Harriel G. Geiger
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Harriel "Hal" G. Geiger (ca. 1840 - 1886) was a legislator in Texas. He was elected as a Greenback candidate.[1] He served from January 1879 to Janiary 1881. He lost re-election but won a seat in a special election and served from April 1882 until January 1883. He lost re-election in 1882 and was convicted of bribery.[1]
He was also a candidate for sheriff of Robertson County, Texas in 1884. He may have become a lawyer and was murdered, shot 5 times at point blank range, by a white judge O. D. Cannon for making "insolent" remarks and not showing enough deference to his honor. Geiger survived for a while before eventually succumbing to his wounds. A trial was held and jury cleared Cannon after a brief deliberation.[2][1] He is described as having had one eye.[3]
Judge Cannon was convicted of murdering another unarmed lawyer, one of his neighbors, in 1899.[4]
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References
- ^ a b c "TSHA | Geiger, Harriel G." www.tshaonline.org.
- ^ https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2828&context=ethj
- ^ Pitre, Merline (July 25, 2016). "Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898". Texas A&M University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ https://casetext.com/case/cannon-v-the-state-4