Scottish emigrant and abolitionist Allan Pinkerton founded America's first detective agency and successfully brought down some of the country's most ruthless criminals. But in 1874 he tried to take on ...

Allan Pinkerton was furious when he got the news. Joseph Whicher, a trusted agent of Pinkerton's National Detective agency, had been discovered in the Missouri woods, bound, tortured and shot dead—yet ...

Allan Pinkerton (1819-84), founder of Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on Aug. 25, 1819. Pinkerton emigrated to the United States in 1842 and eventually ...

"The story of the legendary Pinkerton detective who took down the Molly Maguires and the Wild Bunch The operatives of the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency were renowned for their skills of ...

On this day, July 3, in 1871, Jesse and Frank James stole $45,000 from a bank in Corydon, Iowa. The robbery by the famed duo led the bank to hire the Pinkerton Detective Agency, kicking off agency ...

Hot Springs, circa 1910: Famous people were among many who visited Hot Springs in the early 20th century. Such was William Pinkerton (second from left), posed at Happy Hollow. His father, Alan, ...

Today, we'll examine the bloody war between the Pinkerton Detective Agency and Jesse James. This feud would culminate in not only an ill-advised attack on the James farm but also the tragic death of ...