"We never sleep", that is the slogan of Pinkerton Detective Agency of Chicago in 1850. Together with the slogan is a symbol or logo of a large wide-open eye. Pinkerton became very effective and criminals began calling the feared operation "the eye".
During the 1930's up to 1940's, Raymond Chandler and other fiction writers simply beautify the expression by introducing "private eye" as a description for any private investigator.
During the 1930's up to 1940's, Raymond Chandler and other fiction writers simply beautify the expression by introducing "private eye" as a description for any private investigator.
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