Arizona republican., 1922-02-28
THOMAS A. FLYNN
RESUMES LIFE As
PRIVATE CITIZEN

Thomas D. Flynn. retiring United
States district attorney. is back in
Phoenix after several days spent in
Tucson in winding up the affairs Of
his office. Saturday, in the presence
of practically every member of the
Pima county bar, Mr.. Flynn intro
duced his successor. Frederick II.
Bernard, to Judge William II. Saw
telle Tor the administration OF the
oath OF office.
After the induction OF Mr. Ber-
nard. Judge Sawtelle addressed a
talk to Mr.. Flynn in which he ex-
pressed his deep appreciation Of the
friendly relations which had existed
in the court during his eight years
in the office, and highly commended
the excellent service which he said
the attorney had given. He then ex-
tended his good wishes to Mr.. Ber-
nard.
The new district attorney is a ma
tive OF Tucson and the son Of a pio-
neer family of the state. He was ed
ucated in the public schools OF Ari-
zona, with three years at the Arizona
university. and four year course IN
law at Leland Stanford university In
California.
on the completion OF college he re-
turned to Tucson where he has since
engaged ia the practice Of law, hold
ing the office Of city attorney from
Jan. !. 1917. until last January. His
appointment as United States attor-
ney and it's confirmation by the sem
ate on Feb. 6, completes his legal ca
reer to date.
Francis d. Cradle, the assistant
whom Mr.. Bernard has appointed and
who will be in the Phoenix office. is
also a native OF the state. having been
born in Tombstone. He viii be in
Phoenix with Mr.. Bernard tomorrow,
TO 20 over the work with Mr.. Flynn.
During the eight years Mr.. Flynn
has been United States district at
torney he has built up an enviable
record. Not only have some of the
most important civil and criminal
cases ever brought before the fed
eral court Of Arizona been presented
to that court by Mr.. Flynn, but dur
ing his incumbency the enactment OF
several important federal laws have
vastly increased the business OF the
office.
Chief among these were the Dyer
act against the interstate transpor-
tation of stolen automobiles. the Har-
rison act against the Importation dis
tribution and possession of narcot-
les, and the Volstead act on national
prohibition q
Other activities which have been
of extreme Importance and which
have ingrossed much of the time of
the district attorneys office. have
been the deliberations of the federal
Grand juries, which during Mr..
Flynn's term of office have had oc-
casion at various times to make in
vestigatioRs OF The greatest signigi-
canoe.
Mr.. Flynn has also distinguished
himself during his stay in office by
delivering a a number of forensic ad-
dresses which have been ranked
among the greatest oratorical efforts
ever made in the federal courts Of
Arizona. The most recent OF these !
were his arguments to the jury in the |
Roy Gardner case. and in the first
OF the so called Peters hay cases.
The retiring district attorney has |
made no plans for his future as yet !
He intends to take some time to rest |
and look over his private affairs |
which have been neglected during |
his tenure of office, and will prob
ably engage IN the practice of law
where, he connot say at present
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Arabians greet each other by |
placing cheek to cheek.