Hod Putt

Biography
Robber motivated by perceived unfairness of wealth distribution; accidental murderer of Bill Piersol.

Poem Text
 HERE I lie close to the grave

Of Old Bill Piersol, 

Who grew rich trading with the Indians, and who 

Afterwards took the Bankrupt Law 

And emerged from it richer than ever 

Myself grown tired of toil and poverty 

And beholding how Old Bill and other grew in wealth 

Robbed a traveler one  Night near Proctor's Grove, 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Killing him unwittingly while doing so, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">For which I was tried and hanged. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">That was my way of going into bankruptcy. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Now we who took the bankrupt law in our respective ways <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Sleep peacefully side by side.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Mentioned By

 * The Circuit Judge