, 1870-05-15

clusiyo one, upon tho question, Was Morgan
! They *ere beid at Lock port and canamlai-
qua, within the spacs Of very few .e,rn a:ior
by such emincnt Jurists Al Judge Selsou, Mar
fJ, and Thfoop. have room merely to glance
al tbs singular spectacle Afforded upon these
t1{aIa, ok several Of tho most respectable cisi-
gems refusing TO-, Answer upon tLa witness
stand, on the prrte1t .hat theiE ans'ers might
subject them 70 punishment for eozno ofeucr,
md euHArir0 fine and Impsisonment for their
contempf~ The most conapicuoua example nf
this conduct Has Ell Efuce, then SheE1f Of
Niagara County, who Eas not only hoed and
imprisoned, but also deprived Of his oncs BY
TIC testimony OF Masonic witnesses (snnng
uthet3 Lotan LAWSON, ono Of tho actuA ab-
ductors), established the following facts:
That there had been much talk aud consult
ation hrncng sssonst, previous to the shdnc-
d a9 i sb. ssd Ms1s9s bs 9pssSt !, M
ated from Miller md his ba.avia 1r;enas-
LAWSON testified that although Morgan strug-
g,ed and naIo Doiso At tirat, upon being
piaesd. in - = carnage, and once
sa .n,s % s saitsa as5 H., Sa ss Es'! pdsss dSs
wrong, and that it would be hestf for him 70 gel
away from Miller, 80 that the book could not.
he puhtished:- The carriage passes On to hoch-
ester and thence west on the ridge road, Mus-
gan agreeing to 50. AeLockputea cell had
6een lifted Up for lis reception, but tho vehicle
With its occupants came no nearer thae Placo
than W1ight'a Corner, On tho ridge. MAsons
unly had Communication With the insida Of the
carriage, and no disturbance appeatu to haTa
proceeded from it after leaving Canaudaagna,
except that at ono p1aco throats WcTe
heard. Tho carriage proceeded west to
Lewiston and thenca to Fo1t Niagara. At
| that point the driver was ordered to stop
near ne graveyard ; hc dd 50, and four men
| got out and entered the enclosure, when hs
was ordered away. This was about midnight
| of the 18th. The pu1poeo Of this nocturnal
visit was doubtless Intimidation. Il appears
| from the testimony Of N.sona, that pEepasa-
tions had been made some days before for the
reception Of Morgan 1t tho fort, and that he
morning Of September Il unsA tho 18th fol-
! lowing. When first brought to the fort he
| wna blindfolded, and his arms were pnioued.
| bpt Ehila confined in the nasgazine he WAS
] not bound or blinded He was quite
noisy at first, aud prominent Aasons Nero
wife and children, and several times made usa
Of tho strange oppression, VIII ssa1ve heee+
| doctor, rather than bc blcd to death BY you"
! There WIS no doctor near him, nor Was there
| any talk Of bleeding lin and the use Of these
words impress ms with the belief that ths
! He was constantly visited in his prison; food
| MAS furnished him !; ho WAS frequently THREAT
ened, and efforts werc male to indnce hlm TO
tell whare tho manuscripts OF his book were
hidden Various eonsultations were held in
| and about the fort, a. to tho disposition
| to be mado of the prisoner, and three lis
tinct propositions were made ; To settle him
| on farm in Cnoads; to deliver him over to
! the Masonic commander OF some RHiah war
vessel at Montreal or Quebec; and 70 drov,1
him in the ritter. Tho last proposition vas
strenuously opposed, the witnesses in ora or
| two instances being those who opposed it.
High words and quarrcls ensnesi tho councils
became divided !; and whom On Septembar u,
ls26. Morgan disappeared from the magazine
| Of his fata. Not one OF those who were sworn
| on the srials, and who answered. were present
| at tho magazine when he was taken out Of it,
nor could they lean hia fate.ie)
Was be- murdered?
contributed nothing To the solution Of this
| great mystery. Rumors from over the ses
have como TO US Of William Morgan, seen alive
and well, at Smyrna in Asia, and elasnha1e.
people who maintain tho startling theory
that tho disappearance and continued absence
Of William Morgan werp aNaira IN which he
himae1f 4 pdrf1eeps crinninls, brought entirely
by slrewa politicians, for the purpoae Of
building up new political party. And others
ell that in the darkuess Of September nights
they had with their Owl eyes seen the disem-
bodied spi,it Of tic murdered Morgan hoget-
ing over the water where his body wAs sunk. I
remember to have seen some vesaes On the
eubject in print, beginning thus
| There walks on wild Niagaza1s wave
| Deep IN the ' whelming t1e."
There was time. fifteen months after this
disappearance Of Morgan- when it WIS widely
believed that tho mystery of his fate had been
solved By his Own appearance from tho wate-y
grave as witness. A desd body was brought
ashore by the winds md waves on tho strand
OF Lako Ontario. in the vicinity OF Fort Mig
ara; and although the action Of the elements
had denuded it az clothing, nnd changed the
features past recognition scores OF W1tnesses
came forward and identified i bcfe Cor
oner'a jury as the corpse Of William Morgan
I striking physical pecnliantE OF tho missing
! man-the presence Of double TOW of teeth
! in the lower inv, which these rem1ins were
! found to exactly reproduce. The evidence Of
phyrieAAa. however, disclosed the fact that
only the early Indications Of pudefact1on az
peared, and that the general condition Of tho
remains showed conc1usively that they had
| not been in the water moro than two months
while It vas claimed shat Morgan had been
murdered more than year before this NAN
could have been drowned. In defiance Of this
| evidence the Jury found th4t tho body was
! that Of the missing Morgan, and it was in
tered as his very short time elapsed be-
fore ii was e1humed, snd positively identified
I a. that Of man we'll known to his frisnds, who
hsd been lost b, the river Abovc tho Falls some
The book purportine to be MorEan's, which
] was published after bis disappearance, had
vide CIRCULATION, although doubts vero
thrown out Of ite authenticity: It was the pt-
oneer Of flood Of timiar publications, many
! Of which are still extant, and occasionally
| throw cheap edition on the market.
| The immediate effect OF this ''disclasure
| Of the secrets OF Fteeulasonry-in connection
! With The onus Of The morgan murder "'-wns
1 30 Wv
scribe It's influence. 1t Was also the occasion
Of the inception and growth OF another secret
order, known AZ "Odd Fellows" which, for
time, threatened to entirely Bnpersede FREQ
matony.
IL not at Ill Improbable that the whole truth
! concerning the disappearance Of William Nor
gan will yet be known. Whichever Of tho
theories regarding It be true, there nre doubt
1ef: men living to-day in !. To State o. o. New
cesled: and It is not putting too great trust
desth-bed will one day ansuef the interesting
histozsco-po political 4uety-Waa Morgan mur-
icred7
oAlbert Il. Tracy. bFrancts Granger. eJoseph
dWiljlapp Writ, Of Maryland, for President and
Amos Hlnaker, Of Pennsylvania, for Vice Fres3-
dent -, .t-,-r
to sav that these facts derived from repoFts OF
The trials In his possession, printed N 1ss, lsss.
and 1880. Itls thought best TO suppress me names
Of witnesses, rs many Of them haze rclanFcs snk-
ytsIng, IL whom this connection must be an an-
, | peasant one. J..
II was with reference to this occurrence and 90
the dtenuta which arose o. to whether the corpse
was Of Eas not that Of Morgan, that ulsao-
uuished politician ls reputed TO have uSed t9e nov
, | familiar expression, 4flts y good enough Morgan
| | TIL after election
John OF Tours
{otp fNKNCu.}
John OF Tours IL back with peace,
Uut be comes home III al eaae.
uGood.un.ro1 mother.r tA3ood-morroW, Soo
Your wife nas borne you Little one"
' AGO now, mother, 20 before,
II Make me q bed npon the 1oof:
II "very low ynur foot must fall,
/ That my wife hear not ut al :"
As It peared the midnight tp1,
John Of Tours gave up his soQl.
"Teu nc now, my mother dezE.
What's the crying snat hear:"
D "Daughter, the children arc awake,
Crying with their teeth thAt acht."
aTeIl me- though, my mother dear,
~ Whats the knocking ttAt neaTT
t "Daughter, tts the carpenter
Aenalng planks npon the atalr"
>, arrrn mo tn nv rnntner dear.