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This book was one of Pinkerton's first efforts to create dime novel stories. It was about an Adams Express company agent who was suspected of stealing from the company. Pinkerton's narrative style was melodramatic, focusing on the suspense of catching the thief and recovering the money.
The reader knows that I'm determined to win.
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Episode: The Pinkerton Detective Agency | Behind The Brand...
This book was one of Pinkerton's first efforts to create dime novel stories. It was about an Adams Express company agent who was suspected of stealing from the company. Pinkerton's narrative style was melodramatic, focusing on the suspense of catching the thief and recovering the money.
The reader knows that I'm determined to win.
The Adams Express company had furnished me with all the backing I wanted and under such favorable auspices, I said, when I must, when I shall.
I did not doubt that Moroni was the thief. The question now was, how can I find the money?
We were in a private room when Fox came in. This is his detective. After hearing his report, I turned to George Bangs and said, the plot thickens every day.
We are nearing success. We have the woman treed at last and in the north among our friends depend upon it. We shall have the money ere long.