Allan Pinkerton

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Once a top spy, he invented the mug shot seen on reward posters in the Wild West Allan Pinkerton FJ FAMOUS NAMES 2006-10-19 #5084
In 1850 this "colorful" Scotsman founded one of the first detective agencies in the U.S. Allan Pinkerton $1,000 DJ FAMOUS NAMES 2001-11-12 #3956
In 1850, Hawthorne wrote of Hester Prynne's crime, & this Scot opened his Chicago detective agency Allan Pinkerton DD $1,000 DJ CONTEMPORARIES 1998-04-22 #3153
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