Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-03-23

witness which he refused to do ald nearly, IL not
quite all the other jurors sustained the witness in his
refusal During the pending OF the inquiry before the jury,
the room, and retire 20 private
room with Bruce aud there remain Tor considerable ime.
don Fox who all tes when properly asked testified
the fact Of Bruce riding with him. onthe drivers seat OF the
carnage wnvn TSa o drove sna wnSh snd n must have
required great ingenuity to prevent this witness ron ss
that fact AMONG other Witnesses examined were
Adams the feryman at Youngstown Edvar Doyle pahurst
Whitney, Noah Beach and Samuel n. Chubbuek- These
mentioned because they familiar to those who
have read the trials the very individuals who must have
known all about the transaction does not appear that any
ofhem, this OCCASION rosedto the ground that
such might ermnate themselves. BY what device they
satisfied their conscience and avoided disclosing the truth
may perhaps be explained by what Edward Gddns says in
his almanac for $780, at D. as During the winter he
had frequent conversations with masons the same SUBJECT
a Of used the same argument and concluded sy urging
nothing about he affair ,ha they thought themselves justi-
fed in doing SO. by the nature of their mason
&c oaths, which they never could think of break
ing 'And,' he says, that in order to dis
pei his doubts, he was particularly referred to
that clause of the royal arch mason's obliga-
Ition, which binds them to rescue companion,
whether right or wrong The unsullied char
acter of this man for truth has lately been SO
thoroughly tested, and so triumphantly estab-
lished, that nothing need be said to impress AZ
my one with the absolute verify of any relation
he deliberately makes
6 The conduct Of this grand jury, and Of the
witnesses, has been dwelt upon with some mi
lnuteness, as furnishing evidence which no dis
passionate mind can resist, of the awful prosti-
tuition of the most sacred Offices of justice, and
of the dreadful suppression of truth, produced
by masonic obligations The cap-stone of this
Iedi6ce Of guilt and infamy yet remains to be
lexhibted. Seventeen of this grand Jury made
a formal representation to the governor OF the
state, that, after long, laborious. and par
lticular examination of all the witnesses, it did
not appear that Eli Bruce, or any other person
named, was guilty of, or accessory to, the alb
iduction of William Morgan:' and they make
known to the governor the result Of their inqui-
fries. that blame may not rest on the Innocent
1t would scarcely be believed that the Eli
Bruce, here referred to is the same man who
has been proved. over and over again, by the
same witnesses who were examined BY that iu.
| ry, TO have been the chief actor in conducting
Morgan through Niagara county, who hired
horses twice and carriage once for the pur-
lPose, and who has himself, in open court, sworn
| that he did so!
The next grand jury that assembled in Nj.
lagara, IN May, 1927, consisted of nineteen
persons, Of whom fourteen were well known
b.
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mo con,nl,;nt yv.s ,,Js - ,hsn,e H.. .".
leyer was ,asseJ -, ~ Isn;sI,,,,ra ~, Nv
directing Grand ;,,rors 10 h. selected bv 'I IL,
If ON list 20 he rst,,rns,, b., .own of;csr. A.
soon &C Ibis Law ,Dsn, ~ a.. ;..;a,
grand ;,rors ,vsrs ohta;naJ LII :, M:s
County con,nl,;nts rsra ,,aJ. I'ac, - .sas"
Itbe Latter nprt oS ,hs u.ar LII ;ss;o. I'm. IN
found AGAINST William zinc Ezet;s, I"ma..
FI;sh, dana. sni", eng 11 EzIs'e, Jewets
Rrow, pasLh,,ro. w.. su,. FREEMAN
otby Oh ,w W;I,;,n, MI. III NJ
Chybbmcl yv;ii;an, K;nm ,.a AUG oa.nuei w
of The 80. ..,.noa"L, ing was es'es'neu one
hay;no renrossntoJ;. ~, . .L =. ue IoIn'F
IN tbno s.ate Iso;sIa..- T ont 't1iie oeIore
verv resnsc,ahss ans ,s.s ,,a,a Iewe.' was
ernn,ent ~, tate Sha, ' SRo g. y! .ne gov
and r. nan saAI ~. VI TOT, Niagara; he
was tha msu oo'" ' We'. EhSha ADAMS