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Show 616 BUGSJH TOILS ILLINOIS CENTRAL 8CANDAL C0ME8 TO CLIMAX BY ARREST OF THREE EX-OFFICER8. Frauds That Aggregate Millions Charged Against the Accused by President Harahan. Chicago. Three former officials of tho Illinois Central Railroad company wero nrrostcd Friday in connections with tho alleged huge frauds by menus of which the railroad assorts It was dofrauded out ot $1,500,000. Tho men nrrcsted woro. Frank B. Harrlmun, former general managor of tho road. Charloa L. Ewlng, formor manager of lines north of tho Ohio. John K. Taylor, formerly gcnoral storekeeper of tho road. Tho warrants wero sworn to by President Harahan of tho railroad concerned. They charge tho three men with conspiracy to cheat nnd defraud de-fraud tho railroad by false proU-nacB and with oporatlng a confldonco gi'ino Hnrrlman and Ewlng were taken to tho Harrison streot pollco station. Their bonds of $10,000 each wero signed by professional bondsmen. Tho allegations In tho so-called graft caso aro among tho most sensational sensa-tional In which high officials of a great corporation havo over been nnmed. Tho Investigation began over a year ago. It reached a crisis last spring, when President Harahan began be-gan actions to recover sums said to aggregate moro than $1,000,000 alleged alleg-ed to havo been secured by car repair companies In connivanco with high officials of-ficials of tho road. Harrlman, Ewlng, Taylor and a largo number of others of lesser mngnltude resigned their positions. po-sitions. Much of tho monoy Is said to have boon repaid privately. Tho name of Ira G. Rnwn, vice-president of tho road, who resigned to becomo president presi-dent of tho Motion, and who was found dead recently at his home with a bullet wound In his breast, was brought Into the scandal. Murray Nelson, Nel-son, Jr., attorney for tho Illinois Central, Cen-tral, stated that Rawn's death headed off warrants which would havo been issued for him. |