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Lynching Of Preston Porter Jr.
Preston John Porter Jr. (April 25, 1885 – November 16, 1900) was a black boy who was abducted and Lynching in the United States, lynched by a mob near Limon, Colorado, United States. Porter had arrived in Colorado from Lawrence, Kansas, with his father and brother in 1900; the three were in Denver on November 11, 1900, when they were stopped, questioned, and arrested on suspicion of the murder of an 11-year-old white girl which had taken place eight days prior. After four days of torture in a Box (torture), sweatbox, the authorities got Porter to Forced confession, confess and transported him by train to the county jail in Hugo, Colorado, despite numerous publications predicting that the train would be stopped and Porter lynched. As predicted, a mob abducted Porter in Limon; several hours later, they chained him to a steel rail and burned him alive. There were no charges brought against any of the participants, and nobody was ever held accountable for the lynching. Backgroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The San Francisco Call
''The San Francisco Call'' was a newspaper that served San Francisco, California. Because of a succession of mergers with other newspapers, the paper variously came to be called ''The San Francisco Call & Post'', the ''San Francisco Call-Bulletin'', ''San Francisco News-Call Bulletin'', and the ''News-Call Bulletin'' before the name was finally retired after the business was purchased by the ''San Francisco Examiner''. History ''The Call'' was founded on December 1, 1856, by five printers: James J. Ayers, David W. Higgins, Charles F. Jobson, Llewellin Zublin, and William L. Carpenter. Between December 1856 and March 1895 ''The San Francisco Call'' was named ''The Morning Call'', but its name was changed when it was purchased by John D. Spreckels. In the period from 1863 to 1864 Mark Twain worked as one of the paper's writers. It was headquartered at Newspaper Row. The ''Morning Call'' was reported purchased by Charles M. Shortridge of the ''San Jose Mercury'' for $360,000 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
