Pinkerton, Allan

Japanese: ピンカートン(英語表記)Pinkerton, Allan
Pinkerton, Allan
Born: August 25, 1819, Glasgow
[Died] July 1, 1884. Chicago. Founder of the famous Pinkerton Private Detective Agency. Arrived in the United States in 1842 and settled in Chicago. From 1846 onwards, he served as deputy sheriff for Kane and Cook counties, before joining the Chicago Police Department. In 1850, he left the Chicago Police Department to establish a private detective agency. He achieved success mainly in railroad theft cases, and in February 1861 he uncovered a plot to assassinate Lincoln, and during the Civil War he worked as a spy for the Union Army. After the war, he was active in opposition to the labor union movement during the strike of 1877, which earned him resentment.

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Japanese:
[生]1819.8.25. グラスゴー
[没]1884.7.1. シカゴ
アメリカの探偵で有名なピンカートン私立探偵社の創設者。 1842年渡米,シカゴに住みつき,46年以後,ケイン郡とクック郡の副保安官をつとめ,やがてシカゴ警察に入った。 50年シカゴ警察をやめて私立探偵社を設立。主として鉄道窃盗事件で業績を上げ,また 61年2月にはリンカーン暗殺計画を探知,南北戦争中は北軍スパイとして活躍した。戦後,77年のストライキには労働組合運動に敵対して活動し,反感を買った。

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