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Show Blgelow, and my wife and myself aud I our two children. There were also three servants In the house, the cook, . Mrs. Rawn'n maid and Mrs. HIgelow's ' maid. None of the rest of us heard the burglar' Only one bullet took effect The. other went wild. A half hour after the murder hnd been committed detectives de-tectives were hired by relatives of the dead man "We will offer a reward," said Mr. Coburn, "and spare no expense to capture cap-ture the assassin." Last April tho Rawns mvHl from their residence in Schiller street. Chicago, Chi-cago, to the Gay residence on rieas-nnt rieas-nnt street in Wlnnetkn. They had rented It for the summer Mr. Rawn had three daughters, all married. They are. Mrs. Robert C. i Brlnkley. Mrs. Ralph G. Coburn and Mrs. D N. Blgclow. Mr. Rann was r.5 years old, having been borrt August 20, 1855, at Delaware, Dela-ware, O He entered the railway service ser-vice In 1870, beginning as a telegraph operator for the Itifj Tour. After rising ris-ing to he trainmaster with that road, he went to the Kentucky Central rail-wav rail-wav In 1887 as master of transportation. transporta-tion. Two years later he became division superintendent and superintendent of transportation of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway. In 190 he was made general superintendent of the B. &. O ! S. W. He became general manager of that system In VJ04 and in 1907 was ! made vice president In charge of op-j op-j er&tion of the Illinois Central lines. About a year ago he was elected president pres-ident of the Monon. A revolver with one empty cartridge cart-ridge was found near Mr. Rawn's body. No trace of a second bullet J could bo found and the police believe I that Mr. Rown wounded his assail ant. Two shots were heard but it is Impossible to determine whether Mr. Rawn or the murderer fired lirst. Belief that the murderer was wounded by Mr. Rawn was strengthened strength-ened when the police round a trail of blood about 100 feet along a stono walk east of the Rawn residence. I Coroner Hoffman and Deputy Coroner Coro-ner Webster went to Wlnnekta early I today. A jury was impanelled and j the Inquest began shortly after 8 o'clock. HILLED BY k IIGLI Prominent Railroad Man Is Murdered in His Home Chicago J-ilv 2o. Ira O. Rawn. president or X.be Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville railroad (Monon), waB murdered In his home at Winnctka, a suburb of this city, today and the police po-lice are searching for a wounded man as the murderer. While noue In Mr. Ravras home saw the shooting, it Is believed that Mr. Rawn shot hfs assailant as the police discovered a trail of blood, about a hundred feet in length a short distance east of the house. Two shots were heard by Mr. Rawn's fam-Jlv fam-Jlv and his revolver was found with one discharged cartridge In it. But j one bullet was . found. H is believed that It Is one that passed through j Mr Rawn's body Just below his heart, j While it Is generally believed by the police tbnt the Intruder entered i the wrong home to commit burglary, private detectives, working on the j case at the request of Mr. Rawn's i family. Intimate that there may havo been another motive. The private de-1 tectlvcs declare 'that the work of the man who broke Into the house was not that of an expert burglar. A screen door tbremth which he entered en-tered hail 1een forced open by breaking break-ing off the latches. The detectives j assert that a burglar could cosily have cut away the screeu without making i a noise Which must have been caus- I ed by the breaking of the latches and I which is thought to have nwakened I Mr. Rawn I Only one man has been arrested as a suspect and ho was immediately released. re-leased. The police, although keeping up a diligent search have found no suspicious character. Mr. Rawn recently was a prominent witness in the Chicago and Western , Indiana railroad cases in which ullcg- cd real estate fronds aggregating gSOO.non were charged agoinst former officials of the road The case against one maa still Is pending. States Attorney Wayman said that he was satisfied that Mr. Rawn's testimony tes-timony In the Chicago and Western Indiana fraaid proceeding had noth- ing to do with the murder. Twenty private detectlve.s are now working on the case. All have been ; hired by Mr. Rawn's family. ' -V Chicago. Jaly 20. Ini G. Rawn, president of the Chicago.. Indianapolis & Louisville railway (the Monon), was shot through the heart and instantly killed at 1:30 o'clock this morning by a burglar, who entered his summer sum-mer home In Wlnnetka, a suburb 15 miles north of Chicago. The burglar forced open the basement base-ment door, and was heard prowl. ng about the first floor by Mr- Rawn,. who went downstairs to investigate Members of bl& family heard him say, "What do you want here?" and a shot was fired Immediately afterward. When they hurried to the first floor, Mr. Rawn was lying dead at the foot of the stairs with a bullet throueh his heart Tho murderer or murderers escaped. The fact that the murder was committed com-mitted by a burglar was established by the finding of "jimmy" marks on the dor. which hsd been rorced open. The assassination is the climax to . a reign of crime that has driven the residents of the north shore suburb almost to a frenzv. The story of the shooting of Mr. ' Rawn wes told by Ralph G. Coburn. a ; 60ii-in-law of the victim. thl& morning. ' "Mr. Rawn waa awakened by pounds on the first lloor of the house," he said. "He Insisted upon going down j to ascertain the cause, although Mrs i Rawn tried to persuade him not to j do It. I "He descended the sUlrs and had i barely reached the landing when j every ono in the house was awakened j lv the roar of two shots, fired in rpilck . j succession. "1 rushed out, as did the others. We found Mr. Rawn lying in his night : clothes. Blood was trickling from hi ', breast ., "He struggled, turned over, tried to ', Fpeak and could not. We sent in hur- rled calls for a doctor. Mr. Rawn ( died within live or six minutes after the shots bad been fired. He did not regain consciousness. "We Immediately summoned the Winnetka police, and it was they who found the mark on the door, which es-' es-' tablished the tact that the crime had i been committed by a burglar. Other than that, we have no clue. "The house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs Rawn, their daughter, Mrs. |