The Grange advance., 1874-09-09

g 9; u For S1,, What purpose was this money
A. Isuppose it was paid for stumpage!
@. When was this money paid to him!
A. There was e5oO paid 70 him in June
and cannot give you the date that he was
paid the 366U; l have got that down;
think that it was before that the e65O was
said.
Q. Was this money paid before or after
the money was paid to hr McIlrath?
A. Paid before.
Q. Did you take any receipts for this
money from Mr.. Comstocki
A. No, sir: think not.
@. You say you did not; why not?
A: Well, guess did not want any, or the
g. How! A. l say guess the parties
q. Well, why didn't they want any re.
eeipt from him! A. The reason was that
the parties compromised with Comstock and
he was to report abont half Of it to the State
and the balance he was to have for "hush
Q. What was the full name of this man
Comstock! A. Butler Comstock.
,sS sase IT, When ySS paid the other
J
sation with Mr.. Mcllrath then, or at any
other time, in which you told him, OF he in
dca*ed that he knew about your paying this
money to Butler Comstock. A. No; l
never had any conversation with Mr.. AcIl-
rath relative to the mater.
@. State fully the conversation that you
had with Mr.. Butler Comstock at the time
you paid him this 81 $50. A. Well, nev-
er had any with Mr.. Butler Comstock; the
lo -, Abo~ T
nothing about it, and paid the money over
on his order. r..
O. Who settled with him up in the
woods A. Mr.. Mower settled with him
on this Mud Creek arrangement.
@ What other settlements were made,
and who made the1n3
A. There was the Cover g. Carmichael
settlements that were made by Carmichael
for logs that were cut on Grindstone Greek.
@. Then this 3, ,3l2. 26 was paid for logs
cut upon Mud Creeke
A. Yes, sir.
@. At how much thousand was Mr..
Co1nstock to account for those logs to the
State that he cut on Mud Creek?
A. He returned 387 ,463 feet cut on Mud
Creek to the State.
G. How much was in fact cut there?
A. Well, suppose there was all Of
million cut; cannot give the exact amount:
should judge there was million feet.
@. At how much . thousand was he to
return this 387 900 to the State?
A. Well, the understanding was that
it was to be % thousand. That was the
amount he was to return to the State
q. What were other logs Of like quail
ty worth per thousand on the stumpage in
the vicinity of where these weretut on Mud
Creekf A. Well, about that amount--$3
per thousand.
O.. How many feet Of logs were, in fact,
cpt by Messs. Carmichael & Cover on
Gnndstone Creek? A. Well, think there
was in the neighbofhood Of three or four
lands.
@. But were those paid for? A. Well,
there was ninety-one thousand returned to
the State, and paid for at 50 thousand;
then there was $3.50 pad to Mr.. Comstock
and $273 to the State.
@. Who wa, this s27a paid to? A. That
was paid to Mr.. Mcllrath.
O. For what purpose was this $500 paid
to Mr.. Comstock? A.. Well, suppose
on their Order
@. Did you not understand when you
paid him that $500 that it was not to 20 to
tue State? A. Yes, sir; l understood it in
q. Did yon ever at any time meet MIR.
Constock and MIR. McIlrath together.
A. No; do not believe did meet them
together; | recollect seeing him in Macs
Office one time; that is the only time ever
O. Have you ever settled with any other
parties except Mr.. Comstock in the same
way3 A. do not recollect that have in
this district. l rather think paid Young
Castle an order Of one hundred dollars once,
but do not recollect exactly. believe he
took Mr. Comstock's place I think he came
in after Mr.. Comstock.
O. State whether at any Of these times,
when you were settling with Mr. ~Comstock
&caled that in any manner, at any time that
Mr.. Mcllrath hadany interest in these oper-
atoms beside what was coming to the State
A. All have ever heard him say is that Il
would not do for him to take pay for all Of
Mr.. McIlrath.
q. Who is this Young Castle that you
spoke Of? A.. His name il Luke Castle.
O. Iwould ask you whether Mr.. MoIl-
measures to ascertain, or made any inquiries
, - 70 whether the stumpage was correctly re-
turned by Mr.. Co,nstockf A. Well, l have
never heard Of any; he seemed to be always
satisfed with Mr.. Comstock's operations.
G. State whether at any time, when
dealing with Mr.. -Comstock, you gave any
rates for stumpage2 A. lbelieve did.
O. When did you give them? A. Well,
/ cannot answer you that cannot tell.
O. Well, how long ago is it since you BE-
and 1868.
@. Never since? A. No, I think not
none since according to my recollections.
O. How long did those rates run2 A,
Thirty days, II f1recollect right.
@. understand you to say that all these
logs that you settled with Mr.. Comstock and
paid the State for were cut as trespasse
A. Yes, sir; there were no written per-
mits that know Of; don't recollect of
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