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Show iFAflNG RACK : THE- I i I Which Was Taken From i the Illinois Central j by Fraud j Chicago, Aug. 11. The Record-Hor-j l aid today says: ' I A settlement has boon arranged be-I be-I tween the Illinois .Central railroad and the Memphis Car t-nmpnny. where-i where-i by tho latter" is to pay back $2m,nijij cf the ."im1,im"m) out or which It is alleged al-leged to have defrauded the railroad in repairing freight cars. This will bo the second settlement effected since the Illinois Central began Its inestigatlon into the frauds whereby where-by li is said to have lost more than ; $1,5.111,1100 ! The suit against the Memphis Car I company is in the courta at Memphis and the bill charges that the Illinois Central, through tho conspiracy of , f:ur of its former officials, paid the car company approximately $:)00.ii00 in , excess of the money legally due for j the repair of cars. "The other settlement obtained by , the railroad company was with the Blue Island Rolling Mills & Car com-j com-j pany, formerly the Blue Island Car &. ; Foundry company. The claim against the company wa3 for $tlou,iQU and. the J settlement is said to have, been made for $85,000 cash |