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Famous Susquehanna Robbery Case by Pinkertons
A 1883 payroll theft near Susquehanna Pennsylvania saw forty thousand dollars seized from a railroad express. The investigation traced the loot to Susquehanna workers, then connected foreman George H Proctor to accomplices Donahue and Collins. Pinkerton detectives pursued, captured Proctor at Island Pond, and later helped convict Donahue and Proctor while Collins sought an uneasy escape.
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Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Erie Railroad
New York
Marine National Bank of New York
United States Express Company
Erie Railroad Company
First National Bank of Susquehanna
United States
Marine Bank
Express Company
Express
van Waganen
Dwight Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Clark Evans
Pinkerton Detective Agency
George H. Bangs
Pinkerton Agency
Bangs
Pinkertons
Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton
Robert Pinkerton
The
Railroad
Milwaukee
John Donahue
Donahue
Mr. Pinkerton
Fort Erie
Canada
Buffalo
George H. Proctor
Proctor
B. W. Mitchel
Erle
Wort Erle
Montreal
Collins
Standard Oil Company
Grant & Ward
Albany
Donahue’s
Dona
Hue
Grand Trunk Railroad
Toronto
Massachusetts
Charles Bullard
Boylston Bank
Boston
Scott and
Dunlap
Northampton
Winnipeg
Quebec
William Pinkerton
Chicago
Europe
Halifax
Fort Erle
Portland
Maine
Grand Trunk Road
Vermont
Island Pond
Island
Cherry Hill
Gelling
Kingston Penitentiary