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Allan Pinkerton's Detective Stories.


[Illustration: THE ROBBER.]


THE EXPRESSMAN AND THE DETECTIVE.

by

ALLAN PINKERTON.

Fifteenth Thousand.







Chicago:
W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co.,
113 and 115 State Street.
1875.

Copyright,
W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co.,
A. D. 1874.

The Lakeside Press.




PREFACE.


During the greater portion of a very busy life, I have been actively
engaged in the profession of a Detective, and hence have been brought in
contact with many men, and have been an interested participant in many
exciting occurrences.

The narration of some 