Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-02
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The Mystery About Morgan. the MosoB,
at Last Solved.

The Mrsfery About Morgan. the MasoB,
at Last Soiyed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-The Sun
to-day publishes an affidavit, sign
ed by the late ThurleMa Weed and
sworn to by him on Sept. %. last,
giving the full history OF the abduc-
ton and death of VIM. Morgan, at
Batavia, N. Y, in 1927, for The al
legged revealing of the secrets of
Free Masonry. The article covers
three columns, and contains many
statements and speculations already
published, and many others now
made public for the first time.
Referring to the inquest held on
the body on the shore of Lake On
tario, which was first thought to be-
that of Morgan, and subsequently
that of Timothy Monroe,
MR.. WEED SAYS:
sour committee took no part in
the third inquest, and the body, as
is known, was declared to be that
of Timothy Monroe. On the even
ing of the day that the body was
inferred at Batavia it was declared
to be that of Timothy Monroe. I
went into the billiard-ro0m of the
Eagle Hotel to see a friend from
GARRISON. When leaving the room,
Ebenezer Griffin, a prominent law
yer employed as counsel for the
Masons, turned to me, saying:
well, Weed, what will you do for
a Morgan now? To which I re-
piled: THAT is good enough
Morgan for us till you bring back
the one you carried off,
son the following morning the
DAILY Advertiser, Masonic organ,
contained paragraph charging me
with having boosted that the body
i'm question was IA good enough
Morgan until after the election
That perversion went the rounds
of the Masonic and Democratic
press, awakening much popular in
Ciignation, and subjecting me to
denunciation, in speeches and reSo-
lutions, at political meetings and
conventions. / suffered obloquy
and reproach from that wicked per-
version for nearly half century.
Indeed there is reason to believe
that even now, when / am personals
ly unknown to the generations
growing up, there is a belief that /
MUTILATED A DEAD BODY.
for political effect, and when ex-
posed boosted that it was "a good
/ enough Morgan until after the cleo
| tion.'" t rraeits Ft
Mr.. Weed referred to an inter-
view held at his residence one even
ing in 1881, at which were present
/ Col. Simon B. Hewett, of ClarksoD
Maj. Samuel Barton, of Lewiston,
and John Whitney, of Rochester.
The subject of Morgan was then
discussed, aud Weed AYERS that
Jewett was prepared to testify that
he furnished the carriage for those
who were conveying Morgan secret
ly from Canandiagua to Niagara.
John Whitney was one of the party.
Barton conveyed the party from
Lewiston to Fort Niagara. In the
course of the evening Jewett turned
| to Whitney with emphasis. and
said: "John, what if you make a
clean breast of it?" Whitney look
ed inquiringly at Barton, who add
ed, Ego ahead" 4.,.-1
MORGAMS ABDUCTION.
Whitney then related in detail
the history of Morgan's abduction
and fate. The idea of suppressing
Morgan's intended exposure of the
secrets Of Masonry was first suggest
ed by man named Johns, who
suggested that Morgan be placed on
a farm in Canada West. For this
purpose he was taken to Niagara
and placed in the magazine of the
fort until arrangements for settling
him in 6 Canada were, completed.
But the. Canadian Masons disap-
pointed them. After several meet
ings the lodge in Canada opposite
Fort Niagara made refusal to have
anything to do with Morgan, and
left his kidnappers greatly perplex-
ed. .Opportuneiy, the installment
of a royal Arch Chapter brought
large number of enthusiastic MasOns
together. After "labor, Win Mason
ie language they retired to refresh
ments.
UNDER THE FERTILIZATION OF. /
-. a'l's. CHAMPAGNE
and. other yiands, the Chaplain,
Rev. F.. HI Cummings, OF Roches-
ter, was called on for a toast. Then
he responded with peculiar empha-
sis, and in the language of their
ritual, g'tthe enemies of our order 4;
may they find grave six feet deep,
six feet long and six feet due east
and west" Immediately after the
toast, which was received with |
great enthusiasm, Col. VIM. King,
an officer of the War of 1912, and |
then a member of the Assembly |
from Niagara county, called Whit
ney, of Rochester, Howard, of Buf.
falo, Chubbuck, of Lewiston, and |
Garside, Canada, out of the room,
and in a carriage, furnished by Maj.
Barton, they We're driven to Fort
Niagara, repaired to the magazine
and informed Morgan that the ar
rangements for sending him to
Canada were complete, and that
his family would soon follow him.
Morgan received the Information
cheerfully, and walked with his
supposed friends to the boat, which
was rowed to the mouth of the riv-
er, where a rope was wound around
his body, to each end of which
sinker was attached. Morgan was
then ~"
..t THROWN OVERLOAD.
He grasped the gunwhale of the
boat convulsively. Garside, i'm for
cling Morgan to relinquish his hold,
was severely bitten.
Whitney, in concluding the mar
rative, said he WIS now relieved
from heavy load that for four
years he had not heard a window
rustic or any other noise at night
without thinking the Sheriff was
after him. Col. Jewett, looking ,
fixedly at Whitney, said:
TWEED CAN HANG YOU Now"
''But he won't" was Whitney's
prompt reply.
s'Of course the secret thus conf
ded to me was inviolably kept, and
twenty-nine years afterward, while
the National Republican
Convention at Chicago, John Whit
ney, then residing there, called to ,
say that he wanted me to write out
what he once told me about Nor :
CONS fate, to be signed by him in
the presence of witness, to be seal
ed up and published after his death.
I promised to do so before leaving :
Chicago. There was no leisure,
however, and, forgetting what L
had told Whitney, / hurried away, !
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