Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-06
WILLIAM MORGAN.
Another InstaIImsnt of Anfi-Ma.
sonic Literature.
How Mrs. laagty eIuded the Eyes Of the
Careus-her Quarrel With Mrs.
labanchere-The lilys
flirtations. .
A LIE OUT SOMEWHERE IN TIVE CASE.

ROCHESTER, n, Y, December s.-The
Union and Advertiser publishes a: seven.
column report, drawn up by tI,s late
Frederick Whistlesby, one of the anti.
Masonic leaders, and submitted to him 10
the anti-Masonic convention which assem-
bled in Philadelphia, September II, 1850,
containing detailed account of the abdue.
tion OF William Morgan. The report first
gives an account of the abduction and muir
der OF Morgan and then of the measures
adopted by the Masonic fraternity to pre-
vent the conviction OF any fellow Mason.
Reference is made to his life, the announce.
ment that he was to publish . book re-
Vealing
The Secrets OF Masonry
and his Imprisonment in Canandaigua iail
for trivial debt, whence he was abducted
through Rochester to Fort Niagara, where
he was confined in the magazine in charge
oil Edward Giddings. The report continues:
On the l4th day of September. 1926, q
Royal Arch Chapter was installed ut Lew
lston, which event called together . very
considerable assemblage OF Masons OF de-
gree from Rochester, Buffalo, Lockport,
and other places in that vicinity. 1t would
appear from the testimony of one or two
witnesses, and the statements of Others,
that the installation committee could not
have been ignorant of the fact that Nor.
gan was confined in the magazine of Fort
Niagara. 1t appears to have been the sub
Ject OF conversation among them, and sew
eral were then informed that such was, the
fact. On the day of the installation Gid.
dins remained at the fort to see that all
was kept safe. He, together with John
Jackson, went to the magazine for the pur-
pose OF carrying Morgan some food. Nor
gan refused to admit them and said
He Would Sfarve
rather than fall into their hands, and he
made so great an outcry as 10 render it nee.
essary to dispatch Jackson and Lewiston to
procure the assistance of some one to silence
him. David Hague came down in haste q
distance of several miles but did not sue
ceed in quieting Morgan. Two other per-
sons were then sent down from Lewiston,
and one Of them, lytOn Lawson, Of whom
Morgan seemed TO have great dread, went
into the magazine and succeeded in still.
ing him. In the evening twenty or thirty
persons, besides those belonging to
the fort, came from Lewiston and
were at the fort about midnight.
Seven persons, all Royal Arch MasOns,
held consultation on the plain near the
some rods distant from the fort,
as to the manner in which Morgan should
be disposed ef. There seemed to be but
one opinion among them all-that Morgan
Had Forfeited His Life
ior breach of his Masonic obligations, and
that it was their duty as MasOns to see
that the penalty was executed. They came
10 the determination TO proceed in body
and seize Morgan and perform their own
iuty by casting him into the river. AS to
he disposition of Morgan after the even
ng of the l4th of September nothing has
yet been made known judicially, but the
circumstances are strong TO induce the be-
ief that he was put to death on the night
If the 10Th of September, 1926, by being |
,ast into the depths OF the Niagara river.