Murders

Speaking of murderers, we should remember that Temple Houston, son of the illustrious Sam Houston, was the attorney who defended "Red Tom" O'Hare, who murdered the Indian "Red Blanket" (aka "Wolf Hair") in cold blood. The O'Hare Incident occurred in 1893 in Roger Mills County. Thanks to Houston's work as an attorney, "Red Tom" O'Hare was acquitted of killing the Indian even though he himself admitted to doing so according to witnesses based on some hearsay about stolen cattle. Anyway, O'Hare was drunker than a hoot owl when the murder occurred according to witnesses. Also, the trial was moved to Canadian county where the Cheyennes apparently would have not that much influence. Before the trial a war party of Cheyennes appeared in town asking for the prisoner to be turned over to them but negotiations with town officials resulted in the Cheyennes going back to their reservation to await the outcome of a fair trial.