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Q. Where are they ? < 



A. I believe'in the town of Duane; in the county of Franklin, any- 

 way ; they are back of Malone, anyway, in the edge of the forest. 



Q. Did you ever settle for any alleged trespass ? 



A. No, sir; never with the forest commission. 



Q. Do you know Grimes & O'Neil? 



A. No. sir; I don't call them to mind; as to Toby & Boice they have 

 never settled any trespass with this forest commission. 



Q. Have Grimes & O'Neil ever settled any ? 



A. Can't say. 



Q. Albert Stickney, has he ever settled any? 



A. I think not; I don't think he has- with the commission. 



Q. W. W. & G. W. Hartwell, have they ever settled any ? 



A. No, I think not; there is a small trespass, apparently where 

 they cut a log against the corner of lot 228 — seven skidways. 



Q. It is an inconsiderable thing ? 



A. Yes; it is sufficient, however, it is a small affair; they are good 

 for it; Grimes & O'Neil I can't recall. 



Q. Is there a man up in that country named Sittle ? 



A. I don't bring to my mind any man by that name. 



Q. Or Sidney. 



A. No, sir. 



Q. Any such man as that ever settled for any alleged trespass ? 



A. No, sir; I am trying to think of any similar name, but I don't 

 bring him to mind. 



Q. Do you know a man up there by the name of Albert Turner? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What has he had to do with the forest commissioners? 



A. He had the position of forester for a year or a year and a half. 



Q. Who succeeded him ? 



A. No one. 



Q. What district was he in ? 



A. He was in Franklin county, and taking a portion of Clinton over 

 by the Chazy lakes and that country there. 



Q. Do you know a man named Martin Van Buren Turner ? 



A. Yes, at Plattsburgh. 



Q. Was he in the employ of the forest commission ? 



A. No, sir; he never was. 



Q. In no capacity ? 



A. No, sir; well, I say in no capacity — I told him I would pay him 

 if he could find a trespass and report it to me; he said to me that he 

 was impressed with the idea that there was a trespass in the vicinity 



