The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-10-31


On Sunday morning the undersigned,
with Doctors John ID. Henry and Ezra
Strong, who attended Morgan through sew
eral fits of sickness. and Mr.. Lester Boards
lee, and Russell Dyer, who we're intimate
ly acquainted with him, arrived at the
mouth of the creek: Mrs. Morgan and
several witnesses from Batavia came soon
afterwards The coroner issued his war
rant for a new inquest. Before noon, from
$50 to 200 citizens, from the distance OF
to 20 miles arrived. Before Mrs. Morgan
crossed the creek, and before the body was
taken from the grave, DIR. Henry took from
the lips of Mrs. Morgan and wrote down
minute description of the person OF her
husband, and of the marks by which she
expected to identify him. She had turn-
ished, and gave to DIR. Henry, the two
teeth extracted by DIR. Strong, and told
him from what part of the upper jaw they
were taken, and described the situation
and appearance of the broken tooth: she
stated also, that there was scar and cal
GUS on the great toe of the left foot, occa-
stoned by being frozen in such a way as to
render an incision necessary, and the bone
affected to be scraped.
.SiiIimdn HorSie found the body on the
shore of the Lake, lying on the face, head
towards the shore, and one hand and one
foot, just in the edge of the water.
Lester Beardsiee testified, that he had
examined the head of the body that he
knew William Morgan, and saw him in
August, before he was missing that the
shape of Morgan's head, his hair, and his
ears, were similar to those features on. the
body. Morgan showed witness his teeth
about four years ago, which were what is
commonly called double teeth all round
there were no teeth gone at that time.
/ The teeth in this body are double teeth,
similar to Morgan's. Morgan's ears were
filed with hair, more than people in gener-
al, which was long and white his beard
was grey; he wore no whiskers, that | re-
member; he was bald on the top Of his
head, and the hair behind, and at the sides
of his head, was long and usually combed
up, to cover his badness: he had small
nose; Morgan had more hair on his breast
! than most people, and full chest, in which
respect the body resembles him. Morgan
had light eyes; lightish complexion; his
height corresponds with that of the body !;
should think Morgan was over 80 years of
! age. Witness thinks that this boGy IS The
\ body of WiIiiam Morgan.
1hunoW feed, being sworn, says-That
he came here, in company with others, on
Saturday last, to examine the body, and
that he assisted in disinterring it. He says
that Mr.. Fitch, in describing the head and
hair of Morgan, before the grave was
opened, stated that his ears were full of
long grey hairs. Upon looking into the
ears of this body, witness did not find the
hairs so thick as Mr.. Fitch represented,
(although several long and grey remained
there,) but that in the course ofthe eXamin-
alton, he found mass of hair lodged in the
bottom of the ear, corresponding with the
hair described by Mr.. Fitch, which had ev-
identity dropped out, and fell into the ear
witness took this hair out in the presence
of Mr. Dyer and Mr.. Byington. To-day,
having better view of the right ear, many
hairs, long and grey, are to be seen there.
Russell Dyer testified, that he knew VIII
liam Morgan; that he has seen the body,
and thinks it is the body of William Nor
gan. The shape of Morgan's head his
hair; his double teeth iii front, were SINH
lar to this body. Morgan had one tooth
gone in the upper jaw, and the next one to
1t was broken or split, in which respect the
body resembles him: when witness heard
the report of the Coroner in relation to the
body, which was published, in which it was
er jaw, witness then said, that if the teeth
were gone from the lower jaw of the head
of this body, it could not he the body of
William Morgan. Witness then declared
he had no doubt bit this as the body UIllianl
Morgan.
{ George W. Harris testified, that he knew
William Morgan, and that he has seen the
body; witness is silversmith in Batavia,
! and Morgan used to shave at glass in
, witness shop, and witness remarked that
Morgan shaved higher up his face, than any
man witness ever saw this body has been
shaved, as appears by the beard, almost up
, to the eyes. The size and shape of Nor
gans fingers and finger nails were similar
to those of this body. Morgan had double
chm, and though the face of the body is
much swollen it has the appearance of hav-
ing adouble chin. Morgan had fine sett
, OF teeth, and had lost some, the vacancies
OF which he showed when he grated his
teeth or laughed ; he had an extreme full
chest, and his bosom was covered with a
quantity of grey hair. The color of his
5 hair was the same as that of this body ;
, Morgan was not far from so years of age,
l should think, and he was about five feet
eight inches high; he had a tapering arm
} and hand, and small wrist he had a
lump, or protoburance on his head, little
above his forehead, and observed SINH
lar appearance upon this body. Witness
JeeLs satisfied, beyond doubt, that this is the
body Of William Morgan.
Lucinda Morgan testifed-That she was
the wife of William Morgan, of Batavia.
ne last time she saw him was the 18th OF
September, 1896: he had on then blue
} coat, blue vest, and blue pantaloons the
, pantaloons of different kind of cloth from
: the coat and vest; he never wore flannel
SHIRT, but wore flannel wrappers; he had
J on boots and woolen socks; the boots
; were Old and worn, and thinks they were
cali skin: he had on white neck hand
kerehlet and linen shirt, and had FLAG