Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-27
Space, VI. NJ 3m. m. lyr,
mOr%RM's Zones

There is much excitement at Batavia, IL
GoDeseo o3uuty, New York. q. The dis,5yety CT
@hat are supposed to be the remains of VIM
Morgan, the mao who betrayed the tcte!s Of
tho Ficenusous fly. five years sg> aad vas Cd.
dcc:ed ard dis' p oeared bsfore tie volume he
had prepaItd sss given 10 tho puIlc. The
d;.cJvery WAS msds By somo men Who were en-
g'gtd 10 removing 1anliy of jirt TO opeu 8
stone qlsrrV near lne town Of Pembroke, about
eleven miles from B.tavis. The bones has
breu covered Hith layers Of r,ca ADD dirt, AID
the absence Of ,:iakets di:pallad euy idea of the
reu,slas bspg thJse Of 50 todi.o. A search
vas usde 10 Il I'd cue to ths idonti of the
dead mag, AID at last silver riug Wts toued
90 wlich w,s ths mouogram. Nv. NJ" tbc
initials Of William Morg,u. A Ii:tle tin bcx
Has Is, f'aud, which dropped to pieces IS il
ass ras from its rcs:irg pIaot. Within it
@ss crunpled peco of psp,r. with wiring
scarcely gible, but with the aid of ni,ro-
&C zoe the words, "Masons" ""Li ar" "psisop," ="
"K!lt" and the full lane, Henry Brown,"
watc plsibly visible. Tne namc OF Hoo:;
3raan is significant, because at the linc
Of Morgan's disappearance lawyer ty tbst
nsmo va rronocnt Mason of Bua-
via, VINO attergards published narrative
Of tho sn,l Masonic ex,i,emeot. Ia tSat book,
OF which few oopiss are s.I!! iu exlateuo,, the
au!hor admits that Morgan was ABDUCTED, tu
STRIVES TO show that there ia 90 pr0of that be
vas murdered. If the manuscript should u.p
out to ba threatening letter sigred by Brow;
The Inference will ba irrosS i)le :h.t tn, re.
mains are actually tbosn Of William Morsu.
MOrrso was ustve OF Virgins, md w. nn,n
il CuIaeper oouoy lu IT'S OF bis early his
tory hns !''ls is snoWo, except ths he Vas
cap'alo Ii G!n. Jicksoo' 8 srny, aoi { .u2ht 9 ID
distinguished himself at the battle OF New o.
leafs. La 1919 he WAS mar.ed to Mis Luc ud.
PeedeoD, OF RonmnLd. AID tRo ,eus later
ne moved to Canada, where he erg,pad il basi
ness as brewer, near York, 10 the UDpsr Pro
VICE., His breaery wss destroyed by 6ro snort
" stler. Wnen be removed to Rochester, New
I0rd. and then tie sNtled 10 Batavia, wok'ny
os ssone~m,son. Tie lived nsre TIL hi4 sb-
duoion, 10 1926. and he Vas Yer seen again.
lie had taken tie lover degrees of Mas ,nry 10
the South. and 10 1921 he Was made O Roys,
Arch Nlsson in Ls Roy, Gencsseo c;uoIy
Es,y ia the ysar Of 1926 Morgan oot ,vcd The
id, tf expo.iog the secrets of Fr,emssouly:
a%d, 10 carry bis idea into execution. be
| III u"o VIII OUi. D3SlQ u.
Mi.r, The proprietor Of prioting oti,s ip
Ba;avis. He Was to furnish .hs maeuscriot,
aad miller was to d. the priotiug. Two other
m"u. John DaVids aud Russell! D, or, were
admitted 10 the partnership. They were The
capitalists of the ooro:rn, and the four M q
we're to STARE the rrc6 of the work equally.
As 5000 as the book vas anucuncad, there was
6 determioati to prevent the publication,
With this Of sot, Morgan was arrested 90 the
chafge OF l.rcaoy, tui this fa'log, he was
Committed to tie Canahd.igu, jill frr small
daht. Early 90 tbs ncrains Of September ~ h,
1926 ena Lotsn L,sson appeared a. The jali
spd paid Mofeau's debt. wheu bo was ics 40 liz
released; A. the door ho vas sciz ID by Lawson
and tbree olhers and forced iuto a carriage,
Which WAS driven toward Rochester. Fr.m
!hsra he vas taken to Fort Niagara spd across
the Canudian border, disappearing forever lr IN
huIsa sishs. Aa attemps to burn Mi!ier's
priuios o6i.s sad TO capture the mauuscript
both mIcrri I'd. so that the book waa published
but tho authur reVor saw it. la 1927 tho body
of man fouod drowned was buried uuder the
supp lsluoa that it vas that ef Morgan, and
though Afterwards diSprov2d, ttoce are mauy
who SKILL beVe it, ard jaos vas 90 loot to
crtct monument on his bui.l psos This
ne" discovery 8il probably cau,e c1apge 10
tbe programme.