It is such a shame when some of us have nothing better to do
than to spread one more story that will probably get a vote
for our candidate. Let us dig, I am sure we can come up
with something just as bad on the other candidate.
This list if for family searching.
Stop the campaigning
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn & Carol Cannon <gwcannon(a)hotmail.com>
To: <CANNON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 7:43 AM
Subject: [CANNON] Gore Family HIstory
Regardless of your political preferences, this story
illustrates to us how
easy it is to succumb to the temptation to "tweak" or
embelish some facet of
our own family history, or to fill in the gaps with
stories,
rather than
fact. Lord, lead us not into temptation.
Glenn W. Cannon
>It just keeps pouring in.
> >
> > Subject: FW: GORE FAMILY HISTORY
>"I don't know how you can be in politics and just not get
sick and
tired
>of yourself."
> > > -- David Letterman
>
>GORE FAMILY HISTORY
>Tipper Gore, an amateur genealogical researcher,
discovered that her
>husband's great-great uncle, Gunther Gore, a fellow
lacking in
>character,
>was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in
Tennessee in 1889.
> The only known photograph of Gunther shows him standing
on the gallows.
>
>On the back of the picture is this inscription: "Gunther
Gore; horse
>thief, sent to Tennessee Prison 1885, escaped 1887,
robbed
the Tennessee
>
>Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives,
convicted and hanged
>in
>1889."
>After letting Al Gore and his staff of professional image
consultants
>peruse the findings, they decided to crop Gunther's
picture, scan
>it in as an enlarged image, and edited it with image
processing software
>so
>that all that's seen is a head shot.
>The accompanying biographical sketch was sent to the
Associated
>Press as follows:
>"Gunther Gore was a famous rancher in early Tennessee
history.
>His business empire grew to include acquisition of
valuable
equestrian
>assets and intimate dealings with the Tennessee 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,
Gunther passed
>
>away during an important civic function held in his honor
when the
>platform upon which he was standing collapsed."
>
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