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Q. Who bought these logs ? 



A. E. Butler. 



Q. The hateful brother-in-law of yours ? 



A. Tes, sir. 



Q. Did anybody see these logs; were they exhibited to view at the 

 time of the sale? 



A. I didn't have them there. 



Q. Do you know whether anybody had an opportunity to or did 

 examine them before the sale ? 



A. Plenty; I know they were examined. 



Q. How do you know ? 



A. Men told me so. 



Q. So you sold them in the woods four miles away to E. Butler for 

 sixty-two cents ? 



A. Tes, sir. 



Q. How many were there at the sale ? 



A. About forty, as near as I could ascertain. 



Q. How many bids did you have? 



A. Three. 



Q. Whose was the first bid ? 



A. E. Butler. 



Q. How much ? 



A. Sixty cents. 



Q. Then who bid ? 



A. The Norwood Lumber Company's agent, Mr. Barber. 



Q. How much did he bid ? 



A. Sixty-one. 



Q. What was the next bid ? 



A.. E. Butler. 



K&. How much was his bid ? 



A. Sixty-two. 



Q. Sixty, sixty-one and sixty- two were the' bids? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And you struck them off? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. How long was it from the time you put up the logs until you 

 struck them off ? 



A. About fifteen minutes, I think, as near as I can judge. 



Q. Who cut those logs? 



A. They were cut by a man named Sabbaters; they were caused to 

 be cut by- E. Butler. 



Q. He bid them off at sixty-two cents ? 

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