Evening star., 1915-05-13
D. J. SULLySSU|T
FOR $1,5O0,0OO ON
Cotton King" Seeks Damages
for Alleged Conspiracy to
Ruin His Reputation.
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND
is NAMED DEFENDANT
Latter's Business Associates Included
in Action-Repudiation of Con-
tract Charged.

Trias was commenced today before
Justice Stafford and jury in Circuit
Division of the District Supreme
Court of the suit TO recover S1.500000
damages for alleged conspiracy to ruin
his reputation in the financial world
brought by Daniel j. Sully of New
York. known as the cotton king. The
defendants are John Hays Hammond
millionaire mining expert. who repre-
sented the United States as special am
bassador at the coronation of George y
of England: Dolph T. Atherton of New
York, his business representative: G.
Scott Dagleish formerly of London. but
now resident in New York city, a rep
! resentative OF English fnanciers, and
Frank S. Bright, lawyer of Washing
(! ton
| The suit was filed April 10. 1911. and
| grew out of the alleged reputation OF
| a contract between Sully and some OF
the defendants for the sale OF Euro
pean rights to the Doremus cotton gin
and for the sale of stock ip the Cen
eral Cotton Securities Company. At
torneys Gittings & Chamberlin and
Cory NJ. Stadden represent Mr. Suiiy.
| The defendants are represented by At
| torney Philip Walker of the local bar
| and Attorney William Woodward Bald
! win OF the New Y fOfk par
| In his declaration Mr.. Sully tells the
| court of writing a number of articles
! for the Cosmopolitan Magazine in the
spring of 1909 which attracted the at
| tention of Mr.. Hammond to his scheme
| for an international ginning and ware
| housing of cotton. At the request of
| Mr. Hammond, he says. he examined a
| new cotton gin, invented by W. ID.
Doremus of Washington, and recon-
| rhended its adaptability- He and Mr..
| Hammond then agreed to form syn
dicate to purchase the DoremuS patent.
| This syndicate was known as the Ma
tional Cotton Improvement Company.
and it's stock was to be held by Mr..
Hammond until the organization Of the
! General Cotton Securities Company.
Made Trip to Europe.
In March, 1910. Mr. Scully went to
| Europe to effect sale of the European
rights of the proposed scheme Of ware
housing cotton in America and Europe
to the Hirsch syndicate. and to inter
| est them in the Doremus gin. This syn
dicate agreed to invest if the gin was
/ shown to be an Improvement in nan
| ding cotton. and sent their representa-
tive. G. Scott Dagleish. to make an in
vestigation. the court is told.
| In August, 1910, with the knowledge
| and consent of Mr.. Hammond Mr..
|
| Dagleish to conclude negotiations with
the Hirsch syndicate. On the voyage
| Mr. Dagleish received wireless from
the syndicate accepting the Sully propo-
sition but when Mr.. Sully arrived in
| London, he asserts. the Hirsch syndi-
| cate, much to his surprise, refused to
carry out the agreements.
The failure of the proposition, ne
pn spiracy Of the attendants Who had
called an illegal meeting of stock
| holders of the General Cotton Securi-
! ties Company had repudia ted the con-
tracts with Sully and had removed
him from the office of vice president Of
| the company without notice and pub
/ lished his removal in the newspapers.
| The alleged conspiracy has caused
him to lose large gains and prohts.
Mr.. Sully says, and he has been greatly
| injured in his good name, reputation
and character as an international cot
| ton expert and he has been caused to
| be believed in financial and cotton in
dustry circles as "a man unworthy OF
belief and of no financial integrity"