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A. I don't think I ought to do that, but I will say so if you say so; 

 this was given to me in confidence, and if you decide I shall tell, who 

 told me, I shall. ' 



Q. I will relieve you from all confidence; who are your informants ? 



A. One of them was a Mr. David Helmes, the other was a Mr. 

 Robert Shaw. 



Q. Reputable men living at Long Lake ? 



A. I so consider them. 



Q. Do you know of any other depredations in that country last 

 winter and this winter that you have not mentioned? 



A I do not. 



Q. That is alL 



Gross-examination : 

 By Mr. Fiebo: 



Q. Mr. Lynch, did you inform any one of these trespasses in the 

 town of Minerva, the ones you speak of ? 



A. I did. 



Q. Who? 



A Mr. Gannon. 



Q. Did Mr. Garmon send Mr. Burke to you to employ you to assist 

 in looking up the trespasses and detecting the trespasses ? 



A. I don't know whether he did or not. 



Q. Did Mr. Burke come to you or say he had been sent? 



A. He came to me and asked me to go. 



Q. And say he wanted to employ you for the commission and would 

 pay you well ? 



A. He did. 



Q. Did you go ? 



A. I did not. 



Q. What did you say to him? 



A. I said to him that there was no need of saying anything to him; 

 he understood it in the first place when I told Mr. Garmon of these 

 trespasses, he asked me where they were; I told him I couldn't say, 

 that I wasn't an informer; that when it was my duty to look up and 

 report trespasses on State lands I did so without fear or favor; then 

 Mr. Garmon said in that case after some further conversation that he 

 would make me out an appointment to look this up; I said in that 

 case I will do it; Mr. Burke was there and understood the whole of 

 it; then Mr. Burke came afterwards and asked me to go with him and 

 show him these trespasses; I flatly refused to do it, 



Q. Offered to pay you? 



