Running head: Biography of Allan Pinkerton Biography of Allan Pinkerton Timothy Smith CJS 250 November 22‚ 2010 Thomas J. Blank Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one of the most top detective agencies in American. Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819. Pinkerton was the son of a police sergeant who ended up getting injured on the job and he was not able to work which caused Pinkerton to grow up in poverty. His father ended up dying
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university of phoenix | Biography of Allen Pinkerton | CJS/250 | | | 6/6/2011 | | Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one the most famous American private detective organizations in the late 1800’s. Although he was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819‚ he and his wife fled to the United States in 1842 the morning after their wedding. A warrant had been issued for his arrest. He was wanted in Scotland for his involvement in Chartism‚ a mass movement that sought political and social
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on August 25‚ 1819 in Glasgow‚ Scotland. He was the founder of a famous American private detective agency called the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (biography.com). Pinkerton prevented an assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln. He was a man with great power of observation and courage. Allan Pinkerton’s achievements and those of the organization he shaped from its birth‚ the Pinkerton National Detective Agency‚ was actually studying the history of the growth of America during its last century
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Nyna Holm 01/13/13 Allen Pinkerton was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland on August 25‚ 1819 and died July 1‚ 1884 in Chicago Illinois. He was a Scottish born detective and an owner and founder of a detective agency. He was also a son of a police officer who had left the force due to an injury in the Chariot Riots and by him not being able to work it caused a hardship for his family and shortly after the injury Allen Pinkerton father
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different kinds of violins‚ going to violin performances‚ and what others have said about music in general. Yet‚ we must ask ourselves: why does he play the violin? Does playing the violin help Holmes in solving crimes? How does it aid him in his detective work? The main focus of these interrelated questions is for us to wonder if Holmes’ violin playing is instrumental to his success as a
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realized he had a knack for catching criminals. He also believed that he could supply the public with security services that the public police agencies could not provide to the citizens. In 1852 he founded his own detective agency known as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. His success of catching criminals led to contracts with the government to help protect the post office from robbery and to investigate issues concerning counterfeit money (Biography of Allan Pinkerton‚ n.d.).
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deputy sheriff in 1846. Later on‚ Pinkerton also became the deputy sheriff of nearby Cook County in Chicago. In the year of 1850 in Chicago Illinois‚ Deputy Sheriff Allan Pinkerton left his position to open his own private detective agency. Even though the Pinkerton National Detective Agency was one of the first of its kind they had many cases and specialized in railway theft cases. Many of the agency’s accomplishments include capturing the $700‚000 in the Adams Express company theft in 1866 and Pinkerton
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the Pinkerton Detective Agency during his life. The last topic of discussion will cover the impact of the agencies innovations on law enforcement and the private security industry. Allan Pinkerton was born August 25‚ 1819 in Glasgow‚ Scotland. He began working at an early age as a cooper and very active in the Chartist movement during these years as well. When the Chartist movement was at a slow down‚ Pinkerton immigrated to the United States. (Biography Allan Pinkerton’s Detective Agency: PBS‚
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He ignored union involvements. He threatened to bring in the Pinkertons‚ who were a detective agency for hire that amounted to a private army of thugs. He was also strictly against organized labor‚ and refused to allow union workers at his mines. Frick’s action led to the Homestead Strike of 1892. The strike took place at Carnegie’s steel
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