The William J. Burns International Detective Agency was a private detective agency in the United States, which was operated by William J. Burns. Founded in 1909, the agency had evolved into Burns Security then Burns International by August 2000, when it was acquired by Securitas AB.[1] From 1969 to 1983 it was headquartered in Briarcliff Manor, New York.[2]
The Burns Detective Agency was one of the primary agencies employed by the Southern Lumber Operator's Association to break the interracial union, The Brotherhood of Timber Workers, from 1910 to 1916.[3]
Burns agents infiltrated the Industrial Workers of the World during an organizing drive in the copper mines of Arizona. Activities included issuing fake IWW membership cards, infiltrating the workforce, spying, and intercepting the mail of organizers.[5]
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Agents of the Burns Detective Agency were hired to "investigate" jurors in a federal trial of Harry F. Sinclair in November 1927. Sinclair hired William J. Burns to have 14 agents follow the jurors, and produce daily reports on their activities. The arrangement resulted in a mistrial. In a new hearing, Sinclair claimed that he was concerned about the welfare of the jurors. Sinclair was convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to six months in jail. William J. Burns was sentenced to 15 days' imprisonment, and Burns' son, William Sherman Burns, was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. The Supreme Court later reversed William J. Burns' conviction.[6]
^"A History Rich in Security". Securitas AB. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^"Full Security Plan as Basic as Equipment Selection". Computerworld. 1977.
^Covington Hall, "I am Here for Labor" International Socialist Review, September 1912, 231.
^Industrial relations: Final report and testimony, submitted To Congress by the Commission on industrial relations created by the act of August 23, 1912, Volume 5, United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Francis Patrick Walsh, Basil Maxwell Manly, Govt. Print. Off., 1916, page 5011
^William R. Hunt, Front-page detective: William J. Burns and the detective profession, 1880-1930, Popular Press, 1990, pages 166-168
William J. Burns Plate 63 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10003
January 01, 1970
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