Spittall's Philadelphia Detective Agency
Subtitle: Wm. B. Spittall, principal. No. 341 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Private investigators; Detectives; Criminals; Crime; Spittall's Detective Agency
Other titles: Spittall's Detective Agency
Notes: "In presenting this small pamphlet to the public, it is my endeavor to prevent crime, aid in the detection of criminals, and show the unwary some of the pitfalls that await them in the large cities." --author's preface, p. [2]

Caption title, p. [3]: Spittall's Detective Agency.

Suggested date of publication from text: "This agency claims to have successfully worked during the last ten years more cases of incendiarism ... than any other agency extant." --p. 24.

The agency was founded by William Spittall in 1870.

With sections on burglars, pickpockets, shoplifters, "banco", bank thieves, diamond thieves, check raisers, and the slang of petty thieves.