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that were here in the Comptroller's office before the grand jury and 

 then put witnesses on the stand to show it was -virgin forest 



Mr. Adams. — These indictments were not against Turner ? 



Q. Did you hear the testimony of Benton Turner the other day 

 when he spoke about your having>said to him that you had settled a 

 trespass with the Hartwell's of Flattsburgh for fifteen cents amarket? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Did you ever settle a trespass for fifteen cents with Hartwell? 



A. No, sir; or anybody else. 



Q. Can you give the dates when Albert Turner was employed and 

 .when he quit working for the forest commission ? 



A. No, I can't; he was employed something like a year, I think, 

 from memory only. 



Q. You heard the evidence given here to-night with reference to the 

 settlements from the Comptroller made by Van Buren Miller with Mr. 

 Hartwell and with several others, wherein it was claimed Benton 

 Turner had sold some logs to Wales Parsons for $57.50 and another 

 lot of logs for $150, that was in April of 1885 and May of 1885; was 

 that before the organization of the forest commission ? 



A.' Yes. 



Q. Did the forest commission have anything to do with that? 



A. No. 



Q. Did you ever settle any trespass with Tobey & Boyce ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. With Grimes & O'Neill, did you ever make any settlement? 



A. No. 



Q. Whatever settlements you made with Tobey & Boyce and Grimes 

 & O'Neill it was prior to the forest commission possession of these 

 lands ? 



A. Tobey & Boyce I know something about. 



Q. Was it prior to the forest commission taking possession? 



A. Oh, yes; way back of it. 



Q. With which the forest commission have had nothing to do with 

 it whatever ? 



A. Oh, no. 



Q. You heard the testimony of Mr. Parker; did you direct him to 

 go up and make an examination in reference to this complaint made 

 by Benton Turner ? 



A. I did. 



Q. He reported as stated by him to the office ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. (Mr. Adams.) The Hartwell trespass? 



