The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1882-12-16
The Truth about morgan's
Murdor.


years past. The truth about tina
mysterious deed had never been fal
. ~ KNOWN until among the paper,
OF the late IhurloW Weed. who ial
fifty years past was one Of the lead
ing minds IN shaping public opin.
ion there WIS found last week q
iull statement OF the dark affair and
given to the Press, OF which we
give herewith the chief points;
New York, Nov. 2s.=-Thurlaw
Weed lett behind him a sworn atli-
dayit clearing up the Morgan mys
terry OF City years ago, Morgan i
body was found Oh The shore al
Lake Ontario, near the mouth q
Oak Orchard Greek, ia the autumn
OF 1927. Il was claimed aiterward
that il was the body OF "a man nam
ed Timothy Monroe aud not Mur-
gan, Three different inquests were
held, Mrs Morgan swearingmiuute-
y 10 the identity of her husbands
body and Airs. Monroe swearing
infinitely to her husbands clothes
which The dead man had on. Alter
relating the excitement caused by
the Disappearance OF Captain wi
liam Morgan, Mr.. Weed continues
A large number of Jealous anti Ma
sons determined to make a political
issue. Solomon Southwiok was
nominated n Les Roy for governor.
Our committee firmly resisted all
such efforts, urging all who wef5
connected with us IN an effort to
yindieate the law To vote for the
candidate Of the party with which
they had been previously connected.
! w endeaVored 10 induce tho Wing
State convention to nominate Fran.
els Granger, but, failing in that, We
gave our support to Judge Smith
| Thompson, Afterwards, at village
election in Rochester, Dr.. F, F.
Baekus, who bad been Treasurer by
n unanimous vote of the electors
from the time the village charter
had been obtained WAS again the
candidate Of both parties. No whis-
per OF opposition was heard before
the election or at the polls, but
! when the votes were oanvassed n
majority appeared IN favor of DR..
John B, ErWood. Dr. Baekus was
an active and influential member of
the Morgan investigating commit
tee. That astoundi z result produe-
ed an instantaneous change, Mr..
Weed relates the-ditferant trials bad
on parties charged with the abdue.
ton Of Morgan and his own trial in
Albany for libel brought by Goneral
Gould, Of Rochester and eohtiuues
"Colonel Simeon b. Jewett, Of
Clarkson; Major Samuel Barton, oil
Of Lewiston, and John Whitney, Of
Rochester, passed that evening at
2ly haaSe o r.,s;,E,s ia2,a4hsa 44s7
testify that he furnished a carriage
for those who were conveying Nor
gan secretly from Gauandaigna to
Niagara. ] bp Whitney was ono
Fofathe party. Major Barton would
have testified that he furnished the
carriage which conveyed the party
from Lewiston to Fort Niagara,
John Whitrey being one of the par
! ty, whitney would have sworn
that Gould supplied money to ena
bic him TO escape Justice, In the
course of the evening, The Morgan
affair being the principal topic of
conversation, Col Jewett turned to
Whitney and said, John, what if
you make clean breast Of 2
Whitney looked lnqmringly at Bar
Eton, who added, go ahead
wHITNEY's STORY OF THE CRIME.
"Whitney then related in details
the history Of Morgan's abduction
and fate. The idea OF suppressing
Morgau's intended exposure Of the
secrets Of Masonry was first suggest
ed by man by the name of Johns.
1t was discussed in degrees at Bata
via, lie Roy and Rochester. Johns
suggested that Morgan be separated
from Miller and placed on farm IN
Canada West, For .hIs purpose he
was taken to Niagara and placed ia
| the magazine Of the Fort until AT
rangements for settling him IN Can.
ada were completed, but the Cana
dian Masons disappointed them. AZ
ter veral meetings Of the lodge in
Canada, opposite fort Niagara, u re-
fusal to have anything to do with
Morgan lett his kidnappers greatly
| perploXed 0pprtunely a Royal
Arch Chapter was installed at Lew
iston The occasion brought a large
number Of enthusiastic Masous to.
gether, After labor, in Masonic
language, they retired to refresh
mont Under the exhilerauon of
champaign and other vjands, the
chaplain (lhe Rev, f, III Cummings,
OF Rochestcr) was called on for a
toast. He responded with peculiar
emphasis, IN the language OF their
rituals
''TuE ENEMIES OF OUR ORDER,
May they fad a grave six feet deep,
six feet long, and six feet due cas-,
and vest Immediately after tha,
toast, which was received with great
enthusiasm, Colonel William King,
an otiicerln our war of 1912, anc
then a member of assembly from
Niagara county, called whitney, o
Rochesterj Howard, OF Buffalo
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