Thanks for sending the item. I had lost it and the original is so much better than my memory. It is factual, just depends on the slant of the fact. I have such a case, concerning a murder and retaliation and the manner in which editors reported the facts. One would be inclined to believe it was two different events, except for the names. This same group later has a father who killed his son-in -law but even a good chronicler of the times dismisses it lightly and I have not so far found the legal ramifications. Bud. -----Original Message----- From: williams-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:williams-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of williams-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 2:05 AM To: williams@rootsweb.com Subject: WILLIAMS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 136 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Williams, Remus (Deloris Williams) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:59:56 -0500 From: "Deloris Williams" <delwilliams@insightbb.com> Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Williams, Remus To: <williams@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004101c7b667$f2774d20$0602a8c0@WilliamsComp> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Stories like that one is a prime example of why people should not just rely on family traditions as a basis for their history. Do the research to find out the truth, there may be skeletons in the closet, but at least it would be the truth. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "pj" <pj@ken-tennwireless.com> To: "Lois J Lane" <llane14@juno.com> Cc: <williams@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 6:06 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams, Remus >I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > I don't know about all you folks but I am proud of all my, as I call them, > colorful ancestors.......... > And yes the play with words here is GREAT..........thanks for sending > it............pj > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lois J Lane > To: pj@ken-tennwireless.com ; mjfent@bellsouth.net > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 5:33 PM > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Williams, Remus > > > Originally sent by : > "Dale" <brendale@sccoast.net> > > > > An amateur genealogical researcher discovered that his great-great uncle, > Remus Williams, 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 Williams; horse thief; sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, > escaped 1887; robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton > detectives. Convicted and hanged 1889." > > In a Family History subsequently written by the researcher, Remus's > picture > is cropped so that all that's seen is a head shot. The accompanying > biographical sketch is as follows: > > "Remus Williams 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 1885, 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." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.2/858 - Release Date: 6/21/2007 > 1:46 PM > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.6/865 - Release Date: 6/24/2007 8:33 AM ------------------------------ To contact the WILLIAMS list administrator, send an email to WILLIAMS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the WILLIAMS mailing list, send an email to WILLIAMS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of WILLIAMS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 136 ****************************************