Dau of Robert W. Frost
Victim of a famous murder and sexual assault leading to the lynching of a young man in Colorado. Age variously given as 11 and 12.
Led by the murdered girl's father, Robert W. Frost, the 16 yr old Preston Porter was burned at the stake in the spot the girl was found. Porter was Black and possibly mentally impaired.
Reports point to the young man's body being left at the site.
Per the Nov. 15, 1900 edition of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Louise Frost was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 1900. She was reportedly buried in the same grave as a two year old sister.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 12--The funeral of Louise Frost, the little girl who was outraged and murdered at Limon in Lincoln county, was held in this city yesterday, the interment being in Fairmount cemetery. In the same grave yesterday afternoon were buried the bodies of her three-year-old sister, Fay, who died two years ago and that of Mary Bass, the six-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bass, who died seven years ago and who was Louise Frost's dearest childhood friend. It had the wish, often expressed, of Louise that she might be buried beside her friend and sister, and this wish was faithfully carried out. As little children Louise and Mary were almost inseparable companions. The body of Fay has been resting in the cemetery at Limon and that of Mary in Fairmount. Although many arrests have been made on suspicion, among them that of Preston Porter, colored, and his two sons, Arthur and John Porter, the authorities have been unable to secure any reliable clue to the identity of the real murderer. R. W. Frost, the father of the dead girl, after her funeral, visited police headquarters and said: "I have but one ambition in life, and that is to find the man who killed my little girl. I shall never be contented until justice is done. I trust that I shall live long enough to look into his dead face, and when I have done that I will be content then to die myself."
--The Idaho Springs News (Idaho Springs, CO) Nov. 16, 1900
Victim of a famous murder and sexual assault leading to the lynching of a young man in Colorado. Age variously given as 11 and 12.
Led by the murdered girl's father, Robert W. Frost, the 16 yr old Preston Porter was burned at the stake in the spot the girl was found. Porter was Black and possibly mentally impaired.
Reports point to the young man's body being left at the site.
Per the Nov. 15, 1900 edition of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Louise Frost was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 1900. She was reportedly buried in the same grave as a two year old sister.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 12--The funeral of Louise Frost, the little girl who was outraged and murdered at Limon in Lincoln county, was held in this city yesterday, the interment being in Fairmount cemetery. In the same grave yesterday afternoon were buried the bodies of her three-year-old sister, Fay, who died two years ago and that of Mary Bass, the six-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bass, who died seven years ago and who was Louise Frost's dearest childhood friend. It had the wish, often expressed, of Louise that she might be buried beside her friend and sister, and this wish was faithfully carried out. As little children Louise and Mary were almost inseparable companions. The body of Fay has been resting in the cemetery at Limon and that of Mary in Fairmount. Although many arrests have been made on suspicion, among them that of Preston Porter, colored, and his two sons, Arthur and John Porter, the authorities have been unable to secure any reliable clue to the identity of the real murderer. R. W. Frost, the father of the dead girl, after her funeral, visited police headquarters and said: "I have but one ambition in life, and that is to find the man who killed my little girl. I shall never be contented until justice is done. I trust that I shall live long enough to look into his dead face, and when I have done that I will be content then to die myself."
--The Idaho Springs News (Idaho Springs, CO) Nov. 16, 1900
Dau of Robert W. Frost
Victim of a famous murder and sexual assault leading to the lynching of a young man in Colorado. Age variously given as 11 and 12.
Led by the murdered girl's father, Robert W. Frost, the 16 yr old Preston Porter was burned at the stake in the spot the girl was found. Porter was Black and possibly mentally impaired.
Reports point to the young man's body being left at the site.
Per the Nov. 15, 1900 edition of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Louise Frost was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 1900. She was reportedly buried in the same grave as a two year old sister.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 12--The funeral of Louise Frost, the little girl who was outraged and murdered at Limon in Lincoln county, was held in this city yesterday, the interment being in Fairmount cemetery. In the same grave yesterday afternoon were buried the bodies of her three-year-old sister, Fay, who died two years ago and that of Mary Bass, the six-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bass, who died seven years ago and who was Louise Frost's dearest childhood friend. It had the wish, often expressed, of Louise that she might be buried beside her friend and sister, and this wish was faithfully carried out. As little children Louise and Mary were almost inseparable companions. The body of Fay has been resting in the cemetery at Limon and that of Mary in Fairmount. Although many arrests have been made on suspicion, among them that of Preston Porter, colored, and his two sons, Arthur and John Porter, the authorities have been unable to secure any reliable clue to the identity of the real murderer. R. W. Frost, the father of the dead girl, after her funeral, visited police headquarters and said: "I have but one ambition in life, and that is to find the man who killed my little girl. I shall never be contented until justice is done. I trust that I shall live long enough to look into his dead face, and when I have done that I will be content then to die myself."
--The Idaho Springs News (Idaho Springs, CO) Nov. 16, 1900
Victim of a famous murder and sexual assault leading to the lynching of a young man in Colorado. Age variously given as 11 and 12.
Led by the murdered girl's father, Robert W. Frost, the 16 yr old Preston Porter was burned at the stake in the spot the girl was found. Porter was Black and possibly mentally impaired.
Reports point to the young man's body being left at the site.
Per the Nov. 15, 1900 edition of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Louise Frost was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 1900. She was reportedly buried in the same grave as a two year old sister.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 12--The funeral of Louise Frost, the little girl who was outraged and murdered at Limon in Lincoln county, was held in this city yesterday, the interment being in Fairmount cemetery. In the same grave yesterday afternoon were buried the bodies of her three-year-old sister, Fay, who died two years ago and that of Mary Bass, the six-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bass, who died seven years ago and who was Louise Frost's dearest childhood friend. It had the wish, often expressed, of Louise that she might be buried beside her friend and sister, and this wish was faithfully carried out. As little children Louise and Mary were almost inseparable companions. The body of Fay has been resting in the cemetery at Limon and that of Mary in Fairmount. Although many arrests have been made on suspicion, among them that of Preston Porter, colored, and his two sons, Arthur and John Porter, the authorities have been unable to secure any reliable clue to the identity of the real murderer. R. W. Frost, the father of the dead girl, after her funeral, visited police headquarters and said: "I have but one ambition in life, and that is to find the man who killed my little girl. I shall never be contented until justice is done. I trust that I shall live long enough to look into his dead face, and when I have done that I will be content then to die myself."
--The Idaho Springs News (Idaho Springs, CO) Nov. 16, 1900
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