Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the I went over the river to Log Tabernacle with
George A Smith and on our way learned that there was much excitement
at the Point. The inhabitants had laid off Council Point into
a town or town lots. One line fence ran through John Geens
house and the people pulled down his fence to move it. He went
and put it up and took his rifle and swore he would kill the first
man who crossed the line of his fence or offered to touch it
While the company stood looking at him
Brother Condit a shoemaker came out of his shop and walked up to
see what was going on and in doing so walked over the line and
John Geen shot him through the heart and he fell dead. A Frenchman
then struck Geen across the head and he fell as if he was killed
but he came to. They buried the dead brother and took his
murderer to Iowa city to be tried for his crime. ^He afterwards shot
himself in G. S. L City.^
