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He was born in Scotland in November of 1855. He was fair-haired, blue-eyed and stood 6 foot 4 and weighed 260 pounds. He spent 12 years in the British military and was honorably discharged and emigrated to Chicago’s South Side at the age 38. He joined the Secret Service in 1900. After the assassination of President .


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  • New York Times; September 4, 1902; PRESIDENT'S LANDAU STRUCK BY A CAR; Mr. Roosevelt Thrown Out, But Escapes with Slight Injuries. SECRET SERVICE AGENT KILLED Driver of the Carriage Taken to a Pittsfield Hospital in a Serious Condition. Accident Occurred Soon After the Drive from Pittsfield to Lenox Had Begun. Pittsfield, Massachusetts , September 3, 1902. The carriage in which President Roosevelt, accompanied by Gov. Crane, Secretary Cortelyou, and others, was being driven from this place to Lenox this morning was struck by a trolley car at the foot of Howard's Hill, and instantly demolished.

  • New York Times; September 7, 1902; Funeral for William Craig.

  • New York Times; September 10, 1902; Investigation Into Accident by Which the President's Carriage Was Demolished. Pittsfield, Massachusetts , September 9, 1902. General interest in the accident which befell the Presidential party while passing over South Street, this city, on Wednesday of last week, when an electric car demolished the landau containing President Roosevelt and Gov. Crane and killed Secret Service Agent William Craig, was renewed today.