Project Gutenberg 2006-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 406 Pinkerton, Allan 1819 1884 The Burglar's Fate, and The Detectives E-text prepared by Jeroen van Luin, Suzanne Shell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Burglar's Fate and The Detectives" by Allan Pinkerton is a detective novel written in the late 19th century. The book recounts a true story of a bank robbery in Geneva, where the courageous detective agency is tasked with capturing the perpetrators and uncovering the truth behind the crime. The narrative introduces various characters, notably the assistant cashier Eugene Pearson, who becomes embroiled in the investigation, leading to suspicions about his role during the robbery. At the start of the story, the peaceful town of Geneva is jolted by a brazen robbery at the local bank, where two masked intruders overpower the staff and escape with a significant sum of money. The opening events set the stage for an urgent search for the criminals, drawing in John Manning, a competent detective from Pinkerton's agency. As he begins his investigation, Manning interviews the witnesses, including Pearson and a young lady, Miss Patton, who were both victims of the assault. Despite Pearson's apparent bravery in ultimately escaping from the vault, a sense of doubt lingers around his account, hinting at deeper complications in the unfolding mystery that will require careful scrutiny as the case develops. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Detective and mystery stories Detectives -- United States Robbery -- United States -- Case studies HV PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 421000 2025-10-07T12:46:32.196633 text/html 425663 2006-02-12T14:32:24 text/html 3489083 2025-10-07T12:46:39.537593 application/epub+zip 3487493 2025-10-07T12:46:33.617644 application/epub+zip 199281 2025-10-07T12:46:32.824603 application/epub+zip 3609019 2025-10-07T12:46:43.738574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3561577 2025-10-07T12:46:38.374609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283781 2022-09-08T12:52:52.403263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360835 2025-10-07T12:46:31.324644 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 360563 2020-12-13T16:56:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 360570 2020-12-13T16:56:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21098 2025-10-07T12:46:43.891540 application/rdf+xml 16691 2025-10-07T12:46:32.910620 image/jpeg 2656 2025-10-07T12:46:32.867611 image/jpeg 131361 2020-12-13T16:56:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 3457723 2020-12-13T16:56:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 131363 2020-12-13T16:56:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 3455750 2025-10-07T12:46:32.307670 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia