The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-20
game. Hartman and Ewing were
tkaen to the Harrison street police
station. Their bonds of $4,000 each
were signed by professional bonds

station. Their bonds of $4,000 each
were signed by a professional bonds
man.
The allegations in the so-called
graft case are among the most sen.
sational in which high officials of a
great corporation ever have been
named. The investigation began over
year ago. 1t reached crisis last
spring when President Harahan be-
gan actions to recover sums said to
to have been secured by car repair
officials of the road. Hartman,
of others Of lesser magnitude resigned
their positions. Much Of the money
is said to have been repaid privately.
The name of Ira ]. Rawn, vice presi-
dent of the road. who resigned to be-
come tresident Of the Monon and who
was found dead recently at his home
with bullet wound in his head. was
brought into the scandal. Murray
Nelson, Jr., attorney for the Illinois
Central. stated that Rawn's death
been issued for him.
Private detectives working under
the direction of President Harahan
are said to have unearthed frauds
other than those connected with pad
ded car repair bills: These are said
to involve the divettng of $1.000.000
or more from new construction. The
investigators claim to have secured
seceral confessions which will be used
In their attempt to fasten the guilt
on culpable persons
The latest developments bring the
name of Ewing into the case for the
first time. He was seen at his resi-
dence by reporters but declined to
discuss the charges against him. Har-
riman embraced the opportunity to de-
clare his innocence.
81 have never been appointed by
any attorney or detective engaged In
this case," said Mr.. Hartman. II am
perfectly innocent of any and all
charges made against me. l will ad-
nit that l have been awaiting some
such action as this in order thereupon
to refute the charges. am glad Of
the opportunity to clear my name. I
have always been true to my friends,
and l want them to know as will be
shown. in court, that was always
true to the Illinois Central"
Harriman's connection with the H.
linois Central covers period Of
thirty-one years. He began as civil
engineers apprentice, served three
years as an assistant roadmaster and
rose through the grades of construc-
tion engineer. trainmaster and division
superintendent to the general man.
agership.
An official Of the road intimated that
other warrants would follow those
just issued. He declared that the sys-
tenn of graft unearthed by the railroad
makes political graft look trivial.
eve will get the last man in this
conspiracy II 1t takes US down to the
lowliest section hand."ehe declared.
"The mass of evidence. we have Sc
cured is 80 great that It demonstrates
that political graft in its palmiest con-
dition pales into insignificance before
the hoodwinking of railroad execu-
tives by designing underlings. pre-
dict that other roads will wake up and
that their awakening will produce
more than one sensation.
President Harahan awaited minute
details of the investigation before
striking. When he considered the
time ripe, as he did last night. he took
the field himself. He called on Chief
Justice Olson of the municipal court
and with the assistance of a pile Of
documents and photographs laid the
case before him. Judge Olson re-
ferred him to Judge Bruggemeyer in
the jurisdiction of whose branch of
/, the court the Illinois Central offices
are located. Judge Bruggemeyer is
sued the warrants but made every
effort to keep the fact a secret.
Not until the arrests were made yes
terday afternoon did the secret leak
out. 1t created sensation in rail-
road and social circles where the de-
PENDANTS are we'll known.