| Show riN pinkerton rinkerton KERTON S LOSS LOBS that our r alion reduced to t cinders thousands thoua thou anJi sanda 0 of f valuables which can never lie be whose value valtie in that very inability to be replaced is ia too evident to bo be descan descanted des canted wil on the loss IMS of cl the records in the court house anil and the lie do 0 ii ons for the ilia restora tion 0 or f land and a tit tic to make nidio it painfully evident that this jact is ia only too well appreciated but bat there thee were public property and no do ono one think tit of nying that their loea ion wu wall a public calamity cal amily if any ono thinks otherwise wise arual of the following me may tend end to A change fi hia opinion on atje the subject I 1 thousands of thieves and aad of hoin anja v of respectable people were as af lully jally acquainted with the name of allen alien pinkerton as of thomas jefferson or jack the giant killer and his hii detective agency was via as aa fa mour mou an institution as w doston corn COLD trion inon the system over which lie preidel SM wall wab tho ilia result of years of df piti cint toil arid and energy und nd tile llie reputation enjoyed by him was the trait fruit of that toil and energy and ply pir severance with a luge huge central office in chicago and branches branch ca in new york and the llie champion thief catcher had hit his prey so BO situated at as to be ill all the time IQ I 1 in the toils only duly they know it il was wai but portion of its ill foundation has ha given way sod and tile ike ltv daviu ahw s of twenty years not in ia dollars aal aej cents but in re rc corili which dollars anil and cent can never replace vao ishell in ia about half an hour arr tc pinkerton his detective agency in chica go in 1952 and two benm latar when it begin began to rears luge arge a proper bioni the records were commenced tho the most minute details or of every case were faithfully faith rully recorded rc cordei the LL of if every applicant lur for as danee in recovering property the a to whom the job was wa entrusted his hii orilton oril hit his report of the tae operations the by the thief of the be property stolen the amount recovered anil and indeed every detail of the class cas then when the thief WAR brought to trial tho whole of the in tile case was taken down arid and the iho final disposition of tile tho prisoners prisoner duly recorded go 10 that hat from the time 4 COMPISi Ot WM wall made at t na 1 a I 1 A ed d rotors tha hat t allonby or P property p y had h d a been b c it complete antory of 01 gle ilia thief and aal his bis pur men until let the it disappearance isa ipp arance of if the former io in the ho penitentiary or iiii hii ac ili Il ital lital was recorded the amount of malcer thus dim created cicat cil was astonishing for file mere clerical work upon 9 it more than iban lial ad been paid of such curious re corth there were I 1 to less leas than gig gigantic an tic volumes of 9 great reat value alice were nearly all stowed slowed away in pit i of harris II arria largest wes sites while the remainder was placed in wooden cases it is ne ediest edlest to state tint that every ono of them wai destroyed ahat I 1 hat in itself would have been a public calamity mr pinkerton also posses ocl cow coni records ol of the secret service of a of f the potomac they T hey were of fio immense so value being dot only the c complete m l let 0 bai but t ho ba 0 only nl y 0 bet e t in 4 L x i 3 t once n ae b mr 1 r 1 in rt 0 choei w h 0 po fic i li t i c s for oLlai nine correct binl information dur dar ing those days r dye were of course very 1 much I greater than any one else cleo could boast valued them at tile government had already offered so 0 o for fortham them fifty cinc altogether and negotiations were wera still goerig on en the whole set bel perished that was alio a public sulilie cala mity pinkerton liagin liitt in hs 13 employ a A large argo number of preventive whose occupation was w as to watch white while all tile cirit to aba cba chae o the rogues that prowl by night as the li armes armea were wentlo wont to sing these men biad ha dorder every night 11 7 glit to male make out a report vilen lien they came in they led had to give an n account of their their beat the condi lion of the weather ws ather what cir they witnessed who they aw 84 W and what they said or did to him or her ber these reports were all copied into tile records there were forty of theio ponderous ponder oui volumes which 11 weri vere obtained oLta ined at a cost coot of 40 0 each their valtie rally be imagined they were were frail frequently dently Consta lied in court coart p ild alig t at for tile purpose c of gaining as the weather wen lher the condition of if thi hie the pie nence or genco of the moon and 1 other neu there were id in all forty eight patrolmen who gave each an account of these particulate particular and it is a that I 1 their heir accounts generally coincide so eo far as atmos picric conditions condi liona wore concerned of course the records were all destroyed tit in tile firt made rush when the men everything on which they could lay their hands hand they chiy carried two of t h ra A arn A othni ns oo 00 matter iatter was thrown alao the remainder shared the fiery fite fate co common linnion to everything in the burnt district libor act in a Bi liall room adjoin adjoining ing mr Pink pinkertons ertons private office were a number of plain wooden cases in which were stored the i files of the daily es aice 1851 there was waa not a copy of is a d daily aily or weekly piper paper issued since 1831 1834 A of or which mr pinkerton rin kerton had not a duplicate many mally were bound together and vol times P covered vered them all there were printed instructions posted all round tile the wall giving directions 0 the men in CW case or of fire to move these thebe perishable goods good hrit trusting ilia saks to protect the th it was supposed that th the harr a 8 safra which cost coat each and a ailt aring sare fir which cost coat COO j would be worth as tion lion aga ait fire fife but the result proved thein taintless On lyone safe afia pro pre one by a fortunate accident owing to some homo in the building ono safe containing some of the iho account bool books a and receipts from express companies of money restored fell into the street and escaped being melted the contents were valuable in way but bug to mr pinkerton only tins the other oilier records were completely wiped willed out and with them was W wiped out the foundation for a complete and exhaustive history of tho the North weil besides matter enough for thrilling stories without end i groundwork for sensational stories innumerable it was mr Pink pinkertons ertons intention to have boac of them published in in due time when TO the parties ties were dead or forgotten indea indeed ed many of them them were already written end and were wailing but a favorable opportunity for introduction cintr 0 to the world tle recent heated term has interfered ad materially a teri ally 1 y enli tic liia ilia designs and crual bled I 1 plinia 1 and papers into one com mon tn ruin in when the fire firt broke out a tah null was wa immediately midd made to nave tile most valuable property all that could bo be moved from mr pink cr room was wag transferred to a wi fion and the newspaper files were made ready for moving but before ilia he lowering tackle could be made ready for satisfactory operation tho the flames were darting through the and anatha the wagon containing tho the proportion of salvage was driven off 0 o mr Vinke rions home on west monroe street lostys were others the storeroom etor stor croom where tho the diR disguise guises and other paraphernalia of a d detective tc were stored the dormitory and the exten extensive give hoin houi arran arrangements gemenis De cebary for the accommodation of tho the sma benall I 1 army of men in coustaut con employ io in the building build also vr wore re burned burne the greedy fire heie did aalthe all the dabige it could in half an hoar the lct best regulated office in the country sod and the most accurate and probably proba lily 7 minutely deviled records A I 1 lay ay in in tb abe e basement baso ment a rod red hot indescribable heap the only recognizable article whereof a bortni fort nihl water ator was a heap of bricle surmounted mounted eur by the r remains of a penholder 0 1 women edit ct 0 duly ond md four w weekly dekl i daperl in Ger manyi nothing aid 06 about out monthlies month lits |
