Show I BIG BUGS IN TOILS ILLINOIS CENTRAL SCANDAL COMES TO CLIMAX BY ARREST OF THREE EX Frauds That Aggregate Millions Charged Against the Accused by President Harahan Chicago Three Three former officials of or orthe the Illinois Central Railroad company were wore arrested Friday Frida in connections wIth the alleged huge buge frauds b by means of which the railroad It was defrauded out of The TIle men arrested were Frank B. B former Cormer general manager of at the road Charles L. L Ewing former Carmer manager of lines Jines north of the Ohio John K IC Taylor formerly general storekeeper of the road The warrants were sworn to by President Harahan of the railroad concerned They ch charge rge the three men with conspiracy to cheat and defraud defraud de de- Ic fraud the ra railroad road by false pretenses nes nes und and with operating a confidence b game gime me Harriman and Ewing were taken to the tho Harrison street police station Th Their ir bonds of each ach were signed by professional proCessional bondsmen The allegations in the so-called so graft case are are area a among ong the most sensational sensational sensa sensa- in hi which high officials of a great corporation have ever been named The investigation began over overa a year ago It reach reached d a crisis last I spring when President Harahan began began be be- gan actions to recover sums said to aggregate more than alleged alleg alleg- ed to have been secured by car repair companies in connivance with high officials officials officials of of- of the theroa roa Harriman Ewing Taylor and a large number of others of lesser magnitude resigned their po po- Much of the money is said ald to have been repaid privately The name of ofIra ofIra ofIra Ira G. G Rawn vice president nt of the road wh who resigned to become president dent of the Monon and who was found dead recently at his home with witha a bullet wound in his breast was brought into the scandal Murray Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son son Jr attorney for the Illinois Central Central Cen Cen- stated that Rawn's death headed off ocr warrants which would have been issued for him |