Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
  M' _+ F8 K0 r5 s( R1 TVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.
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Judy 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
  M# w1 [0 S" _2 y4 a8 zhanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:

. S$ |7 L+ n  R- v# h/ w'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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; U9 w. e8 ^( v) l) J; o6 n: @/ y$ LCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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! x, X2 \7 Q) `7 g  m0 R) J4 ^So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
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  _% h) `8 U5 T) U5 p" X: cBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
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"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
9 h8 a2 @' _% a# g4 b* {business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
+ I5 `# a. d, F+ J2 F5 kassets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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" A1 i: {+ [* C) D( @  gIn 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
% J' ~$ m' U5 a! ?3 k# zPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
' j5 @# ?; b7 a( H* @function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
( Q+ U: ^* r8 Wcollapsed."
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6 n7 c2 l9 o' V- D$ @NOW That's how it's done, Folks!

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