The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-25
THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY,
Make Their Final Report, and Receive q
Nice Little Speech from the Judge.

10 the Hon. E. Is. Turner, Judge of the West
ern District of Texas:
SIR:--BefOre being discharged by your honor.
ana oe1ore leaving for our several homes. per-
maps 10 meet no more. we would beg to return
our heartieSt thanks to your honor and ali the
oncers connected with this court for the uni
!orii ana cheerful courtesy extended to us dur
ing all our slttlngs thereby materially assist
ing us III rendering our arduOus and difficult
duties with dispatch, and we trust with cor
rcctncSS.
We beg to assure your honor of the bigb es-
Ieeil III winch you are held by this grand Jury.
ana we thank you for giving us so able and ex,
p, llcit charge, when about to assume our du-
tleS' as we know by SO doing, you made us feel
and appreciate the heavy RESPONSIBILITIES with
which we were intruSted
We wish TO return our thanks to the Hon. A.
). Evans, VINO has in our frequent intercourse
win hihi, shown zcalOusnesS for his govern
nent interests, in prosecuting eyil-doers,
w WI , prosecuting innocent parties. We can
nol 700 hlghly commend his even temperament
and his cheerful acquiescence when ca He'd unon
10 assist us on points of law.
os " ieei mat the governments truest inter
marshall Hon. Hal l.. Costing, and with our
knowledge of his routine, we know that the
government viii find more satisfactory state
oI aualrs, IN the moral and financial condition
of it's marshal's Office for the western iistrirt
or IeXas under the management of Mr. Cos
ing, than 1t did under that of his predecessor
We can not too heartily condemn the loose
anu unDuslnessllke manner with which Mr..
office. WI nuns vi LIS
we cannot forget the cheerful readiness to
serve and assist us, which Mr.. ". c. RDlards,
your district clerk, has shown us.
ASklnS your honnrS Indulgence in this in
terruption, and with hope that the United
states government in all its various depart
nents, Will he so fortunate us 10 have its inter-
ests watched and defended by men of honor.
Drains ana integrity. as it has in this depart
nent, we beg to sign our names as members Of
the grand jury Tor the October term, 1882.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Oct. "a, 1852.
Yours respectfully,
r, Fred Mahon, o: s. Newell, A. L. Wallace, J.
7. Evans, I. &; Fry, James Sellers II. Jordan,
IT, IT,, w I APPEL samuel Lytle. j. b. Wernctte,
ford, George A. Barker, Henry Terrell. &. n.
Nash, H. IL. Carmichael, Jose Bcnevides, Is. +,
Bellows. "
h In RECEIVING G the report Of the grand jury,
TENThEMEN.he responding for myself and the
ohcers OF TINS court to your kindly ex-
'ertIv for v nave ,o to thank you most
gratifying To the court to know that its
efforts to maintain the law in the land meet
VII WIN me appreciation of the people, and no bet
ter evidence of that fact could be made than the
assurance Of you gentlemen, drawn from the
body OF the people all over this district. Gen
tlenen, That you have been diligent, am pre-
pared 70 pear this testimony; that you have
been faithful and have acted cOnscientiously. I
DO not doubt, and will indulge the fond hope.
tnat your labOrS will rebound to the best in
terest OF our great state and country, and that
| men who are disposed to violate the laws will
| learn that the jurors of the country are ready
and willing to lend Il helping han3in vindicat-
| ing the laws Whenever and whichever called
upon 10 90 SO to the end that life, liberty and
property snail be secured to each indiyidunl
| citizen; and, finally, in the name of our great
| and glorious government, permit me to thank
you Tor the labor you have bestowed in its be-
hait ana Tor the moral support it may reason
ably expect at your hands in uphOding and
sustaining it in all its efforts for good
Hoping that when you return to the bOson,s
or retrospective families, You will find them
in the enjoyment of health and happiness, you
| are discharged for the term