Pinkerton (detective agency) a bank was robbed by George Collins, aka Fred Lewis, and Bill Randolph; Pinkerton Detective Chas Schumacher trailed them and was killed. Collins was hanged on March 26, 1904, and Randolph was hanged on May 8, 1905, in Union. Pinkertons were also hired for transporting money and other high-quality merchandise between cities and towns, which made them vulnerable to outlaws. Pinkerton agents were usually well paid and well armed. G.H. Thiel, a former Pinkerton employee, established the Thiel Detective Service Company in St. Louis, Missouri, a competitor to the Pinkerton agency. The Thiel company operated in the U.S., Canada, and
The Whodunit Detective Agency The Whodunit Detective Agency The Whodunit Detective Agency ( – "LasseMaja's Detective Agency") is a Swedish children's book series written by Martin Widmark and illustrated by Helena Willis. In the English translation it is called The JerryMaya detective agency. Between 2014 and 2016 eight of the books were published in English by Grosset and Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Besides the books there are games, puzzles etc. A television series based on the books has been produced in Sweden. This book series is about two children called Lasse and Maja (Jerry and Maya) who live in the little