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Show COTTON REPORT SCANDAL New York Broker Arrested in Connection Con-nection With. Affair. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. F. A. Pcckhanj. tho New York broker who was arrested In Saratoga today, has been ono of tho most conspicuous tlgures In tho Invosltfratlon of tho cotton mport leakage In iho Department of Agriculture. Tho Indictment Is tho first which has becomo known In connection with tho charges against tho Integrity of tho Government Govern-ment cotton statistics It Is understood this nrreot was mado on a bench warrant Issued by Chief Justice Clabaush of tho Supremo court of tho District of Columbia, for oHeped conspiracy to defraud tho Government In connection con-nection with tho cotton crop report of tho Department De-partment of Agriculture. Tho fact of the ls-euanco ls-euanco of tho Indictment had been carefully kept secret In this city. Mr. Peckhani's nr.mo has been associated very closely with Moses Haas of New York, and both' of thorn declined to testify -beroro tho grand Jury her. Secretary Wilson reported that L. C. Van Riper of Now York wild that Haas acted nH a go-between In conveying Information In-formation from Holmes, tho dlsmlFJied associate asso-ciate statistician, to other New York broker. According to tho report of Secretary Wilson on the Investigation ho made. Holmes admitted that h and Peckham had closo relations, and wero at nno time nssoclated In a business ven-turo ven-turo In which Holmes '"was to havo un Intorest equal to th sum pf 55000," which ho was to recelvo as a gift from tho other members of tho Arm. |