The Railroad Forger And The Detectives, Paperback - Allan Pinkerton
About The Two checks totaling more than $1,200 had been intercepted in the mail and falsely endorsed by none other than Mr. The deserted office initially yields few clues until Linden spots Cone's blotting sheet. Wales in Redrock, Ohio. Cone vanishes suddenly
Two checks totaling more than $1,200 had been intercepted in the mail and falsely endorsed by none other than Mr. Cone vanishes suddenly. From a tangle of ink stains, Linden uncovers the address for a William R. The deserted office initially yields few clues until Linden spots Cone's blotting sheet. Linden retraces Cone's whereabouts, beginning with his rented office space. His agency was the largest private law enforcement organization in the world at the height of its power, and its well-known logo of a large, unblinking eye actually served as inspiration for the term "private eye." In The Railroad Forger and the Detectives, real estate agent Thomas H. Linden, is hired by the Adams Express railroad company to investigate a draft forgery case. Pinkerton produced numerous books based on his work and that of his agents. At the same time, the Pinkerton Detective Agency's Philadelphia branch, helmed by Mr. As the investigation heats up, Linden discovers that this crime is just the latest in a string of similar forgeries, which initially do not seem to be connected; the forgers are scattered across the country and seemingly have no relation to one another. A thrilling, fictionalized account of crime in the railroad business, The Railroad Forger and the Detectives is a tale of greed and an elaborate scheme--one only the Pinkerton Detective Agency can bring down. While wondering in the woods looking for wood to make barrel staves, he came across some counterfeiters and helped in their arrest. While the books no doubt reflect his views, many historians believe he used a ghostwriter. Settling in the Chicago area, his first career was as a cooper. Wales in Redrock, Ohio. Thomas Cone! About author(s):Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was born in Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1842. The Kent State University Press is excited to reissue these classic true crime detective stories by Allan Pinkerton, the Scottish American detective and spy who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in 1850. Sensing a pattern, Linden is determined to find out if there is a gang of forgers, if William Wales is somehow involved, or if Cone has acted alone under a variety of aliases. That led to Pinkerton being appointed as police detective in Cook County, Illinois, and later forming his own company--the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
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The Railroad Forger And The Detectives, Paperback - Allan Pinkerton
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