Mr. Noble's Bad Faith

New York, 1895

The County Pays for the Service of Private Counsel.

When District Attorney Noble asked the board of Supervisors to increase the salary of his father as Assistant District Attorney from $1,200 to $1,800, he gave as a reason that it was his intention to have the District Attorney's office represented at all important cases before Justices and Coroners, and the increase of pay was to be considered as compensation for the extra work. The District Attorney has not kept faith with the Supervisors and the people in this matter. He has assigned private counsel to do the work of the District Attorney's office, and the county has paid for the services. And this breach of faith did not deter the District Attorney from seeking and obtaining an increase of salary for his assistant for this year.

The board of Supervisors has the excuse for paying for these services of private counsel to the District Attorney's office, that Mr. Noble's pledge was made to the board of Supervisors that went out of office last April, and the present board was not informed of the pledge. THE FARMER directs the attention of the Supervisors to the matter at this time, hoping they will not permit a repetition of the imposition on the tax-payers of the county.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 15, 1895, p. 1.