On May 25, 1883, Harris Austin killed Thomas Elliott in Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation. The killing followed an argument in which Elliott had accused Austin’s half-brother, Jonas Pearson, of stealing alcohol from him.
Nearly six years passed before he was arrested and jailed in April 1889.
Austin was convicted of murder on August 31, 1889, and was sentenced to death on November 1, 1889.
Harris Austin was hanged at Fort Smith on January 16, 1890.
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