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JU£H» U!UQ VVL'CItt MV. **Iifttc Warn* the Pinnate Detective.ft m the l'oU«t?clplij» t*scs*.1'ruKi the Huei that the services of this wo man from part of our local history, h*r char -aeller and eloalth deserve more thotl ft WQV0 passing mentiion. Her demise took place, afibcn time ago, in Chicago, at the ago ofthirty eight. She had been for thirteen years superintendent of the female department of Pinkerton's National Police Agency. Born in tec town of Erin, Chemung county, of poorjpnrcnts, she had few opportunities of education. But nature had cdttj cafced her by giving her a large,(active brain, a good judgement, quick pcrceptidn, and aresolute will . Hr. Pinkerton commenced business as a private detective, about fifteen years ago. Some two years afterwards he was called upon by Mrs. Warn, stranger, who ap pitied for a position as female detective. Up till that time he had notthought of employing females, but the novelty and utility cf the thing quickly hftisb*ecll what he supposed migbtliethe prejudicesof society, and, after sever*! interviews, shewas taken into service Shosooh proved her competency; and when it became necessary to add other females to that branch of the service, Mrs. Warn was chosen as their head. Her force wan thoroughly organized and the most rigtd rules of discipline, moral and otherwise, were laid down. Her control over all her subordinates was common-sura to with her strong will, her unceasing vigilance, and her strjet morality. A'severe code she deemed decenary, both for thepreservation and utilization of the force, andto overcome the scruples that mankind entertained uf tike propriety of that kind ofservice. liar own life b a vindication ofttawisdom of her creed, for her duty eftou ledher into associations unpleasant to dwell up*cm, aad brotDghfc Her constantly into contactwith the woral phiacfl of mMy.Among some of the earlier investigationssubmitted to her charge was that of the Robbery of the Adjyps Express Company, at Montgomery, Ala. The loss was about 810,000. A fter a Jong and intricate search, she followed! the package, step by stop, until she finally recovered it, except 8465, at Jenkintown, in this state, about one year after it had been stolen. At the time of the passage of Mr. Lincoln and suite from Harrisburg to Washington to be inaugurated, the air was crowded with rumors of animation, and! welt qrganized plots had been1l/»«m TloTtlimnvA^ fttft rtf
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Elmira Daily Advertiser
Elmira, New York, US
Sat, Mar 14, 1868
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