The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-07-03
DEATH ENDS THE CLEW,
ALLAN PlNkERToN's LIFE is DONE.
The Great Detective Breathes Ills Last
After Many Days OF Hopeless Illness
Story Of Ills Long and Successful
Fight with Crime.
A nEMAnKAnLE NAV GONE,

REMARKABLE MAN GONE
CHoAGo, July ALLAN Pnkerton, the
head and founder Of the great Plnkerton
National Detective Agency, died at his
home b5i West Adams street. at 9;05
o'clock yesterday afternoon, Ills death
had been momentarlly expected for some
hours His friends had glven up all hope OF
his recovery some days before his death.
lle was sXty-Aye years old
Allan PInkerton was born In Glasgow In
1910, the son Of small tradesnan llo
married young and Immediately after left
for tho Western hemisphere, landing In
Canada The young couples early strug.
giles were series OF hardshlps and after
many ylclsiltudes Pmkorton came TO this
city, whero ho engaged In the cooper trade
1t was while ho was thus engaged that
Mr. Plnkerton showed his detective quail.
ties and made namo In detective circles,
Very little money was In circulation, and
tho Milwaukee Fire and Marine Insurance
Company issued checks, which passed as
an equivalent They were cheap affairs
and easily countorloIted Tho result was
that numerous fraudulent checks were soon
In circulation, Somoof these forged checks
came Into his hands, and ho resolved 10
bring the rascal5 10 Justice, which hO final
ly did,
Mr. Plnkerton was appointed special
agent Of the Treasury Department under
Secretary Guthrie In lsis and was later
made special mail agent Here his detective
experience came In good play and won him
lurels, In 1854 his services were In snch
great demand throughout the country that
he came to Chicago and established tho
| PlnkertOn Detective Agency which, In
| later years, became national In
/ is work. llO established branches at
New York and Philadelphia with great
success, und the mon under his Instructions
worked wonders In unoOrthng criminals
| and criminal acts Ills early detective work
| was marked by his conviction OF Augusta
| StuIrt Byron, the llegltImate son OF Mary
/ SDurt aud Lord Byron, aud u nephew of AT.
| mlrNl Napier OF the English Navy for train,
| wrccklng aud pundunns tho United states
| mulls,
ono Of the most notable OF Mr. Plnker.
| tOn's early cilsis was tho arrest OF Nathan
| NJ rOnoy agent OF tho Adams Express Com.
| pant ut Montgomery Ala, who stole Si0,-
| 900 from the company and uin away After
! some months Ol labor MaIuney was found
| and nearly all tho money recovered from
| its hldhgpluCo In New Jersey farmhouse.
! A little time allcrwUrd hc ran down Andy
! aud William Roberts and 0tlpp, recover.
Ing $4,000 which they had stolen from
an express car on the New Haven Rail.
! Road. Who looking FOR lncondMrloq
among the Philadelphia, Wilmington n
Baltimore Railroad In lsB! no discovered q
plot 10 OugslssInntc President Lincoln NJ u |.
| tmoro whom hO should pass through that
city on his way 10 Washington 10 bo nau-
guralcd, Mr. PnketlOn carried tho pr0sl-
dent through Baltimore In disguise aud
landed him safely In Washington, During
the war Mr., pnkerton was authorized by
tho President 10 organize tho Socrot'ScryicC
Division Of tho Union Army llo served
at Us head under tho name OF Il. j. Allon
throughout the war
After the close OF the war Mr. PInkcfton
resumed his private detective work, llo &C.
cured tho arrest and conviction OF siS
thieves who stole 500, 900 OF thee Adams
Express Company from train near Baltl.
more, recovering NIL the money lle also
brought TO Justice robbers Of the Harden
Express Company NJ BaltmOre, tho Car
bOndulo Bank NJ CNrbondalo, Pa. the
Adams Express Company, on tho New lla'
ven Railroad; MylOrts Bank nj Scranton,
Pa, and tic perpetrators OF the
Hudson River Railroad robbery, In which
$500, 900 was stolen from tho Merchants
Union Express Company In the same yeOl
Qs6s) Mr. Plnkorlon arrested tho foul
Reno brothers and Charles Anderson, OK
press robbers who had terr0rIlod tho who'll
country around Seymour, Ind, where they
lived, one OF their acts was the robbery o
an express car Of SN1,0 900 noNr OsgOod Sta
ton, Ind, On their arrest they were place.
In Jail NJ Now Albany. Masked men over
powered the Sheriff In charge and hongoC
tho dospcrOdOes,
llo leaves u widow, Mrs. John plnkerlon
whom he married on leaving his homo II
Scotland, Three children survive Of The
eight who were born 10 them, They ar
William A, pukcrton, tho eldest, who In
charge of the Chicago office Of the agency
Robert A. Plhkcrton, General Suporlntond
ont, with immediate charge OF the Easter
offices, and Mrs Chalmers, wlfo OF william
j, Chalmers, OF Chicago Mr.. Plnk0rtol
was quito wealthy owning much valuable
real estate besides his elegant rosdonc
and magnificent country place