The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-10-25
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THEY'VE GOT HIM TREED.
Little Tommy Devereux Wrote a Let
ter that is Giving Him Trouble.
From The Wilmington Star. ]

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When Tommy Devereux becomes
factor in State politics it shows how
little is required TO give very small
man prominence. Tommy is the
Man Friday of Hmy son Oliver" He
is the dirt thrower of the campaign.
He brings railing accusations against
prominent Democrats, and even
charges corruption upon Judge Fowle.
But Tommy has come to grief. He
has been quickly run to his hollow.
Capt. Kitchin has twisted hickory
and pulled him out, and now he hangs
dangling with his tail in split stick
While Tommy has lent himself to
Dockery's uses in assailing the good
name of Judge Fowle, the little fell
low, forgetting his own unimportant
record, has been treed, as we said.
He wrote letter some years ago in
which he defended Judge Fowle, and
also wrote newspaper communica-
ton to the same effect The Raleigh
Ne,Us- Obscroer of Saturday last con-
tains the letter and the communica-
ton. They are not important enough
to require copying in full. We give
the salient points, the chief thoughts
of his defense Of Judge Fowle:
"Judge Fowle never received
100000 in bonds and OTHERWISE from
the ring. The truth is, after the pas
sage of chapter Z. Laws 1868 -'69,
better known as the omnibus bill, at
tempting to invalidate the special tax
bonds, and for which Gov. Jarvis
voted in the Legislature, Judge
Fowle, with other attorneys was called
to test the constitutionality of the act,
He received, as a contingent fee, 124
OF the special tax bonds, his partner,
r. G. Badger. Esq, receiving a like
number. There were fourteen mil
lion dollars in bonds involved in the
suit. AS Thomas is seeking informa.
ton we will tell him that in addition
to the bonds spoken of above Judge
Fowle received as a retainer $500
and $4,000 as his contingent fee and
his partner received the same.
Would any lawyer in decent standing
demand less fee in case involving
so greet an amount? In re-
gard to the Swepson matter, things
have come to pretty pass when an
attempt is made to denounce an attor-
ney for appearing for a man charged
with crime. Judge Fowle was en-
ployed in this cause after the death
of Gov. Bragg, who had been Swep-
sons counsel up to that time. He,
Judge Fowle, has now as his associates
in this case Judge Thomas Rufin,
Hon. A. S. Merrimon, Hon. JOS. j.
Davis, G. M. Cooke and others. Il
So far Judge Fowle and his friends
have studiously avoided descending to
personalities in this. contest. They
consider it wanting in that true deli
cacy which should always mark the
high-toned gentleman. But there is
a point beyond which forbearance
ceases to be virtue.
And yet in 1888, the writer of this
very communication is denouncing
Fowle from the stump as corrupt, and
rs doing the very things he so very
earnestly defended him against in the
above. What must be thought of q
man who will thus assault his friend
and 90 back upon all he has himself
declared as truth ? The white men of
North Carolina will know how to esti-
mate and deal with fellow of the
Tommy Devereux stripe. 1t is a very
disgusting, shameful affair in which
he is engaged.