The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-30
satiCnal evidence.

IneOphH Eeuller "A former director
Of the Ostermann Manufacturing com
parry, one of the repair firms charged
with grating from the railroad. de-
claTed On the witness stand that h6
mad been told the late Ira q. Rawn
heid 2.0OO shares Of the Ostermann
company stock ReUtheT testified that
Ostermann said ne gave RaWn the
shares in consideration Of an order for
10000 car doors.
Rawn. who was found shot TO death
al his summer home in Winnetka. H..
several weeks ago. had held high Of
flcial position with the Illinois Central
railroad. IL had been expected mat he
would be an important witness in the
present case. Previous TO his death,
when being questioned before master
in chancery. Rawn declared that he
held no interest ia the repair firm.
Three Who Were BrIbed.
ReUther's evidence regarding RaWn
was given while The witness was being
ZION with Henry q. Ostermann, presi-
don't of the Ostermsnn Manufacturing
company. During this conversation,
Reuther said Ostermann expressed his
intention Of giving RaWn. Joseph l.
Buker. John NJ. Taylor and Frank Il.
Hartman 1000 shares each of Oster-
man stock.
Rawn. according 10 Ostorman. prom
ised 10 give TO the OsteTmaun company
the work of making 10000 grain doors
if he got the stock. testified ReutheT
Did he get the shares asked At
tOrney Hoover.
Il asked Osterm2nn that question
subsequently,. and he said he had given
Them the shares OF stock replied
Reuthe-.
Threatened With Death.
ReuJher related an encounter With
Ostermann during which he declared
Osterman threatened to Kill him if he
told OF the transactions between the
Illinois Central and The Ostermann
company.
Reuther stated that he went To Os-
termanns office TO protest because he
had not received dividends upon his
stock i'm the repair company
"OsteTmann said no dividends had
been paid. testified Reuther, and !
told him that 1 had seen a check sent
10 a man named Tomski. He said il
"'You have done more harm than
good with this company" Ostermann
shouted, and ] replied that I had done
a whole lot toward organizing the con
Germ, and said. 1t VIII all come out
how the Illinois Central was robbed
He grew angry. grabbed paper
weight and struck me on the head. /
fell on the floor and some men car
ried me out ana placed me on my back.
Ostermann said ne would XIII me if
I told about the Illinois Central bust
ness.
Determined - "Scueai."
~ sot home and had TO go to bed.
oscar Diedrich. foreman in the Burn
side shops, called a my home and told
me ] should not say what happened,
Don't mix up John n. Taylor Died-
rich told me Mr. Milligan also called
and told me not To say anything about
the Ostermann affair, but / told them
1 was going 10 tell the Illinois Cen
trail just as soon rs I got out Of bed
II went TO see Mr. Burton. master
mechanic of the Burnside shops-he
was nv b0ss-and told him about what
/ knew Of the stealing in the Illinois
Central and that 7 was going to squeal.
He advised me TO keep quiet and SAID
that the men who were stealing would
get caught anyway
Then ! Went 10 see John NJ. Taylor.
and William RenshaW. superintendent
of machinery. and told them how the
railroad was being robbed They said
there WIS no stealing and told me 10
keep my mouth shut