, 1900-11-16
WILL Be LYNCHED
JOHN PORTER, NEGRO RAPiST
AND MURDERER is
DOOMED.
Confesses to the Crime for Which he
Was Arrested-Angry Mob Around
the Denver JaiI-Another Wait
ing in the Little Town Of Limon-
The Horrible Story.

bShNCl SOlO., 4NpN. 10 / ulu IL.
With these words, reluctantly, stub
bornly spoken, John Porter, the 16
year-old colored boy, who has been un
der arrest in Denver since last Sunday
for the murder of 12-year-old Louise
Frost at Limon, Colo, last Thursday,
confessed last night he was the girls
brutal murderer.
1t was not until he was confronted
by the most gruesome evidence of his
guilt and told that there was no doubt
of his guilt and told that there vas no
doubt in the minds of his accusers that
he was the murderer, that the boy
yielded. Reluctantly, too, but fear
lessly, he told the story of the crime.
Questioned as to Details.
The confession was made about 7:3O
o'clock last night in the office of Chief
OF Police Farley. Those who heard
the lads admission and his story Of
the crime were Chief of Detectives
Armstrong, Chief of Police Farley,
Sheriff Freeman of Lincoln county,
Deputy Sheriff Beistline, Sheriff A. G..
Putnam of Ebert county and DR.. J. T.
Bass.
AS soon a. the confession was wrung
from Porter he was piled with ques-
lions as to the details of his horrible
crime.
He would not tell the story of his
own accord, but in answer to questions
told how he had deliberate waylaid
the girl, attacked, assaulted. murdered
and robbed her. He said he was walk
ing along the road when the girl ap-
preached him, travelling in an opposite
direction in a buggy.
Afraid She Would Tell.
How did you get her out of the
buggy without a fight" Chief Farley
asked.
II grabbed the horse by the bride
and told her to get out. She cried a
little and then jumped into the :oad.
I threw the lap rope over the lash
board of the buggy and hit the horse
and he started off. l was afraid that If
people saw the horse standing still
they would suspect something was
neck with the left hand and made her
go off from the road with me-"
did she scream"
mo, only cried a little"
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answer to questions. He said that
when the girl struggled against him
he stabbed her in the leg with his pen
knife, which he held open in his right
hand.
why did you kill her."
81 was afraid she would tell. She
fought, too, and struck her with my
penknife. | cleaned the knife after
wards and gave it to my father.
Washed Out the Blood.
when | left the girl | ran to the
slept. That night I washed some blood
from my hat and burned the shirt. I
thought I burned the handkerchief.
but it must have blown away"
where did you put the pocket book
you stole from the girl" Porter was
asked.
Il threw it in a closet in the station
at Limon."
The police refused to divulge what
further details the prisoner gave. 1t
was decided not to allow Sheriff Free
nan to take Porter to Limon. where
l%ynching awaits him, until the confess
sion is corroborated.
Officers Found the Purse.
Limon, Colo, Nov. 16.-Elmer Boss.
a deputy sheriff, Captain Armstrong,
Sheriff Freeman and Sid McDermott
found the purse last night about 1870
just where John Porter in his confess
sion said it would be found-in the de-
pot lavatory.
1t is believed here that this con-
firms beyond the ~peradventure Of a
doubt the guilt of John Porter and
vengeance Of the most horrible kind
will be melted out to him by the thor.
oughly aroused people.
Want To Deal With Porter.
Limon, Colo, Nov. 15.-Lincoln
county citizens are determined but not
excited. They expect John Porter to
be returned to Limon for a hearing
and intend that he shall expiate his
crime near the spot where it was
enacted. They feel it should be their
privilege to inlict the penalty for the
horrible crime.
Sheriff Freeman has announced his
decision to take the prisoner to the
jail at Hugo and the citizens propose
to remove him from the Jail by force
II necessary, to return him to the scene
Of the murdered. Hanging is too good.
Notorture could be devised which would
atone for the double crime they say.
The penalty will be executed with
calmness and precision and every
nerve will be tense as steel.
There is little doubt Porter will be
mutilated and then burned at the