Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-16

Mr.. Allan iinkcrton died July l. 1854. |
at which time the agency had large
offices in Chicago. New York and Phila-
delphia. with some correspondence In
Europe. Since then offices of the firm
have been established in Kansas City.
Denver. San Francisco. Boston--in fact
nnearly all thelarge cities of this coun-
try and Canada. The Pinkcrtons have
also n chain of offices throughout Eu.
rope. also In Australia. China aud ia
pan. where paid correspondents are
continually working for the protective
interests of the great banks. insurance
companies. railroad companies. etc.
The Western office of the Pinkcrtou
National Detective Agency Is In charge
of William \. Pinkerton. while the
Eastern office. with headquarters at
New York. Is In charge of his brothe.
Robert. The Pinkerton agency has in
its employ a thousand men. One of the
leading features of the agency Is its
patrol system. providing men who at
night time guard the great business
houses in such large cities as Chicago.
Kansas City. Denver. and Portland.
Ore. Another department Is devoted to
furnishing detectives for the great
summer resorts and camp-mceting
grounds in and around New York. san
Francisco and Philadelphia. Pinkerton
detectives also abound NJ all great race
tracks. both East and West. The agpn.
cy has charge of the protective depart.
mcnt of the American Bankers Asso-
citation. In their many years service
for the great banks of this country the
Pinkertons have never failed but In two
eases. They also have charge of the
protective department of the jewelers.
Protective Union. and the jewelers.
Security alliance for the protection of
tewelry statesmen against robbery
They have never lost u case for either
association. They are representatives
of the New England Burglary lnsur.
ance Company. the Fidelity AMI Cas-
ual,y Company. and the Fidelity AMI
Deposit Company of Maryland.
\ great deal of work has been done
by this agency for the large express
and rallroad companies. The Pinker.
tons are the chief stockholders In the
Electric Protective Company of CHI.
cago. organized for the purpose of pro-
iec,ing great mercantile houses. banks
ana express companies from burglary.
| Few people know that n large majority
of these places are connected by elec-
| trlc wires with the Pinkerton office Oh
| Firth avenue. After the closing of these
| places electric connection Is made with
the safes. vaults, doors and windows.
and the least touch on them win ring
u bell In the Plnkcrton office. where n
squad of men Is daily and nightly kept
In reserve. BY this arrangement many
would-bc robbers have been captured In
| this city. Another branch Of the bust.
ness Is the sending of an armed man In
n specially built Pinkcrton wagon for
the purpose of protecting paymastcrs
Of large establishments returning frOm
the bank with money to meet the big
weekly pay roll.
In 1866 Mr.. Plnkerton married Miss
| Margaret Ashland. He has two chill.
| dren. both daughters. one the wife of
william &. Pullman. the other the wife
l
wife died on the 9Th of April. 1895. He
says his only besetting sin Il u stable
full of fast horses. and u back yard full
of dogs. He says he II In the best of
health and hopes to live through sever
al more great Presidential campaigns.
| The officers Of PlnkcrtOn's National
Detective Agency are:
| 1brtunipuIs NN.tlltuu, 4 al OnN
Fifth avenue. Chicago: Robert a. Pin.
kerton. ~ Broadway. New York.
George ID. Bangs. General Superln.
tendcnt. New York.
| u. Robertson. Assistant General Su.
pcrintendent Middle Division. Chicago.
James Mcfarland. Assistant General
Superintendent Western Division. Den
| YER.
Offices: Chicago. Frank Murray, SUI
perintcndcnt, POI Fifth avenue; ST.
Paul. 3 Germania Building: Kansas
City. G22 Main street; Denver. : Opera
House Block: Portland, Ore. 3OI Mar.
guam Block: New York, 80 Broadway
Boston, 10 ana ~ Federal street: Phila.
delphla, Al Chestnut street: San Fran
cisco. II Cr0cker Building.
Plnkerton's Protective IaitrOl: J..
Foley. Captain: j. II Clcary. NJ. +.
Danehy, Patrick Clarke. Ronald Cam
eron, l.. Murphy, Licutenants: Joseph
Cuthhcrt. Sergeant.
Branches of the service are In opera
tion In Kansas City. No.; Denver. Colo;
and Portland, Ore.
Mr.. Samuel Il. Darby would make u
great race for Congress In the Sixth
District lf given the noIlnation, hui
II II rumOred that IindblOn. the prom
inent Swede," Will DO the nominee be-
cause he has u barrel. which fact the
Democrats of the district are not likely
to overlook.
Oh. hut II will he easy money all
along the line when Bobby LlndblOnl
runs for Congress. but the wealth oi
Croeslls couldn't elect him.
Not Rubber, but "iho Rubber Neck
Paint Company" Is what some of the
fellows call it nowadays.
Isn't It fact that II certain paint
house enjoys II monopoly of the Board
of Education trade on lead and ochre
George Y. IIankins IL said to be ''re