Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-20
"A SWORN LIE"

morgan, VINO disappeared alter the
publication of his pamphlet, Morgan's
Free Masonry Exposed and Elk
planned, has created wonderful re-
vival of the topics of that day.
MIR. Enoch L. Carson is the Past
Grand Commander of the Grand
Commandery, X. T., of Ohio, and the
Ohio member Of the Supreme Coun-
Gil of the Twenty third Degree. He
was engaged in the office of the
Masonic and Knight Templars' Mu-
tual Aid Association, of which he is
President and Treasurer, when a Com
mercial reporter called on him Tues
day afternoon.
"What do you think of Mr. Weeds
statements, Mr.. .Carson?" was asked
"I think Mr.. Weed died as he
lived" was the reply.
"How is that?"
'He always was liar and died a
perjurer. 1 believe this statement is
false from beginning to end; that
Whitney never made such a state
ment to Weed, and that if he did it
was false and Weed knew it was
false when he heard 1t. He would
charge man with the murder of his
wife, knowing that it would cause
that man to commit suicide, if it
suited him to do So This statement
is not surprise to me. l expected
that some such venomous statement
would be made before the serpent
finally died. l do not know what the
papers find in a man like Weed to
extol, and yet they have been full of
him for the past fortnight. This is
not the first man who has said he
killed Morgan, however, even if he did
say So"
"Who else has done SOL"
"a Mr.. Sterne, in Illinois, in a
pamphlet on Masonry, published in
New York in 1882, gives an account
of two confessions at that time. In
1886 man named Vallma, of Hin
ois, made a detailed confession of
having murdered Morgan. Then /
don't take any stock in a man who
would conceal murder for fifty -one
years, while during that period he
had been charging this very offence
upon the Masons, saying that they
had obligated themselves to conceal
even murder when committed by one
of their order. What would be thought
of citizen of Cincinnati who would
come forward now and say that he
had the confession of man shortly
after the Baldwin murder. stating
that he had been guilty of the crime,
but that now the murderer was dead .
And how much would it add to our
disgust for such a statement If it
1t should be well-known fact that
during all that time the party max
ing such a statement had been charg-
ing citizens or the members of re
spectacle society with having COM
mitted this murder? That is Mr..
Weeds case exactly"
"Whose body do you think that
was?"
"There can be no doubt of it. 1t
was the body of Monroe The facts
are as follows: On the 7th of Octo
Der, 1877, there was body found on
the shores of the lake. as stated above.
An inquest was held, which pro-
nounced that the body was that of a
person unknown to the jury, and who
had perished by drowning. This
was about one year after the disap-
pearance Of Morgan. It was sug-
gested that this might be the body
of Morgan. In the feverish condi-
ton of the public mind at that time,
this was sufficient. A second coron-
er's jury was called. The body was
disinterred. The jury found that
this was the body OF the missing Nor
gan. Mr.. Weed was a member of the
local committee organized for the pur-
pose OF discovering the murderers of
Morgan.
1.-THE whole country rang with
'Morgan's found The body was re-
moved to Batavia and was buried in
the village with great parade and
ceremony. The fall election was ap-
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 ad-
vertisement appeared in Canadian
newspaper, also in one in Western
New York, stating that one Timothy
Monroe, of the town of Clark, in up
per Canada, was drowned in the Nj
agaa river, giving description of
his person, his clothes, his crayat and
the tracts which he had on his person.
Inasmuch as this supposed Morgan
was heavily laden with tracts, the
description of the clothing and 500
reward offered by the widow Monroe
for the recovery of the body, led to
the disinterment for the second time
of the so-called Morgan, and a third
coroner's inquest, at which it was es-
tablished beyond all question or
shadow of doubt that the body was
that of Thomas Monroe. And this
ended the Morgan theory
"Then it was that somebody re-
marked to Mr.. Weed:
!" What are you going to do for a
Morgan nowr
"And he replied: This is good
enough Morgan until after the cleo
tion' 1t should be borne in mind"
continued Mr.. Carson, s'that the pub
lie 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"
"Nr. Carson, as a leading member
of the Masonic fraternity in this
country, I would like to have you tell
vonr oninion Of this mvstArv.n