1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 219 Pinkerton

From the outside, Alan Pinkerton is an ordinary-looking American.

Pinkerton's hair is relatively sparse and has a high hairline, giving him a bit of a strong man's hairstyle. But in stark contrast to his sparse hair is his thick beard.

In future generations, Pinkerton could consider transplanting his beard onto his forehead, but don't think about it in this era.

Pinkerton is not tall, and his height is within the average level of Americans of this period, or he may need to be a little taller.

But his figure was very stocky and strong. What impressed Liang Yao most was Pinkerton's sharp eyes like a vulture.

These eyes are shrewd, cunning and hidden with murderous intent.

"Hello, Mr. Liang, I am Pinkerton, the director of Pinkerton Detective Agency. I heard that you are interested in my detective agency. After I got the news, I rushed over from Chicago without stopping.

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As soon as Liang Yao opened the door and walked into Doyle's Cafe, Pinkerton immediately stood up and introduced himself to Liang Yao.

"Pinkerton Detective Agency is committed to serving the upper class. It is an honor for Pinkerton Detective Agency to serve such a distinguished person as you."

The Pinkerton Agency has just been established for more than a year. Although the number of detectives in the Detective Agency has grown from 8 to 100, it is a leader in the industry.

But Pinkerton only took small jobs that were barely enough to make ends meet.

Pinkerton knows very well that the detective agency is not an ordinary company. It does dirty work and walks in the gray area on the edge of the law. It is inevitable that it will offend people and come into contact with the law.

If his detective agency wants to survive, it must rely on the powerful and serve the powerful to survive.

Liang Yao was the first powerful man to approach him, and Pinkerton cherished this opportunity very much.

"I heard that you used to be a Chicago police detective, and you did a pretty good job as a detective."

Liang Yao sat down and took the coffee from Doyle.

There was still a gap in criminology and detective technology in this era, and Pinkerton was the one who filled this gap.

Pinkerton was not the world's first private detective, but he was indeed the first to professionalize and industrialize detectives, and to promote the industry.

In order to found Pinkerton Detective Agency, Pinkerton still resigned from his official position in the Chicago Police Department and established his own detective agency. It must be said that he is still very courageous.

"No one in the United States is more professional than me in this regard, including those lousy police officers."

Pinkerton said very confidently.

"If you hire me, I will provide you with the most professional and considerate service in the United States."

Pinkerton is not exaggerating. Although the United States has a modern police system, it is not mature. Moreover, Pinkerton himself has been a police officer in the United States, and he knows very well the virtues of American police officers.

In fact, not only the United States, but also the police systems of all countries in this era are immature.

Not only is the police system immature, but the police officers within the system are also immature and their professional skills are quite amateurish.

In American states, especially the vast and sparsely populated western states, the police play more of a role as peace officers rather than professional police officers.

Take the California police chief Flake, whom Liang Yao is most familiar with, as an example. Before joining the police, Flagg served in the Army. It can be said that Flagg knows nothing about investigating crimes and solving cases.

But when it comes to fraud, abduction and extortion, Flagg is really good at it.

For the American police at this time to solve crimes was indeed beyond their capabilities, and it was a bit difficult for them.

What's even more egregious is that collecting money and not doing anything is the norm for American police in this period. It's no wonder that the United States, from top to bottom, from the private sector to the officialdom, is more willing to believe in the private detective agency of people like Pinkerton.

When encountering difficult problems, they are more willing to hire detectives to solve the problem or directly solve the problem person, rather than contact the police.

After all, the detective agency is a private organization, and you have an employment relationship with them.

Although the detective agency also charges money, which is quite expensive, at least after receiving the money, it will still work seriously and give you answers, which is much more reliable than those in the police stations in various states.

"As long as you can prove your business ability to me, I can provide you with a generous employment contract. With my support, it will not be difficult to open a detective agency in London or Paris in the future."

As he spoke, Liang Yao wrote a name on a piece of paper and crossed the piece of paper in front of Pinkerton.

"I want you to find out the details of this person."

The Detective Agency expanded its business from Chicago to New York just over a year after its establishment, which shows that Pinkerton is a very ambitious and visionary person.

If Pinkerton Detective Company had grown up ten years later, Liang Yao would not consider taking it for his own use.

Because at that time, the Pinkerton Detective Company had grown in size and had connections in the political and business circles, and Liang Yao was unable to control it.

But now Pinkerton Detective Agency has just started, its scale and influence are very small, and it urgently needs someone to cover it and more resources.

Pinkerton and his detective agency were in shallow water in 1851, but Liang Yao was still able to grasp them.

"Charlie the Wall Street Bandit."

Pinkerton picked up the piece of paper on the table and read the name on it.

"Mr. Liang, do you have more information?"

In this era, New York did not have a complete and mature household registration system. Using a name and nickname to find this person among the more than 700,000 people in New York was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

Charlie is a relatively popular name, and there may be hundreds of people named Charlie in New York.

Pinkerton, who was a very experienced detective, also found this matter very difficult.

"If I had more information, would I still hire you?" Liang Yao said displeased.

"Okay, I'll take over your task."

Pinkerton nodded and put the film in his pocket.

"Boss, there was an accident on the way. I'm late. I'm sorry."

While Liang Yao and Pinkerton were discussing the matter, Kony rushed into the Doyle Cafe in a hurry, his face was bruised and bruised, and his clothes were stained with mud.

"How did you end up like this?" Liang Yao frowned.

"We came in such a hurry that the carriage overturned into a ditch." Coney made an excuse to cover up the fact that he had been to the casino.

"How can an overturning carriage throw you down like this?" Liang Yao's face darkened, "Your words are too clumsy. I hate people lying to me the most in my life. If you don't tell me the truth, I will dissolve the relationship between us.

employment contract.”

Kony is his personal assistant, and Liang Yao cannot tolerate his personal assistant not telling him the truth.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you." Kony rubbed his scarred face and said angrily.

"I went to the casino on Broadway and spent $5,000 to buy a ticket that Walter would win the Liang Yao Invention Award first place. I won $40,000. As a result, I was dragged into an alley and beaten up not long after I left the casino.

Suddenly, the US$40,000 that I received was also robbed!”

$40,000?

When he heard this astronomical figure, Pinkerton couldn't help but swallowed.

In a remote place like Chicago, you can count the number of people with a net worth of more than $10,000.

Unexpectedly, a single gamble in a New York casino could cost tens of thousands of dollars, which really opened Pinkerton's eyes.

(End of chapter)