Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-02
turned, he supposed that one had gone to
his friends in Canada.

his friends in Canada.
Adams was wanted as witness in trial.
then pending in Canandaigua. w
reached that place in the afternoon of tht
day the court convened. Three men wer.
on trial for abducting Morgan. The testi
mony of Adams was essential to com
plete the link. On being called to tn,
stand he denied all knowledge bearing
upon the question. He resided, he said
at the time specified, in the fort, hut knew
of no man being confined in the maya
zine, and knew nothing of men coming
there at night in a carriage, and knew
nothing of man being taken from ther,
in boat. His denials covering the Who'll,
ground were explicit. That, for the time
being, ended the matter. When the cour
adjourned I walked across the squar.
with Judge Howell, who presided, ani
who remarked to me that I had made {
long journey for nothing, my witness
Adams, being ignorant of the whole affair
General Vincent Mathews, of Rochester
who was walking on the other side of the
judge, replied with much feeling shat the
old rascal had not uttered one word of
truth while he was on the stand"
ADAMS TESTIMONY.
Gen. Mathews was the leading counse
| for the Mdnapsrs, but refused to be g
party in tampering with witness. On on,
return to Rochester the witness Adams was
in an extra stage with his Masonic friends
AS there was no longer any need of hiding
he was on his way to Niagara. In passing
| the Mansion house, Rochester, Adams, who
| was standing in the doorway, asked me to
stop, saying he wanted to explain the testi-
mony. The lawyers, he said, informed
him that if he told what he knew about the
magazine and the boat, it would be con-
fession that would send him to the state
prison. They also told him that the law
did not compel witness to criminate
himself,and to avoid punishment, he must
deny the whole story.
In 1881, after my removal from Roches-
ter to Albany, libel suit was commenced
against me by General Gould, of Roches-
ter. 1t was tried at Albany, Judge James
Vanderpoel presiding. The libel charged
General Gould with giving money he re-
ceiyed from the Royal Arch Grand Chapter
to enable Burrage Smith and John Whit
ney to escape from justice. Gerrit l..
Dox, treasurer of the Grand Chapter, and
John Whitney, one of the recipients of the
money, were in court to establish the truth
of the libel. Mr.. Dox testified that
''charity fund" had been intrusted to Gen.
Gould. John Whitney was called to prove
that he received a part of the fund, with
which, in company with Burrage Smith he
left Rochester, and was absent nearly
year. General Gould's counsel OBJ
jected to witness testimony IN
til it had been shown that
Gen. Gould knew that the money furnished
was to enable Smith and Whitney to es-
cape from justice. The court sustained
this objection, and Whitney's testimony
was excluded. As it was impossible to
prove what was known only to Gen. Gould
himself, the trial ended abruptly. Judge
Vanderpoel, in charging the jury, dwalt at
length upon the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the
press, and called upon the jury to give ex-
emplary damages to the injured and inno-
cent plaintiff. The jury, thus instructed,
but with evident reluctance, found a YER
dict of $500 against me. My offense con-
sisted in asserting fact, the exact truth
of which would have been established If
the testimony had not been ruled out by a
monstrous perversion of justice.
wH1TNEY's CONFESSION.
Col. Simeon B. Jewett of Clarkson, Mai.
Samuel Barton of Lewiston, and John
Whitney of Rochester passed that evening
at my house. Jewett was prepared to tes-
tify that he furnished a carriage for those
who were conveying Morgan secretly from
Canandaigua to Niagara. John Whitney
was one of the party. Maj. Barton would
have testified that he furnished the carriage
which conveyed the party from Lewiston
to Fort Niagara, John Whitney being one
of the party. Whitney would have sworn
that Gould supplied him with money to
enable him to escape from Justice" In
the course of the evening, the Morgan af-
fair being the principal topic of converse
ton, Col. Jewett turned to Whitney with
emphasis and said: John, what if you
make clean breast of it, Whitney
looked inquiringly at Barton, who added:
go ahead"
Whitney then related in detail the his
tory of Morgan's abduction and fate. The
idea of suppressing Morgan's intended ex-
posure of the secrets of Masonry was first
suggested by man by the name of Johns.
It was discussed in lodges at Batavia; LIE
Roy and Rochester. Johns suggested that
Morgan should be separated from Miller
and placed on farm in Canada West.
For this purpose he was taken to Niagara
and placed in the magazine of the fort un-
til arrangements for setting him in Cana
da were completed, but the Canadian
Masons disappointed them. After several
meetings of the lodge in Canada. opposite
Fort Niagara, refusal to have anything
to do with Morgan left his ''kidnapers"
greatly perplexed. Opportunity Royal
Arch chapter was installed at lewiston
The occasion brought large number of
enthusiastic Masons together. "After Ia
bor," in Masonic language, they "re.
tired to refreshment." Under the exhilara-
ton Of champagne and other viands, the
chaplain (the Rev. F. b. Cummings, of
Rochester, was called on for toast. He
| responded with peculiar emphasis and in
| the language of the ritual: ''The enemies
of our order-may they find a grave six
| feet deep, six feet long, and six feet due
cas-. and west.' Immediately after the
toast, which was received with great en-
| thusiasm, Col. William King, an officer in
| our war of 1912, and then a member of the
assembly from Niagara county, called
| Whitney of Rochester, Howard of Buffalo
| Chubbuck If Lewiston, and Garside OF
Canada, out of the room and into a car
riage furnished by Major Barton. They
we're driven to Fort Niagara, repaired to
the magazine, and informed Morgan that
| the arrarpements for sandino him to Nar