C.S. RUSSET Ji, General Insurnce and IfeaiKstate Agent, 'iowanda,jra The Story of Morgan. It is many years sinee the cleitemcnt over the mysterious disappearance of Morgau died out, but there are some still living who remember the case. To such the following statement by the venerable Thurlow Weed, will be ie teres ting. Mr. Weed was an editor in Rochester, and took a prominent part in all the pro ceedings in reference to Morgan, being a strong Anri-Mason. I lis connection with the case began from the llrst, as Morgan wanted him to print his book, which he refused. " 1 was sorry to hear of the trouble Judge Gillis is having in his old age," said Mr. Weed; "I knew him very well, and he was a very worthy man, as were all those engaged in the persecution of Morgan. You can have no idea of the ex citement that case caused for at least a decade- It became a political issue with out any intention on the part of the Anti. Masons, aud the latter became a strong party. Judge Gillis was not tried for the murder, but for abducting Morgan. The facts in the case are about these: Morgan was a drunken stone-mason and a member of the order of Free Masons. With the help of a country printer he printed an expose of the tirst three degrees of Ma sonry and was about exposing the Royal Arch degree when the Masons determin ed to put a stop to it. Morgan had come to me ( I was in the newspaper business in Rochester at the time) to print his book, but he wanted me to take an oath of secrecy before I began the work, and 1 would not do so. The Masons had Mor gan arrested on a trumped-up charge of petit larceny and lodged in jail. They then made arrangements to carry him off. A party of them, including Gillis, Nicho las G. Cheseborough, whose daughter called on me not more than half an hour ago, and James Whitney and others, went to the jail and after considerable parley ing with the jailor's wife they prevailed on her to give Morgan up. This was about 1) o'clock in the evening, and the party drove oft' at once. The idea of the Masons was simply to get Morgau away from the bad company he was in, in which case the Masons believed he would give up his design of exposing the secrets of the Order. They proposed to buy him a farm in Canada and turn him from his evil ways generally. When the party left the jail they drove hurriedly to Mendutn, when they changed horses, then to Ro chester, Clarkston and Lewiston, driving rapidly and changing horses several times. Finally Morgan was lodged in the magazine in Fort Niagara. The plan was now changed to provide for Morgan by sending him away from civilization in the employ of the Northwestern Fur Company. There were several meetings of the Lodge and Chapter at Nirgara on the subject, but many Masons refused to have anything to do with the scheme. Then the matter became imperative; something had to be done, and at once." THE KATE OI<" MOKOAX. •' It was found to be dangerous to re cede or go on. After Morgan had been a prisoner in the magazine for three or four days there was a large meeting ■ of Masons to install an Encampment in a Canadian town near by. Prominent men were present, including members of the New York Legislature, aud the evening ended with a grand supper, at which excited speeches were made by several prominent members of the Order in the case of Morgan. At last the Chaplain was called on for a toast, and lie gave the f following: "The enemies of our Order; May they find a grave six feet deep, six i feet long and six feet due cast and west." This contained a hiddec significance, and Colonel Ki g, who was at the table, called four gentlemen outside, and, a car riage being called, they were driven to Fort Niagara, where they arrived at 4 o'clock in the morning. Morgan was called up and was told that they had made arrangements for his welfare* bought him a farm, etc.- lie went with | them and they took a boat and rowed out ! four miles iuto Lake Ontario. Here they wound a roap loaded with sinkers around Morgan and threw him overboard. A man at the fort, whom I afterward look ed up in Yermout, saw the boat leave with six men and return with but live. Of course, all these facts were denied, and the world said the committee that in vestigated the matter were politicians and were moved by interests other than those of discovering the truth." "Have you any evidence to establish those facts?" was asked. "I was just getting to that" said Mr. j Weed. "Justaslwaa leaving Chicago at the close of the proceedings of the j Convention which nominated Mr. Lin coln (I was mortified and even much dis ; gusted at the defeat of Mr. Seward and ! was sending my baggage to the depot) Colonel John Whitney, one of the live men who took Morgan out in the boat, came to me and said, 'I want to swear to ! what I have told you about the Morgan matter, and if 3*oll survive me I want 3011 :to publish it.' 1 promised to write out the statement which contained substan tially the facts I have given you, and in tended to do so, but the campaign came ; 011, the war broke out, and I was sent to Europe by Mr. Lincoln and 1 neglected it. j While in London I wrote to Whitney ask ing him to go to E. B. Williams and let him write the statement. When I got ! back home that letter was returned to ■ me from the dead-letter oflice, and Whit | ney had died a week before it should have I reached him. 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