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Show 3 . 1 - 2 -3 WILLIAM E . OLIVER For Defendant ( Record , Vol . ( liH 25 ) , pp . ( 447-5-447S 4475447S ) ) ( He Ile ) resides in Blanding , Utah , ( and -Ind Ind ) first ( 'eanie eanie ) to ( Blanding Blaiiding ) ( from froin ) New1vlexico in 1911 . ( He J-Te JTe ) is a cattle ( man n-i-in niin ) and in riding the range ( he lie ) ( lias has ) had occasion at times to come to Bluff and in ( the flie ) vicinity of Bluff and below . ( R . 4475 . ) He believes in about 1912 , after ( he lie ) moved to ( Blanding Blandin-1- Blandin1 ) ( from fi-oiyi fioiyi ) New Mexico , ( he lie ) saw ( a -I I ) boat party ( 011 on ) the ( San Sall ) Juan River about five miles above Bluff . There were two people in the boat and they also ( had 1-tad 1tad ) a barrel . He ( doesn't doesnt ) know ( whether -NATliether NATliether ) or not the supplies were carried in the barrel , but supposed ( they -they they ) were . It was about a ( forty-gallon fortygallon ) barrel . ( R . ( 4476 4,476 ) . ) He saw these ( men inen ) later in Bluff , but ( not iiot ) in the boat . He saw them ( going goilig ) from the store down to the river , ( and Ind ) he followed them . down , but ( he lie ) ( doesn't doesnt ) know what became of ( them then-1 then1 ) . He only ( knows h-nows hnows ) they went off down the river . ( Pie Re ) ( has bas ) a ranch west of Bluff and had ( some sonie ) of ( his 1iis ) cattle down there . ( He Fle ) saw one boat on the river below Bluff with two ( men nien ) in it . ( R . ( 4477 4,477 ) . ) He saw them from the ( riin rim ) ( and aiid ) . the ( men ineii ) ( appeared Cappeared ) to be ( working workiug ) the ( sand salid ) , panning it out . This was about two miles below ( John's Johns ) Canyon , and was five or six years ago . ( R . ( 4477-4478 4,477-4478 ) . ) |