Link Deas

 Link Deas owns cotton fields in Maycomb. Mr. Deas employed Tom Robinson and later Helen Robinson “because she does not get accepted by any other employers in the county due to Tom Robinson's legal troubles.” During the trial, he announced that he never, “had a speck o’trouble outa him,” in defense of Tom. When Bob Ewell started threatening Helen after the trial, Mr. Deas defends her and threatens to have him arrested. 

 

Quotes Describing Link  Deas:


 " I just want the whole lot of you to know one thing right now. That boy's worked for me eight years an' I ain't had a speck o'trouble outa him. Not a speck."
-Mr. Link Deas

Dr. Reynolds is the Maycomb doctor. "Had brought Jem and me into the world, had led us through every childhood disease known to man including the time Jem fell out of the tree house, and he had never lost our friendship. Dr. Reynolds said that if we were boil-prone things would have been different...” He is well known to Jem and Scout. He has a strong bond with the Finches.