The Burglars Fate and The Detectives

The Burglar's Fate And The
Detectives, by

Allan Pinkerton
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Title: The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives
Author: Allan Pinkerton

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THE BURGLAR'S FATE AND THE DETECTIVES.
by
ALLAN PINKERTON,
Author of "Expressman and Detective," "Melnotte and Detectives,"
"Professional Thieves and Detectives," "Railroad Forger and
Detectives," "Mollie Maguires and Detectives," "Spiritualists and
Detectives," Etc., Etc., Etc.

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers. London: S. Low, Son &
Co. MDCCCLXXXIV. Copyright, by Allan Pinkerton. Stereotyped by
Samuel Stodder, 42 Dey Street, N.Y. Trow's Printing And
Book-Binding Co., N.Y.

PREFACE.
In the pages which follow I have narrated a story of actual occurrence.
No touch of fiction obscures the truthful recital. The crime which is
here detailed was actually committed, and under the circumstances
which I have related. The four young men, whose real names are
clothed with the charitable mantle of fiction, deliberately perpetrated
the deed for which they suffered and to-day are inmates of a prison. No
tint or coloring of the imagination has given a deeper touch to the
action of the story, and the process of detection is detailed with all the
frankness and truthfulness of an active participant. As a revelation of
the certain consequences which follow the perpetration of crime, I send
this volume forth, in the fervent hope that those who may read its pages,

will glean from this history the lessons of virtue, of honor, and of the
strictest integrity. If in the punishment of Eugene Pearson, Dr. Johnson,
Newton Edwards and Thomas Duncan, the young men of to-day,
tempted by folly or extravagance, will learn that their condemnation
was but the natural and inevitable result of thoughtless crime, and if
their experience shall be the means of deterring one young man from
the commission of a deed, which the repentance of years will not
obliterate, I shall feel that I have not labored in vain. As a true story of
detective experience, the actors in which are still living, I give this
volume to the world, trusting that its perusal may not fail in its object
of interesting and instructing the few or many who may read its pages.
ALLAN PINKERTON.

CONTENTS.
PREFACE v
CHAPTER I.
Geneva--The Robbery--Search for the Burglars--My Agency notified
11
CHAPTER II.
The Investigation begun--John Manning's Visit to Geneva--Eugene
Pearson's Story--The Detective's Incredulity--A Miraculous
Deliverance with a Ten-Cent Coin 22
CHAPTER III.
An Interview with Miss Patton--Important Revelations--Doubts
Strengthened--Mr. Bartman's Story--William Resolves to seek Newton
Edwards 38
CHAPTER IV.

The Work Progresses--Eugene Pearson's Early Life--On the Trail of
Newton Edwards 51
CHAPTER V.
New Developments--Tidings of Newton Edwards--Suspicions
Strengthening against Eugene Pearson--Mr. Silby's Confidence 63
CHAPTER VI.
The Detective at Woodford--An Interview with the Discarded Wife of
Newton Edwards 77
CHAPTER VII.
A Fire and a Talkative Fireman--Mrs. Edwards Receives a Letter 90
CHAPTER VIII.
A Plan to Intercept Correspondence--Edwards fully Identified A pretty
Servant Girl and a Visit to Church 102
CHAPTER IX.
Waiting and Watching--Two Letters--Newton Edwards' Hiding-Place
Discovered 116
CHAPTER X.
The Burglar Tracked to his Lair--The old Stage Driver--A Fishing
Party--A Long Wait--A Sorrowful Surprise--The Arrest of Newton
Edwards 125
CHAPTER XI.
Newton Edwards brought back to Chicago--Attempt to Induce a
Confession--a Visit to his Relatives--The Burglar Broken Down 141

CHAPTER XII.
The Confession of Newton Edwards--The foul Plot fully Explained
Eugene Pearson's Guilt clearly Proven--A Story of Temptation and
Crime 154
CHAPTER XIII.
Edwards taken to Geneva--The Arrest of Eugene Pearson His
Confession--More Money Recovered--Dr. Johnson Arrested 167
CHAPTER XIV.
Proceedings at Geneva--Speculations as to the Missing Five Thousand
Dollars--John Manning Starts in Search of Thomas Duncan 182
CHAPTER XV.
On the Track of the fleeing Burglar--Duncan's Home--Some
Reflections 192
CHAPTER XVI.
Bob King meets with a Surprise--His Story of Duncan's Flight The
Detective starts Westward 208
CHAPTER XVII.
Manning Strikes the Trail--An Accommodating Tailor--Temporary
Disappointment and final Success--The Detective reaches Minneapolis
224
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Detective at Bismarck--Further Traces of the Fugitive A Protracted
Orgie--A Jewish Friend of the Burglar in Trouble 241

CHAPTER XIX.
From Bismarck to Bozeman--The trail Growing Warmer--Duncan Buys
a Pony--A long Stage Ride 254
CHAPTER XX.
The Stage Driver's Story 266
CHAPTER XXI.
False Information which nearly