TO HERO FROM VILLAIN

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
Dishonorably 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 honor of the captain
The platform collapsed upon which he was standing