I have been researching my family history of late
And
I have found an ancestor who was not great
Now
his name was Captain Edward Stanton-Hyde
And
he was a great, great uncle on my father’s side
Dishonourably
discharged for stealing from the mess
He
went to make his fortune in the old Wild West
He
was lacking the most basic form of decency
And
was hanged for horse theft and train robbery
On
an old photograph he is pictured on the gallows
And
a brief history of his life in crime then follows
In
eighteen eighty-five convicted of Horse theft
Sent
to Territorial Prison stayed two years and left
In
eighteen eighty-seven he robbed the Flyer six times
Two
years later he was hanged for his many crimes
This
is all very embarrassing and not for circulation
However,
this can be sanitized with a little imagination
I
can easily scan and edit the infamous photograph
And
rewrite his life story in as little as a paragraph
Captain
Stanton-Hyde ex-soldier of the British army
And
a very famous cowboy in the Wild West territory
His
business included valuable equestrian acquisitions
And
he dealt very closely with the railway institutions
In
eighteen eighty-five he devoted his time it appears
To
service in a federal facility for a number of years
In
eighty-seven he resumed his work with the railways
And
he spent long periods away setting the trail ablaze
At
this time, he worked closely with the law throughout
Two
years later his life was suddenly snuffed out
At
a civil function held in the honour of the captain
The
platform collapsed upon which he was standing
