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Pat Swearingen
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San Antonio attorney and Tips' own lawyer; one of the founding investors who covered the $50,000 needed to build the factory in 1922, per Charles Tips' own 1973 letter.
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Why Track This
Founding investor and Tips’ personal attorney — worth distinguishing clearly from William Church, the different San Antonio attorney whose later betrayal cost Tips the factory in 1936.
Current State
Named directly in Tips’ 1973 letter among the friends who “put in the balance” of the $50,000 startup capital: “Mr. James Capp owner of a large Furniture Store in San Antonio, Harry H. Rogers of San Antonio and Tulsa, Arthur Morton, Pat Swearingen, my attorney and some others.”
Next Action
None.
Notes
Do not confuse with William Church, the RFC-loan attorney; they are different people with different roles fourteen years apart.