WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A GREAT DETECTIVE Do You Need To Be STRONG OR RICH OR POWERFUL Allan Allan Pinkerton wasn’t any of those things Born in 1819 he grew up in one of the worst slums in Scotland But he had sharp eyes a quick mind and a hunger for justice That passion for fairness led him to join a group promoting workers rights For years the British government considered him a nuisance then a criminal When soldiers came to arrest him on his wedding day Pinkerton fled with his bride hiding on a ship that took them to America
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Allan Pinkerton's Cooperage They They made their way to Chicago where Pinkerton started a cooperage a barrel business In the 1840s practically everything was stored and shipped in barrels from flour to apples and oil to wine Pinkerton’s shop was so successful that he soon had eight men working for him
