Steven Newton on Pinkerton's Numbers

[67th Tigers]

Posted here: http://67thtigers.blogspot.nl/2015/03/pinkertons-numbers-according-to-steven.html

 

[rhettbutler1865]

I always wondered about the Secret Service and how it came about. When I saw it was Chicago-based Pinkerton, I went deeper. I knew he gave up on catching Jesse James, had other foibles before and during the war; A very controversial figure--IMO, sometimes hypocritical in his actions. His loyalty to McClellan was surprising to me (but that is based on my poor opinion of McClellan, just an opinion). His numbers?--pretty reliable. His ideas?--bold and worth study. Good book I have, "Allen Pinkerton: The First Private Eye, by J. Mackay" (the only one so far I own), is a good source about him.