Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-12-13

of the evening"" continues the afida
Wit, "the Morgan affair being the prin
cipal topic of conversation, Colone
Jewett turned to Whitney with empha
sis and said John, what if you make
cl, an breast o p Whitney looked in
quiringly at Barton, who added. &c
ahead Mr.. Weeds AFFIDAVIT contin
ues at this point as follows:
Whitney then related in detail tn,
history of Morgan's abduction and fate
The idea of suppressing Morgan's in
tended exposure of the secrets of Ma
sonry was first suggested by maj
by the name of Johns. 1t was dis
oussed in Lodges at Batavia, LIE Roy
and Rochester. Johns suggested tina
Morgan should be separated from
Miller and placed on q farm in Canada
West. For this purpose be was ia
ken to Niagara and placed in the mag
azine of the fort until arrangements
for settling him in Canada were CON
pleted, but the Canadian Masons dis,
appointed them. After several meet
ings of the lodge in Canada, opposite
Fort Niagara, a refusal to have any
thing to do with Morgan left his "kid
napers," greatly porplexed. Oppor.
tunely Royal Arch chapter was in
stalled at Lewiston. The occasion
brought a great number of enthusias-
tic Masons together. "After labor, v
in Masonic language, they retired to
refreshment" Under heexhilaration OF
champagne and other viands, the chap
lain (the Rev + Cummings, OF
Rochester, was called on for toast.
He responded with peculiar emphasis
and in the language of their ritual:
"The enemies Of our orler-May they
find grave six feet deep, six feet
long, and six feet due east and west
Immediately after that toast, which
was received with great enthusiasm,
Colonel William King, and officer in
our war of 1912, and then a member
of Assembly from Niagara county.
called Whitney, of Rochester, Howard,
of Buffalo, Chubbuck, of Lewiston, and
Garside of Canada, out of the room
and into a carriage furnished by Major
Barton. They were driven to Fort
Niagara, repaired to the magaz'ne, and
informed Morgan that the arrange
ments for sending him to Canada were
completed, and that his family would
soon follow him Morgan received the
information cheerfully, and walked
with supposed friends to the boat,
which was rowed to the mouth of the
river, where rope was wound around
his body to each end of which a sinker
was attached. Morgan was then
thrown overheard He grasped the
gunwale of the boat convulsively.
Garside, in forcing M)fsIn to relin-
quish his hold, was severely bitten.
Whitney, in concluding his parra-
tive, said he was now relieved from a
heavy load; that f)r four years he had
not heard the window rustic or any
other noise at night without think
ing the sheriff was after him.
Colonel Jewett looking ixedly at Whit.
ney said: "W eed can hang you now" "
"But he won't, WIS Wtitney's prompt
reply. OF course secret thus con-
lided to me was inviolably kept, and
80 years afterward, while attending a
National Republican Convention at
Chicago, John Whitney who then re-
sided there, called to say that he
wanted me to write out what be once
told me about Morgan's fate, to be
signed by him in the presence of wit
nesses, to be sealed up and published
after his death. ! promised to do so
before leaving Chicago. There was
no leisure, however, durilg the sit
ting of that convention, and even be-
fore the final adjournment, forgetting
what ! lad told Whitney, | buried to
Iowa, returning by way of Springfield
to visit Mr. Lincoln. In the excite
ment of the canvass that followed,
and the secession of the Southern
States upon Mr.. Lincoln's election, |
neglected the important duty of Sc
curing the confession Mr. Whitney
was so anxious to make In 1861 |
went to Europe, and while in Lon
don wrote letter to Whitney asking
him to get Alex B. Willilms, then a
resident of Chicago, to do what l bad
so unpardonably neglected. That let
ter reached Chicago one week after
Whitney's death, closing the last only
chance for the revelation of that i'm.
portant event.
Whitney was mason by trade,
honest, Industrious, sober, but excita'
BILE. In all the early stages of the
Morgan affair he belived he was doing
his duty. The final crime was com,
mitted under the circumstances | have