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The Witness. — There may be some trifling trespass, two or three 

 trees left out. 



Q. Were these settlements without suit ? 



A. I did not know of any suits. 



Q. About how many of those trespasses, the number ? 



A. I could not say now; there are twenty-four on that list, making 

 forty-one unsettled. 



Q. Forty-one unsettled and twenty-four settled ? 



A. Unsettled, as I understand. 



Q. Those that were settled, as you understand, were settled with- 

 out a suit ? 



A. As far as I knew. 



Q. These settlements were conducted by whom, or under whose 

 direction ? 



A. I knew personally of three; the warden told me to tell one 

 trespasser, two trespassers how much to pay and they could settle; 

 they paid and settled; the third was a petty trespass, a wood trespass; 

 I settled that under the direction of Mr. Train, and so reported to 

 him; Mr. Train directed me to settle it to the best of my judgment. 



Q. As to the others, what is your understanding about them ? 



A. I do not know. 



Q. These trepasses that you reported, these sixty-five cases as you 

 make them, embraced how many logs in the aggegate ? 



A. In the neighborhood of 30,000, market logs. 



Q. Was there a claim reported against L. Thomson? 



A. There were several. 



Q. Were any of those settled, as you understand it ? 



A. I understood that one was a trespass. 



Q. You understood some of the other logs involved he was dis- 

 charged from by reason of the redemption of land ? 



A. Yes, one case. 



Q. I will speak about that hereafter; after the twenty-fifth or 

 twenty-sixth of September did you come to the office of the commis- 

 sion in Albany ? 



A. I did. 



Q. What took place ? 



A. I came to know why I was to stop work because, although I 

 reported such a large number, there were quite a number still left 

 unlooked up; my idea was fair play; I understood at the office, I 

 could not tell which of the officers told me, the reason was simply the 

 commission's appropriation was exhausted and there was no funds 

 from which to draw jny pay; I offered to do my work in Minerva and 



