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Judge Landis summoned Leonard to Chicago for testimony on the affair. For some unknown reason Leonard declined to appear. Without his testimony the allegations against Speaker were unproven. In January 1927 Landis dismissed the charges against Cobb and Speaker. They could resume their baseball careers, but not with Cleveland or Detroit.

When Speaker first announced his retirement, Mrs. Dunn and team president Barnard remained silent. On the first day of the new year, Mrs. Dunn released a statement to the newspapers. She mentioned that, back in November, Speaker had visited her in Chicago to tell his side of the story. According to Mrs. Dunn, Speaker expressed a great concern that the allegations against him would injure the Cleveland baseball club. For that reason alone, he decided to retire quietly. Mrs. Dunn telegraphed Henry Edwards at the Cleveland Plain Dealer to let the fans know she did not ask Spoke to resign. She said, “When I left Chicago on November 26th, I did not know whether Mr. Speaker would go through with his idea of retiring or would change his mind and fight for vindication. I am sure that he would have had the support of the Cleveland club in his efforts to vindicate himself.” Mrs. Dunn added, “Since Mr. Speaker was not asked to retire by the Cleveland club, I feel sure that he must have had what he considered very good personal reasons for taking such action.”