[2] Later he had a small role in preventing the massacre of John Edward Irvine near Redlands, California.

In 1851 he moved to Los Angeles, where he kept a saloon and store in Mission San Gabriel, which he called the Headquarters.

But, officials learned later that the son of Victoria Reid was responsible for Bean's death.

[6] Reyes Feliz, a Hispanic youth, was one of those charged in the murder of Bean.

He had given evidence that he had overheard men saying that the killer was the California Bandito Joaquin Murieta.