431 



A. Yes. 



Q. He would have half of this surplus ? 



A. Yes; the same deal was made with the southwest corner of the 

 24th township. 



Mr. Davie. — That is the third one ? 



A. Yes* sir; I procured a search of that from the Franklin county 

 clerk's office, went to New York, found heirs of A. 0. Van Lennock; 

 these other people here, Van Lennock, etc , had acquired a title 

 through the Macomb's and McCormick's, and they had kept the title 

 in those people until about 1871, then they lost this title, and it con- 

 verted to the State, and we were to acquire the old title from those 

 people, and then redeem from the State. 

 Q. Extinguish the State title ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. And have it yourself ? 

 A. Yes. 



Mr. Davie. — Get the title so as to be in a position to redeem ? 

 Mr. Adams. — Yes, redeem or cancel. 

 Q. Go on to the New York case ? 



A. I procured a search from Franklin county clerk's office, and went ' 

 to New York, and saw there people about it, and I went there three 

 1 times, or saw them three times, and I could not acquire all the titles 

 first; I could arrange with them on the basis of $3,000; then some of 

 them were in Europe, and they could not arrange with them, and did 

 not arrange with them. 



Q. So that the deal with Gannon in regard to this land fell through 

 because you were unable to get up the old title from these people? ( 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Did you inform Garmon what you had done, and of the failure 

 of that ? 



A. Yes, sir; and employed people to go and get proofs of occu- 

 pancy. 



Q. Now, in regard these lands where you could vacate State title on 

 the ground the land was occupied, did you take measures and make 

 efforts to prove the occupancy ? • 



A. Yes. 



Q. What did you do in that direction, what did you procure ? 

 A. Procured some affidavits in the southwest quarter of the twenty- 

 fourth township. 

 Q. That is the $15,000 tract? 

 A. Yes. 



