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there has been any they must have been drawn away. I will keep 

 my eyes and ears open and may find out something about them yet. 

 I have got track of a trespass in Averyville, I think, and will report 

 in full about that place as soon as Ican;ge|Hhe facts. 



Yours very respectfully. 



PRANK C. PARKER. 



Q. What is the date of that report? 



A., January 15, 1891. 



Q. As soon as the matter was referred to you, did you immediately, 

 or as soon as your business, other matters of the forest commission, 

 were attended to, go and investigate this matter ? 



A. As soon as, possible I made inquiries about it and looked it up. 



Q. You have, since your appointment as forester, devoted your 

 whole time to the business ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Were you here at the last hearing ? 



A. Yes, sir; I believe so. 



Q. Do you know Ben Turner? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. You saw him here ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And heard some of his testimony ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Did you at one time see him while coming from the Saranac 

 lake to Flattsburgh in a train, him and some others coming down with 

 yourself ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What time was it about? 



A. As near as I can remember it was in February, two years ago. 



Q. You had been up there attending a lawsuit ? 



A. Yes, sir; before the lawsuit. 



Q. What lawsuit was it ? 



A. It was in regard to the southeast quarter of township 24. 



Q. Who were the parties to that suit? 



A. Benton Turner and the forest commission. 



Q. The people of the State of New York on one side ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Who was it being tried before ? 



A. Richard Hand, referee. 



Q. That is the case that has been spoken of with reference to the 

 southeast quarter of township 24 ? 



A Yes. 



