A Pinkerton agent, Robert J. Linden, had…

August 1875 CE

A Pinkerton agent, Robert J. Linden, had been brought in to support James McParland while serving with the Coal and Iron Police.

On August 29, 1875, Allan Pinkerton writes a letter to George Bangs, Pinkerton's general superintendent, recommending vigilante actions against the Molly Maguires: "The M.M.'s are a species of Thugs... Let Linden get up a vigilance committee. It will not do to get many men, but let him get those who are prepared to take fearful revenge on the M.M.'s. I think it would open the eyes of all the people and then the M.M.'s would meet with their just deserts."

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Shenandoah Schuylkill Pennsylvania United States View →

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