Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-13 | Page 12 | Attorneys Open Battle to Exonerate White Sox Players; State Threatens New Charges

ATTORNEYS OPEN BATTLE TO i EXOHERATE WHITE SOX PLAYERS: ! STATE THREATENS HEW CHARGES CHICAGO, I-b. 12. Attorneys representing rep-resenting Chicago American League baseball piayers Indicted In connection with the alleged throwing of the l'J19 world series today opened their fight to exonerate the men by announcing' a demand would be made from County Judge Devor Monday for a bill of particular:' par-ticular:' Notification of the contemplated action ac-tion was accompanied by affidavits from Claude Williams, Joe Jackson I and Buck Weaver denying that they had entered into a conspiracy PlAl lis DEFIANT. Jackson and Weaver denied that they had confessed to a conspiracy when they testified before tho grand Jury. "We expect to fight from beginning to end and take ndvnntag" of every legal process and technicality;'' raid Benedict Short, representing the two j players. "Whether the alleged confessions confes-sions will be repudiated, Ignored or defended cannot bs said now." ! Announcement of the action brought a statement from Judge McDonald, Mc-Donald, who brought tho case before the grand Jur;', t aat If Jackson, Williams Wil-liams or Bddlfl Clcottc repudiated any part of their grand jury testimony Immediate Im-mediate steps would be taken to prosecute prose-cute them for perjury. These men had better proceed very carefully," he said, 'for they may Jump from the frying pan Into tho fire " G. E. Gorman, assistant state's attorney at-torney said the state would "simply sit tight, as its ease was complete " PAR . H QLARS DEM kNDED, The prayer of tho defense petition asks that the state be compelled to furnish with a bill of particulars the following: What control and supervision, if any. the White Sox club owners had over the players after the expiration of their contracts September 28, 1910. When and w here and in what manner man-ner William Burns and Hal Chose, former for-mer major league players, charged with helping engineer the alleged throwing of the series, and itachel Brown. Sport Sullivan and Abe Attell. conrpired with the petitioners to destroy de-stroy the business And reputation of the Whits Sox club. What bribe was offered and given and by whom and to whom and when, where and how such bribe was offer-ed offer-ed and given and by whom It was accepted ac-cepted and received- When, where nnd in w hat manner the petitioners did not execute plays with their best skill and ability and In what games and In what plays did the petitioners not play with their best skill and ability. How games alleged to have been thrown could have been won by the players under indictment. PREVIOUS STATEMENT. Claude William.', before going to the grand Jury to testily, Issued a sworn statement that he received $10.-00ft $10.-00ft to help throw the series and that he gave Jackson ?o.000. He said arrangements ar-rangements were made to throw the series in a conference between him-m him-m If and Jackoon. Weaver, Risberg. Efelsch, Gandil. Clcotte and McMullin and two gamblers named Brown and I Sullivan previous to the Bcrles. Ills affidavit today said he did not know whether the Brown and Sullivan at this conferenco were the Brown and; Sullivan indicted and that he did not know N. K. N'ims, mentioned in tho LUdlctments as a victim Of the alleged, I conspiracy. oo 1 ' South Aniboy, NT. J , has a woman jailer '