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James McParland

American detective

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infiltration of Molly Maguires

  • In Molly Maguires

    …National Detective Agency, which sent James McParland to infiltrate the group. In a series of sensational trials in 1875–77, McParland’s testimony resulted in the conviction and hanging of 10 men for murder. The court convictions, adverse publicity, and more prosperous times effected a subsequent decline of violence in the coalfields.

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  • Pinkerton, Allan
    In Allan Pinkerton

    …1876 one of his detectives, James McParlan, lived among the Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania and secured evidence that led to the breaking up of this organization of coal miners supposedly engaged in terrorism. During the strikes of 1877 the Pinkerton Agency’s harsh policy toward labour unions caused it to be…

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