#PINKERTONS NATIONAL DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES#

Headquarters in Chicago, Ill., and offices in other major cities Inauguration Organized first secret service division of the U.S.Ĭonducted investigations in New Orleans, La., of fraudulentĬlaims of property loss against the United States governmentĭirector, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, with Lincoln on train from Baltimore, Md., to Washington, D.C., for presidential Signed contract to guard Illinois Central RailroadĪmid fears of assassination, secretly escorted Abraham Rucker, the first of several detective businessesĪppointed deputy sheriff of Cook County, Ill.

#PINKERTONS NATIONAL DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES#

Worked in Chicago, Ill., as a criminal investigator Īppointed Special United States Mail Agent to investigate series of postalįormed a detective agency in Chicago, Ill., with attorneyĮdward A. Married Joan Carfrae Fled to North America fearing arrest for activities inĬhartist Movement, residing first in Montreal, Canadaĭiscovered counterfeiters while scouting for barrel timber “They go their own way and they become Pinkerton agents,” Garrett adds.Biographical Notes and Organizational History And when the war was over, the requirement for Buffalo Soldiers turned into something different than what they originally signed up for,” he continues.Īs a result, Thomas and Shea decide to break rank and leave. “Shea was a captain and Thomas was a Buffalo Soldier. “They served together in the Civil War,” Garrett reveals of his Thomas and Elliott’s Shea. Photo Cr: Emerson Miller/Paramount+ (C) 2021 MTV Entertainment Studios. Pictured: LaMonica Garrett as Thomas and Sam Elliott as Shea of the Paramount+ original series 1883. In the same interview, Garrett delves further into his character’s fascinating history with Sam Elliott’s Shea Brennan and what led them to this agency. ‘1883’s LaMonica Garrett on Thomas & Shea’s Life Before the Pinkerton Agency In fact, they still exist today and would continue much of their same activities throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Then, they’d thwart the assassination attempt on President Lincoln, which Garrett mentions above, in 1861.Īfterward, the Pinkerton Agency was instrumental in breaking up the infamous secret coal mining organization: the Molly Maguires.īut the Pinkertons are not history. They would solve the $700,000 Adams Express Co. The agency wound up at the heart of some of the 19th century’s biggest scandals as a result.

Originally, Pinkertons specialized in railway theft cases, protecting trains and apprehending train robbers. But in real life, he was the deputy sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, before founding the agency. Pinkerton would die in 1884, a year after the events of 1883. The agency was founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton. Pinkerton agents have such a rich history all throughout this country.” The Remarkable History of America’s Pinkerton National Detective AgencyĪccording to Britannica‘s definition, agents like Garrett’s Thomas and Sam Elliott’s Shea Brennan were part of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, an American independent police force. “And this was because of Abraham Lincoln vouching for them, so they were huge back then.

“And they were! They were bigger than the military back then,” he adds of 19th century America. And they were there! Through this, Abraham Lincoln is vouching for them as this ‘big agency.'” “They protected Abraham Lincoln – not when John Wilkes Booth was there – but before, there was another attempt on his life. At their heart, “They were the original Secret Service,” Garrett explains.

Pinkertons national detective agency