Bank Robbers and the Detectives
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Bank Robbers and the Detectives

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Bank Robbers and the Detectives

About this book

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. 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 Bank Robbers and the Detectives, Pinkerton receives a telegram that reads, "First National Bank robbed, please come, or send at once" from Thomas Locke in Somerset, Michigan. He sets off to investigate the crime. After journeying to the quaint town in a blizzard, the detective learns that $65, 000 of treasury bonds, notes, and cash had disappeared from the bank's vault overnight. Only one man knew the combination: the bank's cashier, Mr. Norton. When Pinkerton's subsequent examination of the crime scene reveals no signs of forced entry, it starts to look like Mr. Norton committed the crime.

But if Pinkerton has learned anything during his three decades of detective work, it is that initial appearances are often deceiving, and he narrows the investigation down to three suspects close to the cashier. However, he soon discovers that the promise of exorbitant wealth can tempt even the most honorable man to commit treacherous crimes.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Exploring The Borowitz Collection
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter I: A Mysterious Bank Robbery and an Investigation.
  9. Chapter II: The Investigation Continued.
  10. Chapter III: A Stranger appears, who Desires to Establish himself in most anything in a Mercantile Way.
  11. Chapter IV: Somerset is Provided with an Enterprising Insurance Agent.
  12. Chapter V: Plotting and Planning.
  13. Chapter VI: Madame Romolu and her Wonderful Disclosures.
  14. Chapter VII: A Criminal Party and an Important Wager.
  15. Chapter VIII: A Visit to Chicago.—A Husband’s Jealousy.
  16. Chapter IX: Greene’s “hyleg.”—Defeat threatened.—Despondency of the Bank Officials.
  17. Chapter X: A Husband’s Apology.—An Application for Divorce Prevented.—A Visit to Troydon.
  18. Chapter XI: Sales of Suspicious Notes.—A Projected Partnership.
  19. Chapter XII: A Mysterious Meeting.—An Arrest.—An Offer of Compromise.
  20. Chapter XIII: The Compromise Effected.—The Detective’s Antecedents.—A Temporary Absence.
  21. Chapter XIV: Sloane Disposes of Some Notes.—Another Disappointment.
  22. Chapter XV: The End Approaching.—Another Business Transaction.—Another Disappointment.
  23. Chapter XVI: Another Journey.—Unexpected Detention.—Sloane Discloses his Hand.
  24. Chapter XVII: Brought to Bay.—The Arrest.
  25. Chapter XVIII: Sloane’s Confession.—Behind the Bars.—The End.