Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-06

\ Many Named III Deathbed State
Il nlent in Great Lakes Graft
u Exposures.
PETTY OFFICERS INVOLVED
Sailor Under Arrest Leaps to Death
From z Fourth-story Window
Far-Reaching investigation 10
to BE Made. a

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Reed. chief Of the navy intelligence.
bureau, issued a statement confirming
the exposure Of graft at the Great
Lakes Naval Training station and the
!. suicide Saturday afternoon Of Samuel
lib. Moss, or Moscovitz. the principal
1 suspect.
Moss leaped to his death from a
window In the Office Of the intelli-
gence bureau on the eighth floor of the
{ Commonweal tn Edison building.
Moss duplicates Others.
The lieutenant declared Moss was
a. econd-class seaman attached to the
i Fifteenth regiment. He had disclosed
! the lieutenant said, other casesSo Sof mis-
conduct by members Of the enlisted
force at Great Lakes, which will be
the subject Of far-reaching investi-
cation by the commandant and his
aids at the station. Lieutenant Reeds
statement follows:
Some time ago the naval intelli-
gence Office was called upon to. make
an investigation of the misuse OF fur.
Tough fare certificates by enlisted men.
The original investigation con-
icerned only the furlough fare certifi-
Gates, which entitled the holder to ride
Tor one cent mile. The inquiry was
ordered by the commandant at Great
d Lakes, and had no connection with the
recent investigation conducted In the
Third naval district (New York;. nor
did the secretary Of the navy order
the investigation.
Moss. who had ben placed on the
inactive list December %, was sus-
pected and put under surveillance at
the Planters' hotel, where he was liv-
ing. He suddenly left Chicago, but
vas later located In Detroit. where he
originally lived.
Last Friday morning he was or
dered back to active duty by the COM
mandant at Great Lakes, and that af-
.ternoon was arrested in Detroit. He
made partial confession to the Unit
led States attorney and to our men.
/. and was brought back to Chicago Sat
iurday, arriving about 2 p. m.
"Made Serious Revelations"
.At the Office Of the naval intelli-
sgence bureau Moss made full confess
sion and implicated number Of Great
Lakes scamen and petty officers, but
no officers. His confession not only
covered the furlough fare investiga-
tion. but contained serious charges in
volving the men mentioned In, other
Irregularities, the nature Of which 4
lam not authorized to discuss.
@After making his statement, Moss
was placed In another room under
guard while another witness was be-.
ing questions. He apparently eluded
the guard or the latter left the room,
and the prisoner managed to open q
window opening into the court or area
way, and jumped.
'.His absence was discovered mo-
ment later and the body was seen ly-
ing on the floor above the dome Of the.
bank floor. Lieutenant Shale, medical
officer Of the. commodore. was sum-
moned, as was a police ambulance"
Daniels orders Probe.
Washington, March 4.Secretary
Daniels instructed the commandant of
the Great Lakes naval training station
| to investigate report that a num-
/, ber Of men had been implicated in
irregularities similar to those Of the
Il New York district.