<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morgan_(anti-Mason)" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Morgan (anti-Mason)">Captain William Morgan</a>, an ex-<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemason" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Freemason">freemason</a> is arrested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia,_New_York" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Batavia, New York">Batavia, New York</a> for debt after declaring that he would publish <a class="external text" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18136/18136-h/18136-h.htm" id="mwxA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">The Mysteries of Free Masonry</a>, a book against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Freemasonry">Freemasonry</a>. This sets into motion the events that led to his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morgan_(anti-Mason)#Disappearance" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Morgan (anti-Mason)">mysterious disappearance</a>.