New-York tribune., 1916-07-07
Paul COnfeSses That He
Sold War Order Sc
CretS to Broker.
NEW ARRESTS MAY
FOLLOW, SWAMI SAYS
Charges Against Egan and Burns
May BE Dropped-Moore
Close to Bernstorff.

District Attorney Swann's mvestiga-
ton OF the leak in the Office of J. p.
Morgan & Co. through which copies of
secret war orders were obtained and
peddled among munitions manufactur-
ers. developed significant aspects yes
terday. Information supplied by Sam
uel n. raul, secretary 10 a member Of
the Morgan firm, who, according to the
District Attorney, said he furnished
memoranda on Morgan war orders, may
lead 10 several new arrests, as well as
10 dropping the present charges against
Martin Egsn and William j. Burns.
The principal features Of the story.
as related by Mr.. Swami, were these:
Paul said he and Thomas S. Huff.
who held position in the Morgan en-
ploy similar TO his own, were intro
dueed TO Carlos +. Moore. president of
the Import and Export Corporation,
brokers OF war accessories, by John W.
Clifton, lawyer. of Washington. Cliff
ton was in l9l1-12 campaign manager
for Champ Clark. Judge Swami was in
formed, too, that Clifton was retained
as counsel to the German Embassy
after the steamship Appsm arrived at
Norfolk.
Paul continued that early last month
after the Thompson legislative commit
tee opened up the Seymour e. Seymour
wiretapping case-he wrote to Clifton
for money. The District Attorney said
Paul characterized it as "hush money"
Clifton sent two $50 bills in an un-
signed letter. Clifton told the District
Attorney that the money was simply
personal loan, Paul having requested
funds repeatedly.
Only 100 Realized.
Il appears that in spite of sll the talk
about the entire case and its alleged
international complications this 800
was the only money realized by any
one connected with it.
Paul furnished war order information
to Moore, who admitted that he re-
ceived about 100 copies of such memo
randa. He, in turn, supplied the infor-
nation 10 the four war brokers who
had desk room in the Office of Seymour
& Seymour, in the Equitable Building,
where the Import and Export Corpora
tion also was The brokers then COM
municated with their clients, manufact-
urers of war materials.
District Attorney Swami was espe
caliy interested in Moore's connec-
tions. He was told that the Import
and Export Corporation was formed
after Clifton, Paul and Huff met.
Moore admitted that he was brother
in-law of Archibald White, a close
friend Of Ambassador Won Bernstorf
and that he visited Mr.. Whites Office
four or five times a week while receiv-
ing information from Paul. Moore
maintained, however, that he discussed
only one war order for steel with his
brOther-in-law.
Moore's connections and those OF
Clifton led the District Attorney to in
quire beyond the mere fact that Moore
and the brokers were simply endeayor-.
ing TO make commercial capital out Of
the information obtained through the
Morgan employe. IL was recalled that
Mayor Mitchell, Corporation Counsel
Hardy and Police Commissioner Woods
asked the Thompson committee not TO
open the Seymour & Seymour wire
tapping case because, they said, II in
volved international complications and
might hamper q government investiga-
tion.
Sorted Cable Messages.
According TO Paul, District Attorney
Swami said he and Huff took the m
itiative in the scheme to make money
on the war order information. IL was
Pauls duty TO sort and file the cable
messages that came to the Morgan firm
from the French Minister OF Finance.
Paul said it was Huff's suggestion last
summer that they could probably make
a fortune by supplying information in
the cabled war orders TO war brokers.
They both agreed. Mr.. Swami related,
and Huff told Paul he knew a man who
l. II 10 mn
That man, it developed. was Clifton.
So Huff and Paul went to the Wander
bilt Hotel last August, when Huff in
troduced Paul 10 Clifton. Paul sug-