Biography of Allan Pinkerton
CJS/250 Mike Frederick 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 passed away. This led Allen to look for work to provide for his family at a young age. Allen Pinkerton took a job as a young cooper, which he did not keep for very long due to participation in the Chariot movement, which is a huge movement that dealt with social and political reform. He became concerned for his future and his life and also had a warrant, due to this movement and he immigrated to the United States in 1842. He moved in a community like where he had come from in the U.S and became and freely speaking abolitionist. Allen was also a Conductor for the Underground Railroad. He then relocated to Dundee, a town in Kane County where he set up shop for a barrel company and got married. One day he was out cutting and gathering wood he notice a group of counterfeiters and shortly after he was appointed the deputy of Kane County which was his late start in his career in law enforcement. He was looked up to for his accomplishments of being a law abiding citizen and due to the nature of his work he was very cautious of his surroundings, which his braveness lead him to a position for a part time deputy. Mr. Pinkerton Later he left the position in Kane county and became one of Chicago police officer, which he resigned and became one of the first private first detective agencies. His agency was known to have the...
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