Abner N. Lloyd was part of a crew working to build a new railroad in Tishomingo County, Indian Territory. As he slept rested on the night of December 9, 1886, Silas Hampton robbed and murdered him.
Hampton left the scene to return a horse he borrowed and to go to town to buy some goods. In the course of those interactions, he left behind enough clues to become a suspect once Lloyd’s body was discovered.
Hampton also told some of his friends what he had done.
Hampton was arrested on December 11. He was tried before Judge Parker and convicted on July 9, 1887. He was hanged on October 7, 1887.
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