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Burns Traps Frisco Boodlers Tells Detective Tale
San Francisco portrait of William J. Burns, famed secret service agent, praised for trapping San Francisco graft aboard the Ruef case. He and Francis Heney discuss methods, disguises, and a first case in St. Louis, detailing how Burns exposed bribe takers and confession strategies.
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San Francisco
William J. Burns
United States Secret Service
Sanrancisco
Board of Supervisfs
Hurns
Francis J. Keney
Burns
Orem
Honey
St. Louis
Jim French
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle
Chief Wilkie
Secret Service
Heney
Oregon
Langdon
Ruef
Rueff
Trocadero
Schmitz
Board of Supervisors
Lonergan
Boodler
Wilkie
Taylor
Biddell
Jacobs
Briddell