The evening world., 1888-12-18
TWO FAMOUS DETECTIVES.
The Pinkerton Brothers aud the Great
Agency They Have Built Up.
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tFrom the 81. Paul TfonesrTrea1
The William A. and Robert
A.-better known as "Bill" and Bob"
came to st. Paul yesterday and put up in
Parlors 1 and X, at the Hotel Ryan. 1t
would be hard to find two brothers anywhere
who think better OF each other than these two
sons of the great Allan Pinkerton. They
are alike in many respects and different in
others. Looking at them from the rear one
could hardly tell who was who. They are
alike that each is 6feet tall, square, shouldered
and we'll proportional. Looking at them
face to face one sees the same expression OF
the eyes, the general similarity of the
and biacker,, and Bob has a pair OF neatly
tr mined '":fre-escapes," which Bill" has
not thereby one may know them apart.
Then Bills diamond stud is larger htnan
Bob's, and Bill wears a cutaway coat, while
Bob sports a frock: The rest Of the differ
ence is the natural result of circumstances,
Bill having always made his home in Chicago,
and Bob having lived in New York for many
years.
These two are at the head Of the greatest
private detective agency in the world. Allan
Pinkerton started the business in Chicago
before the war. Bill and Bob grew up with
the business and the business has grown mp
with them. Few people have any idea how
big a concern it Is. The Pipkertons employ
5000 men. Besides the two head offices in
Chicago and New York. there are agencies in
Boston, Philadelphia. Kansas City. Denver
m n"a ii in t these city atSs kn now " as s' "PiD nj e'1o's
Preventive Watch" They have arsenals
uniforms and Winchester rifles enough
erton detectives are everywhere. They
are employed in nearly every large mercan-
tile house in America, In hotels. in banks,
following %circuses and Watching suspected
employees of railroads and Other big corpora
ton. The business has doubled in the last
ten years and promises to double again in the
next decade. 1t is making rich mel of Bill
and Bob. Their Joint income is variously
estimated at from $50, 900 to $500. 600 a year.
Either one of the brothers could probably
count more than a half million dollars worth
of this worlds goods.
TIL secret of their success in business is
that it has been run on business principles.
The Pinkertons do not chase criminals in the
hope of getting rewards. They charge their
clients 80 much q day for the services of IN
operator. Prices vary, but S. a day is about
the average. The .Pinkerton detectives are
not known to outsiders, and very often they
do not know each other except as two or
more are put to work ON the same case. Bill
and Bob hire all the new men themselves.
putting their knowledge Of human nature
and the world to use in making their selec-
tlons. They have plenty of applicants to
choose from. Healthy Young men who are
quick-witted, we'll informed and have large
bumps of secretiyeness aud yalor are pre-
ferred. Usually the new man goes to work
as a Waterman or in the Office until he has
shown what stuff he is made of. Then he is
put forward by degrees. Tit Plnkertons
have gray-haired detectives in their employ
who have been there from boyhood. No mpn
who ever worked for them aud did his duty
was allowed to go unrewarded. and when
death takes off u good man the Pinkertons
pension his widow and orphans.
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so we'll posted on what might be called
| thievology as Bill " Pinkerton. He has
made it q life study. He has in his library q
photograph. description and record of every
professional criminal of America and the
most important OF those Of Europe. He has
cultivated q wonderful memory for names
and faces. and his brain is q storehouse of
knowledge on this subject. He keeps a con-
slant watch of the movements of professional
criminals of all kinds. and when any big
crime is committed in New Zealand or Della
ware or anywhere else. he can come pretty
near guessing who did it, If it was the work
of q professional.