The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-03-28
great horned spoon! Is not that
a "gully Wrencher?'

great horned spoon! Is not that
"gully wrencher?'
"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 so
much cash for something he knew
already, or got from the State board,
lust for the asking? And Avery Pat-
ton singing the old tune of Toms.
"The United States government did
not pay much more than half that
amour.t for the employment OF the
best and highest pr1cec detectives in
America to run over the entire coun-
try and hunt up the Brownsville shoot
ers. We all know that Uncle Sam pays
high for what he wants, anG general
ly gets the best Why its a ty-te on
its very face, and I cant see why
Avery allowed Tom to shove that
Joker on him. But Tom is a jack in
the box, and no mistake.
eve 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 tnat. Only lis
ten to Avery. "It came to the at
tention of the committee tnat the
firm of lawyers" old Tom, mind you,
"had some valuable information that
the committee couldn't get else
where"
ITO be sure they had it, but how
did they get their information?
Avery "believes not single firm OF
lawyers in this State would have been
willing to put out such an outlay of
money Oh uncertainties.
'"Of course not, not single firm in
the State is such a John Dee, or a
Vanderbilt as to have so much cash
by them. Nor did Tom Fielder either.
"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 stealing?''
Ask him twas it Tom, or his brother
or somebody else,' that entertained so
highly and at his expense one of our
State board at the great Nashville re-
union? Did he take any one from
this State out to the Country Club, -
or some such tony gathering? And if
he did, what was the motive? Then
ask him if once on time, he didn't
make overtures to some members of
the board of control, to organize a
whiskey house ION paper, you know
then buy liquor when It was cheapest,
and sell it to the Stare wnen it was
dearest? Ask him wnat he knows
about the Sidney Lucas Whiskey
Company Of Liquor Dealers" and
what was the conference at the Hotel
Jerome to do with it?
II know Tom will say "a1l a lie -
Well it may be, but you then ask Whit
B6ykin and John Bell Towill 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 couldn't tell lie
if he wanted to, for / knew his father,
served with him in the army, and if he
thought he was raising UP a child to
lie, he would have strangled aim in
the cradle. Then when Whit quits
looking blank and SHAKING his head,
just say, whit, don't you think, just
think that Tom Fielder and somebody
mighty close to the board of control
was in scohoot' in q whiskey house
and wasn't it the Sidney Lucas?"
Whit will shake his head and say, Il
don't know" but just watch him and
see him scratch his. ear with his fin
ger. No doubt all the boys will plead
ignorance, for they are scared Of
Lyon as the very devi:, out then Lyon
knows more of Tom Fielder by this
time than he would like people to
think
The best answer an unwilling wit
ness can give to gag a lawyer, IS Il
don't recollect." "It has slipped my
memory" Better not deny it too poai-
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