I don¹t know the name of the woman, but I am aware that my great-grandfather, Norman Milton Howard, who owned a store in Cairo, NY once pulled Legs Diamond from a car wreck. That¹s all I know about the story. -Rich Howard On 1/24/09 9:45 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am interested in if you remember the name of the woman that told the Legs > Diamond story. I heard the same story, but the woman who sat up all night was > my grandmother, Ina Chadderdon from Acra. She lived on Rt 23, at the corner > of Edison Timmerman Rd. The house is now the "Purple Passion Gift Shop".(If > grandma only knew!). When asked what she would have done if the car stopped > and > someone came up to her door, all she said was that "they weren't going to > hurt that poor girl any more". I wonder if the story is true or if it was > just > folklore that circulated around the hill towns. > Ken margison > > > In a message dated 1/24/2009 1:15:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > If you go to wikopedia, there is a write up on this infamous person. Also > if you have a subscription to ancestry.com and do a search of the historical > newspapers, I found articles in the Kingston NY newspaper. > > I was at an Orange NY historical function at the County Park (Hill Hold) a > few years ago. Was talking to a lady there who was from Greene county, and > she was talking about Legs Diamond. I was interested as my husband's > grandfather Charles W. Coager/VanBuren (1866-1943) was born in Prattsville > (s/o of William Harrison Coger 1842-1887 and Esther Abigail Frayer > (1847-1913). This lady said that one of her ancestors had given haven to > Legs Diamond's lady friend overnight. The gangsters were driving up and > down the road during the night looking for her. The owner of the house sat > up all night with a gun protecting her and the next morning she left. End > of story. > > Carol Van Buren > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and > the body of the message > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http: > //www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De > cemailfooterNO62) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message