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S. A. Kellogg of Plattsburgh, N. Y, the sum of between fifty dollars 

 and sixty dollars to secure that settlement? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Is that true ? 



A. No, sir; it isn't. 



Q. Was the suit discontinued there and settled at one time at Platts- 

 burgh between yourself and Mr. Kellogg upon one side and Benton 

 Turner upon the other ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Was there any money paid or check given to either you or 

 to Mr. Kellogg at that time ? 

 ^ A. No, sir. 



Q. Was any money or anything asked of, Benton Turner as a 

 condition for settling that suit ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. You remember the occasion when that suit was settled, do you ? 



A. I remember. 



Q. You know where it was ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What place was it ? 



A. Foquet House. 



Q. You may state to the committee, Mr. Garmon, in substance, 

 what took place there at that time ? 



A. Just at the Foquet House ? 



Q. Just at the Foquet House, now. 



A. I met Turner right there in the street and we went into the hotel, 

 in the office of the hotel, and he commenced talking that he wanted to 

 settle up his affairs; like to settle them up and get out of law, a com- 

 mon expression with him; this was a suit commenced on lots 213 to 

 214, township 9, Old Military tract; the suit was commenced early 

 when the forest commission went on that ground in Saranac waters; 

 it was commenced by John B. Biley; I examined it and considered .it 

 a good suit; suit was commenced by John B. Riley. 



Q. I call your attention to the certificate from the Comptroller's 

 office, wherein it says at one time they did have title to those lands, 

 the same lots, 213 and 214; are they the same lots on which this action 

 was commenced ? 



A. Yes, sir; the action was commenced and as I remember it now, 

 the fall term of court in Franklin county, I think in October, 1886, as 

 I remember it, that was that suit and a suit on 219, 221 and 222 was 

 in the suit with 219 however. 



Chairman Ryan. — Against the same parties ? 



