Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

to hold another inquest. Impressed
with the responsibility ana importance
Of the question, ! gave public notice
OF our intention, and personally it
vited several citizens who had known
Morgan to be present.
One of eur committee went 20 Ba,a
via to secure the attendance Of Mrs
Morgan ana rs many others who
knew him as would attend The body
had been inferred where twas found.
The rude coffin was opened in the
presenceCf between 80 and 90 persons.
When it was reached, and before re-
moving the nd, l received from Ms
Morgan and others who knew him
well, descriptions OF hic person. Mrs.
Morgan described the color Of his hair,
and scar up@n his foot, and that his
teeth were double all around. DR..
Strong confirmed Mrs. Morgsn's state
men, about double teeth, one of which
he had extracted, while another was
broken, indicating the position of the
extracted and broken teeth. When
the coffin was opened the body dis
closed tue pecularities described by
Mrs. Morgan and DR.. Strong. This
second inquest aud the examination of
the body proceeded in open day, and
in the presence of mssons and anti
masons, not one Of whom dissented
from the coroner's jury, by which the
body was unanimously declared to be
that Of William Morgan. Mrs. Morgan
in her testimony failed TO recognizes
tae clothes
The body was taken TO Batavia,
where it was Inferred, no one 90 vet
expressing any doubt of it's identity.
subsequently, however, we were sur
prised by statement that the body
supposed to be that Of Morgan was
alleged 20 be the body of Timothy
Monroe who hCd been drowned in the
Niagara River several weeks before
holding the first inquest. This awaken
ed general and intense feeling. Notice
was given tnat n third inquest would
be held ut Batavia, where the widow
and son of Monroe appeared as wit
neeses. Mrs. Monroe swore to body
essentially different from that found at
Lake Orchard Creek. Her husband,
she said, had black hair that had been
recently cut, and stood erect Her
testimony made her husband from
three to four inches taller than the body
in question. She testified that her
husband had double teeth all around,
and described an extracted tooth from
the wrong Jaw, and knew nothing of
the broken tooth. The hair upon the
body of the drowned man was long,
silky, and of chestnut color, while
that of Monroe, according to the testi-
mony of Mrs. Monroe and her son,
was short, black, and close-cut.
"While Mrs. Monroe failed in des-
cribing the body her description Of
the clothing was infinitely accurate
The heel OF his stocking was described
as having been darned with yarn
different in color. Her cross.examina-
ton was very rigid, and her answers
throughout were found to be correct.
The clothing thus described had been
IN possession OF the coroner, who testi-
fed that it had not been seen either by
Mrs. Monroe or any stranger from
whom she could have obtained infor-
mali0n. On the oth,r hand, Mrs.
Morgan's description of the body be-
fore she had seen it was quite as salts
factory rs Mrs. Monroe's description
Of the clothes. Our committee took
no part i'll the third inquest, and the
body, rs is known, was declared to be
that Of Monroe"
This affidavit Of Weed is sworn to
before Spencer G. Doty, Notary Pub.
lie, of II Union Square New York
City.