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Mr. Anibal. — I hold in my hands the two checks which were given 

 by Mr. "Wales Parsons, one dated April 2nd, 1885. ! 



No. Plattsbuegh, N. Y., April 2, 1885. 



The Fifst National Bank of Plattsburgh : 



Pay to the order of VanBuren Miller fifty-seven and 50-100 dollars. 

 ($57.50). 



WALES PARSONS. 



That is the check given for the first purchase. The second purchase 

 and which they tried to confound here, and said $150 was given for 

 that is, Plattsburgh, May 4th. 



No. Plattsburgh, N. Y., May 4, 1885. 



First National Bank of Plattsburgh : 



Pay to the order Van B. Miller, agt., one hundred and fifty dollars. 

 ($150). 



WALES PARSONS.", 



Mr. Anibal. — Now, I offer in connection with this, the records from 

 the Comptroller's office wherein Van Buren Miller, and the only case 

 where Wales Parsons ever bought any logs upon these lots were the 

 two here on April 4, 1885, received from Van Buren Miller $57.50, and 

 May 9, $150. 



Mr. Cameron. — Do the Comptroller's book show he paid the $15,0 ? 



Mr. Anibal.^- It does, and I have a certified copy of the fact, 

 together with all the payments, every one of them that was made to 

 Van Buren Miller. 



Mr. Cameron. — Received on May ninth ? 



Mr. Anibal. — Yes, sir. • 



Mr. Cameron. — And the check was dated May fourth ? 



Mr. Anibal. — Yes, sir; from Saranac village. 



Mr. Cameron. — The check was dated May fourth that Turner gave. 



Mr. Anibal. — The check is in the minutes that Benton Turner gave 

 Wales Parsons for the particular $150 he has got in this statement here. 

 Mr. Davie called attention to the fact at the other hearing that the 

 check of $150 was dated one month after the check of fifty-seven dol- 

 lars and fifty cents, and here is a receipt from the Comptroller's office 

 showing that exactly. Simply showing that Benton Turner willfully 

 or otherwise confounded the two statements of Mr. Van Buren Miller. 

 There isn't a word of it true. I also offer in evidence the copy from 

 the Comptroller's books showing just when the money was received 

 there, and this was prior to the time that the forest commission 

 came in. , , 



