Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-03
THE ExPOsER OF MASONRY.
Some Facts About Morgan and His
Family Affairs.

fan1iy Ata1rs.
A few days since the coast papers gave
currency to an item relating to the death
OF a woman in Oregon, who was stated
to be a daughter of Morgan, the man
alleged to have been abducted and MUIR
dured by the Masons in 1926 or '26 for
disclosing their secret work. Col. U. P.
Monroe, an old resident of Eureka, and
who now bears the burden Of seventy
seven Winters on his shoulders with be-
coming grace and resignation, met o re-
porter of the SENTINEL yesterday, and as
sured him that the woman could not by
any possibility Of means have been a
daughter of Morgan, as he disappeared
from this world without leaving such an
interesting relic to battle with fate. Col.
Monroe said he remembered the circum-
stances of Morgan's abduction quite WV
idly. He was a pretty good-sized boy
when the event look place. His father,
who was Master of "a Masonic Lodge, kept
a hostelrie at Batavia, New York, where
Morgan lived. Everybody around knew
Morgan, principally on account of his
Incorporate and careless habits. For
weeks he would be under the influence of
the ardent, and then he would alternate
with a sober spell. In appearance, said
the Colonel, he was exactly such a tall,
lean man as A. E.. Kaye, and looked very
much like him, except that he was Il lit
tie bald on the crow Of his head. In re-
lation to the abduction, the Colonel said
he distinctly remembered the excitement
that attended it, and the circumstances.
One evening a coach was driven up to
his fathers house, containing five passen-
gers, among whom was Morgan, being
plainly recognized. The horses were
changed with lightning rapidity, every
thing being arranged for the occasion,
the driver not leaving his seat. AS soon as
the four spanking horses were hitched, the
driver (who was a well known Mason) ap-
piled the lash, and away the team dashed
to Leroy, 10 miles to the east of Batavia.
But, although Leroy was a regular station,
the stage did not stop there. 1t passed on
to Avon, 16 miles further at furious
speed. Here again everything was pre-
pared for a lightning change. The horses
were i'll front Of the stable, held by the
hostlers, and it was but a moment before
they replaced the jaded animals and re-
ceived the whip from the driver, who had
not left his seat since the start. Onward
speu the cOacN again TOWARD "CanandalBua, |
passing a regular station midway without
stopping. Arriving at Canandsigua, a
small place then, another hasty change of
horses was made. From this point the
driver turned the horses along the ridge
toward Niagara Falls. Here, said the
Colonel, all traces of the party became
lost, and though the closest search was in
stituted later it proved of nc avail. A
number of men were arrested, but they |
were soon released. Morgan's wife, re-
marked the Colonel, was the prettiest
woman in the country around. Even be-
fore her husbands abduction, her reputa-
ton had suffered from the too constant at
tention of a host of admirers, and after his
disappearance all the anti Masons for
many miles about paid her homage, but
her character finally became such a re-
proach that her most devoted friends left
her to her pleasures. After two years
waiting for a husband who did not return,
she married a ~jeweler in Batavia, where
she lived for a number Of years subse-
without issue, and finally disap-
Hence, asserts the Colonel, if the
Woman in Oregon claimed to be a daughter
of Morgan, she was an impostor, and the
fact that she did not say anything about
the disappearance of Morgan proves it.