Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
0 r5 M# @" }2 P3 U- Y: tRemus Rudd
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No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
% Q  f- e  z9 F( t# ]. E0 D% aVERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.
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& I$ S- h2 |% L5 ]1 J* W9 QJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
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The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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  [' l4 g* H% {7 [: {On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:
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'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
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1 @4 k6 x0 b3 x. ]. eCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

5 w) V2 A, _1 i% QSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
, x9 D5 X  d& X# dtheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

Believe 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
: o) @4 ]6 `6 w- C7 Tbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
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Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
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function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."
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6 E) y3 s! @3 k7 [6 b5 F/ YNOW That's how it's done, Folks!

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