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PROTECTING THE PREMIER.

WHY DETECTIVE uASSELLS HAS GONE HOME. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 2. A Dunedin resident has thiown some further light on the sensational report that Detective Cassells has been sent Home to protect the Prime Minister from possible personal attack. The informant states that he is well acquainted with the facts of the case, as he had been the means of introducing the man in question to the Prime Minister. The man'was well educated, and held a high place in the literary world at Home, and was the author of several books. He expressed a desire to come to New Zealand, and obtained an interview with Sir J. G. Ward in London asking about the likelihood of finding an opening in his profession in the Doj minion. He was told that be would j have to take his chance. Sir J. G. Ward making no specific promise beyond saying that he would be pleased to assist the man if he came out. The man eventually came to Wellington, and secured a position on the staff of a New Zealand journal. "But," added the informant, "I am afraid the man is a dips"omaniac, and he was soon looking for employment." He seems to bitterly eser.t being inveigled, as he called it, 'to New Zealand, and wrote a number of threateni r g letters to the Prime Minister, some being so violent that the matter was put into the hands nf the police. The Prime Minister did not prosecute, as he did not want the man put in gaol. The letters contained threats to shoot, and the local informant is quite satisfied that the man will do serious injury if he gets a chance." "He is a desperate character," said the informant in conclusion, "and I should not be a bit surprised to hear that he had waylaid Sir Joseph Ward."

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9533, 3 July 1909, Page 5

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PROTECTING THE PREMIER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9533, 3 July 1909, Page 5

PROTECTING THE PREMIER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9533, 3 July 1909, Page 5

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