Arizona republican., 1919-12-16
RUMOR ADVANCE INFORMATION LIN
 DECISIONS USED
 BY SPECU[ATORS
Minor Officials in Depart ment of Justice and Su- preme Court Accused of Complicity in Scheme
[ Republican A. p. Leased Wir.J

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. = Aa- nouncement was made late tonight by the department of justice that an .in- vestigation was being made of reports of alleged "leaes'' on supreme court de- cisions by which spectators had at tempted to profit in stock market transaction.
 Captain Burke of the bureau of in vestigation of the department of jus tice, dictated to newspapermen the following statement, which also was take Il by a stenographer in MT. Burke's office:
 "On November 23, MT. Marlin Pew, manager of the International News Service of New York, came to Wash ington and consulted Chief Justice White of the supreme court in regard to the recent alleged leaks in su- preme courts decision. Chief Justice White then came to Judge Ames and asked him to investigate a report by MT. Pew that a friend had talked to him and had said that he had been approached by MT. B. F. Moses with offices in the Munsey building, Wash ington. in regard to alleged profiting by tips on supreme court decisions.
 Claimed Advance Information MT. Moses was said to have told Pew's friend that he had advance in formation on a supreme court dec- | sion, that if Pew's friend would con meet him with financial agencies able to finance the proposition, they would be able to play the market on advance l information on the supreme court de- l cision, and that much money could be made as a result. Aat that time, he. l Moses. was said to have mentioned some decision that would be handed down, as proof of what he could do. When this was brought to Judge Ames attention, he directed the bu- reau Of investigation to institute i'm mediate inquiry.
 Moses was said to have told Pews | friends that he had been doing busi- ness for some time but he did not have sufficient funds to make the profit he might make if he had financial back l ing. The friend of Pew insisted that before he could get the finances which | Moses desired, he would have to be convinced that advance information on 1 the supreme court decision was abso- lutely obtainable.
 He told him that on November 16. | that the man who furnished him 1 (Moses) was employed in the depart ment of justice in Washington Fur 1 thermore, this man was believed to 1 have been with Moses in New York on l Sunday, November 16 and that on Monday morning they went down town and played Southern Pacific shoIt, closing out when Southern Pacific dropped three points. They were said to have made some money but they did not say how much.
 | They both stopped at the Waldorf I Act, hut they returned together to Washing ton on Monday night. At that time Southern Pacific was being played the other way, so obviously they had the correct information
 Moses denied to Flynn that he was getting his information from an or
 hcial in the department of justice as
 was claimed or that the department of
 justice was getting it in turn from 8
 minor attache of the supreme court
 Moses admitted he had played the
 market. but denied he had received ad-
 vance information. He said he ha i
 made his deductions on the future
 movement of the stock as any lawyer might have done from the general in
 formation on the Southern Pacifi,
 case. He denied also that there was
 leak in the supreme court. Ha
 claimed that as others were putting, up the money for him he had nothing to lose
 , Accused Is Minor Official The man in the department of jus
 tice implicated holds a minor position
 and upon Interrogation by department f of justice officials denied that he knew , any one in thef supreme court who f would give out any such information , as has been stated or that he had been : in any such deals as were charged. f The attache of ehe supreme court
 denies also that he had any connec ] tion with the affair and there is noth- ing to show that he did