George
Albert
Beers
Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Nathan Noble Beers Jr
and Mary Maria (Lewis) Beers
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 50
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2019
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Biography
George A. Beers was a correpspondent in Los Angeles for the San Francisco Chronicle.
On May 14, 1874, he took part in an eight-man posse to capture Tiburcio Vásquez, one of the most notorious Californio bandits in the 1870s and 1880s, who was hiding out at the home of "Greek George" Allen.
The site of the L-shaped house, two miles beyond Cahuenga Pass on the south slope of the Santa Monica Mountains, near Nichols Canyon, is in present-day West Hollywood, thought to be near the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and King's Road.
Greek George's wife saw the raid coming, screamed and tried to slam the kitchen door. But as Vásquez tried to run, he was shot and captured.[1]
"I have been a damned fool," mused Vásquez, who thought he was about to die. But Beers assured him that the wounds were not so serious.
Sources
- ↑ Nadeau, Remi A., City-Makers: The Men who Transformed Los Angeles from Village to Metropolis During the First Great Boom, 1868-76. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY 1948. pg 148-49
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