Skullduggery, Secrets, and Murders: The 1894 Wells Fargo Scam That Backfired

by Bill Neal

In 1894, George Isaacs, the penniless black sheep of his family, was running with the worst of the outlaws in the Oklahoma Territory. There, a get-rich-quick scheme that seemed foolproof was hatched up. The plan was for George to present money packets falsely purporting to contain $25,000 in cash to the Wells Fargo office in Kansas City. Wells Fargo was to ship the packets via the Santa Fe railroad to George at Canadian, Texas, where George's cronies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896729176
• ISBN13: 9780896729179
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"