Bucholz and the Detectives

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Bucholz and the Detectives, by Allan Pinkerton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Bucholz and the Detectives Author: Allan Pinkerton Release Date: January 31, 2007 [EBook #20497] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BUCHOLZ AND THE DETECTIVES *** Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net BUCHOLZ AND THE DETECTIVES. By ALLAN PINKERTON, AUTHOR OF "THE EXPRESSMAN AND THE DETECTIVE," "THE MODEL TOWN AND THE DETECTIVES," "THE SPIRITUALISTS AND THE DETECTIVES," "THE MOLLIE MAGUIRES AND THE DETECTIVES," "STRIKERS, COMMUNISTS, TRAMPS AND DETECTIVES," "THE GYPSIES AND THE DETECTIVES," ETC., ETC., ETC. NEW YORK: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, MADISON SQUARE. MDCCCLXXXII. COPYRIGHT BY ALLAN PINKERTON. 1880. Stereotyped by Samuel Stodder, Electrotyper & Stereotyper, 90 Ann Street, N.Y. Trow Printing and Book-Binding Co. N.Y. CONTENTS. THE CRIME. PAGECHAPTER I. The Arrival in South Norwalk.—The Purchase of the Farm.—A Miser's Peculiarities, and the Villagers' Curiosity 17 CHAPTER II. William Bucholz.—Life at Roton Hill.—A Visit to New York City 30 CHAPTER III. An Alarm at the Farm House.