Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
- O( E& {# @* r/ q  H  V; iRemus Rudd

No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
4 O1 r* ]( ^# n5 k8 lVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.

$ s6 @' I" F  y; \' L* eJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.

( z5 c2 Z5 k: G5 A. U: dThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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' `4 }# S: f/ ?5 {+ ~On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
2 p5 w0 q% Y( x9 k) sinscription:
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'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.

) E6 C! s# g2 J: T: V: r( K+ q1 gCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

' V  ^) s+ w7 h1 ]So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

- T7 [8 F5 \: ^! @/ n1 ?; O( \2 VBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
" B1 K( o- t  U4 g2 c* _( Tsketch for her genealogy research:
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"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
% ]( E% F4 N! A) ?+ W# E% {# _5 G1 nbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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9 r& W% m% }4 U8 t3 C2 `1 ]: U9 ]Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
; O' x" \0 A5 _service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.

. t8 `1 T' s( g* t' c7 JIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
: h& P) O3 U9 M6 s2 K" J6 |5 oPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."

3 ]$ u2 q; D5 g5 CNOW That's how it's done, Folks!

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