Release of Huge Gold Deposits

[lastleg]

Jay, now cool down ol' son. And please don't besmirch the cheerleaders.
George. by Gosh, Bush was one and still is. Ask Laura. He warn't no LBJ
if you get my drift.
Too bad you didn't get a law degree while you had a chance. You coulda
been knocking down some serious bucks insteada traipsing around muddy
creeks with a gold pan in your frostbit hands and a lotto ticket in your
shirtpocket.
Evidently you musta slept through your economics classes if you think
investing in sound companies is same as gambling. But again, skepticism
is a virtue. Yes, you are right, lots of people took huge paper losses in the
crash a year ago but savy investors silently took their lumps and waited it
out. Bear markets happen but that was an unregulated nightmare. I could
explain it to you but I'm afraid you have tuned out. And that's too bad
cause I know you have potential.

Sweet dreams,
lastleg

 

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[lastleg]

Texas Jay:

I just reread your last post and realized that you may have gone to Tarleton
with my ex-girlfriend. If you fell for a Houston hellraiser name Mary Beth XXX
XXXX we have a lot in common. She had freckles on her but she was pretty.
I don't mean anything by my ribbing, Jay. You are doing good work on Civil
War and Texas history. A lot of your research deals with Kentucky geneology
which I have a huge interest in. My great grandfather was a cousin of Henry
C. Magruder and was enlisted to bring the "boys" whiskey when they came
through at a hidden place near Lebanon Junction. On March 3, 1865 a small
group of "Silent Riders" were ambushed along a Hancock County trail. Eight
Home Guardsmen opened fire killing guerrilla Sam Jones and wounding Henry
Magruder in the left lung. Sue Mundy and Henry Metcalf rode away holding
Magruder in his saddle until they found a barn to hide in. Later federal troops
rolled a large bouder against the barn door. Firing commenced from both sides
leaving four federals wounded. Then in a powwow the feds promised Mundy
he would be treated as a prisoner of war and a surrender was given. The
trial was quick and Marcellus Jerome Clarke was sentenced to die. A crowd of
ten thousand or more gathered around the gallows at 18th Street and Broad-way, the old fairgrounds, on the afternoon of March 15. The 30th Wisconsin
band played. Clarke asked that a letter be given to one he loved, a young
woman named Lashbrook, in southern Kentucky. He stood six foot tall, his
shoulder length hair was dark brown and his final words were "I am a
Confederate soldier. I have served in the Confederate Army nearly four years.
I have assisted in the capture of many prisoners and have always treated them
kindly. I believe in and die for the Confederate Cause."
And so in that portion of Louisville bounded by 17th, 18th, Broadway and
Magazine streets, twenty year old Marcellus Jerome Clarke paid for the crimes
of Sue Mundy. The Kentucky Historical Society placard marks the general
vicinity at 18th and Broadway.
Henry Metcalf was tried and convicted but his sentence was later commuted.
Henry C. Magruder stood trial six months later. He was convicted and hanged
on Oct 29, 1865. Other sources say he died behind prison walls. Walter
Magruder at Lebanon Junction says his second cousin was William Henry
Magruder, that his name wasn't Henry C. Magruder and that he was hanged
in Bullitt County at his own request and buried near Lebanon Junction.
The above was taken from our family geneology printed in June, 1982.

Sincerely,
lastleg