Pinkerton (detective agency) a few businessmen saw the need for greater control over their employees; their solution was to sponsor a private detective system. In February 1855, Allan Pinkerton, after consulting with six midwestern railroads, created such an agency in Chicago." In 1871, Congress appropriated $50,000 (about ) to the new Department of Justice (DOJ) to form a sub-organization devoted to "the detection and prosecution of those guilty of violating federal law." The amount was insufficient for the new DOJ to fashion an internal investigating unit, so they contracted out the services to the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. However, since passage of the
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