Secret Service History: Through The Decades: 2016

Friday, November 4, 2016

A COUP IN CAMELOT

A COUP IN CAMELOT out in DVD, BLU RAY and STREAMING

A COUP IN CAMELOT came out today!

https://www.amazon.com/Coup-Camelot-Peter-Coyote/dp/B01MECN1LP/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BPQCP5YV1H9KJGCX18FS

Monday, September 26, 2016

ESSENTIAL PURCHASE! “THE MAN BEHIND THE SUIT”- SECRET SERVICE, PRESIDENT REAGAN, ETC.

ESSENTIAL PURCHASE! “THE MAN BEHIND THE SUIT”- SECRET SERVICE, PRESIDENT REAGAN, ETC.
(click on image to enlarge)

14409556_10209657245963471_4267066524188187293_o

ESSSENTIAL PURCHASE if you are a fan of history, the Secret Service, President Reagan, and/or you are looking for a role model to look up to! (I am really pushing this one because I believe in it so much!)- ORDER HERE:
http://www.themanbehindthesuitmovie.com/dvd-and-digital-copies-1

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Secret Service Agent Harry T. Donaghy

Hello, Maureen!

Thanks so much for writing! Yes- Harry T. Donaghy WAS indeed from the Secret Service and was, in fact, a pretty famous agent---see the following links:

From

https://www.fbi.gov/history/field-office-histories/Philadelphia

“The FBI has had agents stationed in Philadelphia since its earliest days as an organization.

Special Agent Harry T. Donaghy, one of the original Secret Service investigators to join the Bureau, took the oath of office in Philadelphia at the end of June 1908 and so was one of the first agents of the special agent force created by Attorney General Bonaparte on July 26, 1908.”

---------------------

http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19071114.2.18

From

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53800935/

LOTTERY MEN IN COURT. 28 of Them Arrested in Different Parts of the Country. Authorities Claim That They Have Now Wiped Out All the Big Lotteries. Chicago. April 11 Twenty-eight men ar. rested in various cities. South, East and ' West, on charges of conspiracy to operate a lottery, were arraigned to-day before Judge S. H. Bothea in the Federal District Court. These men, of wnom David H. Jones, 70 years old, is said tt have been the chief, are charged with conspiracy In causing the transportation ". of lottery tickets by express companies. , Jones was arrested in his office in this! city last May and since then the secret eervlce men have been gathering up his alleged agents in various cities. The alleged lottery is the Old Reliable Guaranty Loan and Trust Company of Chicago, declared by -federal authorities to be the last of the three big lotteries that for years had flourished in tho ' United States. The other two the Honduras and Kentucky lotteries were Killed hv the investieatlons of Secret Service . Operative Harry Donaghy and the federal action that resulted from his inquiries Jones.-It is said, started the Old Re- liable Guaranty Loan and Trust Company twenty years ago under the pretense that it was a loan association, the lottery c prize -representing a loau. It is said he , made t2,000.000 or more out of the business, but lost a greater part of his wealth in Board of Trade and other speculation. ; All of the men arraigned pleaded guilty to the charge against them aud they ' were warned by, Judge Bcthea that if a Similar charge was ever proved against them hereafter prison sentences would be imposed.

Hello,

I have been looking for information about a former Secret Service Agent from the early 1900s, Harry T. Donaghy. I’ve visited your web site and I was hoping you might have more information about him. My great uncle’s name was Harry T. Donaghy, born 1869, Philadelphia, PA. I don’t know if he’s the same Harry T. Donaghy from the Secret Service, but I can’t rule it out either. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to find an answer, but have been unsuccessful. If you have any information about him or can offer any suggestions for further research it would be appreciated. Your web site has a lot of great information!

Thank you,

Maureen Donaghy

-------------

Thank you so much for getting back to me and for the newspaper and web site information.

Is there any way to tell how long he was with the Secret Service? Could he have been a member of the Secret Service and then moved on to other things? I only have one picture of him that I found online from a program for a boxing match. It’s attached to the family tree (see link below).

This is a little about what I know of him:

- Harry T. Donaghy was born in Philadelphia to Thomas A Donaghy and Mary Magee on July 14, 1869.

- He worked at a hotel in Philadelphia called Guy’s Hotel, 31 S. 7th Street from about 1895- 1902. It’s possible that he worked there prior to 1895, but that’s the furthest back I’ve found him on city directories.

- In 1902, Charles C. Murray, the proprietor of Guy’s Hotel died. It looks as though Harry left Guy’s Hotel at that point although he lived with Charles Murray’s widow, Mary E. (McGowan) Murray until her death in 1940. They must have been close — or possibly related — because he signed her death certificate and was executor of her will. His niece, Kathryn Donaghy, lived with them for many years. The relationships listed on the census between Mary Murray and Kathryn Donaghy change from one census to the next.

- There’s a gap in my research between 1902 and 1911. Maybe part of the Secret Service during that time?

- I have a lot of newspaper articles from 1911-1922 that concerning his affiliation with boxing. In 1911, he bought property at 33 S. 11th St in Philly and sold tickets from that address to various boxing matches. He was affiliated with the Olympia Athletic Assn. and the National Athletic Assn. Both clubs held boxing events.

- His occupation was listed as “liquor” on many city directories and census records. He also spent time in Atlantic City.

- I’d been convinced that he wasn’t the Harry T Donaghy in the Secret Service, but his death certificate says (what looks like) “Gov’t Service”.

-You are welcome to see the information about him on our family tree in ancestry.com if you are interested, however, it doesn’t include the newspaper articles.

- His brother, Daniel A Donaghy, was my great grandfather.

I appreciate your help and certainly understand if you aren’t interested in all the details of Harry’s life! I could go on forever because I’ve been researching him for years, but still don’t have a good picture of who he was. Thank you for the information you sent. It fits in the years where there are gaps in my research.

Enjoy the weekend!

Maureen

Friday, August 12, 2016

THE NOT SO SECRET SERVICE

I am very excited about my third book THE NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE: AGENCY TALES FROM FDR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION TO THE REAGAN ERA! This one is my best one yet! I know a lot of authors probably feel this way about their latest work, but, in this instance, it is the truth. My first one SURVIVOR’S GUILT is a very good textbook style volume that has a necessarily narrow focus (the JFK assassination), while my second one is openly a reference work (with the same narrow focus that, admittedly, is probably more for the serious student/researcher on the case). While I am proud of my first two books, this one is the most readable, the most diverse (FDR, Truman, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan era Secret Service), and contains some explosive chapters related to the JFK assassination that will really get people talking! It should be on Amazon (and elsewhere) for pre-order in 6-10 weeks from now (like the other two, Kindle, paperback and E-book formats…even the Nook. I am a proud TRINE DAY author. I even have a FOURTH book completed, but I am getting ahead of myself). I cannot wait for you to read this one! Finally- a book you can take to the beach that may make you not want to go into the water; too much to ponder! There are POSITIVE chapters in the book (not all doom and gloom or critical assessments), yet I feel the JFK-related chapters will really get people fired up! I am very excited about this one- can you tell?

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Secret Service agent Gerald Behn (FDR-LBJ) with President Truman

Saturday, July 9, 2016

THE NOT SO SECRET SERVICE- devastating to Blaine's credibility

THE NOT SO SECRET SERVICE- devastating to Blaine's credibility

THE NOT SO SECRET-AGENCY TALES FROM FDR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION TO THE REAGAN ERA is a book I am very excited about. While I am proud of my first two books, I think this one is the best of them all! Blaine, McCubbin and Hill peddle their pedestrian prevarications and boring stories for profit (Blaine is the worst offender by far)...my books tell the REAL story with the bark off. THE NOT SO SECRET SERVICE is going to make people want a Congressional investigation of the Kennedy detail, while heaping praise- and rightfully so- on other eras of the Secret Service: FDR, Truman, Ike, and Reagan eras, in particular.

My books have sold many thousands of copies internationally. Blaine thought I was just some "blogger" with what McCubbin falsely called a "self-published" book: WRONG! My blogs have literally hundreds of thousands of hits, MY CTKA REVIEWS OF THEIR BOOKS HAVE MILLIONS OF HITS AND ARE ON THE FIRST PAGE WHEN YOU PUT THEIR BOOK TITLES IN GOOGLE, and I have a fourth book coming, as well. I just turned 50 (although many think I look 35-38ish), so, God willing, I will be around for many years more to tell the REAL story of the Kennedy detail, while, in fairness, ALSO telling the praiseworthy true stories of other eras in the rich history of the Secret Service.

[excuse my language here-no more mister nice guy] What it boils down to is this: Blaine made up shit in his book to place the blame on President Kennedy for his own assassination, something I deem to be cowardly and disgusting; very shameful, indeed. Blaine and Hill have made much blood money from their failure to protect JFK.

I am a huge admirer of the Secret Service (as borne out by my contributions to Phil Melanson's book THE SECRET SERVICE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF AN ENIGMATIC AGENCY and my praise on the cover of the first edition of agent Dan Emmett's WITHIN ARM'S LENGTH, among other projects, such as a highly praiseworthy documentary on agent Bob DeProspero)...who also happens to be a huge critic of 11/22/63. If you thought my first book SURVIVOR'S GUILT destroyed Blaine's credibility- WATCH OUT! THE NOT SO SECRET SERVICE is even more devastating---some major discoveries (two of which will get people talking)...there is a reason Hill burned his notes in 2005: people are going to want an investigation of the Kennedy detail when they read this!

Vince Palamara