, 1875-08-12
IN GOOD ENOUGH MORGAN
'Thurlow Wcrd's "Reminiscences
OF tho Ol1-'rimo Tragedy.
A Double Identification Of n Drowned
binn---1yns II Morgan or
Monroe

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supaeauehtiy OF general lnqn1fiea and excite"
'nc'lt. This Ia known and remembered a. tho
"alotean Abduction" Having teeu oonnectcd
,nt, ,,rsl,too ~, =. H. n,,i,o, -, ~, .ru e.
''s s''u'h''oo ~" 40 '"s ea'.os u ~ a"',sa"s
foh.e Journal. hnFo hecn called On by tho Now
York Herald for information concerning the
t,y,n .l,caod II In that ~ wtl,l.r sforoan Int
st"i.'. ~ W ~ ~ n.', .cs.osta u.-
cia''nea a,aer"aru ~ po tno pooJ ot A'mo.of
aionToc. The Allegations or muttlatinR that
ica efrect and Of boastug thai 1t was "soo,l
ouo,rh sforran M af,cr tl,o o]ootinn" wrro
tsn .'.,t',ss, sau'san ,n ales .ae "uo,o "ut' .,s
rn""cls h@uS' "'ae'y c'rc'tate"' 'ha u. o's'
'a.'ee generally believed. wns painfully con.
Bcioua Of this In meeting strapEera at homo aud
abroad for mora than fnrtv year..
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.,'.~ Wv W.. te'e'a15 Ano" "'ufn. n.o'sH"'
"ho VAS 1o9 moro thah TWO months whiting h'a
book in house adjoining my rdHtaeuco, nt
Itochestcr, When ppp,lei to bv MIR. Dyer. NV
next.t,oor noichhor. rl,or, bIo1o.n bo.r,tnt n
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wv 0so- pott' nt ~ "'e"no Hie neoie
Ok Masonry declined to do 10. believing that q
no right to disclose It,, Although not FREQ
Mosnn had erto,ta;,od favoreh,o or,rIonu
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~ :. sa 'asutu''on 10 WHICH HnsnlnGtou' flank-
print his book Morgan removed to BataYia
Nhero lo made tho acquaintance OF David q.
MILLER, editor Ut tho Advocate, also
Alaeni', VINO pecamo us pnbl,shef' peas
t'!cIaily established, embracing tho arrest Of
Morgan. his conveyance 70 aud confinement In
tho Uounty Jall at tCananda1gus, fsom which ho
WAS released anu conveyed " night III closo car
riagGs 81 through lsocnohteft Clarkson' anu along
sho Ridge lioad to Fort Niagara IN tho mag@-
zine OF Wh!ch he WAS contiued. While thus con-
hnou Knight Templar encompnent was In:
stalled ct Lewiston. When At aupper tho zoai
anu enthusiasm Of tic IemPiars l!aslnE Geen
hfouec0 " tEeeoAeh anu Wlhcs IQl Miiliatn
Hing, Of Lockport, iu7ited four men (Whitney,
Howard. Chubbnck, aud uasBido} from
their soatH nt tho bauQnotinE tab!o into
al adjoining apartment, where ho IN
formed them thHs hc Ind an ordor
from tho titasld htassor tDo WITT CAnton}, tho
execution OF which required tlie'E ASSISTANCE
Ibla partV VAS tben urlynn 10 hlAXatat reaahlDE
tho fort a ltttlo before II O'Clock.
THE MURDER or MORGAN,
formed Morgan TINT his friends had completed
thur arrnngemsMts for his removal to and rehi.
deneo upon tar1n IN Ca!'a'su. Morgan walled
With them 20 the "hArs. Wilero boat was held u
soldier. into which the party paesed and sowel
away, Adams 1onIan1ng 70 warn The boat OF "
signal II on IT. retnrn any alarm had been given 1t
ras nsarly O'clock lis tho morning #son tho boat
man only hre Of tho six bo;nR % board vhon tho
boat returned. When tito boht reaohed point
Where the NinEHra lissr en'pttesinto Lake oneA-
r'o. ropo being wound Around MorsAnA body, to
oithor ond OF which niukor Fas attached, bo
waa thro1n overheard. 1t 10 due to The maunory
OF Gov: Clinton to say that Col! King Ind no
such order, aud no authority To mako uso Of hls
naIue. 1t Ia proper, alao. to add that nono OF
thoso mon survive. john Whitney, OF lsoehos-
tot. whom knew go roi'. rolatea all tho carcurn-
" to ME, at Albany in 1Ssl. IN tue presonee OF
simeon j.. Iowett, OF Ciarkson, and Samuel
barton, Of Lewiston.
T. oo.o,.x ,pG1 rISD1so :f TnE Emo nonf' 49,
abduction of Morgan, body driftod on shore
near Hmall creek winch entered into Lnso On
tario. 4 Cosoner's snquest "as held, and yor-
aiss renaerea tGas !. was sLo oody IN .,nknoMn
scr,pttoo Of tho body. and publIshed II along
With tho finding Of tho Jury III All Orloans Coun-
ty newspaper. That description attracting tho
attention OF porsons well acquainted With Nor
honf oA~+to@ t1A14Aohali0 tHsSASoh = Ao Hauof!
and several Intimate frionas OF Morgan oesmed
20 confident that y vas bis body that the Com
mitteo appointed TO investighte the abduction de-
sortnined 10 hold ahotaer Inquest OF which public
notice VISA givon. On tho day appointed some
sixty or seventy people assembled At the month
OF OAK Orchard Crock. Hhera tha 5oaY OF tue
unknowa man was inicrrsa- Before opening
tho grava Airs. Morgan md u. stronK described
ccftaln marks upon alofenn's body, by mosua Of
which 1t could 10 iaensthed- Wien tue sude
coffin mas opened tho body IT. contained dis
closed tho pocnl'asitles described. and aftos DO.
lthoEato examination tho Jurors declared II
unanimously tue body OF William Morgan:
FROM tho verdict no one pFeRent d'aaentod, aud
ior week Or ten aaSa tho question seomed set"
tod. .--.... ...-..
TIE nopY CLAIMED AGAIN.
Later n October thoFo came fonort that tho
body declared to bo thas Of William Morgan vas
claimed oy lts family 70 fte thai Of Timothy
Monroe' Canadlan gaso *aa swept In small
nnst over Nssg,fs ass aessn Gays previous t
mouth Of Oak Orchard Crcok. The remalna in
tue Meantime had hoen takon bJ Mra. Morgan
m Nrta 4 fhfrf1 tnn tyrt }rf mi hA11