The Pinkerton Method

The true story of the first private detective force in the United States. A Rock Island train carrying $22,000 in cash is robbed, and the express car's agent murdered. William Pinkerton, son of the founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and a passenger on the train, agrees to track down the guilty. After leaving for a few days to investigate another train robbery, he returns to the Rock Island case to put to work, in a seemingly casual manner, the Pinkerton Method: "diligence, doggedness, studying character, knowing your man."

The tale of how the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency began by catching train thieves, starting with a chase in Missouri that led to the death of an innocent railroad worker.

The story of the legendary Pinkerton Detective Agency and how they got started with nabbing train robbers with a pursuit in Missouri involving the death of an innocent railway worker.