Oxford Reference notes that President Abraham Lincoln himself requested the formation of Pinkerton's Secret Service, a semi-governmental agency devoted to doing what Pinkerton agents did best - stopping plots and uncovering financial crimes. Pinkerton often said, according to a quote from his memoirs in t he Vintage News, "If you agree to come aboard you will go in training with the head of my female detectives, Kate Warne. As Pinkerton started hiring more female agents, Warne was put in charge of their training. Instead, she specialized in white-collar crime, clearing the agency's books of dozens of embezzlement cases and even murders. Though she was tough and fearless, Warne didn't go along on any of the hunts for Butch Cassidy or other train robbers that the Pinkertons are most often known for. Unfortunately, they'd also firebomb suspects' houses, break up unions, and use various unsavory tactics to achieve their aims, according to Legends of America. Later on, the agency would provide intelligence for the Union during the Civil War, hire the first Black intelligence officer, John Scobell, and hunt down Jesse James and other notorious outlaws, as History relates. By 1853, he was working alongside law enforcement across America. Founder Allan Pinkerton, a Scottish immigrant, had been Chicago's first police detective and left to form his own company when he realized that there was a market for private security services.
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