History of the United States Secret Service

History of the United States Secret Service

Author: Baker, La Fayette C. (La Fayette Curry), 1826-1868

Year: 1867

General Baker and the Bureau of Secret Service -- Origin of the Bureau of Detective Service -- Residence in Richmond -- Northern experiences as Confederate agent -- Treason and traitors at the North -- A Knight of the Golden Square -- Disloyalty among the postmasters --Frauds: disloyalty in Maryland -- Official services and embarrassments: new order of things -- An official visit to Manassas: the waste of war -- Frauds by government employees and others -- Stealing: smuggling liquors into the army -- Cards, treasures, female spy -- The Bureau in Canada, in the army -- Wealthy traitors: fruitless schemes -- Slavery, playing rebel general, First District Cavalry -- First District Cavalry -- The animus of secession -- English sympathy with the South: Negro hate in Washington -- Gigantic vices of the national capital -- Complaints against the Bureau -- Investigations in the Treasury Department -- Startling disclosures in the Treasury Department -- Unfounded charges: my own and the minority report -- A perilous adventure -- Cotton speculations -- Speculation and fraud -- Counterfeiters and counterfeiting -- A female adventurer -- The bounty jumpers -- The bounty jumpers and brokers -- B