The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-07

third inquest, and the body, as is known.
was declared to be that ofTiuothy Monroe.
Whose body do you think that was f'
WHOSE BODY WAS mp
"There can be no doubt as to that, 1t
was the body of Monroe. The facts are as
follows: On the 7th of October, lS21, there
was a body found on the shores of the lake,
as stated above An inquest WIS held,
which pronounced that the body was that
OF person unknown 20 the Jury, and VINO
had persisted by drowning. This was about
one year after the disappearance of Morgan.
Ii was suggested that this might be the body
of Morgan. In the icycrish condition of
the public mind at that time this was suil-
cient, A second CorOner's jury was called.
The body was dsinterred. The Jury found
that this was the body of the missing Nor
gan. Mr.. Weed was member of the local
committee organized Tor the purpose of dis
covering the murderers of Morgan. When
the verdict was rendered Weed published
in his paper:
The whole country rang with M0rgan's
found The body was removed to Batavia
and was buried in the village with parade
and ceremony. The fall election was APP
preaching and as much was made out of the
occasion as was possible by the anti-Masons.
The body had scarcely been inferred when
an advertisement appeared in a.
in western New York, stating that one
Timothy Monroe of the town of Clark, in
upper Canada, was drowned in the Niagara
river, giving II description Of his person, his
clothes, his Crayat and the tracts which he
had on his person. lnasmuCh as IL is sup
posed Morgan was heavily laden with
tracts the description of the clothing and
800 reward offered by the widow Monroe
for the recovery Of the body, led to the dis
nterment tor the second time of the So
called Morgan, ard third cOronCrs in
quest, at which it was established beyond
all question or shadow of doubt that the
body was that of Thomas Monroe. And
this ended the Morgan theory"
GOOD ENOUGH MORGAN.
"Then it was that somebody remarked to
Mr.. Weed
"'What are you going to do for a Nor.
gan now2'
"And he replied, This is good enough
Morgan until after the election II should
be borne in mind" continued Mr.. Carson,
that the public was fully impressed that
this was Morgan's body, and the election
was close at hand, SO there was not time for
the truth to be brought before them"
WHAT rlGE FRATERNITY WILL DO.
"Mr Carson, rs a leading member of the
Masonic fraternity in this country, ! would
| like to have you tell your opinion Of this
mystery"
/ MIR. Carson hesiated for II few moments,
and then replied
! well. it is one of the unsolved mystc.
rics. Morgan disappeared. Nobody ever
| heard Of him. 1t is like the Baldwin or the
| Ross murder. II has never been solved. If
Morgan was murdered by Masons then say 4.
most emphatically, it was the most out
rageous violation of every teaching and
doctrine of that order That ignorant men
commit crimes under the impression that
they are fulfilling the law of God or Of some
society or organization to which they be-
long, is one of those facts common in the
history of the world Terrible crimes have
been committed in the name OireligiOn. Ii is
possible that crimes have been committed
in the name of Christianity and Masonry
for which neither Christianity nor Masonry
is responsible"
HENRY o'RlTLY's BOOK.
Mr.. Carson continued: "If You want to
get the real history of Mr.. Weeds connec-
ton with anti-MNsonry in New York,
would refer you to u pamphlet published
by the venerable Henry O'Rielly, of
Rochester, New York called Amer can
Political Anti-Masonry, with its Good
Enough Morgan Mr.. O'Ricly was one
OF those persons termed by Mr.. Weed Il
Jack Mason, He was undoubtedly fair
and honest man. lie was not a Mason,
nor was he dcmagoguc, and in his old age
he wrote and published this pamphlet IN
vindication Of the truth of history, aud to
Controycrt the mistatcments made by Mr.
Weed in his letters published in the New
York Herald in 1873. have no hesitation
ut all in saying 10 MaSuns or non. MnsOus
that Mr. O'Relly's statement is most re-
liable, without prejudice tor or against Ma
sons"
SOMETHING ABOUT "JACK" MAsoNs.
Did rhurlow Weed originate the term
Jack Mack"
81 do not know that he did, although il
had its origin about that time. 1t was II
term used in the anti Masonic times, and
applied 10 all who were friendly to Mnsous,
or who did not believe that the Mascns
were Cut-throats and murdercTs; and at one
of the elections held in Rochester, New
York, in 1927, Mr.. Weed had a iuCkass pre-
pared with u rope around his neck, which,
in ridiCulc of the MasouS, was called Il
cable tow aud led the animal up to the
polls with Masonic ticket in his mouth"
mir Carson, what opinion do Masors
hold of this statement OF Mr., Weed So
well, can scarcely say. You know my
opinion. The statement is false, and yet il
is an important one. 1t involves questions
of great interest to every person. 1t strikes
at the very heart OF Masonry. know the
thing to be false, HAYES written to mem.
bers of the fraternity in New York to-day
The whole trouble comes from ignorance
on the subject, Now, there were MaSons in
New York who, at the time of the dedica-
ton OF the Masonic temple in rwcnty-third
street, New York, called on Thurlow Weed
Well, have no patience with those kind OF
Masons, and we don't have them outside Of
New York, either said Mr., Carson, warm
ing up-"and don't you forget that
THE ORDER NOT To NOTICE IT.
: will the fraternity take any notice o
thismatterG"
: "Not at ALL The order has survived all
= such attacks, and it will continue to sur
yivo them and flourish when Mr. Weed.
memory is only known in connection witt
all that was corrupt in the history of Amer
lean journalism and politics, There il
!, much said at the present time about bosses
l Thurlow Weed was the prince of bosses
, even down to this present day of Novcmbc,
Ote, 1852, With him the end justified tn,
= means. He was really the father OF Amcri
: can political anti-Masonry.n
: mir Carson, | should like to ask wha
would become ola man who who would cx
pose the secrets Of Masonry"
I "The only penalties known in the order
are rcprimanu, Suspension from member
: ship, and expulsion from the order, Tha
l. is our capital punishment. Any man wht
, claims that Masonry teaches any higher
J grades OF punishment than those is u fool
l u knnye, or, worse. as was Thurlow Weed,
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