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Q. Did you ever make any claim on Knapp or on Thomson for the 

 part they had of those logs ? 



A. We did on Faxon & Knapp; Mr. Thomson didn't cut these logs 

 and had nothing to do with them at all. 



Q. They were cut and Thomson had some of them and Knapp had 

 some of them; finding out that they had these logs didn't you follow 

 them up just as you did Pratt up in Oneida county ? 



A. Thomson hadn't had these logs. 



Q. Why didn't you go after whoever had them and claim pay for 

 them in the time of it; is there any reason you can give ? 



A. I can tell you all about it as soon as I look at the record. 



Q. Is there any reason you can give why you didn't follow up those 

 logs? 



A. Mr. Thomson didn't have those logs; some fellows cut the logs 

 and intended to sell them to Thomson and the other logs that 

 Thomson had were cut on some other land. 



Q. Tou can't evade it in that way; you said that a portion of the 

 logs cut upon this lot were sold and carried away, , and that Thomson 

 had part and Knapp had part and that you knew about it ? 



A. Faxon & Knapp. s 



Q. I want to know why you didn't make a claim on Thomson for 

 what he had, or on Knapp for what he had, if he had any of them ? 



A. We did make a claim on Knapp; they cut the timber and drew 

 it off themselves, and we commenced a suit against them for it — three 

 suits in fact 



Q. For these very logs ? 



A. No, sir; not for those logs; I thought you were talking about 

 the logs that Knapp had. 



Q. I mean the logs cut upon these lots named in the notice ? 



A. No, sir; we didn't sue them for those. 



Q. Tou didn't make any claim on them for them ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. Why didn't you ? 



A. Because they didn't cut them. 



Q. They had them? 



A. No, sir; they didn't take them; the logs are there now. 



Q. Tou said they had a large part ? 



A. Tou said you were talking about the logs there. , 



Q. I am talking about the logs cut upon these lots, and part of 

 them were sold to or carried off by these men, and why didn't you 

 claim of the men that carried them off? 



