The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-04-30
DOW, JR., WRITES
OF Tom Fielder and the Winding Up
Commission and Other Mat
ters.


in reference of the Winding up Com
mittee," attorneys fees, etc.
Now, Avery should fight shy Of the
reported as they will get him sure:
Such stunts as he gave the News and
Courier won't stand sitting. That
paper calls out like Shylock Of old for
ssthe law "the law,' only it wants
<scontract,' "the contract y
It seems as if one Tom Fielder 5
name is much in evidence. Why?
That rising genius Of the Atlanta
bar can down all the attorney gener-
ais and lawyers in this State, "con-
tract'' or ssno CONTRACT y and give
them cards and spades. Because ne
knows.
Avery gives out as a matter OF Iae1
that Tom Fielder paid out thirty
thousand dollars for detective fees.
The great horned spoon? Is not that
"gully wreneher?"
Why Tom Fielder never had that
much money Of his own IN all his
born DAYS. But admitting it as fact,
why should Tom have parted with 50
much cash for something he knew al
ready. or get from the State board,
Just for the asking. And Avery Pat
ton singing the old tune of Tom s.
The United States government did
not pay much more than half that
amount for the employment OF the
best and highest priced detectives IN
America to run over the entire coun-
try and hunt up the Brownsville
shooters. We all know that Uncle
Sam pays high for what he wants,
and generally gets the best. Why LIS
= tv-te- o. its very face, and l
can't see W ; Avery allowed Tom to
shove that Joker on him. But Tom
is a jack in the box, and no mistake.
We all know that Attorney Gener-
al Lyon employed Abney in the case,
for the brains he had. But why a
second rate lawyer like Tom Fielder?
Mr.. Patton says because he knew a
lot about the whiskey business. No
doubt in the world of that. Only lis
ten to Avery. cit came to the atten-
ton Of the committee that the firm
of lawyers,'' old Tom, mind you,
chad some valuable information that
the committee couldn't get else
where.''
To be sure they had it, but how did
thew get their information? Avery
"believes not a single firm Of law
yers in this State would have been
willing to put out such an outlay OF
money on uncertainties. -
Of course not, not single firm in
the State is such John Dee, or a
Vanderbilt as to have so much cash
by them. Nor did Tom Fielder eth
er.
Now Mr.. Patton, in one Of your
confidential confabs with Mr.. Fielder,
of Roundtree and Fielder, just ask him
for Dow and the rest, did he ever try
to monkey with our State board. of
control, in the "days Of good steal
ing?" Ask him twas it Tom or his
brother. or somebody else,' that en-
tertained so highly and at his expense
one of our State board at the great
Nashville reunion? Did he take any
one from this State out to the ''Coun-
try Club or some such tony gather
inge And if he did, what was the
motivee Then ask him if once on a
time, he didn't make overtureS to
some members of the board Of control,
to organize whiskey house (on pa
per you know then buy liquor when
it was cheapest, and sell to the State
when it was dearest? Ask him what
he knows about the "Sidney Lucas
Whiskey Company of Liquor Deal
ers.'' and what was the conference at
the Hotel Jerome to do with it?
I know Tom will say "all --
lie." Well it may be, but You then
ask Whit Boykin and John Bell Tow
i'll about it. Tell them if they don't
tell the whole truth, the devil will
catch them sure. I don't know much
about John Bell T. but Whit Boykin
coaldn' t tell lie if he wanted to. for
7 knew his father, served with him IN
the army, and if he thought he was
raising up child to lie, he would have
strangled him in the cradle. Then
when Whit quits looking blank and
e,aLino his head. lust say. 'Whlt