Carol, I think this sounds like a real great idea. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Thanks, Pat -----Original Message----- From: Carol Montrose <cmontrose@beol.net> To: OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 9:14 AM Subject: [OHBELMON-L] Fw: Creative genealogy >----- Original Message ----- >From: Dorothy Nanninga Sewell <dsewell@alaska.net> >To: <ILMASON-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 12:53 PM >Subject: Creative genealogy > > >> A cousin sent this and thought it was worth sending to >> the list as to how we need to be aware of how some wish >> to skue the actual facts. >> >> An amateur genealogical researcher discovered that his >> great-great uncle, >> Remus Starr, a fellow lacking in character, was hanged >> for horse stealing and >> train robbery in Montana in 1889. The only known >> photograph of Remus shows >> him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture >> is this inscription: >> >> "Remus Starr; horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial >> Prison 1885, escaped >> 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by >> Pinkerton detectives, >> convicted and hanged in 1889." >> >> In a Family History subsequently written by his >> descendant, Remus's picture >> is cropped, scanned in as an enlarged image, and edited >> with image processing >> software so that all that's seen is a head shot. The >> accompanying >> biographical sketch is as follows: >> >> "Remus Starr 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 service at a government facility, >> 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." >> > >______________________________