The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06
ThurIow Weed Leaves Behind
Him an eEidnv,t Relative %
the ate Of Nor on and
the Anti Masonic Agt-
tation in New York
Years Ago.

tdtion iH We" TOFk
Years Ago.
NEW YORK Nov p -Thurlow Weed
left behind hin a sworn AFFIDAVIT ~, arifg
up the Morgan usy-tery Of nifty i've rear..
aey. Morgan body was found on the
shore Of Lake Ontario. near tie mouth
Of Ok Orchard Greek. il the autumn
Ui ls21. Ii wa GAINED atterward that
IL was the holy Of a man named Timothy
Monroe, and not Morgan. Three differ
cut lnquests we're held, Mrs. Morgan
swearing lnInuteiy t. the identity Of her
husband body and Mrs. Monroe swear-
ing minutely to her husbands clothes
which the dead man had on. After re
lating the excitement caused by the dis
appearance OF Captain William Morgan
Nr. Weei c~s0"fCoS. ~ itrpe u|Utnier
II Z, lou ,Id rtl- N.a-ug> dety-m II 0
make II to5tIesI issue A|iicrwarl. II
a village election III Roch,stci d.. +. f.
Backus, who mad teen tiea>ur or Is b
unanimous vote 81 the c~lccfur, from H..
time the Village charter had been ob;a n
81, Was again the candidate Of both FER
ties. No whisper u opposition wa
heard before the election n Al the polls.
but when the vote, weie clnyas,ed a
IIdliill1 dHI3dlIa ~ lawn ~ IL. JbIlt
Il. Eiwood br. Backua wa al active
and Influential member Of the Morgan
investigating committee. That ast1und>
ing result produced an ius,aneous change.
Nlr. Week relates the different trials had
Of parties charged with The abduction oil
Morgan, and his own tual IN \ .bany for
libel brought by General Gould, yf 10
chester. aud continues Colonel Simeon
e. Jewett. Of Clarkson; Major : muei
Barton. of Lewiston and Join Whitney.
# Roche> er. passed that evening at my
house. Jewott Was prepared to testify
that lie furnishes a carriage Tor tho [
where couv, yIng Morgan secretly from
Canan.aigua to Niagara. John Whitney
was one OF the uf the party. Major Bar
ton would have testified that he furnish
ed the carriage which conveyed the par
" from Lewiston to Fort Niagara, John
" hitney being one of that party. Whit
would ha VI sworn that Gould supplied
money 10 enable HIM to escape IRON jus
ticc. 1t the course of the evening the
evening the Morgan affair being the pTIn
cIpal topic OF conversation, Colonel Jewett
turned to Whitney with emphasis and
said, John what II you make a clean
breast of II? Whitney looked inquiring
~ at Barton. WHO added, 90 ahead.
WHIrNEI>S STORY OF THE CRIME.
Nv hItney then related in detail the
history OF Morgans abduction and fate.
The idea of suppressIng Morgan'S IT,
ended exposure of the secrets of Ma
Sonry was frsi suggested 10y a man by the
| aame of johns. Ii was discussed In
lodges at Batavia lie Roy. and Rochester.
Johns suggested that Morgan should be
-tuarated from Miller aud placed on .
farm in Canada West. For tins purpose
he was taken to Niagara and placed IL
the magazine of the Tort until arrange
ments for settling Tim In Canada were
completed, bat the Canadian Masons dis
appointed them Afer several meet
lngs of the lodge in Canada, OF posite
Fort Niagara, a refusal to have anything
To do with Morgan left his kidnappers
greatly perpleNed. Oprortunely a Roy
al Arch Chapter was installed at Lewis
-on. The occasion brought a large mum
Der Of enthusiastic Masons together.
After labor, IN Masonic language, they
retired to refyeshment. Uuder the ak
hilaration of champagne and other Vi
ands, the chaplain cthe Rev. +. Ii. Cum
mings, of Rochester,) was called on for a
toast. He responded with peculiar EN-
phasis, and IN the language OF their
ritual:
The enemies of our order May
they find a grave six feet deep, six feet
long, and six feet due east aud west.
Immediately after this toast, which was
received with great enthusiasm, Colonel
William King, an officer in the war Of
1872, and her a member Of assembly
from Niagara County. called Whitney,
Of Rochester; Howard, of Buffaloe; Club
buck, of Lewiston, and Ga side, of
Canada, out of the room and into a carr
riage furnished by Major Barton. They
we've driven to Fort Niagara, repaired 10
the magazine, ard informed Morgan that
the arrangements for send ng him to
Canada were completed, and that his
family would soon follow hi II. Morgan
received the information chcertully and
walked with supposed friends to the
boat, which was rowed to the mouth OF
river, where a rope was wound around
his body, to each of which a sinkcr was
attached. Morgan was then thrown
overheard.
He grasped the ~gunwale of the boat
cOnvulsiyely. Cars de. in forcing Nor
gan to relinqui>h his hold. vas severely
bitten. Whitney. in concluding his mar
rative. said he was now relieved from a
heavy load: that for -four years he had
not heard the window rustic or any other
noise at night without thinking the
sheriff was after him. Colonel Jewett.
looking tixedly at Whitney. said: W eel
can han YOU now But he won't was
Wiituey'S prompt reply.
Nh.taey WAS a mason by trade. hon
est. Industrious. sober. but eXcitable.
Ia all the early stages OF tie Moran
affair he believed he was DONG his duty.
The people were unwilling to believe
that III institution 50 ancient, to which
20 many OF our best and most distin-
uuished men belonged. was capable OF
got only violating the laws. but Of >us-
tanning and protecting offending mel
o tie order. \ vast majority Of the
American people believed that Morgan
was concealed by our committee for po-
litical effect. While we we're being
freely dcnoun ed as incendiary spirits.
Judge knos I. Throop, in charging the
grand jury at Canandal9uS. spoke OF
anti-Ma>onary rs a blessed spirit which
he hoped would not rest until every
man implicated in the abduction of Nor
gan was tried. con, icted, and punished.
y. B.-A cousin of Morgan swears
he was not killed. but sent to Australia
where lie lived many years.