by Charles Lane
appointed Secret Service chief, 13–19, 96, 101–102
arrested for kidnapping and highway robbery, 48–50
Ashburn case, confessions and trial, 78–95
asked to handle Williams’s personal matter, James Ivins, 218–19, 221–22
assigned to provost marshal’s office as spy, 55–56
autobiography, In It, 270–72
Biebusch investigation and arrest, 110
Bristow’s appointment and investigation, 238–42
buys hotels and builds Opera House, Emporia, Kansas, 249–50, 267–68
as cattle driver, 44–45
and constraints by Williams, 188–95
convinces Boutwell and Banfield to set up sting for Miner, 117
counterfeiter arrests, 157
death of, 274
disguises, 125
early background of, 43–44
enrolled as Army major, 57–59
evaluates pardon requests at Albany Penitentiary, 199–202
excesses in obtaining confessions, 80–81, 85–86, 89, 94–95
frustration with New York justice system, 103
Gurney arrest, 111–12
hired by Treasury Department as agent, 60
hired to combat illegal whiskey epidemic, 60
hires Burnham to write Memoirs of the United States Secret Service, 139–43
indicted in burglary case, 246–47
Klan investigation update to Akerman, 180–83
letter/pamphlet against Judge Benedict’s jury instructions, 134–36
marries Catherine and opens saloon, 45–46
methods compared to modern agencies, 266–67
Miner investigation and arrest, 114–24
Miner trial, 124–33
moves to Kansas after trial, 257–58
moves to Lawrence, Kansas, 46–47
in New Orleans, 50–55
ordered to investigate Klan, 158–63
ordered to investigate Klan in KY, 210
photographs of, 58, 269, 270
pressures Babcock for job, 252–54
proven correct about need for Secret Service, 261–62
publishes The Nation’s Peril, 195–96
rebuttal to Wilson, defense of Secret Service, 243–44
and reduction of Secret Service in the South, 205–207
on reticence of Klan victims to testify, 172
revamps Secret Service, 103–10
rumors of replacement, 224–25
Senate Committee hearings, 136–39
sends Knight’s report to Akerman, 187
sends Nettleship to GA to investigate Klan, 184–85
sent to investigate Ashburn assassination, 36
shoots Capdeville, 56
as slave catcher, 42–43, 47–48
solves Ashburn assassination case, 63–95
submits letter of resignation, 245–46
testifies to Judiciary Committee against Babcock, Burglary Case, 254
trial, “Washington Safe Burglary Case,” hung jury, 250–52
as undercover operator, 37, 40, 59
and “Washington Safe Burglary Case,” 225–37
watches and denounces The Clansman, 249–50, 272–73
writes “Circular of Instructions,” 215–17
Whitley, Kittie, 209, 258, 268, 270
Whitley, Sabra, 268, 270
Whitley, William, 43
Whitley home, Emporia, Kansas, 268–69, 269
Whitley Hotel (former Coolidge House Hotel), 267, 268
Whitley Opera House, 251, 267
Wicker, William Washington, 171
Wiggins, James L., 79
Williams, George H., 189–95, 199–200, 203–204, 207, 216, 221, 236, 242, 255
asks Whitley to investigate a personal matter, 218–19, 221–23
orders Whitley to investigate Klan in KY, 210
scandal involving Kate’s expenditures, 237
uses Secret Service to gather political intelligence, 217
Williams, Kate, 218–19, 221–24, 237, 252
Willis, Benjamin, 260–61
Wilson, Bluford, 239–46, 252–53, 255, 257, 259, 263, 267
Wilson, James F., 159
Wilson, James H., 239, 241, 246
Wood, Robert A., 79
Wood, William Patrick, 99–102, 107–10, 112, 114–15, 241, 244
World War I, 265–66
Cover Photos: (top) Portrait of Hiram C. Whitley, frontispiece from “Three Years with Counterfeiters, Smuglers, and Boodle Carriers” by George Burnham, 1875 (engraving), Buttre, John Chester (1821-93) / Cornell University, USA / Bridgeman Images; (bottom) Bettmann/Getty Images
ISBN-13: 9781488035005
Freedom’s Detective
Copyright © 2019 by Charles Lane
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