The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was started with the intention of finding counterfeiters and train robbers, then it evolved into an organization that investigated Lincoln’s assassination, stopped many criminal organizations such as the Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, and spy work in the Civil War. In addition, the agency has shown the ability to be progressive for they were the first to enter criminals into a database, and were the first to hire a female detective in the U.S. With that, the entire agency has made a big impact, and is in over 100 countries today.
Allan Pinkerton was born on August 25, 1819 in Scotland. Pinkerton moved to Chicago in 1842, working as a barrel maker. A few years later, he joined the police squad in Chicago and in 1850 the first office for Pinkerton's company opened on 80 Washington Street. The Company created some ground rules that are very familiar to the FBI: accept no bribes, never negotiate with terrorists or criminals, become friends with the law, do not do cases that may cause scandals, do not accept reward money, never raise the price of the case without the knowing of the client, and let the client know what is happening with the case (www.Pinkerton.com). These rules were called the Pinkerton Code. By 1853 the company worked with law enforcement all around the country stopping suspected criminals all around the country. They specialized at first in stopping counterfeiters and protecting trains from robberies. Not only that, but Pinkerton was also asked to help in the Civil War and find intelligence on the confederates to find out their plans.
While gathering information, Pinkerton found intelligence that indicated an attempt on Presidents Lincoln’s life during his inauguration in1...
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The company today is now in one-hundred different countries today, and is a private detective agency. The entire agency was founded by Allan Pinkerton, who wanted to stop counterfeiters and protect trains from being robbed. They ended up doing so much more than that. They did spy work for the Union states, protect the President, and even start the first ever database for criminals. The agency has made an enormous impact on the entire world today.
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“ Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer”, was written by James L. Swanson, a dedicated Lincoln scholar and attorney. He details in his book the incredible escape of John Wilkes Booth’s from authorities, with immaculate descriptions of little-known facts in the case of Lincoln’s Killer. Swanson’s nonfiction book dives into actual pieces of literature written at the time of Lincoln’s assassination by individuals who actually took part in the real-life drama, including John Wilkes Booth himself.April 14, 1865 is a day of infamy in United States history,it is the day that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Swanson delves deep into the minds of Booth and his accomplices , analyzing their every move. Booth flees the scene of the crime with Davey Herold, who has been a willing participant in Booth's secret plots to kill Secretary of State William Seward, Abraham Lincoln, and Vice President Andrew Johnson.
O'Reilly, Bill, and Martin Dugard. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever. New York: Henry Holt and, 2011. Print.
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