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Q. 259 You do not know that there were any
other directors, then?

A. I do not.

Q. 260 Did Charles Crocker seem to have the
whole control of the affairs of the Contract
and Finance Company?

A. He and the secretary.

Q. 261 Do you think these other persons whom
I have named could have been directors of that
company all this time without your knowing it?

A. They might.

Q. 262 "You"[crossed out] How near was your own secretary's
office to the office of the Contract and
Finance Company?

A. About six feet.

Q. 263 Were you in the habit of going in there?

A. I was.

Q. 264 Daily?

A. Daily, almost. — I will amend an
answer I made about the directors. I suppose
Sam Hopkins was a director of the Contract
and Finance Company, for the same reason
that I suppose Charles Crocker was.

Q. 265 Mr. Cohen: Do you recollect the time
when Charles Crocker ceased to be president
of the Contract and Finance Company?

A. I do not.

Q. 266 Do you recollect the time when he

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