This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: danderup Surnames: WELLS, GEIGER Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5101.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Am not related. May be of interest to someone who is. I have no further info but additional newspaper extracts may be found at URL: www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php Vern D ////////////////////////////////// Transcribed by Dee Sardoch; [email protected] ////////////////////////////////// Stockton Daily Independent Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA ************************************** >>TUESDAY, 27 OCT 1863<< REWARD FOR a MURDERER - Shasta Lodge No. 57, I.O. of O.F., has offered $250 reward for the arrest and delivery to the proper authorities of Tehama county, California, of Vincent E. GEIGER, who on the night of the 13th of October, 1863, at Red Bluff, California, murdered Captain A.S. WELLS, a member of Shasta Lodge No. 57, I.O. of O.F. Description: Vincent E. GEIGER is about 40 years of age; about 5 feet 8 inches in hight; very heavy set; weighs probably 215 pounds; has brown straight hair; blue or gray eyes; florid complexion; very short neck; wore long whiskers and mustache; has a careless, lazy gait; and chews tobacco incessantly. He has at times been a lawyer and editor by profession; somewhat prominent as a politician and stump speaker, and formerly Indian Agent at Nome Lackee Reservation, Tehama county. Ed Note: For more about this event, see URL www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/5views/5views1h55.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.