The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . in the settlement wei-eall abolitionists, and Pinkerton soon became anactive leader among them, and in that way becameacquainted with the Lovejoys and other prominentabolitionists
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . in the settlement wei-eall abolitionists, and Pinkerton soon became anactive leader among them, and in that way becameacquainted with the Lovejoys and other prominentabolitionists at that time. He soon became the con-fidential agent for Philo Carpenter, Dr. Dyer, L. , and many other prominent abolitionists, andmany a colored slave was shipped by the under-ground railroad to Chicago, and from there toDundee, where they were taken charge of by Pin-kerton. One of the earliest recollections which hissons now have is of the cooper shop in Dundee,which was about half filled with negroes who hadescaped from slavery, and under the protection ofPinkerton and other abolitionists, were learning thecoopers trade. In those days the wild-cat moneywas greatly counterfeited all over the West. Bosworth and Henry Hunt had been swindledout of a considerable .sum by counterfeiters. Whilecutting hoop poles on an island in Fox River, Pin-kerton accidentally discovered the headquarters of. the gang of counterfeiters on the Island, which hasever since been known as Bogus Island. Pinker-ton set to work to effect their capture, and succeed-ed in running down the whole gang. This was thefirst detective work of his life. In this way he gainedconsiderable local notoiiety, and in 1846 he was madedeputy sheriff under B. C. Yates, who was then sheriffof Kane county. His success in running down coun-terfeiters and horse thieves in those days added con-siderably to his reputation, and he was soon offeredan appointment under William Church, the. sheriffof Cook county. 1
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