"Mr.Link Deas rose form the audience and announced '...that boys' worked for me eight years and I ain't had a speck of trouble out of him...'"(19)
Mr. Deas rose from the audience in the courtroom to stand up for Tom. He knew Judge Taylor would yell at him and might even kick him out of the courtroom and throw him in jail for interfering with the trial, but he stood up anyway.
HEROISM Kindness, compassion, inspirational, bravery, and moral. These are all traits that make a hero. These are all the traits that Mr. Link Deas is made of.