Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-28
WHO KILLED MORGAN?

Thuriow Weeds Ante Nortan, S.a.e,..nA
-Ihe 4 TT II" Took in the Anti-Mason.c
ASitation-A Rather Unsatisfactory d &C.
ument.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-The Buffalo Ec-
press OF Monday morning published a
letter OF the late Thurlow Weed under
GATE, New York, Sept. 8. 1892" and at
tested by Spencer c. Doty, notary public
OF this city, as that of ThurIow Weed. The
letter was an answer to an invitation to
the unwilling of the monument to Captain
william Morgan, and is thus prefaced by
| the Eapress:i
The following letter dictated by the late
1hurlow Weed but a short time before his
oeath, contains his sworn statement OF his
knowledge concerning the abduction and
alleged murder of William Morgan. and
forming most interesting chapter in re-
lation to sensational events which in
their time caused So great social and DO
lltlcal commissions:
weed begins by saying: THE occasion
tilat recalls an event of startling interest.
arouslns deep popular feeling first at
bataVla, Leroy, Canandaigua and Rochester.
then pervading our own and other states.
After reading proceedings of the meeting
at Batavia, with Hon. David E. Evans as
presiding officer, wrote a six-iine para
graph Tor the Rochester Telegraph in which
l stated that citizen of Batavia had been
spirited away from his home and family.
ana that after mysterious absence of sew
eral days, a village meeting had been held.
committee Of citizens appointed to
investigate. adding, that as it
was known that the Free Masons we're COLI
cerned in this abduction, il behoored the
fraternity whose good names were suffer
ing to take iaboring oar in restoring the
lost man to his liberty. That paragraph
touched dozen Of our most influential
Citizens, who rushed greatly excited 10 the
ONCE, stopping their paper and ordering
dlscontlnuance Of their advertisements. I
inquired O. MY partner, Robt. Martin,
what he had done to exasperate SO many
OF our friends. He brought me book
and directed my attention to an
obligation involving penalties
as punishment for disclosing
the secrets of Masons, inquiring what
though of man who, after taking such
obligation. violated it. I replied did not
know any punishment too severe for such
a perjuror. By the discontinuance of the
paper by so large number of its patrons
saw that my brief and as I supposed very
harmless paragraph would ruin the estab-
llshment. Unwilling that my partner
should suffer, promptly withdrew, leaving
the establishment in the hands of Mr..
Martin. The paper was doing well, and
until that paragraph appeared my
business future was all r
could desire. At that time
an editor was wanted ct Utica, where had
formerly worked, and where 1 had maoy
friends, but my offer to go there was de-
clined. was equally unfortunate il, INV
application, 10 at;ur.tt, emDloymana d.
Troy. The oi';ectsos. j. ;.ot!, Gases WIS
tha' h.to, cee4- t''o us; IL getting I'D the
excitement ahou5 Morgan. The letter closes
thus: i now look back through
the interval OF ifty-six years with e. con-
scious sense OF having been governed
through the nti-Masonic excitement bv
sincere desire first, to vindicate the viola
ted laws OF my country, and next, to arrest
the great power and dangerous influences
of secret societies. We labored under
serious disadvantages. The people we're
unwilling to believe that an institution so
ancient, to which many of our
best and most distinguished men
belonged, was capable Of not only violat-
ing the laws but of sustaing and protect
ing offending men of the order A vast
majority OF the American people believed
that Morgan was concealed by our COM
mittee for political effect. While we were
being fercely denounced as incendiary
spirits, Judge Enos T. Throop, in charg-
ing the grand jury, spoke of anti-Masonry
as blessed spirit, spirit which he hoped
would not rest until every man implicated
in the abduction of Morgan was tried, COR
victed and punished.