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Famous Detective Cases: Pollock Diamond Robbery Exposed
The 1892 Sioux City and Pacific train hold up near California Junction left diamond merchant W. G. Pollock wounded and robbed of fifteen thousand dollars in uncut stones. Pinkerton detectives traced suspect James Burke alias Kid McCoy through Utah, Colorado, and California, culminating in Burke's capture in Logan Iowa after a lengthy pursuit involving Denton Hooker and Chicago Milwaukee operatives.
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Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
Omaha
W. G. Pollock
New York
W. L. Pollock & Co
Mr. Pollock
J. H. Shaw
California Junction
Pollock
Dion
Bud
Vollock
Jewelers’ Protective Union
Pssengers
Mr. Pinkerton
Onnwha
D. M. Astmere
Mr. Shaw
Wiso
Bruce
Chicago
Cottage Grove Avenue
Thirty-sixth Street
Billy” Boyce
Ilinois
Conductor Ashmore
Milwaukee
West
Reno
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Jack Denton
Salt Lake
Denton
O1den
James Burke
Burke
Great West
Marshall P. Hooker
Hooker
Denver
Kid” McCoy
Pacific Coast
Faro Banks
Lincoln
Nebraska
Sacramento
California
Pinkerton
James McParland
Pinkerton Agency
Mr. McParland
McCoy
Salt Lake Penitentiary
San Bernardino
James Ma Jone
Tacoma
Washington
Georgetown
Texas
Austin
McParland
Leadville
Colorado
Ashmore
Shaw
J. C. Fraser
St McCoy
Jewelers' Protective Union
Kansas City
Messrs. Shaw
Town
Fraser
Logan
Harrison County
Iowa