William J. Burns proved a worth competitor to the Pinkertons...for a time.
For a few years in the early 20th century, the William J. Burns International Detective Agency was close competition to the Pinkertons. It made worldwide headlines in its work against labor union violence and activism. No less an authority than British novelist Arthur Conan Doyle called Burns “America’s Sherlock Holmes,” which may have been a bit strong—but that was in keeping with William Burns’s publicity tal
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