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MISSISSIPPI OUTLAWS
AND THE
DETECTIVES.

ALLAN PINKERTON'S

GREAT DETECTIVE BOOKS.

1.--MOLLIE MAGUIRES AND DETECTIVES. 2.--STRIKERS, COMMUNISTS, AND DETECTIVES. 3.--CRIMINAL REMINISCENCES AND DETECTIVES. 4.--THE MODEL TOWN AND DETECTIVES. 5.--SPIRITUALISTS AND DETECTIVES. 6.--EXPRESSMEN AND DETECTIVES. 7.--THE SOMNAMBULIST AND DETECTIVES. 8.--CLAUDE MELNOTTE AS A DETECTIVE. 9.--MISSISSIPPI OUTLAWS AND DETECTIVES. 10.--GYPSIES AND DETECTIVES. 11.--BUCHOLZ AND DETECTIVES. 12.--THE RAILROAD FORGER AND DETECTIVES. 13.--BANK ROBBERS AND DETECTIVES. 14.--BURGLAR'S FATE AND DETECTIVES. 15.--A DOUBLE LIFE AND DETECTIVES.

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MISSISSIPPI OUTLAWS
AND THE
DETECTIVES.

DON PEDRO AND THE DETECTIVES.

POISONER AND THE DETECTIVES.

BY
ALLAN PINKERTON,

AUTHOR OF

"THE EXPRESSMAN AND THE DETECTIVE," "THE MODEL TOWN
AND THE DETECTIVES," "THE SPIRITUALISTS AND THE
DETECTIVES," "THE MOLLIE MAGUIRES AND THE
DETECTIVES," "STRIKERS, COMMUNISTS,
TRAMPS AND DETECTIVES,"
ETC., ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK:
_G. W. Dillingham, Publisher_,
SUCCESSOR TO G. W. CARLETON & CO.
LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO.
MDCCCLXXXVII.

COPYRIGHT
BY
ALLAN PINKERTON,
1879.

SAMUEL STODDER,
STEREOTYPER,
90 ANN STREET, N. Y.

TROW
PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING CO.
N. Y.

CONTENTS.

MISSISSIPPI OUTLAWS AND THE DETECTIVES.

CHAPTER I. PAGE

A daring Express Robbery.--Mr. Pinkerton appealed
to.--Cane-brakes and cane-fed People.--Annoying delays
and Amateur Detectives. 9

CHAPTER II.

Difficulties.--Blind Trails and False Scents.--A Series of
Illustrations showing the Number of Officious People
and Confidence Men that often seek Notoriety and
Profit through important Detective Operations. 21

CHAPTER III.

"Old Hicks," a drunken Planter, is entertained by a
Hunting-Party.--Lester's Landing.--Its Grocery-Store
and Mysterious Merchants.--A dangerous Situation.--The
unfortunate Escape of Two of the Robbers. 32

CHAPTER IV.

The Captured Ruffians are desired for Guides, but dare not
join in the Search for the Outlaws.--One of the
Robbers is Taken, but subsequently Escapes from the
Amateur Detectives.--Another Clue suddenly fails. 44

CHAPTER V.

A Rich Lead Struck at Last. 50

CHAPTER VI.

The Mother of the Farringtons, being arrested, boasts that
her Sons "Will never be taken Alive."--Another
Unfortunate Blunder by Amateur Detectives.--An
interesting Fate intended for the Detectives.--William
A. Pinkerton captures the Murderer of a Negro in Union
City, proving "a very good Fellow--for a Yankee." 56

CHAPTER VII.

The Scene of Action transferred to Missouri.--The Chase
becoming Hot. 68

CHAPTER VIII.

A determined Party of Horsemen.--The Outlaws surrounded and
the Birds caged.--A Parley.--The burning Cabin.--Its
Occupants finally surrender. 80

CHAPTER IX.

Barton's Confession.--The Express Robberies, and the
Outlaw's subsequent Experiences fully set forth
therein.--A Clue that had been suddenly dropped taken
up with so much Profit. 91

CHAPTER X.

A terrible Struggle for Life or Death upon the Transfer-boat
"Illinois."--"Overboard!"--One less Desperado.--Fourth
and Last Robber taken. 104

CHAPTER XI.

The last Scene in the Drama approaching.--A new Character
appears.--The Citizens of Union City suddenly seem to
have important business on hand.--The Vigilantes and
their Work.--The End. 114

DON PEDRO AND THE DETECTIVES.

CHAPTER I.

A fraudulent Scheme contemplated.--A dashing Peruvian Don
and Donna.--A regal Forger.--Mr. Pinkerton engaged by
Senator Muirhead to unveil the mystery of his Life. 125

CHAPTER II.

Madame Sevier, Widow, of Chicago, and Monsieur Lesparre, of
Bordeaux, also arrive at Gloster.--Mr. Pinkerton, as a
Laborer, anxious for a Job, inspects the Morita
Mansion. 143

CHAPTER III.

Monsieur Lesparre, having a retentive memory, becomes
serviceable to Don Pedro.--Diamond fields and droll
Americans.--A pompous Judge in an unfortunate
Predicament.--The grand Reception closes with a happy
Arrangement that the gay Senor and Senora shall dine
with Mr. Pinkerton's Detectives on the next evening. 159

CHAPTER IV.

Madame Sevier and Her Work.--Unaccountable Coquettishness
between Man and Wife.--A Startling Scheme,
Illustrating the Rashness of American Business Men and
the Supreme Assurance of Don Pedro. 170

CHAPTER V.

The third Detective is made welcome at Don Pedro's.--The
Senor is paid the first half-million dollars from the
great Diamond Company.--How Don Pedro is "working" his
diamond mines. 189

CHAPTER VI.

An unexpected Meeting and a startling Recognition. An old
friend somewhat disturbs the Equanimity of Don Pedro.
The Detectives fix their Attention upon Pietro
Bernardi. 205

CHAPTER VII.

Pietro Bernardi and the Detective become warm Friends.--A
Tete-a-tete worth one thousand dollars. 219

CHAPTER VIII.

Don Pedro anxious for Pietro Bernardi's absence.--"Coppering
the Jack and playing the Ace and Queen
open."--Bernardi Quieted, and he subsequently departs
richer by five thousand dollars. 232

CHAPTER IX.

Important Information from the Peruvian Government.--Arrival
In Gloster of the Peruvian Minister and Consul.--In
Consultation.--"Robbing Peter to pay Paul."--Mr.
Pinkerton's Card is presented.--Juan Sanchez, I arrest
you, and you are my Prisoner.--Mr. Pinkerton not "For
Sale." 249

CHAPTER X.

The Fete Champetre.--A grand Carnival.--The disappointed
married Lover.--A vain Request.--Unmasked!--An
indignant Deacon.--Don Pedro taken to Peru in a
man-of-war, where he is convicted and sentenced to
fifteen years Imprisonment. 265

THE POISONER AND THE DETECTIVES.

CHAPTER I.

Mr. Pinkerton at a Water-cure becomes interested in a
Couple, one of whom subsequently causes the Detective
Operation from which this Story is written.--A wealthy
ship-owner and his son.--The son "Found dead."--Mr.
Pinkerton secured to solve the Mystery.--Chicago after
the Fire. 283

CHAPTER II.

The Detectives at work.--Mrs. Sanford described.--Charlie,
the Policeman.--Mrs. Sanford develops Interest in
Government Bonds.--Chicago Relief and Aid
Benefits.--Mrs. Sanford's Story of Trafton's Death. 298

CHAPTER III.

The dangerous Side of the Woman's Character.--Robert A.
Pinkerton as Adamson, the drunken, but wealthy
Stranger, has a violent Struggle to escape from Mrs.
Sanford, and is afterwards robbed.--Detective Ingham
arrested, but very shortly liberated. 319

CHAPTER IV.

Connecting Links.--Mrs. Sanford's Ability as an Imitator of
Actors.--One Detective tears himself away from her,
and another takes his Place.--Mrs. Sanford's mind
frequently burdened with the subject of Murder. 340

CHAPTER V.

A moneyed young Texan becomes one of Mrs. Sanford's
Lodgers.--The bonds are seen and their Numbers taken
by the Detectives.--Mrs. Sanford arrested.--She is
found guilty of "Involuntary Manslaughter," and
sentenced to the Illinois Penitentiary for five
years.--Mr. Pinkerton's Theory of the Manner in which
Trafton was murdered 356