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Palmer. The accident occurred two and one-half miles from 

 Alder Bed lumber camp in Herkimer county. Mattison received 

 a rifle ball through each of his legs, caused by two separate shots, 

 and each took effect above the knees, causing flesh wounds. 

 Mattison was taken to the hospital at Watertown and was dis- 

 charged two weeks later and is not much the worse for his 

 experience. 



F. C. MULLIN, 



Division Chief. 



I have taken the matter up with all of my men and they do 

 not know of a single case where a person has been mistaken for 

 a deer or shot while hunting deer this year. 



CHAS. E. STAPLEY, 



Division Chief. 



I took the matter up at my block meeting when all regular 

 protectors were present, and ten specials, and no one knew of 

 any except the Mr. Moore accident, a^d as he was from Lock- 

 port, I gave the matter to Protector Irons to investigate, and 

 this is his report: " In regard to Mr. Moore, the man who got 

 shot, would say that his gun was accidently discharged while he 

 was in the Adirondack mountains, and that he was not mistaken 

 for a deer." 



F. W. HAMILTON, 



Division Chief. 



Protectors all report that they have not heard of any accidents. 

 As you know, there is no deer hunting in my division. 



JOHN T. McCORMICK, 



Division Chief. 



Protectors inform me that there has not been one shooting 

 accident where a person was taken for a deer and shot in Hamilton, 



