Te-O-Lit-Se

Emanuel C. Cochrane was traveling through the Indian Territory on his way home to Texas from Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Te-O-Lit-Se was seen following him on July 6, 1881, and is alleged to have robbed and killed him near Okmulgee, Chickasaw Nation.

Investigation led to Te-O-Lit-Se, who was arrested and taken to Fort Smith in August 1882. On trial there in March 1883, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Te-O-Lit-Se was hanged at Fort Smith on June 29, 1883.

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Author: Bill Lofquist

I am a sociologist and death penalty scholar at the State University of New York at Geneseo. I am also a Pittsburgh native. My present research focuses on the history of the death penalty in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pa.

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