All language subtitles for American.Lawmen.S01E01_English

Narrator:
ON THE EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR,

A SECRET CONSPIRACY TO KILL
AMERICA'S MOST REVERED PRESIDENT

BEFORE HE EVER TAKES OFFICE.

LINCOLN WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
TO PASS THROUGH BALTIMORE ALIVE.

Narrator: THE HIDDEN STORY
OF HOW ONE AMERICAN LAWMAN

SINGLE-HANDEDLY
SETS OUT TO SAVE HIM.

ALLAN PINKERTON IS CONVINCED
THAT THE DANGER IS REAL.

THE PROBLEM THAT FACES HIM NOW
IS TO THWART THIS PLOT.

MR. LINCOLN'S LIFE
IS IN OUR HANDS.

HE ABSOLUTELY LAID A CORNERSTONE
FOR THE SECRET SERVICE.

Narrator:
IN A CITY TEEMING WITH ENEMIES,

WE REVEAL THE FASCINATING
DETAILS BEHIND

PINKERTON'S MISSION TO PROTECT
THE PRESIDENT.

AN ATTACK COULD COME
AT ANY TIME.

SO PINKERTON WAS RACING
THE CLOCK.

THIS PLOT WAS MINUTES FROM
THROWING AN ENTIRE NATION

INTO TURMOIL.
[ SIGHS ]

WHAT IS YOUR PLAN NOW,
MR. PINKERTON?

[ GUNSHOT ]

**

Narrator:
AS AMERICA RISES AS A NATION...

VIOLENCE REIGNS.

A FEW BRAVE SOULS FACED
THE DANGER,

FIGHTING TO CREATE
JUSTICE FROM CHAOS.

THESE ARE THE STORIES
OF "AMERICAN LAWMEN."

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[ MEN SHOUTING ]

LINCOLN, HUH?

[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]

THERE WAS A TIME
IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY

WHEN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
HAD A DIVISIVE,

POLARIZING EFFECT
ON THE POPULATION.

Papenfuse: BALTIMORE HAS
A REPUTATION BY 1860

OF BEING A PLACE WHERE A RIOT
COULD TAKE PLACE

AT PRACTICALLY ANY TIME.

I HEAR YOU'RE LOVING LINCOLN!
HEY! GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!

THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
WHEN THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS

COMING TO A BOIL ALL AT ONCE.

SO WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ELECTED PRESIDENT,

IT THROWS
EVERYTHING INTO TURMOIL.

A RAIL SPLITTER!
A RAIL SPLITTER!

DAMN YOU!

BY THE TIME HE LEAVES
HIS HOME IN SPRINGFIELD

TO TRAVEL BY TRAIN
TO WASHINGTON D.C.

FOR HIS INAUGURATION,

SEVEN SOUTHERN STATES HAVE
SECEDED FROM THE UNION.

AND THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING.
THE DOMINOS ARE SET TO FALL.

[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]

HE THOUGHT THAT THIS TRAIN
JOURNEY WOULD BE A CHANCE

FOR THE PEOPLE
OF THE UNITED STATES TO SEE HIM,

TO GET A LOOK AT HIM,
TO HEAR HIS VOICE,

TO HEAR SOMETHING OF HIS VIEWS.

HE REALLY HOPED, AT THAT TIME,
THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE

TO PULL THE NATION BACK
FROM THE BRINK OF CRISIS.

SAMUEL FELTON WAS THE PRESIDENT

OF THE PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON
AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD.

AND HE HAD REASON
TO BE CONCERNED

ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

A GREAT DEAL OF HIS LINE

TRAVELED BELOW THE MASON-DIXON
LINE IN MARYLAND.

SO IF WAR CAME, FELTON'S
RAILROAD WAS GOING TO BE

ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT.

Papenfuse:
FELTON'S CHIEF CONCERN WAS

THAT THE WORK OF THE RAILROAD

WOULD BE DISRUPTED
BECAUSE IT WOULD CALLED UPON

TO CARRY TROOPS THAT
WOULD BE FIGHTING THE SOUTH.

HE HEARD THESE HORRIBLE THINGS
OF A PLOT AGAINST HIS RAILROAD

WITH THE SPECIFIC INTENTION OF
DISRUPTING THE FORTHCOMING

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION.

SO HE WROTE A LETTER
TO A CELEBRATED DETECTIVE

RESIDING IN THE WEST.

AND THAT MAN WAS
ALLAN PINKERTON.

[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
IT'S A RAID!

**

ALLAN PINKERTON
IS A TOUGH NUT.

HE'S SCRAPPY. HE'S GRIZZLED.
HE'S QUICK TO ANGER.

HE GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH THE LAW
IN SCOTLAND.

HE COMES TO AMERICA.

HE WAS TRAINED AS A COOPER,
A BARREL MAKER.

ALLAN PINKERTON HIMSELF
DESCRIBES HIS MOVE

INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT
AS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED

ALMOST BY ACCIDENT.

PINKERTON BECOMES PART
OF A PLOT TO ROB A TRAIN.

INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THROUGH
WITH IT,

HE LEADS THEM
INTO THE ARMS OF THE POLICE.

SOON AFTER THAT, HE BECOMES
SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW.

HE BECOMES A PRIVATE DETECTIVE
AND MAKES HIS BONES

PROTECTING
AMERICA'S RAILROADS.

ALLAN PINKERTON'S AGENCY
WAS NOT THE POLICE.

HIS JOB WAS TO GET
HIS CLIENT'S MONEY BACK.

THE INNOVATIONS
THAT ALLAN PINKERTON BROUGHT

TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE
DEVASTATINGLY EFFECTIVE.

DISGUISE, TRICKERY,
FRAUD IN SOME CASES

TO HELP HIM TO ENTRAP

THE PEOPLE HE BELIEVED
WERE GUILTY.

Stashower: HE'S AMERICA'S
NUMBER ONE LAWMAN.

IF YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT
OF A RAILROAD

AND YOU HEAR OF A THREAT AGAINST
YOUR LINE,

HE WAS THE MAN
YOU WERE GONNA CALL.

I'M AFRAID I MUST AGREE WITH
YOUR ASSESSMENT, MR. FELTON.

IF IT IS THE WILL
OF THE SECESSIONISTS,

YOUR RAILROAD
WILL BE DESTROYED.

MR. PINKERTON, PLEASE.
THE RAIL LINE IS MY LIFE'S WORK.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REASONS
WHY THE SOUTH WOULD WANT

TO DISRUPT THIS RAILROAD.

IT WAS THOUGHT THAT IF
FELTON'S RAILROAD WAS CUT OFF,

THEN THERE WOULD BE NO MEANS
BY WHICH NORTHERN TROOPS

COULD BE BROUGHT SOUTH TO
RESPOND TO THE SECESSION CRISIS.

DO YOUR SOURCES SUGGEST WHERE
THEY ATTACK WILL OCCUR?

FELTON KNEW THAT HIS RAILROAD
WOULD BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE

AT THE POINTS
WHERE IT CROSSED OVER WATER.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT
THAT IT WOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH

TO TAKE DOWN THE RAILROAD BY
TAKING DOWN THESE BRIDGES.

INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE PLOT
HAS COME OUT OF BALTIMORE.

SO THE CONSPIRACISTS
CAN PLACE A BOMB

SOMEWHERE ALONG
THIS LINE HERE.

THIS PREVENTS LINCOLN
FROM BEING INAUGURATED.

FURTHERMORE, IT PREVENTS
REINFORCEMENTS FROM REACHING

WASHINGTON, WHICH PLACES
THE CAPITAL IN SOUTHERN HANDS.

I WAS A SPECIAL AGENT
WITH THE SECRET SERVICE, SO I --

I PROTECTED THE SITTING
PRESIDENTS, UH,

PRESIDENT CLINTON
AND PRESIDENT G.W. BUSH.

SOME PEOPLE WORK BEST
UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE.

AND I THINK THAT WAS THE CASE
WITH PINKERTON.

I MUST GO
TO BALTIMORE, SIR.

Stashower: WHEN PINKERTON
AND HIS TEAM GOT TO BALTIMORE,

THEY ALL ASSUMED
DIFFERENT IDENTITIES.

THIS WILL BE FINE.

PINKERTON SET HIMSELF UP
AS A SOUTHERN STOCK BROKER.

AND IT WAS A GOOD COVER IDENTITY

BECAUSE HE WAS POSITIONING
HIMSELF

AS A MAN WHO HAD REASON
TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF

TO SOME OF THE CITY'S
PROMINENT CITIZENS.

I WAS AN F.B.I. AGENT
FOR 27 YEARS,

WAS INVOLVED
IN THE UNDERCOVER PROGRAMS.

I INFILTRATED THE MAFIA
IN NEW YORK CITY.

IN THE UNDERCOVER WORLD, YOU
WANT TO IDENTIFY YOUR TARGETS,

UH, KNOW WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES
THEY'RE INVOLVED IN

AND WHAT'S THE BEST WAY
TO INFILTRATE THEM.

HIS MAJOR OPERATIVE IS A FELLA
BY THE NAME OF DAVIES,

HARRY DAVIES.

PUT THAT DOWN OVER THERE,
MR. DAVIES.

HARRY DAVIES, IN FACT, HAD
TRAINED TO BE A JESUIT PRIEST.

HE WAS A VERY BRIGHT MAN,
SPOKE A LOT OF LANGUAGES,

AND HAD SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME
IN THE SOUTH

AND WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCALE
AND CUSTOMS

AND COULD FIT IN VERY EASILY,

MORE SO THAN A MAN
LIKE PINKERTON.

PLACE THE BOX THERE,
MISS WARNE.

Luchuk: ALLAN PINKERTON
HIRED KATE WARNE

AS AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE
PRIVATE DETECTIVE.

THAT IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT

IN THE HISTORY OF
AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Stashower: HERE'S THIS WOMAN
WHO'S 22 OR 23 YEARS OLD.

SHE'S A WIDOW, WANTS TO WORK
AS A DETECTIVE,

TO DO DANGEROUS WORK BESIDE
MALE DETECTIVES IN THE FIELD.

SHE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT SOON
PINKERTON HAD HER RUNNING

A FEMALE DETECTIVE BUREAU.

HE FELT THAT SHE WAS AMONG
THE BEST OPERATIVES HE EVER HAD,

IF NOT THE BEST.

THE SECRET IDENTITIES
I'VE GIVEN YOU SHOULD BE

SUFFICIENT TO GET YOU
INTO REBEL CIRCLES.

BUT REMEMBER,
THE INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN

IS ONLY SIX WEEKS AWAY.

SO YOU DO NOT HAVE THE TIME,
MONTHS, YEARS

TO GAIN THE CONFIDENCE
OF THE SECESSIONISTS.

YOU MUST WORK QUICKLY WITHOUT
AROUSING SUSPICIONS.

YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF
BRAVADO AROUND TOWN,

BUT IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT
A BARKING DOG NEVER BITES.

INSTEAD, YOU MUST GET THESE
BARKING DOGS TO TAKE YOU

TO THEIR MASTERS.

AND YOU SHALL CAST
AN UNCEASING SHADOW

ON BALTIMORE UNTIL WE DO.

BALTIMORE HAD A LONG TRADITION

OF SORT OF BUCKING
FEDERAL AUTHORITY.

THERE WAS STILL A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR SLAVERY.

LINCOLN GOT VERY FEW VOTES
IN MARYLAND

AND NEXT TO NONE IN BALTIMORE.

BARNUM WAS SORT OF AN
INTERNATIONAL MEETING PLACE

KNOWN FOR ITS
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.

Luchuk: ALLAN PINKERTON BELIEVED
THAT CRIMINALS

HAD FAILED MORALLY

AND EVENTUALLY WOULD TELL
SOMEONE WHAT THEY HAD DONE.

AND A DETECTIVE NEEDED TO BE
CLEVER ENOUGH AND PATIENT ENOUGH

TO BE THERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

Franklin: YOU DO THAT BY
FREQUENTING BARS AND SALOONS

WHERE THESE PEOPLE
WOULD HANG OUT.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT LIQUOR
LOOSENS THE TONGUE A LITTLE BIT.

[ SPEAKING INAUDIBLY ]

Stashower:
HARRY DAVIES SET UP

AS A PRO-SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER

FROM NEW ORLEANS.

AND HE LET IT BE KNOWN
THAT HE WAS WILLING

TO PLEDGE HIS LOYALTY
AND HIS MONEY

TO THE CAUSE OF SOUTHERN RIGHTS.

I SWEAR, IT WASN'T
TILL LAST WEEK THAT I LEARNED

THAT "DAMN" AND "YANKEE" ARE,
IN FACT, TWO SEPARATE WORDS.

OTIS HILLARD WAS PART
OF A WEALTHY FAMILY.

HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A GUY
WHO ENJOYED HANGING AROUND

IN SALOONS AND, IN MANY WAYS,
SEEMS AN UNLIKELY CANDIDATE

TO BE PART OF ANY KIND OF
SINISTER CABAL.

AND HE WAS A PERSON OF INTEREST
TO PINKERTON AND HIS TEAM.

[ LAUGHING HEARTILY ]

HEY, BUB, LIGHTEN UP!

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LAUGH,
WHY DON'T YOU SING US A SONG?

BUT I DON'T SING.

COME ON.
SING US "DIXIE."

COME ON.

Pistone:
TO BE A GOOD UNDERCOVER AGENT,

YOU GOTTA HAVE A MENTAL
TOUGHNESS.

YOU HAVE TO BE AT EASE
IN WHATEVER SURROUNDINGS

THEY'RE IN.

WHAT?
DON'T KNOW THE WORDS?

Pistone: DOESN'T SWEAT.

DOESN'T HAVE ANXIETY
IN ANY SITUATION.

IF THEY THINK THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG, THEY'RE GONNA THINK

YOU'RE AN INFORMANT,
AND THEY'LL KILL YOU QUICK.

MAYBE THAT'S ON ACCOUNT YOU'RE
A SPY FROM THE NORTH!

DAMN NORTHERNERS.

Franklin: ONE OF THE BEST WAYS
TO GET INFORMATION

IS BY GAINING THE TRUST
OF THE PERSON

THAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO INVESTIGATE.

Papenfuse: HILLARD WAS
A CERTIFIED DRUNK

AND WANTED TO SPEND MOST OF HIS
TIME WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND

AT THE, UH, HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE,

AND WHERE HE WAS FOREVER
DRAGGING DAVIES.

JUST GOTTA RELIEVE SOME OF
THAT TENSION IN MY NECK.

IF YOU CAN,
AWAIT SO MANY SECRETS.

Stashower: ALL THE TIME,
HILLARD SEEMS TO BE

DANGLING THIS IDEA

THAT HE HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE
THAT HE JUST CAN'T SHARE.

OKAY.

BUT DAVIES KEEPS AT IT.
NOW, WHERE YOU GOING?

I HAVE NO CARE FOR PEOPLE
WHO WASTE ALL THEIR TIME

CAVORTIN' WITH PROSTITUTES

WHEN THEY SHOULD BE
LABORING THEMSELVES

FOR THE GREAT SOUTHERN CAUSE.
[ SIGHS ]

NOT THAT I CARED FOR CESAR LESS,
IT'S THAT I CARED FOR ROME MORE.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

IF I WASN'T WORKING
FOR OUR CAUSE,

THEN HOW WOULD I KNOW
ABOUT THE CODE OF WIRES?

WHAT WIRES DO YOU SPEAK OF?

SECRET CODES
BEING SENT BY TELEGRAPH,

TRACKING LINCOLN'S TRAIN.

STOP, STOP.

TRACKING LINCOLN?

PINKERTON WAS THERE
TO PROTECT THE RAILROADS.

BUT BY SLOW DEGREES,
HE CATCHES SIGHT OF SOMETHING

LARGER AND DARKER.

AND HE REALIZES THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER HAPPENING

THAN JUST THE THREAT
AGAINST THE RAILROAD.

WHOO!

***

IN THE LONG PERIOD
BETWEEN HIS ELECTION

AND BEING SWORN IN
AS PRESIDENT,

LINCOLN WAS RECEIVING
A GREAT DEAL OF HATE MAIL,

JUST THREATS THAT WERE EXPRESSED
WITH THIS ASTONISHING DEGREE

OF VITRIOL.

LINCOLN SEEMS NOT TO HAVE TAKEN
ANY OF IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

AS THE TRAIN MOVED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

HE MADE A POINT OF STOPPING
AT STATE CAPITALS

AND OTHER PLACES WHERE HE SAID
SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF

HE HOPED THAT, "WHEN THE PEOPLE
HAD SEEN A BIT MORE OF ME,

WE WOULD LIKE EACH OTHER
THE MORE."

Franklin: FOR LINCOLN,
IT WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS

BECAUSE WASHINGTON D.C.
WAS SURROUNDED AND INFILTRATED

BY THOSE SYMPATHETIC
TO THE SOUTHERN CAUSE.

AND SO, AS HE GOT CLOSER
TO WASHINGTON D.C.,

THE DANGER REALLY RATCHETED UP
BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING CLOSER

TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT DID NOT
WANT TO SEE HIM BECOME

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

TODAY, THERE'S
NO QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE
DANGERS TO BE PERCEIVED

WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WALKS THROUGH A CROWD.

BUT AT THE START OF
THE LINCOLN PRESIDENCY,

THESE APPREHENSIONS
DID NOT YET EXIST.

THERE HAD NOT BEEN
AN ASSASSINATION

OF A SITTING PRESIDENT.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT
IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE.

IT'S NOT BOURBON UNLESS
IT COMES FROM KENTUCKY.

THE FINEST BOURBON I EVER
HAD WAS IN NEW ORLEANS.

IF IT WAS THE FINEST BOURBON
YOU EVER HAD,

THEN IT WAS POURED
FROM A BARREL FROM KENTUCKY.

Stashower: PINKERTON SEEMS
TO HAVE DEVELOPED

A GENUINE FRIENDSHIP
WITH A MAN NAMED JAMES LUCKETT.

LUCKETT WAS ON RECORD AS BEING
A SOUTHERN RIGHTS GUY.

AND PINKERTON IS LETTING ON
THAT, YOU KNOW,

HE TOO WAS SYMPATHETIC
TO THE SOUTHERN CAUSE.

THE RAIL SPLITTER WILL BE COMING
THROUGH BALTIMORE SOON.

HE MAY ARRIVE, BUT I DOUBT
IF HE'LL PASS THROUGH.

DO YOU CARE TO ELABORATE
ON YOUR MEANING, SIR?

I WILL NOT.

MMM.

Stashower: A DRAMATIC GESTURE
IS CALLED FOR.

HE COUNTS OUT $25.

IT'S AN ENORMOUS SUM OF MONEY.

THIS IS FOR THE CAUSE.

BUT BE CAUTIOUS
IN SPEAKING AROUND OUTSIDERS.

THERE MAY BE NORTHERN AGENTS
ABOUT.

THIS REALLY GREASES THE WHEELS
AS FAR AS LUCKETT IS CONCERNED.

AND HE SAYS, "WELL, I WILL
INTRODUCE YOU TO THE MAN

WHO IS THE LEADER
OF THIS CAUSE."

HOW CAN YOU BE
SO CERTAIN THAT LINCOLN

WILL NEVER REACH
WASHINGTON?

BECAUSE LINCOLN IS TO BE
ASSASSINATED.

HIS BLOOD WILL RUN
IN THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE.

PINKERTON, REALIZING INITIALLY
THAT THE THREAT

WAS THE RAILROAD
AND THEN TRANSITIONING

TO REALIZING THAT THE THREAT WAS
AGAINST THE MAN,

THE ENTIRE DYNAMIC OF
THE INVESTIGATION CHANGES.

YOU CHANGE FROM PROTECTING
AN ASSET TO PROTECTING A MAN

WHO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
A PRESIDENT

AND WHO IS GOING TO BE
A PART OF HISTORY.

ALL THIS FUSS
OVER THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.

NOW, WHY ANYONE WOULD VOTE
FOR THAT MAN,

I SIMPLY CANNOT COMPREHEND.

KATE WARNE, THE FEMALE
DETECTIVE, WAS A MRS. BARLEY.

AND SUPPOSEDLY, SHE WAS
FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

AND SHE WORE, PINNED TO HER
DRESS, THIS CLUSTER OF RIBBONS

THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE SYMPATHETIC
TO THE SECESSION MOVEMENT

WORE AT THAT TIME.

I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT
THE LEGISLATURE

DOESN'T DRAG ITS
FEET ON THIS MATTER.

Luchuk:
ALLAN PINKERTON BELIEVED

THAT CRIMINALS HAD A DEEP DESIRE
TO UNBURDEN THEMSELVES.

SO HIS WHOLE APPROACH TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT

WAS FOUNDED
ON THE NOTION OF SURVEILLANCE.

WE WILL WATCH THEM UNTIL
THEY GIVE THEMSELVES UP.

ALLAN PINKERTON UNDERSTOOD

THAT THE PRESIDENT'S ITINERARY
WAS PUTTING HIM AT RISK.

WHERE HE WOULD BE GOING,
WHERE HE WOULD BE SPEAKING,

WHEN HE WOULD ARRIVE.

Stashower: IN ORDER TO GET TO
WASHINGTON FOR HIS INAUGURATION,

LINCOLN HAD TO PASS THROUGH
BALTIMORE.

THERE SIMPLY WASN'T ANY OTHER
GOOD WAY

OF GETTING TO WASHINGTON.

Papenfuse: BALTIMORE WAS
A PLACE THAT LINCOLN

SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO
AT THAT POINT IN TIME,

SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS
A DANGEROUS PLACE TO GO TO.

AND AT THIS POINT, LINCOLN
JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T HAVE

THE SUFFICIENT FRIENDS IN TOWN
TO ENSURE HIS SAFETY.

SOUTHERN PRIDE WILL NEVER
STAND FOR LINCOLN.

[ INHALES ]

CIPRIANO FERRANDINI

IS A REALLY
INTERESTING INDIVIDUAL.

HE IS BORN IN CORSICA IN 1822.

HE LANDS IN BALTIMORE,
AND FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS,

HE IS THE BARBER
IN THE BARNUM'S HOTEL.

FERRANDINI WAS VERY MUCH
AN ADVOCATE OF SECESSION

AND THE SOUTHERN CAUSE,
A BELIEF IN STATES' RIGHTS,

BUT ALSO A BELIEF IN -- IN WHAT
ALL OF THE SOUTHERN CULTURE

ACTUALLY STOOD FOR,
INCLUDING SLAVERY.

[ SPEAKING INAUDIBLY ]

THAT'S FERRANDINI.

HE OVERSEES THE GROUP OF MEN
WE SPOKE OF.

FERRANDINI APPEARS TO BE
A MAN THAT WAS VERY CHARISMATIC

AND ABLE TO RALLY PEOPLE
TO THE CAUSE

SIMPLY BY THE FORCE
OF HIS PERSONALITY

AND THE ELOQUENCE OF HIS WORDS.

THIS IS J.H. HUTCHINSON.

MR. HUTCHINSON IS THE MAN
WHO MADE THE DONATION.

OF COURSE.

VERY GOOD.

EVEN THOUGH FERRANDINI
HAS ONLY JUST MET PINKERTON,

FERRANDINI SEEMS TO BELIEVE
THAT HE COULD TRUST PINKERTON.

YOU SEE, NAPOLEON
WAS THE ONLY BARRIER

TO TRUE ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE,

JUST AS LINCOLN
IS THE ONLY BARRIER

TO SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE.

BUT NOW THAT LINCOLN
HAS BEEN ELECTED,

WHAT STEPS CAN BE TAKEN
TO PREVENT HIM

FROM PROVING TO BE
SUCH AN OBSTACLE?

MR. HUTCHINSON, ALL YOU NEED TO
KNOW IS THAT OUR PLAN HAS BEEN

FULLY ARRANGED
AND IT CANNOT FAIL.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT
THE MAN IS NEVER SWORN IN!

LINCOLN WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
PASS THROUGH BALTIMORE ALIVE.

LINCOLN MUST DIE.

AND DIE HE SHALL.

ACCORDING TO DAVIES'
OWN ACCOUNT,

THEIR LIVES WERE IN DANGER.

ANYONE UNCOVERED AS BEING,
UH, NORTHERN DETECTIVES

COULD BE HANGED
AS A NORTHERN SPY.

[ GASPS ]
SHH.

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

WHERE ARE YOU WITH HILLARD?

HE SPEAKS OF A SECRET MEETING.

WE KNOW WHEN LINCOLN'S ASSASSIN
WILL BE SELECTED,

BUT HE WON'T
DIVULGE ANY MORE.

WHEN IS THIS MEETING?

I DON'T KNOW.
IN THE NEXT NIGHT OR TWO.

DEMAND HILLARD TAKE YOU
TO THIS MEETING.

I FEAR IF I ACT TOO BRAZENLY,
MY COVER WILL BE BLOWN.

THE TIME FOR TIPTOEING
IS OVER.

MR. LINCOLN'S LIFE IS
IN OUR HANDS.

HILLARD HAS BEEN PLAYING THIS
PUSH/PULL GAME WITH DAVIES.

HE'S BEEN SAYING, "I KNOW MORE
THAN I CAN TELL YOU.

"I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU
INTO MY CONFIDENCE,

BUT I WON'T."

AND FINALLY, THINGS COME
TO A HEAD,

WHERE A DRAMATIC GESTURE
IS CALLED FOR.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
COME ON.

YOU SPILLED MY WHISKEY.

I MUST INSIST YOU BUY ME
ANOTHER.

I SPILLED MY BLOOD
FOR THE SOUTH,

AND I SWEAR I'LL DO IT AGAIN.

YOU'RE AN ODD STICK,
YOU KNOW THAT?

HILLARD SECURES PERMISSION
TO BRING DAVIES

TO A SECRET MEETING THAT HILLARD
HAS BEEN SUMMONED TO.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

WILL YOU PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE SOUTHERN CAUSE?

I WILL.

PART OF THE BUSINESS
OF THE EVENING WAS THAT DAVIES

HAD TO BE SWORN IN
AS A MEMBER OF THIS BAND.

THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A LOT
OF THAT GOING ON AT THE TIME,

OF SECRET SOCIETIES FORMING
AND SWEARING OATHS.

WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER AMONG US.

ALL RIGHT.
EVERYONE TAKE A BALLOT.

KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.

TURNS OUT THAT THE BUSINESS
OF THE EVENING

IS GOING TO BE THE SELECTION

OF THE MAN WHO IS GOING TO
ASSASSINATE

PRESIDENT-ELECT LINCOLN.

ONE BY ONE, THE MEN ARE
GOING TO DRAW BALLOTS.

NO ONE IS TO KNOW WHO DREW
THE BALLOT MARKED WITH AN "X."

WHAT MOST OF THEM DIDN'T KNOW
IS INSTEAD OF THERE BEING

ONE BALLOT IN THE BOX,
THERE WERE EIGHT.

EIGHT PEOPLE WHO CAME AWAY
FROM THAT MEETING

APPARENTLY BELIEVING
THAT THEY WERE THE ONE PERSON

WHO HAD BEEN SELECTED.

THIS WAS VERY CLEVER

BECAUSE IF ONE OR EVEN TWO
PEOPLE LOST THEIR NERVE,

THERE WAS CERTAIN TO BE
AT LEAST ONE

WHO WAS IN A POSITION
TO STRIKE THE FATAL BLOW.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

Franklin: PINKERTON'S EVERY
WAKING THOUGHT WAS,

"I NEED TO PROTECT THIS MAN,
AND I NEED TO SAVE HIS LIFE

"BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO BECOME
THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES."

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YOU SHOULD SLEEP.

WHEN LINCOLN IS SWORN IN.

LINCOLN HAD BEEN TETHERED TO
THIS MOMENT-BY-MOMENT ITINERARY.

IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHERE
LINCOLN WAS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT,

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS
LOOK IN THE NEWSPAPER.

PINKERTON'S PLAN WAS TO BREAK
AWAY FROM THAT TIME TABLE

AND MOVE HIM THROUGH
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN
FOR GRANTED BY THE CONSPIRATORS

THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL STAY
ON HIS PUBLISHED ITINERARY.

AND THAT'S WHY ALLAN PINKERTON
SEIZED ON THIS ONE ELEMENT

TO SHIFT EXPECTATIONS

AND SIMPLY MOVE THE PRESIDENT
OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

Stashower: PINKERTON HIMSELF
GOES UP TO RENDEZVOUS

WITH LINCOLN'S ADVISORS
IN PHILADELPHIA.

HOW WILL YOU CONVINCE HIM
OF YOUR PLAN?

I'LL TELL HIM OF THE PLOT

AND INSIST THE ONLY OPTION
IS TO PLACE HIMSELF

UNDER MY PERSONAL PROTECTION
IMMEDIATELY.

AND IF HE WON'T GO?

LINCOLN IS OFTEN QUICK TO
DISMISS THREATS AGAINST HIM.

WHAT THEN?

YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'RE
PROTECTING NOT ONLY A PERSON,

BUT YOU'RE PROTECTING
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

OF THE UNITED STATES.

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL
THE AWESOME WEIGHT

AND RESPONSIBILITY OF KNOWING
THAT IF YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOB

100 PERCENT OF THE TIME
CORRECTLY,

EVERY TIME, FIRST TIME,

THAT IT COULD CHANGE
THE COURSE OF HISTORY.

[ TICKING ]

**

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]

PINKERTON IS NOW CONVINCED
THAT THE DANGER IS REAL.

THE PROBLEM THAT FACES HIM NOW

IS GETTING LINCOLN
AND HIS ADVISORS

TO TAKE THE THREAT SERIOUSLY.

MR. LINCOLN.

Franklin: PINKERTON HAD
ONE THING GOING FOR HIM.

WE MUST TALK, SIR.

AND THAT WAS THAT THEY
HAD MET BEFORE

WHILE PINKERTON WAS DOING
AN INVESTIGATION

AND LINCOLN WAS A LAWYER
IN SPRINGFIELD.

MY TOP OPERATIVES HAVE
DEVELOPED THIS INFORMATION.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS
FERRANDINI AND ASSASSINS

WILL BE WAITING.

THE BEST COURSE, THE ONLY
COURSE, IS TO LEAVE TONIGHT,

PASS THROUGH BALTIMORE
TO WASHINGTON

BEFORE ANYBODY KNOWS
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE.

IF THEY CAN SNEAK LINCOLN
THROUGH TOWN

BEFORE THE CONSPIRATORS
ARE IN POSITION,

BY THE TIME THE ASSASSINS TAKE
THEIR POSITIONS

FOR THE SCHEDULED ARRIVAL
OF LINCOLN'S TRAIN,

LINCOLN HIMSELF WILL ALREADY BE
SAFE IN WASHINGTON.

I CANNOT GO TONIGHT, SIR.

I MUST ATTEND A FLAG-RAISING
CEREMONY IN THE MORNING

AND MEET WITH THE HARRISBURG
LEGISLATURE IN THE AFTERNOON.

BUT, MR. LINCOLN,
IF I MAY BE SO...

I'VE PROMISED TO FULFILL
THESE COMMITMENTS

EVEN IF IT MEANS MY DEATH.

BUT I WILL GO WITH YOU,

MR. PINKERTON,
TOMORROW NIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

IT'S A CONCESSION, BUT IT'S NOT
WHAT PINKERTON HAD HOPED FOR.

NOW, PINKERTON HAS TO SCRAMBLE

TO BASICALLY DRAW UP
A FRESH PLAN

THAT WILL GET LINCOLN
THROUGH BALTIMORE SAFELY.

BUT HE'S GOT LESS TIME
IN WHICH TO WORK.

HE WAS UP ALL NIGHT TRYING
TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

AND LUCKILY, SINCE HE'D BEEN
WORKING FOR YEARS

AS A RAILROAD DETECTIVE,
HE HAD THE KNOWLEDGE

AND THE CONNECTIONS WITH WHICH
TO COBBLE TOGETHER THIS PLAN.

WHILE I'M TRAVELING LINCOLN
OVER TO THE PWB LINE,

YOU'LL MAKE THE NECESSARY
ARRANGEMENTS WE DISCUSSED.

UNDERSTOOD.

[ TICKING ]

IT'S TIME.

[ SPEAKING INAUDIBLY ]

PRESIDENT LINCOLN WAS
A VERY, VERY TALL MAN.

HE WAS 6 FOOT 4.

AND, UH, HIS LOOKS WERE
VERY, VERY DISTINCT.

AND SO, TO PUT HIM UNDERCOVER
AND IN A DISGUISE

WOULD HAVE BEEN TRICKY AT BEST.

HOWEVER, WITH A VERY SLIGHT
CHANGE OF COSTUME,

HAVING THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
KINDA HUNCH OVER,

HE WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY
WITH IT.

LINCOLN MELTED
INTO THE POPULACE.

YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE

THAT HE WAS INCREDIBLY ANXIOUS

BECAUSE THIS
PLAN COULD HAVE GONE WRONG

IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS,

NOT LEAST OF WHICH
WAS LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION.

THEY DIDN'T WANT NEWS
OF LINCOLN'S CHANGE OF PLANS

TO GET THERE AHEAD
OF LINCOLN HIMSELF.

SO THE TELEGRAPH WIRES LEADING
INTO BALTIMORE THAT NIGHT

WERE CUT BY PINKERTON
AND HIS TEAM.

THE DISTRACTION
WILL BE SET OFF HERE.

YOU ALL WILL BE POSITIONED
AT DIFFERENT POINTS

ALONG THE TRACKS.

THE PLAN WAS THAT AS LINCOLN
GOT OUT OF THE TRAIN,

SOME KIND OF DIVERSION
WAS GOING TO BE STAGED,

AND IT WOULD DRAW AWAY
ANY POLICE OR ESCORTS

FROM LINCOLN'S SIDE.

AND IN THAT MOMENT, SOMEONE
WOULD STRIKE THE FATAL BLOW.

FERRANDINI WAS EXTRAORDINARILY
DANGEROUS.

HE PUT TOGETHER AN INTELLIGENT
PLAN, ONE THAT WAS PLAUSIBLE.

BY GUN OR BY KNIFE, LINCOLN
WILL DIE AT THE STATION.

Stashower: WARD LAMON
IS A FRIEND OF LINCOLN'S

FROM HIS LAWYERING DAYS
IN SPRINGFIELD.

LAMON IS A BIG, POWERFUL GUY.

AND ON THE TRIP, TO THIS POINT,
HE HAD APPOINTED HIMSELF

AS LINCOLN'S BODYGUARD.

THEY TRAVEL TOGETHER
ON A SPECIAL TRAIN,

A PRIVATE TRAIN,
THAT'S GOING TO CARRY THEM

FROM HARRISBURG TO PHILADELPHIA.

THE CONDUCTOR OF THE SPECIAL
TRAIN HAS BEEN GIVEN ORDERS

TO PUT ON SPEED.

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

MR. LINCOLN, YOU'RE AN HOUR
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

WOULDN'T DO TO GET TO THE TRAIN
STATION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

BECAUSE THEN LINCOLN IS JUST
GONNA BE SITTING THERE WAITING

FOR THE TRAIN TO PULL OUT.

IT WAS YOU THAT HAD ALL
THE OTHER TRAINS SHUNTED OFF

THE LINES, SO, NATURALLY,
WE WOULD BE EARLY.

ONE OF MANY CONCERNS THAT WAS
FACING PINKERTON THAT NIGHT

WAS THAT IF ANYONE NOTICED THAT
LINCOLN WAS NOT WHERE HE WAS

SUPPOSED TO BE, THE CONSPIRATORS
IN BALTIMORE WOULD BE WARNED,

AND THEN LINCOLN WOULD BE WORSE
OFF THAN HE HAD BEEN BEFORE.

GENTLEMEN, WE SHOULD GO.

**

PINKERTON IS A LAWMAN AND
BELIEVES IN THE AMERICAN DREAM.

SO, CLEARLY, THE IDEA
OF A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE

THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
OF THE UNITED STATES

IS HORRIFYING TO HIM.

HE WOULD HAVE VIEWED
HIS OPPORTUNITY

TO PRESERVE THE LIFE
OF THE PRESIDENT

AS AN EXTREMELY HIGH CALLING.

[ HAMMER CLICKS, GUNSHOT ]

PINKERTON DIDN'T WANT ANYONE
TO KNOW

THAT LINCOLN WAS TRAVELING
AND WAS ANYWHERE OTHER

THAN WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE THAT NIGHT,

BECAUSE HE'D BE RELATIVELY
ALONE AND UNPROTECTED.

WE WERE MEANT TO MEET
A FRIEND HERE,

BUT HE APPEARS TO BE
ELSEWHERE.

PLEASE DRIVE AROUND SO THAT
WE MAY LOOK FOR HIM.

WELL, IT TURNS OUT
THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT

SOME TIME TO KILL BEFORE THIS
SPECIAL TRAIN IS SET TO DEPART.

THEY'VE GOT TO DRIVE AROUND.

SO THEY RIDE AROUND
IN A CARRIAGE,

WANDERING AIMLESSLY
THROUGH THE STREETS.

Franklin: IT WAS A "THINK ON
YOUR FEET" TYPE OF SITUATION

THAT PINKERTON HAD TO DO
IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE

THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SAFE.

HAS THIS PLAN OF YOURS
PUT US AT A RISK?

AS LONG AS MISS WARNE DOES
HER PART, WE WILL BE FINE.

MR. CONDUCTOR,
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST BERTH

AT THE REAR OF THE SLEEPER CAR.

YOU SEE, MY BROTHER, HE'S
AN INVALID, BLESS HIS HEART.

AND HE REQUIRES SPACE
FROM THE OTHER PASSENGERS

SO THAT HE MAY
REST ONCE BOARDED.

PART OF PINKERTON'S NEW PLAN
INVOLVED LINCOLN TRAVELING

ON AN ORDINARY PASSENGER TRAIN,
A SLEEPER CAR,

THAT WAS GOING TO TRAVEL
FROM PHILADELPHIA TO BALTIMORE.

NOW, I KNOW YOU DON'T
TYPICALLY RESERVE BERTH,

BUT YOUR KINDNESS
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

IF YOU INSIST, MA'AM.

THAT'S REALLY WHERE KATE WARNE
HAD HER MOMENT OF GLORY.

SHE HAS TO FIND A WAY OF
SECURING THESE SLEEPING BERTHS

SO THAT LINCOLN'S NOT GONNA
FIND HIMSELF, YOU KNOW,

SITTING ACROSS
FROM SOME STRANGER.

[ CLICKS ]

BLESS YOUR HEART.

WHAT -- ARE YOU MAD?!

IF MR. LINCOLN IS A TARGET,
HE SHOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE

TO DEFEND HIMSELF.

IF THERE'S ANY FIGHTING
TO BE DONE,

IT WILL BE DONE BY MEN
OTHER THAN MR. LINCOLN.

PINKERTON THOUGHT THAT LAMON
WAS A BUFFOON.

HE HAD VERY LITTLE USE FOR HIM.

AND IN HIS REPORTS, DIRECTLY,

HE TALKS ABOUT BEING HIM BEING
REALLY INCOMPETENT.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

DEAR BROTHER.

IS EVERYTHING IN ORDER?

YES. THIS WAY.

Stashower: LINCOLN SLIPS IN
AT THE BACK OF THE TRAIN.

THIS IS THE TRAIN
THAT'S GOING TO CARRY HIM

FROM PHILADELPHIA
INTO BALTIMORE.

[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]

YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, AS A BOY,
WALKING INTO THE SCHOOLYARD,

AND ONE OF THE OTHER
CHILDREN REMARKED,

"HOW CRUEL A GOD TO MAKE
A BOY ENTIRELY OUT OF LEGS

AND NOTHING ELSE."
[ CHUCKLING ]

KATE WARNE RECORDED
IN HER FIELD REPORT

THAT LINCOLN APPEARED TO BE
THE CALMEST GUY IN THE ROOM.

AND HE WAS FULL OF FUN,
AND HE'S MAKING JOKES.

SHE ALSO SAYS, "OF COURSE,
HE WAS SO TERRIBLY TALL

"THAT HE COULDN'T LIE DOWN
IN HIS SLEEPING BERTH.

IT WASN'T BIG ENOUGH
TO ACCOMMODATE HIM."

KATE WARNE
GOT OFF IN BALTIMORE.

IT'S TIME.

IT REALLY WOULDN'T DO
FOR THE PRESIDENT-ELECT

OF THE UNITED STATES
TO ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON

IN THE COMPANY OF A WOMAN
WHO WAS NOT HIS WIFE.

GOODBYE, MR. LINCOLN.
MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MISS WARNE.

GOOD LUCK.

THE RAILROAD LINE DIDN'T GO
ALL THE WAY THROUGH TOWN.

SO WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THAT
THE SLEEPING COMPARTMENT

IS UNHOOKED FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE,
HITCHED UP TO A TEAM OF HORSES,

AND PULLED THROUGH THE CENTER OF
TOWN TO THE NEXT TRAIN STATION,

WHERE IT WAS GONNA BE HOOKED UP
TO ANOTHER LOCOMOTIVE,

AND THEN YOUR JOURNEY
WOULD CONTINUE.

AGAIN, THERE IS A PROBLEM
WITH THE PLAN.

WHEREAS IN PHILADELPHIA,
THINGS HAVE BEEN RUNNING

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE,
NOW, THE TRAIN THAT IS SUPPOSED

TO CARRY THE SLEEPER
THE REST OF THE WAY

TO WASHINGTON ISN'T THERE.

SOMEBODY'S GONNA NOTICE
THAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

IS SITTING THERE
IN THIS TRAIN CAR.

[ SIGHS ]

WE'RE SITTING DUCKS.

**

IT MUST HAVE BEEN
AN EXTREMELY TENSE MOMENT

FOR ALLAN PINKERTON,

WHO HAD PRETTY MUCH BASED
HIS WHOLE PLAN

ON THIS TRAIN BEING THERE
TO CARRY LINCOLN

SAFELY OUT OF TOWN.

THE PLAN SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
THAT LINCOLN WOULD BE

SET UPON BY KNIFE-WIELDING
ASSASSINS.

BUT THERE WAS ALSO A GREAT DEAL
OF TALK OF PISTOLS.

BEST TO MIND THE WINDOW,
MR. LINCOLN.

PERHAPS BESIDE MR. LAMON.

IT WAS TERRIFYING
BECAUSE LINCOLN WAS SURROUNDED.

PINKERTON'S DONE EVERYTHING
THAT HE CAN DO.

HE HAS NO MORE CONTROL OTHER
THAN THROWING HIMSELF

INTO THE LINE OF FIRE.

Stashower: HEAR A LOT
OF CLANKING AND BANGING GOING ON

OUTSIDE OF THE CAR,

AND INCLUDING PEOPLE
WHISTLING "DIXIE."

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING ]

WHAT IS YOUR PLAN NOW,
MR. PINKERTON?

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
CONTINUES ]

[ LOUD CLANK ]

[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]

[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]

THERE'S VERY LITTLE SAID
IN PINKERTON'S MEMOIRS

OF WHAT WAS GOING
THROUGH HIS MIND

WHEN HE HEARD THAT WHISTLE BLOW
AND THE TRAIN STARTED.

BUT I IMAGINE IT WAS "WHEW,"
BECAUSE, UH, IT HAD APPARENTLY

BEEN A VERY NEAR THING.

FINALLY, PINKERTON, LAMON
AND LINCOLN

ARE CONVEYED OUT OF BALTIMORE
AND DOWN TO WASHINGTON D.C.

Franklin:
ONCE THAT TRAIN IS ROLLING

AND ONCE HE IS OUT OF
IMMEDIATE DANGER,

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RELIEF

UNTIL THAT TRAIN PULLS
INTO WASHINGTON D.C.

PINKERTON HAS BEEN UP
FOR DAYS AT THIS POINT,

UNDER ALL KINDS OF STRESS,

AND HERE HE IS
AT THE LAST MOMENT.

HE THINKS HE'S HOME FREE.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING ]

MR. LINCOLN.

STOP!
SIR.

THIS IS CONGRESSMAN WASHBURN.

YOU CAN HARDLY BLAME PINKERTON.

ALL HE KNOWS IS THAT THEY'VE
BEEN UP ALL NIGHT

TRYING TO AVOID LINCOLN
BEING RECOGNIZED,

AND NOW, HERE'S SOMEONE COMING
STRAIGHT FOR HIM.

I DO BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING,
MR. PINKERTON.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR, SIR.

CONGRESSMAN.

Stashower: IT'S VERY HARD TO SAY
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED

IF PINKERTON
HAD NOT BEEN ON THE SCENE.

BUT IF LINCOLN
HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED,

THERE'S NO QUESTION
THAT THINGS WOULD HAVE UNFOLDED

VERY DIFFERENTLY.

THERE WERE A LOT OF
VERY PROMINENT PEOPLE

IN THE UNITED STATES
AT THAT TIME

WHO WERE URGING THAT WE JUST LET
THE SOUTHERN STATES GO IN PEACE.

THERE YOU ARE.

ALL READY FOR
YOUR PREMIERE, MR. BOOTH.

Papenfuse: JOHN WILKES BOOTH
STAYED AT BARNUM'S HOTEL

WHENEVER HE PLAYED
IN BALTIMORE.

THERE'S A FAIR CHANCE
THAT BOOTH ACTUALLY SAT

IN FERRANDINI'S BARBER CHAIR.

Stashower: I THINK ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT STUNNED ME

WAS HOW EASILY
DISASTER COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

AND IT'S FRIGHTENING TO THINK
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED

IF SOME HARM
HAD BEFALLEN LINCOLN

IN THE DAYS BEFORE
HE ACTUALLY BECAME PRESIDENT.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR,
ALLAN PINKERTON WAS ASKED

BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO ACT
AS SPY MASTER FOR THE UNION.

OF COURSE ALLAN PINKERTON
ACCEPTS THIS ROLE

AND PUTS HIS DETECTIVES TO WORK
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.

WHEN ALLAN PINKERTON HEARD THAT
PRESIDENT LINCOLN

HAD, IN FACT, BEEN KILLED,

HE BROKE DOWN
IN EMOTIONAL TEARS

AND SAID, "IF ONLY
I HAD BEEN THERE TO PROTECT HIM

AS I HAD BEFORE."

Stashower: THE PINKERTON AGENCY
AND PINKERTON DETECTIVES

DEVELOPED THIS REPUTATION
FOR BEING JUST RELENTLESS.

AND A LOT OF THAT REPUTATION,
THAT DOGGEDNESS,

THAT RELENTLESSNESS,
CAME FROM PINKERTON HIMSELF.

THERE WAS A CERTAIN STRENGTH
OF CONVICTION

IN HIS OWN JUDGMENT
THAT ENABLED HIM

TO SORT OF POWER THROUGH,
CUT THROUGH,

TO THE HEART OF WHATEVER ELSE
WAS GOING ON AROUND HIM.

THE REPUTATION
OF THE PINKERTON AGENCY TODAY

IS TAINTED BY THEIR ACTIVITIES

IN UNION BREAKING,

IN STRIKE BREAKING.

BUT THAT IS NOT ALLAN PINKERTON.

HIS ENDURING LEGACY IS THE KIND
OF SOPHISTICATED TECHNIQUES

THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY.

PINKERTON ABSOLUTELY LAID
A CORNERSTONE

FOR THE SECRET SERVICE,
IN THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST

DETECTIVES TO INVESTIGATE
A POTENTIAL THREAT

AND TO STOP THAT THREAT AGAINST
A PRESIDENT-ELECT.

PINKERTON WAS THE RIGHT MAN
FOR THE JOB.