The evening world., 1893-12-29
PENTECOST NAMED.
Col, Fellows Appoints Him As
sistant District Attorney.
Formerly a Clergyman, He De-
nounced Courts and Law.
Said He Would Defend and Not
Prosecute Criminals.

District-Attorney-elect John r. Fellows
has announced that he will appoint Hugh
o. Pentecost, the preacher, lawyer ani
political agitator, as Assistant District
Attorney in place of W. h. Il. Stapler.
His salary will be s. 800 a year.
Pentecost was once one of the most bit
ter opponents Tammany Hail had. He
could not find adiectives strong enough
to denounce the wickedness of Wigwam
methods.
Recently Mr.. Pentecost underwent n
lightning change OF heart. and now he
thinks the sun rises and sets In Tam
many Hall. For all that his appointment
has caused the biggest kind of a sur
prise.
For years he has scored laws. courts
and law officers, and reflected on the
value Of judges, Jurors, court officers,
sheriffs and eXecutioners as instruments
OF society.
When pastor of the Belleville Avenue
Congregational Church of Newark, about
six years ago. he first blossomeu out as
an apostle OF a new order of society. or,
as he then styled himself, "a radical re-
former" The sermons which he preached
brought dissension into his church. and
finally, on Dec. II 1887, he resigned his
pastorate to take effect on Jan. /, follow
Ing.
Having left the ministry he drifted still
further away from the doctrine OF Henry
George. whose words urst caused him
to falter. and from the teachings Of the
Rev. DIR. McGlynn, of whom he was a
great admirer. He adopted most radical
views, and later accepted the position of
chief editor of The Twentieth Century:
t asse We Sho s'f had fo ifS; ID his fhs careers sarPrlsc but ut
when he was admitted to the bar he said
in IN interview:
II recognize no necessity for the exist
ence OF What is called law except that
the people as a whole are not educated
up to the realization of its u~selessness,
As for the Individual man. no one will
pose Of keeping him In order, but only te
restrain other people. II every mar
claims. this. as all certainly do. ,wha
necessity is there for law. think thu
do you believe in any government a
all 2" ne was asked.
mot when 1t has the power of %enforc.
government is simply discrimination ir
favor of one class. at the expense OF the
other"
How can you engage in the practise
Of law" he was asked, when you hold
such theories as those?"
1T Is not a matter of choice" he re.
Piled, but OF necessity. l am taking II
up so as to make money enough to live
jill L Sldil htNtt pttOIlt IL prosecutor
but / shall devote my chief energies &c
work In the line OF defense. and tina,
principally in crimina cases. Defending
a man against the action of the Law
would be thoroughly In accordance with
the opinions which l hold"
He admitted that he had no religion.
Only one reason. can be assigned fol
the appointment of Mr.. Pentecost. YEA
after year, in season and out OF season
he has attacked Tammany Hall, ant
Tammany has a habit of trying hare
to win over all It fighting enemies. II
the George campaign OF 1856, Mr.. Pente
cost was one of his hardest workers.
Henry Hartman steps into the vacanc,
made by the promotion of John +. McIn
tyre from a deputy to a full-fedged as
sistant.
The report that Franis H. Wellman
Assistant District-Attorney. had ten,
dered his resignation. to take effect OF
Monday next, was declared to be er
roneous by Mr.. Nicoll this afternoon
The latter said Mr.. Wellman would b,
on Col. Fellows's staff.