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Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches is a book written by Allan Pinkerton, a famous detective and founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. The book is a collection of true crime stories and cases that Pinkerton encountered during his career as a detective. The book is divided into two parts. The first part, Criminal Reminiscences, is a series of stories that Pinkerton personally experienced during his time as a detective. These stories include bank robberies, train heists, and other criminal activities. In each story, Pinkerton provides a detailed account of the crime, the investigation process, and the eventual capture of the criminals. The second part of the book, Detective Sketches, is a collection of stories that Pinkerton heard from other detectives and law enforcement officials. These stories cover a range of criminal activities, including murder, theft, and fraud. Pinkerton provides his own analysis of each case, highlighting the key factors that led to the criminal's capture.Throughout the book, Pinkerton provides insights into the detective work of the time, including the use of disguise, surveillance, and undercover operations. He also discusses the importance of intelligence gathering and the role of informants in solving crimes.Overall, Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches is a fascinating look into the world of detective work during the 19th century. It provides readers with an inside look into the mind of one of the most famous detectives of the time and offers a glimpse into the criminal underworld of the era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Bucholz and the Detectives is a true crime story depicted by legendary detective Allan Pinkerton. This enthralling case deals with the murder of an aging German emigrant. Excerpt: "The following pages narrate a story of detective experience, which, in many respects, is alike peculiar and interesting, and one which evinces in a marked degree the correctness of one of the cardinal principles of my detective system, viz.: "That crime can and must be detected by the pure and honest heart obtaining a controlling power over that of the criminal." The history of the old man who, although in the possession of unlimited wealth, leaves the shores of his native land to escape the imagined dangers of assassination, and arrives in America, only to meet his death-violent and mysterious."

The Burglar''s Fate and The Detectives is a true story of a bank robbery in small western town of Geneva. After closing the bank, an assistant cashier sends a fellow worker to answer the locked outer door. Two gangsters hit her, bind and gag both, and lock them in the bank vault, stealing a great fortune in gold, silver, and currency. Pinkerton sends his investigator who suspects an inside job.

In The Expressman and the Detective Allan Pinkerton tells how his relatively small P.I. firm succeeded in this first big case. Tens of thousands of dollars had gone missing. The suspect was too smart for the police so the robbed company asked Pinkerton to step in. Nine detectives worked this case for ten months. The suspect did take them on a very long chase. Some of the detective travelled miles and miles following the suspect while others followed his wife.

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Describes author's successful thwarting of an assassination plot against President-elect Lincoln early in 1861 and his exploits as an operative during the crucial years of the Civil War.

Volume 5 In Allan Pinkerton's Detective Stories.

An important resource in American history, told by one of the participants, who was a key figure in the labor disputes and violence of the Pennsylvania coal mines. Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was the world's first private detective. Emigrating to Chicago from Glasgow, Scotland, he discovered a gang of counterfeiters and assisted in their capture. He became deputy sheriff of Kane County, then Cook County, resigning from the police to form the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1852. The Pinkerton logo, the All-Seeing Eye, inspired the phrase "Private Eye".