The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-14
TllURLOw WEED.

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Crime what thc fraternity WIZ ho-iho
PENALTY of Exposing masonry-sinE"'"r
JevIvni Of Anti-MasOnic question:
O'Eoiiiy's HOOK. ,
,rho ,uhlicotion IN New York Of Thurlow ,
1veed,s death. BED statement, revealing the |
,,ointa stated by him concerning the ueath
~ vviii;oIn Morgan, Who disappeared hiler
~ ,rh iicotiou of his pamphlet, morgan
I tsroi. Masonry Exposed and Explained, has
created a wonderful revival OF tne loPlos VI
tLst law. The interest taken IN tine ihalleI
seem- equally great Dy pom m"soni % ,,os
ont;Nlosnns In Cincinnati the topic was
Sraonently discussed on wednesday. Inc
n ntStrscts printed in the Commercial we're
Coz erlv read and the copies of the New ork
,,aS5ers were bought up as soon as they ar,
Priyrd. Prominent dealers said they coulu
have sold hundreds ofadditional ones; :,
NThe interest taken in the matter, saiu
n nrominent Vine street bookseller, rs evil
denced not only IN the greed TO get the pa
pers concerning the statement OF Mr.. Weed,
hut in the desire for anything relating 70
ether IN Mr.. Weed or Morgan himself;
Here said he, sis recent publication OF
Mr.. Morgans book, which some ehterPIIs'
ing publisher has produced since M.
Weeds death. There is new demahu ior
them" ,,,.
Among Masons Yesterday the Weed reye d,
lotion was talked of to the exclusion OF
other topics. Various opinions were eX-
pressed on the subject, none OF whlch w .,I
Complimentary to Mr.. Weed. Most oil the
gentlemen were inclined to treat the MAJ =!
Ter very seriously, though few were IN,
clined to talk Gippantly of it, describing IL
os n hoax long ago exploded. 1t was no
ticed. however, that the latter tendency
decreased in proportion to the rank OF the
speaker in the Masonic order
WHAT Mr.. CARSON SAYS.
Mr., Enoch 4. Carson IS the past gTanu
commander of the Grand colnmandery
KNIGHTS Templars Of Ohio, ana the ONO
memher of the Supreme council OF the
thirty. third degree. He was busily en-,
Gagged in the office of the Masonic ana
Knights-Templars' Mutual Aid association
of which he is president and treasurer
when a Commercial reporter called Oh MN
Tuesday afternoon. r-u ..ot,,t :,
the Sun" said he, ''for | could not get. q
COPY. but read the extracts published III
the morning papers.
NWhat do you think of Mr.. Weeds state
ments, Mr.. Carson?' was asked.
81 think Mr.. Weed died as he lVed' wa
the reply.
Gle always was liar and he died a per
iurer. believe this statement is iaise iroh
beginuing to end; that Whitney neVe
made such statement to weed, ana that
he did, it was false and Weed knew IL wa
false when he heard it. Weed always was AZ
extremely selfish man. He would charge
man with the murder of his wife, KNOWN!
IL would cause that man to commit suicide
II IL suited him to do go. This statement /
NOT a surprise to me. l expected that SOM
such venomous sting would be made beior
the serpent finally died. L 40 not Kho'
what the papers find in man like weed u
extol, and yet they have 5een iuit , Oh f frl
for the past fortnight. This IS not the mrs
man who has said he killed Morgan, how
ever, even fine did say So"
SOME FORMER CONFESSIONS.
''Who else has done so?'
"a Mr.. Stone, in Illinois IN pauphIe
on Mason published in New YORK II
1922. gives an account of two confessions a.
that lime. In 1885 a man named Vallma
of Illinois, made a detailed confession o
having murdered Morgan. Then don
take any stock in man who would concea
murder for ffty.one years, while aurlht
that period he had been charging TINS very
offense upon the Masons, saying they nae
obligated themselves to conceal even niur
der, when committed by one OF their ofder
What would be thought of a citizen OF Cln
cinnati who would come forward now ant
saw that he had the confession OF MAJ
shortly after the Baldwin murder, STATING
that he had been guilty of the crime, ou
that now the murderer was dead? Ana nov
muoh would it add to our disgust for suci
a statement if it should be well-knowr
fact that during all that time the party
making such q statement had been charg
ing citizens or the members OF respecta
HE society with having committed TIN
MURDER That is Mr.. Weeds case exactiy.
MR.. WEEDS STORY.
stMr. Carson let me read this statement
made by Mr.. Weed, concerning the nhdint
of the body, in order to get your view OF IL
"'In the autumn of 1927, the discovery
the body of an unknown man on the shor.
of Lake Ontario, near the mouth oil oai
Orchard creek gave new ana aosorOlnl
aspect to the question. The description 0
that body, as published by the coroner h Th'
that IL was the body OF William Morgan
Our committee decided to hold another III
ouest. Impressed with the Importance ant
responsibility of the question, L gave pup
lie notice of our intention, and personally
invited several citizens who had know
Morgan to be present. one oil our oO o.,and
fee went to Batavia to secure the attend
ance of Mrs. Morgan, and as many other
who knew him as would attend. Int
bodv had been inferred where 1t wa
found. The rude coffin was opened IN TN
presence of between forty and hity per
sons. When it was reached, and beior
removing the lid l received from Mrs
Morgan. and Others who knew him well
descriptions of his person. Mrs. Morgan
, described the color Of his hair scar upol
lis LDol and that his teeth were douhle'
ali round. DR.. Strong confirmed Mrs. Nor
gan's statement about double teeth, one Q
which he had extracted, while another wa
broken, indicating the position OF the ex
tracted and broken teeth. When the conn
was opened the body disclosed the peculiar
ities described by Mrs. Morgan. and DR.
Strong.
aThis second inquest and the examina
ton of the body proceeded in open day, ant
in the presence of MasUns and anti-Masons
NOT one of whom dissented from the coron
erss iury, by which the body was unani
mou,ly declared 10 be that Of William Nor
gan. Mrs. Morgan, in her testimony
failed 10 recognize the clothes. The bodl
was taken 20 Batavia, whore 1t was rein
TERED, no one as yet expressing any doup
Of its identity. - $50 .,,,
prised by a statement that the body sup
posed TO pc that Of Morgan was alleged K
he the body of Timothy Monroe, who ha'
been drowned In the Niagara river sever
weeks before holding the first inquest
This awakened general and intense feeling
Notice was given that thlra lnquesst Mo a.i'
be held at Batavia, where the widow AM
son of Timothy Monroe appeared as wit
neeses. Mrs Monroe swore TO body es
sentially different from that found al Oal
Orcbard-creek. Her husband. she said
had black hair that had been recently Gu
and stood erect. Her testimony made he
> husband three or four inches taller thai
that Of the body in question. hhe tesiine
thaf her husband had double teeth al
round. and described an eKtracted tool
from TIE wrong Jaw and knew nothini
81 the broken tooth. The hair upon th
head n the drowned man was long, silk
and of chestnut color. while that OF Mon
roe. according 70 the testimony OF MIS-
Monroe and her son. was snort, nleek
.nd ciose cut. While Mrs. Monroe faileC
in describine the body, her description o
49,. - -.ff-f-C wrae ruinufelv accurate. Thi