David Ricardo Williams (1923–1999)

I enjoyed this account of a new world man who brought order what could've been a very chaotic situation. The adrenaline of a gold rush clashing with native inhabitants. Rehabilitates a great Canadian and a great man.

As well as being an account of Gunanoot's accused crime of murder of two men in early Hazelton, B.C., it is also a description of life in1906 British Columbia.
Using court records, interviewing witnesses who were still alive and newspaper reports, the author has put together a detailed account of the murder, Gunanoot's flight and eventual trial.

An important account of life in early British Columbia's history. Includes a number of photos of the characters and what some of the important sites show more look like today. show less

While this volume is a history of the use of the Pinkerton Detective Agency by governments in Canada. it starts with a very lengthy history of Pinkerton's in order for the reader ot have the background to know what the Agency was.

Some of the cases solved or involving Pinkerton's in some way include the search for the train robber,Bill Minor and the long 10 year chase of Simon Peter Gunanoot in the British Columbia wilderness. Other chapters cover using the Agency to guard property during show more strikes such as the coal mine strikes in B.C. at the turn of the century or the earlier gold mine strikes in the Yukon. The Canadian Government sought assistance from Pinkerton's during the first 25 years of the 20th Century to find criminals and track spies especially during WW I.

The author was given complete access to the Pinkerton archives and he searched various government archives making this a well search effort. show less