Contents.Early life and career Born in, in November 1855, Craig was fair-haired, blue-eyed and stood 6 foot 4 weighing 260 pounds. He spent 12 years in the of the, including duty guarding; he also was in charge of the British army gymnasium for eight years, and took part in the.Following his honorable discharge from the army, at age 38 he migrated to 's where he taught fencing and boxing. He was proficient with the, and gave exhibitions, including with the wrestler, performing feats never attempted by anyone else in the country.Craig joined the Secret Service in 1900. He was transferred to where he helped to stop a gang of counterfeiters. Craig was then transferred to and continued to thwart counterfeiters. Protecting presidents. Craig and Theodore RooseveltWhen President visited for the in 1901, the Secret Service assigned Craig to help protect the President, and Craig was there when McKinley was shot.
Vice-President subsequently arrived in Buffalo, and Craig was then assigned to guard him, and would continue to do so as long as Craig lived.After the assassination of McKinley, the Secret Service was formally and permanently given the task of presidential protection. Although Roosevelt was sometimes annoyed by his Secret Service detail and sought to escape them, Craig set up a cordon of protection around Roosevelt's vacation home that prevented much greater annoyance by people from New York City who wanted to visit the President for various reasons. Craig became almost a part of Roosevelt's family, and was especially close to the Roosevelt children, including four-year-old who joined him to read comics.Craig was killed on September 3, 1902, when a speeding rammed into the open horse-drawn carriage carrying President Roosevelt in. Craig, who was sitting at the front of the carriage next to the driver, reportedly turned back to see the oncoming trolley car, and maybe had time to shout or try to shield Roosevelt. Craig was then thrown from the carriage and crushed by the trolley.Also in the carriage were and presidential assistant who both survived. The President received cuts and bruises, and kneeling next to the wreckage said 'Poor Craig. How my children will feel.'
Dec 06, 2019 Winston Lawson had been a Secret Service agent for four years when, on Nov. 22, 1963, he was in an unmarked police car in Dallas just ahead of President John F. Kennedy’s open limousine.
The President later said: 'The man who was killed was one of whom I was fond and whom I greatly prized for his loyalty and faithfulness.' The driver of the trolley, Euclid Madden, pleaded guilty to, was fined, and served six months in jail. The crash occurred because Madden and his passengers had departed late, and were speeding to catch up with the President whom they wanted to meet or hear.At the time of his death, Craig was engaged to marry actress Katherine Murphy.
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