Very clever.....Only a Politician can spin a story like that one... like they do to us every day.. Mary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Eaton" <boyo.john@gmail.com> To: "Glamorgan" <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 7:28 PM Subject: [GLA] Found in Family History Research >I thought I would share this with you all > If its not true then its a good read. > John > > > Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California , > was > doing some personal work on her own family tree.. She discovered that USA > Senator, Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse > stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid > share this common ancestor. > > > > The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows > in Montana > territory: > > On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this > inscription: 'Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison > 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. > > He was caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.' > > > > So Judy recently e-mailed Senator Harry Reid for information about their > great-great uncle > > > > Believe it or not, Harry Reid's staff sent back the following biographical > sketch for her genealogy research: > > > > "Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. > > His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian > assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. > > Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government > service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. > > In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned > Pinkerton Detective Agency. > In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his > honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.". > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message