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Pinkerton is a private security guard and detective agency established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co. and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
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Pinkerton National Detective Agency, American independent police force that was founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton (1819–84), former deputy sheriff of Cook county, Illinois. It originally specialized in railway theft cases, protecting trains and apprehending train robbers.
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- Its founder became a detective by accident. Allan Pinkerton, 1860. In 1842, Allan Pinkerton immigrated to the Chicago area and opened a cooperage or barrel-making business.
- The Pinkertons inspired the term 'private eye.' The Pinkerton agency first made its name in the late-1850s for hunting down outlaws and providing private security for railroads.
- They hired the nation’s first female detective. Kate Warne, the first female detective, helped save Abraham Lincoln's life. In 1856, 23-year-old widow Kate Warne walked into Pinkerton’s Chicago office and requested a job as a detective.
- The Pinkertons may have foiled an assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln. Shortly before Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration in March 1861, Allan Pinkerton traveled to Baltimore on a mission for a railroad company.
Learn about Pinkerton's origins as a detective agency in 1850 and its evolution into a global risk management company. Discover how Pinkerton combines legacy, technology and expertise to protect and create value for its clients.
Allan Pinkerton (August 21, 1819 [1] – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish-American cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln.
