Project Gutenberg 2010-10-15 Public domain in the USA. 116 Moffett, Cleveland 1863 1926 12036979 True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons The Northampton Bank robbery -- The Susquehanna Express robbery -- The Pollock Diamond robbery -- The Rock Island Express -- The Destruction of the Renos -- The American Exchange Bank robbery. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons" by Cleveland Moffett is a collection of historical crime narratives written in the late 19th century. The book explores real-life detective cases handled by the famous Pinkerton National Detective Agency, which was known for its innovative investigative techniques and involvement in many high-profile criminal cases of the time. The overarching topic revolves around thrilling accounts of robberies, investigations, and the cunning criminal minds that the Pinkertons aimed to outwit. The opening of the book draws readers into the harrowing tale of the Northampton Bank Robbery in 1876, setting the stage for a gripping account of masked bandits who invade the home of bank cashier John Whittelsey to seize the keys and combination to the bank vault. The narrative vividly depicts the brutal tactics employed by the robbers to extract compliance and details the eventual involvement of the Pinkertons as they sift through various leads and witness accounts. This introduction not only foreshadows the intense and often morally complex world of crime and detection but also highlights the painstaking effort required to bring justice in the face of organized crime. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33922/33922-h/images/cover.jpg en Detective and mystery stories, American Crime -- United States Criminals -- United States PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - American 260184 260193 2024-09-14T09:28:50.765928 2023-09-15T04:46:12.088941 text/html text/html 260600 2010-10-15T12:29:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 312692 2010-10-15T12:29:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 324167 2024-09-14T09:28:54.650902 application/epub+zip 324556 2024-09-14T09:28:51.437914 application/epub+zip 167681 2024-09-14T09:28:51.075944 application/epub+zip 404399 2024-09-14T09:28:57.381959 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373447 2024-09-14T09:28:54.294922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217904 2022-09-15T12:36:10.296922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235368 235137 2024-09-14T09:28:50.382944 2023-09-15T04:46:11.700946 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 235093 2010-10-15T12:29:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 85392 2010-10-15T12:29:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 235084 2010-10-15T12:29:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85368 2010-10-15T12:29:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20940 2024-09-14T09:28:57.523884 application/rdf+xml 9605 2024-09-14T09:28:51.168892 image/jpeg 1640 2024-09-14T09:28:51.121893 image/jpeg 323357 2024-09-14T09:28:50.809906 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia