The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-12

= 4 Sonar or ANrr-F ssosrc HisroRr- TIE
FATE or MORGAN AZ TOLD BY THUaLow
WEED -[From VIeed's letter to the New
York Rerald.]- I did not personally KNOW
William Nor AN, who was for more than TWO
months wr' ding his book In house aoJo'n'
Ing ms re Atdesce. al Rochester. Wnen ap-
plted'to By Mr.. Dyer, my next-door ne'gn.
Dor, ,Shere Morgan boarded, to print Inc
| BOOK purportng 10 disclose the secrets OF
! Masonry. decliredto do so, believing that
a man Who bad taken an oath to keep Sc
| eret had no right to disclose it. Although
not Ereemasou l lad entertained faVera-
HE opipions of an institution to when
. washington, Franklin, and Lafayette De-
iorecd. On my refuSN to print bis DOCK
Morgan removed to Batavia. where ne
made the acquaintance of David Z. MIL
Ter. editor of the Allocate. also Mason
who BECAME his publisher. pass briefly over
. series of facts which were ludtcfaliy estaD'
iished. embracing the arrest OF Morgan, bis
y !. conveyance to an6confuement IN the county
u Jail AT tapandairaa, from which he was re
+ leased and conveyed by night in close car
y RACES through Rochester Garrison, ane
. alone tie Ridge road to Fort Niagara, 10 tn'
1ospazine of which be was oennnea. We'H
) Thus couined Knight ehapiar encan1'
g. ment was installed at Lewiston. Wneh q
supper, the zeal and enthusiasm OF 10
y TempEsrs lEving been aroused BY spee2ne
&c AMI wine. Colonel William King, OF LOCK
,ort irsyite1 four men dWhitney. Howard
u Ch,,,.butsS, and Gars1de, from their seats
;, the f,epn,1eting tabae into an ad 1niD
3 anartme1,t, where he Informed them eaat .
had an .order from the Grand Master ~
VI witt OEn,op), the execution Of WHICH re
e ouire,l their assistance. This party YRS toe
81 dr;yep TO Niagara, reuching the fett It'll
VI heforcS2 O'Clock.
~ JInan entering the magazine COLONEL KID
VI ioforpsed Morgan that his friends had con
"a y,letcd their arrangements for his removal
~ spds-esidence upon q farm in Csnsds. MO-
NC van walked with then 10 the whais, Wher
~ q kost was held 10 readiness for them q
e elisha Adams, an iu7slid soldter,'!hto Whlc
~ the marty passed and rowed aWsy, Adam
% rsr,,sining to warn the boat OF 5y slgnal
- on ITS return any alarm bad been gHVeo.
e y, WIS nesry 2 o'csacS in the moFStug Whe
~ the boat came hsGk, having, as Adams e2
~ PRESSED it, lost one man, only five OF the 81
~ being on board when the boat returned
"a when the boat reached point where tr
=: Niagara river eneties into LakesOntarlo,
al. rope being wound around morgan Doos,
oil either end Of which a sinker was attacGet
~. t,lse was thrown overheard. 1t IS 'due to tt
III memory of Governor Clinton TO say Int
i(0lonel King had no such order and no al
&C. thority to make use Of his name. 1t is PR
.eS ser, also, to add that none OF these men su
n u: ave. John Whitney, of Rochester, whoi
w w ! knew we'll, related all the Circumstance
y, connected with the last act in that fraSeo
"a. n TO me at AN any 10 1881. in the presence
; ne Simeon B. Jewett, OF Clarkson, and samu
Barton, of Lewiston.
ed EThurow Weed must be in his dolas
eel His story is foolish and ncredibe-too al
surd for serious contradiction