigating charges of alleged "erookedhess" In 1919 i,-. lint's i i iln I'm ifi i'ojiM Iuim-IkiM league. The four named w n W. Buker (Babe) Borton, former first baseman of the Wrnon club, whose chafrgeB precipitated the investigation. inves-tigation. Hari V. (Vfaggert, former outfielder for the Sail l k luh v. c Ruraler, init iik outfieldei Nathan Raymond, alleged gambler, Seattle The Indictments charge conspiracy t. throw" baseball games, the specific speci-fic Incident n;'.ni-d heinR Ihe Bftll Lake-Vernon series in lxs Angeles In i. toher. I ' 1 0 l I Rl ROBBl l. The Jurors clear the Vernon team of charges made by Borton that s "Mush fund ' was raised by members i that club to "buy" the 1010 league peimant, but .stats that If th race had been played on Its merits the Los Angeles team would hav won the sea--on's championship. The Indictments were returned before be-fore Judge Frank R. Willis of the criminal department ' the superior court, who fixed latl in each ease at' $ t U0t. None of the m-n named Was In ourt. and bench warrants wen Issued for then, li was saiil if any could be located in Los Angeles they probably would be arraigned tomorrow. All were believed to be out of town. Borton wan released by the Wrnon lub and suspended by President W. H. McCarthy of the league. Maggori was released by s.ii; Lake and Rumler was suspended v iiv.- ,,ir 1 K.l.lts . I I Ml BILL. Aside from Borton, who admitted offering bribes to various players of' the league, the grand Jurj found thai Wrnon players had n on i t in the alleged conspli acy. It also declared- the "fan fund", raised in 1910 b !. Angeles f.!iist for the team either Vernon t Los Angeles which won the pennant, was not diverted to any illegal purpose.! as charged by Boi i Thr charge of criminal conspiracy i.s punishable by nol more than years' Imprisonment o; fine of not' more than $5""". or both. oo |