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ing the safes. and deliberately appro.
priating their contents. This case was
given to Mr.. pinkerton. and Simeon
and Bill Reno were arrested by him at |
indianapolis; Frank Reno and Charles |
Anderson fled to Canada. were pursued |
To- Windsor ontario. and extraditci. |
after long siege of more than three |
months. During the trial which fol |
Nwcd another portion of the gang for |
the purpose of diverting suspicion from |
them. attempted another express rob |
berry: but of this Mr.. Pinkerton was
fully advised. and prepared for them.
After one of the men had been shot The
rest We're captured: but while awaiting
the action of the law. the indignant
aud outraged populacc of the country
took them out. and hung them within
full view of the Jail. When Frank
Reno and Charles Anderson were re-.
turned to the United states. they were
put into Jail at New Albany. Ind. in
company with simeon ana Bill Reno.
About three weeks after their arrival
there 100 masked men marched to the
Jail. having come In on the -bouud
train. ovCrpcwcrcd the sheriff and jail.
or. and hung the three Rcnos and An
dcrson. and that ended the banditti In
southern Indiana. ON May :. 1860.
MIR. Pinkcrton was stricken down with
severe stroke of paralysis. from
which he never fully recovered. ana
since that time. has never been actively
employed in his business. leaving the
management of II To his two SONS and
other supcrintcndents. one of the last
cases he managed was the work of
breaking UP the Molly Maguires in
Pennsylvania. BY working his ope,a
tivcs into their secret organizations ana
having them admitted to full know'.
edge Of their mysteries ana plans. Nj.
pinkcrion was enabled tn. at least,
bring their schemes to q full exposure.
and to stop. eifcctually. their course Of
robbery and murder Twenty-four CT
them were hung. after due trial. and
more than fifty were sent To the pcni.
tcntiary for long terms of imprisoa.
ment. Mr.. Pinkcrton was the author OF
sftecn volumes Of detective expert.
'cnccs. which have had an extensive cir.
'culation throughout Inc country. and
left several volumes In manuscript be.
hind him. which will probably be given
to the press NJ nn early date. His las,
published volume. Thirty Years a De.
tcc'ivc." rccounts. with all the original
force Of his strong mind. the various
devices rcsortcd to. by criminals of ev.
cry class. TO effect success In their scv.
eral branches of crime. Mr.. plnkcr.
toms ruling idea. In the publication of
L..
public how surely AMI inevitably ,ie;ec.
tion and punishment follow the com.
mission of crime. However skillfui ,hc
criminal may he. however careful he
may have planned to escape suspicion
or pursuit. and Notwithstanding Tie
precautions he may have taken. tho
cool. Intelligent and skillful detective
Will follow him relcntlessly. until es.
cape II impossible ana arrcs, ana pun
.ishment overtakc mm. The moral In.
varabiy sought to be inculcated by
these works is. the beneficial cnlighten.
.ment of society and the installation of
n wholesome fear of the law. which
will deter those tempted To crime from
taking the fatal step which leads to
.disliOnOr and the prison cell. Mr.. Pink.
.,crf0n was man Of strong physique.
which enabled him to rally several
times when his physicians dcspairci 1T
his recovery. He was ever noted for
his iron will ana indomitablc perscycr-
;ance. and was remarkably strong IN
his affections ana hatrcds; his friends
were tied to him with "hoOks Of steel"
and his enemies were made to feel the
- "A.
;nrouscd. or late. years he took great
pride In his stock farm at Onargn, lro-
.Quois County, H., called "Larch
Farm" which IL said to De one Of the
'handsOmest places In the country. and
uipon which Mr. Pinkcrton has cXpend-
.cd many thousands of dollars. In pros
securing his business Mr.. Plnkerton
made II his infieXible rule never to
sopciTitc for rewards, or on payments
contingent upon success. and would
never allow any Of his operatives to re-
celvc any reward or gratulty for his
services. He paid his employees libec-
ally. ana worked for those who en-
gagged him ~ certain fixed per diem.
which was all that was ever received.
Another notable and praisewOrthy zen.
surc Of his immense business. ana one
of the strictcst rules of his institution
was, that he never. under any circuri.
stances. could be- induced to operate in
n divorce case or where family mit.crs
Were In dispute. In following ont this
line Of conduct he fatty refused many
Thousand dollars annually. II was also
~ principle Of Mr.. Pmkerton that the
OLD maxim of setting thief to catch
thief" was morally wrong anl I'M
v,,i.e in action, and that taking two ncn
,of THE same mental callber, the one
guilty and the other innocent. the lat
ter would invariably prevail over the
mental aud moral force of the former.
Since Allan Pinkertons death, which
occurred July |. 1881, the great agency
has continued It's useful and prosper
.o,Is career, under the able management
Of his two sons-William \. PinkertOn,
the eldest, having charge of the West
crn division, with headquarters II Chi
cago. and Robert \. Pinkerton of the
Eastern division, with headquarters at
New York. As William \. Pinkerton
IL of much interest tn ChicagOans be-
cause he IL with us al all times, The