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The Expressman and the Detective, by Allan
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Title: The Expressman and the Detective
Author: Allan Pinkerton
Release Date: July 26, 2007 [eBook #22155]
Language: English
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Allan Pinkerton's Detective Stories.
[Illustration: THE ROBBER.]
THE EXPRESSMAN AND THE DETECTIVE.
by
ALLAN PINKERTON.
Fifteenth Thousand.
Chicago: W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 113 and 115 State Street. 1875.
Copyright, W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., A. D. 1874.
The Lakeside Press.
PREFACE.
During the greater portion of a very busy life, I have been actively engaged in the profession of a Detective, and hence have been brought in contact with many men, and have been an interested participant in many exciting occurrences.
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