the character of Mr. Gannon or upon the character of Mr. Basselin, 

 something that you could lend yourself, with the other false accusa- 

 tions in this case, to put a stain upon their characters that should last 

 them as long as they lived. Why, he says, Mr. Gannon himself has 

 said a great many times here that which was not in keeping with his 

 position as a State officer, and he dwells long upon the fact .that 

 when Mr. Garmon went up to Plattsbufgh and there met Ben Turner, 

 and Mr. Turner asked him where he was going, and he says: 

 "I am going up to examine the southeast quarter of the 24th 

 township; I understand that you have been trespassing upon that, 

 and it belongs, to the State." Mr. . Turner says: "I am going right 

 up there; I haven't cut a stick on it, and it is false; hop right into 

 my cutter and I will take you in." Garmon got in this cutter and 

 went up there, and this man showed him the lines, and Mr. Garmon, 

 under the searching examination of my friend, did say there that he 

 believed that this man Turner was lying to him. That is what he 

 said, and he feigned to believe it; that he allowed Mr. Turner to 

 understand that he wasn't disputing it, but at the same time, he 

 didn't believe a word of it. Was it true that Mr. Turner was not 

 trespassing upon that lot? Was it true, gentlemen, that Mr Turner 

 was telling him the truth ? He sat here the next morning and he 

 had given his testimony before you, this man, this injured innocence 

 of Clinton county, came here; he sat at the elbow of' the 

 counsel, and he could have disputed Garmon if it was the truth, that 

 he did tell Garnion on the 1st of February, 1887, that he hadn't cut a 

 stick on that southeast quarter; if what he then said was true he could 

 have gone on the stand and said to you, " I hadn't cut a stick of timber 

 on that"; but no, his silence confesses his thievery at that time and 

 shows simply that Mr. Garmqn acted the part of a wise servant of the 

 people when he kept his counsels to himself, and led this man on to tell 

 his little story. Shall he be censured for that? Censure a manior doing 

 his duty? Censure a man for ferreting out crime? Censure a man for 

 trapping a public depredator ? This is the first time in my life I have 

 sat by and heard used as an excuse the argument that a man should 

 be blamed because he was faithful to the trust that was reposed in him. 

 What are the facts ? Mr. Garmon comes out of the woods. The very 

 same day he goes to find Albert Turner, a man of intelligence, and he 

 says to you, and it has been repeated by other witnesses, that in order 

 to ferret put the offenses that are committed by public depredators 

 on State property, ifc is often necessary, it is advisable that you find 

 the enemies of a man, if he has got any. That is good policy. It is 

 right. He went and found Mr. Turner. He said he understood there 



