Created by Erin Lindsey If Disney had done The X-Files, it may have gone something like this... Plucky, sassy housemaid ROSE GALLAGHER, an Irish girl from rough and tumble Five Points in New York City is content sweeping the floors and performing other household chores in a swank Fifth Avenue brownstone, and she'd probably still … Continue reading Rose Gallagher
Tag: The Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Alma Rosales
Created by Katrina Carrasco Mama, don't let your babies grown up to be cowgirls? All of a sudden, female operatives for turn-of-the-century (the last one) detective agencies are hot. But some are hotter than others. Particularly bi-sexual "half-Mexican" ALMA ROSALES, a square peg in the increasingly corporate round hole that the Pinkerton Detective Agency had already … Continue reading Alma Rosales
Tom Horn
(1860-1903) "I have lived about fifteen ordinary lives. I would like to have had somebody who saw my past and could picture it to the public. It would be the most God damn interesting reading in the country." --Tom Horn Yep, that TOM HORN. The notorious Western gunman. The scout. The Indian fighter. The bounty … Continue reading Tom Horn
Charlie Siringo
(1855 – 1928) A lot of folks have tried to trace the "private eye," as we understand the term, to the American cowboy myth. While I think it actually goes back further than that, you could certainly make a case if you consider American lawman, detective and bounty hunter, CHARLIE SIRINGO. He's a fascinating character, a real-life … Continue reading Charlie Siringo
Allan J. Pinkerton and the Pinkerton Detective Agency
To say that Allan J. Pinkerton (1819-1884) lead a colorful life is a little bit of an understatement. In his long and varied career he was called a traitor and a patriot, an outlaw and a police officer, a thug and an idealist, a left-leaning political activist fighting for the plight of the workers and … Continue reading Allan J. Pinkerton and the Pinkerton Detective Agency