,
and of the strictest integrity. If in the punishment of Eugene Pearson,
Dr. Johnson, Newton Edwards and Thomas Duncan, the young men of to-day,
tempted by folly or extravagance, will learn that their condemnation was
but the natural and inevitable result of thoughtless crime, and if their
experience shall be the means of deterring one young man from the
commission of a deed, which the repentance of years will not obliterate,
I shall feel that I have not labored in vain. As a true story of
detective experience, the actors in which are still living, I give this
volume to the world, trusting that its perusal may not fail in its
object of interesting and instructing the few or many who may read its
pages.

ALLAN PINKERTON.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE v

CHAPTER I.
Geneva--The Robbery--Search for the Burglars--My Agency notified 11

CHAPTER II.
The Investigation begun--John Manning's Visit to Geneva--Eugene
Pearson's Story--The Detective's Incredulity--A Miraculous
Deliverance with a Ten-Cent Coin 22

CHAPTER III.
An Interview with Miss Patton--Important Revelations--Doubts
Strengthened--Mr. Bartman's Story--William Resolves to seek Newton
Edwards 38

CHAPTER IV.
The Work Progresses--Eugene Pearson's Early Life--On the Trail of
Newton Edwards 51

CHAPTER V.
New Developments--Tidings of Newton Edwards--Suspicions
Strengthening against Eugene Pearson--Mr. Silby's Confidence 63

CHAPTER VI.
The Detective at Woodford--An Interview with the Discarded Wife of
Newton Edwards 77

CHAPTER VII.
A Fire and a Talkative Fireman--Mrs. Edwards Receives a Letter 90

CHAPTER VIII.
A Plan to Intercept Correspondence--Edwards fully Identified
A pretty Servant Girl and a Visit to Church 102

CHAPTER IX.
Waiting and Watching--Two Letters--Newton Edwards' Hiding-Place
Discovered 116

CHAPTER X.
The Burglar Tracked to his Lair--The old Stage Driver--A Fishing
Party--A Long Wait--A Sorrowful Surprise--The Arrest of Newton
Edwards 125

CHAPTER XI.