Coal and Iron Police
Videos
The Coal and Iron Police was a private police force in the US state of Pennsylvania that existed between 1865 and 1931. It was established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly but employed and paid fo
Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency
Attack on the Coal and Iron Police at Shenandoah
A photo of the crushed skull of Fannie Sellins
James McParland
Videos
James McParland was an Irish-American private detective and Pinkerton agent.
James McParland circa 1880s
James McParland, from the 1907 book The Confessions and Autobiography of Harry Orchard