The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-23
Negro Formerly Employed by
Dead Railroad President Is
Under Arrest.
FRIEND OF VICTIM SAYS
HE HEARD THREATS MADE
Police Still Incline to Suicide
Theory in View of the
Evidence.

CHICAGO, July 22-Earncst "Hon-
man." negro chauffeur formerly en-
ployed by Mr Rawn. was arrested here
late today as a suspect in connection
with the railroad presidents death.
Hoffman" was discharged last Decem-
Der and as late as last May is declared
to have threatened Mr.. Rawn's life.
The arrest OF Hoffman" whose real
name it WAS learned, is Ernest Stevens
was made on information supplied by II,
p. Cullen, a friend Of the former Monon
president. Cullen swore to an afflaavit to
the effect that he heard the negro, re-
ferrine 10 Mr.. Rawn, say;
iii get that white man; I'll get him
Stevens was employed by Mr.: Rawn
from May, 1905. to December. 1903.
Not Much Evidence.
Assistant Chief of Police Schuetler said
that aside from this. the detectives had
secured no evidence against Stevens
Although too i'll to attend her husbands S
funeral. Mrs, Ida C.. Rawn, widow OF the
tailed statement OF the shooting OF Mr.
Rawn at his summer home in Winnetka
Wednesday morning OF last week.
In general way this statement bears
out the stories Of the death of Mr., Rawn
as told hy his son-in-law, II. G. Coburn.
Mrs. RawD says she and her husband
were awakened by noise on the first
floor OF the house that Mr. Rawn picked
up his revolver and started down stairs.
Then says Mrs. Rawn, she heard a noise
of some sort, apparently on the stair
way, and a shot shots.
The police, however. have seized upon
three points In Mrs. Rawn's statement
that they consider OF Importance in con-
nection with the investigation OF the
mysterious death.
Theory Of Police.
The first is the declaration by Mrs.
Rawu that she is certain OF having heard
but ono shot; the second is her assertion
that Mr.. Coburn. her in-in-law, preceded
her down stairs and that he had turned
bands body, and the third is the state
ment that Mr.. Rawn was found lying
squarcly on his back.
"The police say these three points sup.
port their theory that Mr. Rawn killed
himself Friends OF the Rawn family In
sist that Mrs. Rawn's description of
what occurred "Wednesday morning is fur
ther evidence that Mr.. Rawn was muir
dernd.
Mrs Rawn said That on the night pre-
vious 10 the shooting sho and her hus
band hnd heard noise similar TO the
one which she says aroused them early
Wednesday morning,
Tho noise on tho first night was some
thing like the shutting OF door" said
Mrs. Rawn. "On the second night, there
was sort OF creeping sound. whether 1t
was the sound OF walking ] cannot tell
you,
Heard the Struggle.
Il told my husband not to go down.
He did not pay any attention TO me. but
kept on walking through the dark. 7 got
up and sat ON the edge of the bed. 1t
Gid not seem second when / heard him
creeping down and he had time to get
to the first landing when heard Il ter
rible scufflc. jumped and screamed. and
at the time ! screamed | heard o shot
/ was SO dazed that couldn't move for Il
second. and before I got down there my
son (Mr. Coburn) got down in the dark
and ho turned on the lights"
Detectives In the employ of insurance
companies remained IN Winnetka over
night.