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Q. Will you swear that you have had correspondence ? 

 A. No, sir; I wouldn't swear I had or hadn't. 

 Q. [Presenting.] Did you send that telegram to Mr. Turner ? 

 A. I couldn't tell you; I can't bring any recollection of being to 

 Whitehall at all; no recollection of it. 



Pittsburgh, N. T., October 11, 1888. 

 From Whitehall depot, N. Y., 11. 

 I will be there to-night. 



S. F. GARMON. 



Q. Will you swear you did not send this telegram? 



A. No, X wouldn't. 



Q. Reflect and see if you can't call to mind the sending of it ? 



A. I can't recollect being at Whitehall; I had no business at 

 Whitehall. 



Q. On the face of it, it appears to be the telegram sent by you to 

 Mr. Turner ? 



A. Yes, sir. 

 qQ. And he produces it here and you won't swear that you did not 

 send it to him ? , 



A. No, sir. 



Q. What do you think about it whether you did or not ? 

 , A. I don't think anything about it ? 



[Marked "4— J. M. R."] 



Q: Try and think if you sent it or not? 



A. I can't tell you whether I did or not. 

 Mr. Adams. — I offer to read it. 



Pittsburgh, N. Y., October 11, 1888. 



From Whitehall depot, N. Y, 11. 



I will be there to-night. 



S. F. GARMON. 



Mr. Adams. — The chairman will observe the telegram is the eleventh, 

 and this letter is the twelfth, and contains this expression: "I want 

 to see you as well as you me." 



Q. Do you know where Bloomingdale, in Essex county, is ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. How long since you have been there ? 



A. I was there about two months ago, I guess. 



Q. Whereabouts is Bloomingdale with reference to Plattsburgh ? 



A. It is six miles from, Saranac lake, right down Saranac river 

 toward Plattsburgh. 



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