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Show of some sort apparently on the stairway, stair-way, and a ehot or shots. Police Cling to Suicide Theory. The police, however, have scizca upon three points in Mrs. Rawn's statement that they consider of importance im-portance In connection with the investigation in-vestigation of the mysterious death. The first fs the declaration by Mrs. Rawn that she was certain of having heard but one shot; the second Is her assertion that Mr. Coburn preceded pre-ceded her down stairs and that he had turned on the lights before she reached her husband s body, and the third Is the statement that Mr. Rawn was found lying Equarely on his back. The police say these three points support their theory that Mr. Rawn killed himself. Friends of the Rawn family Insist that Mrs Rawn's description de-scription of what occurred Monday morning is further evidence that Mr Rawn was murdered. Mrs. Rawn said that on the night previous to the shooting she aud her husband hail heurd noise similar to the one which she says aroused them early Wednesday Wed-nesday morning "The noise on the first night was something like the shutting of a door," said Mrs Rawn. Widow Describes Tragedy. "On the second night there was a sort of ' creeping sound, w hether It was the sound of walking I cannot tell yon. "I told my husband not to go down. He did not pay any attention to me. but kept on walking through the dark. I got up and sat on the edge of the bed. It did not seem a second when I heard him creeping down and he had time to get to the first landing land-ing when I heard a terrible scuttle. 1 jumped and screamed, and at the time I screamed I heard a shot. I was so dazed that I could not move fur a second, and before I got down there my sou. Mr. Coburn, got down In the dark and he turned on the lights." Detectives In tho employ of insurance insur-ance companies remained hi Winetka over night. WIDOW'S STORY OF HUSBAND'S DEATH CHICAGO, July 22 Earnest Hoffman, Hoff-man, a negro chauffeur formerly cm-ployed cm-ployed by Mr. Kawn, was arit-sted lu-ie late today as a suspect In connection con-nection with tho president's death. Hoffman was dlscharRed last December Decem-ber and as latn am last May Is declared de-clared to navfl threatened Mr. Ruwu'd lifo. The arrest of "Hoffman," whose real name It was learned. Is Ernest Stevens, was made on lnformatlou supplied by H. P. Cullen. a friend of the former Monon president. Cullen swore to an affidavit to the effect that he heard the neRro, referring to Mr. Rawn. say. "Ill Ret that white man; 111 get him." Stevens was employed by Mr. Kawn from May, lOOK, to December, 1P9. Assistant Chief of Police Scliuet-tier Scliuet-tier paid that aide from this, the detectives had secured no evideuce against Stevens Although too III to attend her husband's hus-band's funeral. Mrs. Ira C. Kawn, widow of the Monon road president, today made. a detailed alatemenl of the shooting of Mr. Rawn at his summer sum-mer home in Wlnetka last Wednesday Wednes-day morning. In a genera! way this statement boars out the stories of the death of Rawn as told by his son in-law, R. G. Coburn Mrs. Rawn says she and her husband were awakened by a noise on the first floor of the house that Mr. Rawn picked up his revolver re-volver and started down utalrs. Then, says Mrs. liawn, she heard a noise |