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By Allan Pinkerton
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Title: The Molly Maguires and the detectives

Author: Allan Pinkerton

Release date: August 6, 2025 [eBook #76641]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: G.W. Carleton, 1877

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ALLAN PINKERTON’S
DETECTIVE STORIES.
Vol. VI.

THE
Molly Maguires
AND
THE DETECTIVES.

“The trial at Mauch Chunk was attended by all the celebrities of the Carbon County bar.”

“A consultation was held, in my private parlor, over the business offices of the Agency, No. 45 South Third Street.”

THE
Molly Maguires
AND
THE DETECTIVES.
BY
ALLAN PINKERTON,
AUTHOR OF
“THE EXPRESSMAN AND THE DETECTIVE,” “THE MODEL TOWN
AND THE DETECTIVES,” “THE SPIRITUALISTS AND
THE DETECTIVES,” ETC., ETC.
New and Enlarged Edition.
NEW YORK:
G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers.
LONDON: S. LOW & CO. PHILADELPHIA: H. W. KELLEY.
CHICAGO: T. A. LANTRY & CO. BOSTON: D. O’LOUGHLIN.
MDCCCLXXX.
[SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION.]
Copyrighted 1877.
By ALLAN PINKERTON.
All rights reserved.
Trow’s
Printing and Bookbinding Co.,
PRINTERS,
205-213 East 12th St.,
NEW YORK.