Remember the Alamo Frauds
<p>Schilling and Cannon shared one more thing in common. They were both prolific liars.</p>
<p>Cannon, who embraced the downhome moniker “Uncle Jimmie,” began spinning tales at least as earlier as 1879. His first documented boast as an Alamo survivor may have occurred in the summer of 1885 when Cannon wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of State James G. Blaine. Cannon reportedly told the secretary he could “present proofs” to establish this claim, prompting one Texas newspaper to declare, “If it turns out to be a fact it will be a historical sensation as it has never been believed any male escaped that awful massacre of patriots on March 6, 1836.”</p>
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