Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1901 — WANTED TO SEE THE DUKE [ARTICLE]

WANTED TO SEE THE DUKE

Retired Hr tlah Soldier Who Think* Emma Goldman a Great Woman. Halifax. N. S., Oct. 10.—“ I am from Chicago, and I want to know where this so-called duke is going to land,” said a suspicious-looking character who was hovering about North street station yesterday afternoon to a railroad official. The railroad man thought be was an anarchist, and sent for the police. The man said lie was in Buffalo when President McKinley was shot, and that he had an important mission. “That Emma Goldman is a great woman. I once heard her lecture,” he said, “and the Americans thought tliat they had her. but did not, as It cost us SGS,(MiO to secure her release." He was searched on the street, but no weapons were found on him. and after making sure of his identity.the police allowed him his liberty. He is a retired British soldier named Collier, and it is thought that fits mind is slightly unbalanced.