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Texas Tate - HW
Texas Tate - HW
Alias: Harry/Hank/Jack Tate
Birth Name: Henry Austin Tate
Career Record: Won 14(KO 11) / Lost 12(KO 6) / Draw 4
Residence: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
Birth Place: Seattle, Washington, USA
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Henry Austin Tate (Texas Tate) was born April 27th in 1888 or 1889 in Seattle, WA. On his WWI Draft Card he put 1888, but his grave says 1889. His profession listed on his WWI draft card was "pugilist." (He served as a private in World War I for the 165th Depot Brigade 29th Company. December 30, 1918 papers reported that Tate had been recently released from the military, and that he had been the Boxing and Wrestling Instructor at Camp Travis.)
Despite being born in Seattle, he lived most of his life in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He was frequently referred to as being from Nowata, OK, and probably was living in Nowata around the time of his bouts with Fred Fulton, but was definitely in Chickasha by 1918.
Around 1910-1915 he was playing baseball professionally. [1] In the Allentown Democrat of April 15, 1911, there is a story about Connie Mack and Jack Coombs working with Tate on his pitching and predicting great things for him. In a story in the Houston papers in 1911 about his baseball exploits, it says he had been the baseball star in Taylor, Texas for the last few years. This was probably for a semi-pro team.
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Tate became a Chickasha police officer and was married in 1925.
On December 16th 1930 he was shot and killed while serving a warrant.
Chickasha, Oklahoma
Police Officer, Henry Austin "Texas" Tate, was shot and killed while serving a warrant for a theft. Officer Tate and his partner were serving a warrant on a man at his home for some stolen clothing when his partner lifted a mattress and revealed a half gallon of whiskey. Officer Tate was standing in the door when he was knocked down from behind by a blow on the head with the stock of a shotgun by the suspect's son who seized his weapon and before his partner could react, fired three shots into Officer Tate's chest, heart and abdomen. His partner then shot the shooter through the chest causing him to drop the gun. The original suspect then attempted to pick up Officer Tate's gun and his partner also shot him. A daughter then tried to retrieve the gun, but was stopped. Officer Tate died on the way to the hospital. The suspect died from his wounds two weeks later. His son recovered from his wounds and was charged with Officer Tate's murder. Officer Tate was survived by his wife and a step-son.
Texas Tate Laid to Rest with Military Honors.
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