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desired money from the source Turner says to put into his property 

 and to improve it ? If that was so, and they had a confidential deal 

 of that sort, Gi^^ion might have said about his railroad, that he was 

 going to put his money into a place where it would do the most good — 

 money that he expected. And even on the eleventh day of 

 October, 1888, "Whitehall, Garmon telegraphs to Turner that he 

 will be there to-night. He was there that Bight. Turner didn't 

 happen to be at home. Oh the next day, the twelfth, he 

 wrote a letter and says: "I came here last night, and must go 

 on this train. I will be here again in about two weeks, and intend to 

 go up to the North Adirondacks to Paul's next week, and can come 

 out this way as I want to see you as well as you me." Was that 

 official business or was it private business ? • Private and confidential 

 business between them — with Garmon that was. urgent. Anxious 

 about something. What ? Turner says that he tried to get these 

 deals through, and when he found he couldn't he communicated with 

 Garmon, and afterward saw Garmon and told him about it, and per- 

 haps Garmon thought that it was right and proper and urgent to go 

 and see Turner and try and keep this business from failing, so he should 

 not lose the money to put in the improvements up to this place. These 

 letters corroborate Turner. Garmon contradicts himself and the figure 

 he make of himself up6n this stand should entitle him to no credit 

 with honorable and honest men. 



So, it seems to me, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, 

 that this commission is incompetent, negligent and useless. It is and 

 has been expensive, affording places for many idlers at the expense of 

 the State; that it does not possess the public confidence; the public 

 expectation has been disappointed; some connected with it have used 

 their place for personal gain and advantage, in a manner contrary to 

 their duty, and some connected with this commission have been guilty 

 of corruption. 



Mr. J. Newton Fiero.— Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the com- 

 mittee, I shall endeavor to, take not quite the time, allotted to us, in v 

 order to enable Judge Anibal to devote a few moments to one or two 

 phases of this matter with which .he is especially familiar, with the 

 permission of the committee. 



Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, the object of this 

 inquiry is to ascertain the method in which the forest commission 

 have administered the laws, and further, to ascertain whether or 

 not any additional legislation is necessary. As far as this committee 

 is concerned it has proceeded upon the lines of the inquiry^ strictly 

 within them, manifesting a disposition to ascertain in what way 

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