The referral to live burial is a reference to the story of the building of the Temple of Solomon, where certain secrets of construction couldn't be revealed, or there would be such punishments.
Anyone in a Lodge, who knowingly breaks the rules will just be expelled with no harm, but to their reputation.Anyone who thinks that an actual Masonic Lodge would kill people for breaking rules is naive at best.
Although it is true that Morgan was a very outspoken anti-Mason, it has never been proved that it was Masons that caused his disappearance. Also, he was known to have some debt at the time as well.
Very true my fellow Anon. My Lodge has had to remove a few people from the membership list for not paying dues. Plus my lodge has many different professions in it. We have a few police officers (none who are senior), pilots, accountants, train drivers, architects, and salesmen.