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ALLAN PINKERTON’S

DETECTIVE STORIES.

Vol. VI.

THE Molly Maguires AND THE DETECTIVES.

“The trial at Mauch Chunk was attended by all the celebrities of the Carbon County bar.”

“A consultation was held, in my private parlor, over the business offices of the Agency, No. 45 South Third Street.”

THE

Molly Maguires

AND

THE DETECTIVES.

BY

ALLAN PINKERTON,

AUTHOR OF

“THE EXPRESSMAN AND THE DETECTIVE,” “THE MODEL TOWN

AND THE DETECTIVES,” “THE SPIRITUALISTS AND

THE DETECTIVES,” ETC., ETC.

New and Enlarged Edition.

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G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers.

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MDCCCLXXX.

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Copyrighted 1877.

By ALLAN PINKERTON.

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