Chapter 216: Pinkerton

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

Pinkerton's hair is relatively sparse, with a high hairline, a bit like 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 was not tall, and his height was about average for Americans of this period, or maybe 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 murderous.

"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. "

Just 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, and 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 on small jobs that were barely in Hukou, just a small job.

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. Only by serving the powerful can it 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 techniques 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 America is more professional than me at this, including the lousy cops."

Pinkerton said with great confidence.

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

Pinkerton is not exaggerating. Although the United States has a modern police system, this system 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 all national police systems 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 sparsely populated western states, the police play more of a role as peace officers rather than professional police officers.

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

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

It is really beyond the scope of their capabilities for the American police of this period to break the case, and it is a bit difficult for them.

What's even more outrageous 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 a difficult situation, they are more willing to hire a detective to solve the problem or directly eliminate the person with the problem instead of calling 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 collecting 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 capabilities to me, I can provide you with a generous employment contract. With my support, it will not be difficult to open the detective agency to London and 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 big and had connections in the political and business circles, and Liang Yao was unable to control it.

But now the Pinkerton Detective Agency has just started, with a small scale and influence. 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. It was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack to find this person among the more than 700,000 people in New York with a name and a nickname.

Charlie is a relatively popular name. There may be hundreds or thousands of people named Charlie in New York.

Even Pinkerton, who has rich detective experience, found this matter very difficult.

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

"Okay, I'll take your task."

Pinkerton nodded and put the film in his pocket.

"Boss, there was a little trouble on the road. I'm late. Sorry."

Just as Liang Yao and Pinkerton were discussing the matter, Connie rushed into Doyle's Cafe in a hurry, his face was bruised and purple, and his clothes were covered with mud.

"How did you get into this state?" Liang Yao frowned.

"I came too hastily, and the carriage fell into the ditch." Connie found an excuse to cover up the fact that he had been to the casino.

"Can a carriage overturn throw you like this?" Liang Yao's face sank. "Your explanation is too poor. I hate people lying to me the most. If you don't tell me the truth, I will terminate our employment contract."

Connie is his personal assistant. Liang Yao cannot tolerate his personal assistant not telling him the truth.

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

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

$40,000?

When he heard this astronomical figure, Pinkerton couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

In Chicago, a poor and remote place, the number of people with a net worth of more than $10,000 can be counted.

Unexpectedly, a bet in a New York casino can win tens of thousands of dollars. It really opened Pinkerton's eyes.