Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-16

clasped behind her. She motoned TO
the servant to remain near by.
IF you are an officer or reporter
you must go out at once she said
you should not have been admitted.
Il will tell you nothing except that
my sister is not in Canada" she de-
clared as she opened the front door.
She refused to confirm the servants
statement that her sister was abroad,
and to all other questions replied:
q have nothing to say"
Il haven't seen Miss Harrison in
eight months" DR.. Dlclert said. Il am
surprised to near she is out of town, /
attended her for minor ailment eight
months ago, and was the family physt-
clan at the time Miss Harrison's mother
died But | have not communicated
with her since she last called upon me-
Seen at Rogers Office.
AT the Offices of the IL. II. Rogers es-
tate, on the eleventh floor of the Stand
ard Oil building at No, &c Broadway. 1t
was learned that, although Miss Har-
rison has not been connected with the
company officially since the death of
MI. ENOSGISt lult &C NCrAo "S'' ~
been seen in the building on an average
of once a month. Her visits were gen
orally of short duration.
On two or three occasions after visit
ing the Standard Oil Offices she went
directly to a trust company in Nassau
street, where she is said to have three
accounts. one Of these is known as
special account"
Miss Katherine Harrison is about 40
years old. She is handsome, tall, stat
uesque, with clean-cut, aggressive
features and a finely chiselled mouth,
stamped with frmness and decision.
She was known as II. II. Rogers $4,000
a year secretary, and is said to be
worth more than $1,000, 600, due to her
remarkable business ability and her
knowledge of inside affairs
Barred All From Rogers.
While Mr. Rogers was alive she act
ed as the medium through whom all
who would talk to or see him had to
negotiate, And she was almost as in
accessible as he. She was never known
to have been interviewed for publiCa
lion on any matter of business, and
| only once on impersonal affairs. This
exceptional time lasted but two min
I utes, and then she mentioned some
thing about the balmy air and her eX-
tremely busy day.
1t was impossible for any one to
| reach Mr.. Rogers except through her.
Mr., Archbold, Mr.. Rockefeller. Mr.. Nor
gan and all the rest of the inner circle
of Wall Street had to interview her
first. And always, moreover. except on
occasions when Mr. Rogers ordered
otherwise, they had to tell her the ma
ture of their business.
Even when they passed her without
| questioning she learned what they had
said. The letters that demanded abso-
| lutte privacy she wrote herself. She
was equipped with a secretary and a
corps of stenographers and clerks.
Her power was brought TO the notice
of the general public in March, 1904,
when the Boston courts were trying to
unravel the Boston gas merger mys-
/ terry.
She DIDN'T Testify.
According TO the testimony al that
inquiry, $4,000 was paid to Thomas w
Lawson by the coterie of tinanciers in
terested in the gas merger. Mr.. Rogers
was one Of this coterie. and 1t was tes-
titled by Mr.. Rogers himself that So
GOO of this sum was entered in Miss
Harrison's name, and subsequently was
drawn against by Mr. Lawson's private
secretary.
Immediately the investigators of the
merger decided that Miss Harrison's
| testimony was essential Mr. Rogers
was asked in court whether Miss Har-
tison would come forward and tell
what she knew about the merger and
the financial deals.
II do not think she would" he re-
Piled, even If | requested her to-"
And she didn't.