The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-19
BRING P|NKERTON'S
BODY TO AMERICA
Robert and William A. Pinker-
ton Had Managed Agency
Since Boys.
SUCCEEDED THEIR FATHER
Allan Pinkcrton Was Noted Sc
cret Service Agent Dur
ing Civil War.

NEW A4ORN, AUGUST tlo.-Ine DoQy
OF Robert A. Pinkerton, the famous
detective who died at sea last Monday,
will be shipped to America Tuesday
on the Kaiser Wilhelm IT,, of the North
German Lloyd line.
Pinkerton sailed from hero on Au-
gust Sth. broken in health from over
work. He believed his stomach and
liver were affected, and 1t was his in
tention: to take the water at Bad-Nau-
helm, Germany. Florence j. Sullivan,
OF rammany Hall. was his travelling
companion.
The news OF Mr.. Pinkerton's death
was received Mt his Office, 6a No. 81
Broadway. early yesterday morning In
a cable dispatch from Sullivan. The
information was meagre. 1t said that
the detective had dropped dead while
walking on deck. Word was tele-
graphed to William A. Pinkerton at
Saratoga. and he directed that his
brothers body be sent to New York.
Genius nv sIenti.
Robert Pinkcrton, the younger of
the two sons of Allan Pinkerton. to
whom that famous secret service
worker. of Civil War days handed
down Pinkerton's National Detective
Agency, was the genius of the bust
ness. He was POSSESSED of remark
able executive capacity and ;Hisiness
acumen. While others in the service
of his family were in the public eye
In connection with the capture of
criminals and their prosecution, his
was the mind In the Office that di
rectcd what they did and made their
efforts successful.
Allan Pinkerton, the founder OF the
agency which has carried his name
to the ends of the world, opened his
after the Civil War. He had been
Abraham Lincoln's' chief of secret
service, and the record of his exploits
in the sixties is thrilling story.
William A. Pinkerton was old enough
to be an assistant to his father dur
Ing the war Robert was then only boy
of thirteen and student in Notre
Dame University at North Bend Ind.
He was born at Dundee, ILL.,, in 1sis.
1t was tn 1873 that Allan Pinker-
ton decided to establish his agency in
this part of the country, and he sent
Robert to this city to open an Office.
That office was the sons magnet for
nearly twenty-six years. In all Of
that time he never failed to go to his
desk but three DAYS, and then illness
prevented him. Three years ago he
took his first vacation. when he went
abroad with his brother. Physically
he was then in the same broken down
condition as he was when he sailed
last week.
The father of Robert and william
Pinkerton died in 1884. He was a
canny Glasgow Scot. who came to this
country without a shilling to his
name. He left his boys fortune and
with the agency developed as far as
he imagined 1t could ever go. He
never dreamed that the present scope
of the business was possible
Guarded the Race Tracks.
AS Bob" and "Bll.,' the two Pinl<er-
ton boys were known in their early
days in Chicago. and SO they have al
ways been popularity called bob"
Pinkerton was n familiar figure on
every race course around New York.
It was he who demonstrated to the
Jockey clubs the necessity of the po-
lice system in vogue to-day. There
are few tracks in the country not UNI
der Pinkerton rule.
This Pinkerton police system was
started for the purpose of protecting
the patrons of racing from pickpockets
and other crooks. 1t began with Pink
years Bob" Pinkerton made the
Jockey clubs sec the necessity Of add
ing detectives to the force. who could
keep an eye on riders and trainers and
the betting ring. This espionage has
resulted in keeping many jockey and
trainer straight, and In ruling off the
turf those who found 1t more remu-
neratiVe to run crooked races than
straight ones.
Such work as his agency did under
his direction on the race courses nat
mrally made enemies, and perhaps a
score of times Bob" Pinkerton was
marked. for slaughter. He never re-
celyed SO much as scratch. only
couple OF years ago somebody whom
he had ruled of the turf fired shot
at him from the grandstand at Sheeps-
head Bay. Tt missed his head by an
inch and scratched the scalp OF a
friend, who was standing next 70 MIN
watching the finish OF race.
Bob" Pinkerton aided personally ~
running down the Molly Magu'fes IN
Pennsylvania. It was ne a's 10 wv
made the contract to send the Pinker-
tons to the Homestead strike. Henry
| q. Prick asked him for the FORCE
which the strikers nearly annlhllatea.
Organized Bank Protection.
L 1t was BOD .is
celved the idea Of getting the banks
of the country together in protective
alliance against thieves. In couPle
Of years the American Bankers Asso-
ciation was formed, and to-day 1t is a
daring crook who will lay hand
ON tho property OF any bank DIS
playing the associntion's sign. It was as
only last year that the proceeds or
two bank burglaries We're returned,
the thieves not discovering until AFTER
the crimes We're committed that the
banks they had robbed We're mem. !,
bers OF the association. One thief
wrote, in returning $4,000 OF negot1a-
BILE securities: "Put your A. b. A. sign
out where your customers can see IT,
Crooks fight shy Of the American
Bankers Association because they
know that the Pinkertons Will follow
a thief to the ends OF the world ana
| spend as much money to arrest ana
punish a man who steals $40 as they
i win IL the amount was $l,Oo0,00o. 81
The jewellers OF the country nave
/ two organizations similar to the Aneri-
can Bankers Association--the Jewel
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