The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19
CROMWELL DISOWNS READERS
NOT THE LADI'S COUNSEL IN
SANTO DOMINGO MATTERS.

Such II his Formal Btatement-MFS.
| Reader. VINE Came 80 Near Being the
Republics FIsCai Agent. Admits That
Large Undertakings Are in Her Line.
William Nelson Cromwell, Of Panama
Canal fame, who was said by Mr. and Ms.
Athole B. Reader TO have been their lawyer
in the santo Domingo case. failed to throw
much light on the situation yesterday
He read the morning papers, wherein the
Readers intimated that they did not like
the way he had acted for them, and then
issued this statement;
Il supplement my explicit denial With
the statement that never have had any
employment. understanding or agree
ment with Mr.. and Mrs. Reader respecting
any Santo Domingo matters. and have
no information as to what was done or
not done by them In santo Domingo.
Il have never had ard 90 not now have
any interest OF duty In the matter one way
or the other; nor have ever received or
been interested in any claim, Indebtedness
or concession In any wise concerning Santo
Domingo; nor have In the remotest manner
conferred with any official Of the United
States Government upon the subject. 1t
Ia not now, and never has been, Of the least
personal or professional concern TO me what
was done or not done IN respect 10 any
Santo Domingo affair
After issuing his statement, he denied
himself to interviewer.
Mrs. Ella Rawls Reader was not 30 diff
hdent. She was at the ofice Of her attor-
ney John Delahunty, yesterday afternoon.
She confirmed the information that she Is
president OF the Cerro del Pasoo Tunnel
and Mining Company, which has offices at
IS Wall street. Henry W. Carter Is treas
urer and Richard H, Stewart secretary.
Mr.. Reader Ia a director, and the capital Is
described as S12,OO0,OO0.
Mrs. Reader took occasion to deny q
story that in her youth abe presided over q
soda water fountain In Birmin CHAM, Ala
She refused TO admit that Sir Thomas
Upton lie interested in companies she has
promoted abroad.
Our acquaintance with Sir Thomas has
been mostly social, abe said. "Mr. Reader
and have been entertained aboard the
Erin quite often"
Mrs. Reader also denied q story that she
had persuaded Mayor Strong 20 pay q
bill Of $500 for typewriting which she had
against the city.
"Mr. Strong was so impressed with the
justice OF my claim she said, that he
offered to give me his personal check for
the amount, but. Of course, that was out
Of the question
A New Yorker who knew Mrs. Reader
as a girl has this to say Of her:
birmingham was a growing town when
Miss RAwls lived there, but she outgew It.
She came to New York and opened modest
little ofice in building In Cortlandt street.
Fortune smiled on her from the beginning.
She sought large contracts in her line Of
work, and when she went after a contract
or big Job Of work she got it. In the lexicon
Of her beautiful youth there was no such
word as fail. Men could not say mo TO her
smiles. Bank presidents, big politicians
and prominent lawyers found her work 30
satisfactory that they gave her more and
larger contracts.
During the Strong administration Miss
Rawls went after the typewriting contracts !
for city commissions IN condemnation pro-
oeedings. She got them-all she asked for |
and sublet them. She took a suite Of |
offices in the Mills Building and hired two
or three assistants. Miss Rawls then lived |
in fashionable uptown hotel. She brought |
her mothe- and brother on from Birming- |
ham to live with her, established her broth |
or in business and started him on a politi-
cal career.
Her gowns were dreams, and her /
friends said that she was the best dressed |
woman in New York. When she walked |
Broadway women glared after her in /
startled envy and men stared
Between times of getting big contracts
for stenogaphy and tyPewriting Miss
Rawls promoted railroads, gold mines, coal
mines and large industrial enterprises. On
a flying visit to Alabama she got a charter
for a railroad. The railroad was built and
it is now a part Of the Southern Railway
system
The Readers had nothing more to say
about their treaty for S6nto Domingo or
the Dillingham-Sanchez treaty. James
Ben Ali Haggin, who they say they are suing
for a lot Of money on their Peruvian deal,
said that the time wasn't ripe for any
remarks
The Sultan Of Johore was not seen.