The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-01
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3Aa fakas,aas William a. and
kvseTs A=est,cr knowna rs ''Bill" and
.lkah" as Al the head of the greatest
psiyAta detective agency in the world.
Al,~A etskerton stared the business
ia Chie~ge before the war. Bill and
tish grow up with hcibusincss and the
business grow mp with them. Few
people have any idcn how big a con
corn IL Ii,
Tho Pinkerions employ 5000 men.
Hrsidcs tho two head offices in Chicago
and New York. there are agencies in
N0stOn. Philadelphia, Kansas City,
Denver and -. Paul. They have a
iorcc OF patrolmcn in these cities
known rs "PinkcrtOn's Preventive
Wsach." They have arsenals at Chi
cago and New York with uniforms and
Winchester rifles enough I'd arm five
regiments of IN PinkertOn detect
ives arc everywhere.
They are employed in nearly every
large mercantile house in America, in
hotels, in banks. following c~ircuses
and watching suspected employees Of
railroads and other big corporations.
The business has doubled in the last
ten years and promises 10 double again
In the next decade. II is making rich
men OF Bill and Bob. Their income is
variOdsly estimated at from $4,000 0
to 600. 600 a year. Either n of the
brothers could probably count more
than q half million dollars worth OF
this worlds goods.
The secret of their success in busi-
hess is that it has been run on BUSH
ness principles. The PinkcrtOns do
not chase criminals in the hope OF get
ting rewards. They charge their cli-
cnts 30 much "a day for the services Of
an operator. Prices vary. but IS a
day is about the average. The Pink
ertOn detectives are not known to out
siders, and very often they do not
know each other except "a two or
more are put TO work on the same
case. Bill and Bob hire all the new
men themselves. putting their knOwl-
edge of human nature and the world to
use in making their selection.
They have plenty of applicants to
choose from. Healthy young men
who are quick-wi:ted. well informed
and have large bumps OF %secretive-
ness and valor are preferred. Usually
the new man goes TO work as q watch
man or in the Office until he has shown
what stuff he is made Of. Then he is
put forward by degrees. The Pinker-
tons have gray-haired detectives in
their employ who have been there
from boyhOOd. No III who v
worked for them and did his duty was
allowed to go unrewarded. and when
death takes of a good man the Pinker-
tons pension his widow and orphans.
There are probably few N in the
world SO well posted on what might ne
called thievOlogyeas ''Bill' PinkcrtOn.
He has made it u life study. He has
in his library a photograph, descrip-'
tiOn and record of every professional
criminal of America and the most i'm
pOrtant of those of Europe. He has
cultivuted Il wonderful memory for
names and faces. and his brain is a
stOrehOtse of knowledge on this sub
j0ck xkfe keeps 4 constant watch Of
the Hements of professional crimi-
mails u ~ kinds. and when any big
crime IS committed in New Zealand or
Delaware or anywhere else. he can
come pretty near guessing who did it
il it was the work OF a Professional
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