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A. I could not tell about thai 



Q. Appeared to be ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Met him there in the office ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. What conversation did ypu have with him on that occasion? 



A. He asked me, in the first place, he ask me into this little room and 

 he brought around the conversation about money; said he — in the 

 first place he asked me to let him have have some money; I said I would 

 just as soon as not, " I have none to-day, to-morrow I will let you 

 have some; "he stopped and looked at me and said: "J)on't you want 

 some money?" I looked at him; he says: "The fact is this, if you 

 want money say so and you needn't- be mild about it either, and you 

 can have it to-day." 



Q. What did he say to introduce the conversation ? 



A. The talk was, he wanted me as long as I would not write any- 

 thing, he* wanted me to come before the deputy warden or secretary 

 and make a statement that I thought this was not on State land. 



Q. When did he say that ? 



A. Then; that day. 



Q. Was that before or after he said if. you wanted money you could 

 have some ? 



A. It was all at the same time and I could not say for certain 

 whether it was just before or after; I told him like this: All the 

 statement I can make I will make it, that I did not want any money; 

 I went before the deputy warden and made this statement that I had 

 reported that trespass just the same as I had the others ; that to the 

 best of my judgment that was on State lands, but I couldn't say posi- 

 tively it was so until I made a survey; then I went on and made a 

 survey and reported it. 



Q. You took no money from Talbot ? 



A. I think not. 



Q. This was in Janurry, at the time you came and asked to be 

 continued ? 



A. This was before; I was down on business for the commission 

 then; looking up some records and preparing for some further work, 

 in fact, to look up the records to prepare for this very work. 



Q. You were continued a month, until about the first of February ? 



A. Yes, sir; the first day of February I was dismissed. 



Q. An arrangement was made you should finish up and take another 

 month ? 



A. Yes. 



