sentences:  in November 1887, defeating his fellow Assistant D.A.De Lancey Nicoll who was a Democrat but ran on the Republican ticket.During the fiercely fought election campaign, two letters Fellows had written to Boss Tweed on February 1, 1873, asking for a loan of $523, were published in the "New York Times", with the comment that this was the payment for Fellows's service in having the jury disagree on a verdict against Tweed on the previous day, and that the "loan" was never paid back.