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Robert Allan Pinkerton
| Name: Robert
Allan Pinkerton |
| Aliases: None |
| Date of Birth:
December 2, 1848 |
| Location of
Birth: Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation: Pinkerton
Detective Agency |
| Relationships:
Allan Pinkerton (son) |
| Affiliations: Pinkerton
Detective Agency |
| Date of Death:
1907 |
| Cause of
Death: Unknown |
| Location of
Death: Unknown |
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Robert Allan Pinkerton,
and his twin sister Joan, was born on December 2, 1848.
When he was old enough,
Robert joined his brother William to work with their father
Allan
Pinkerton at the family business. While William had a hunger for the
thrill of the chase and thus spent much of his time pursuing outlaws
across the country, Robert found his place as an administrator.
It was Robert Pinkerton
that helped his father implement a filing system to track criminals. This
system soon became the model for other law enforcement agencies, including
the FBI.
When their father
passed away, William and Robert took over the Pinkerton National Detective
Agency, working together as joint head’s of the company. They continued
to hunt down outlaws and ran the company in the spirit of their father.
Among the outlaws the Pinkertons pursued during Robert’s tenure with the
company are Jesse James, Cole Younger, members of the Wild Bunch and the
Ketchum Gang.
In February 1903.
Robert Pinkerton alerted the president of the UPRR that
Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid were discovered in South America. Pinkerton had hoped to
drum up support to send operatives into South America to apprehend the
outlaws and bring them to justice. The railroads were of the mind that as
long as the outlaws were in South America, they couldn’t rob their
trains in the states and preferred to let sleeping dogs lie. Pinkerton
eventually gave up on the issue.
Robert
Allan Pinkerton died in 1907. Following his brother William’s death in
1923, Robert’s son Allan took over the family business.
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