History of the Pinkerton Detective Agency
Title : History of the Pinkerton Detective Agency
Author : Charles Francis Bourke
Source : Wide World Magazine
Year Published : 1903
Page Count : 12
Image Count : 6
Word Count : 9,073
File Size in MB : 6.8
File Type : PDF
"Pinkerton's may fairly be described as the greatest detective agency in the world. From its head-quarters in New York its feelers extend not only over America, but throughout the remotest parts of Europe and Asia. Its expert detectives number many hundreds, and remarkable indeed has been their share in tracking culprits to their doom and in unravelling the mysteries of crime. It is the aim of the present article to give some account of the rise and history of this great agency, and of some of the celebrated cases in which it has employed its skill to pursue the guilty and to assist the hand of justice. The agency was founded by Allan Pinkerton in the year 1859. It will be interesting to believers in heredity, and especially to those of our own country, to note that Allan Pinkerton’s father was a sergeant of police at Glasgow, where the future father of detectives was born, in 1819. It cannot be said, however, that..."
