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Leonel Campbell Ross O'Bryan (1857–16 July 1938), known under the pen name Polly Pry, was a controversial reporter for the The Denver Post and later as a freelancer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is best known for her connection to the case of Alferd Packer as an investigative reporter.
29. Nov. 2021 · “A Lasting Disgrace” - In 1903, The Denver Post investigative journalist Polly Pry exposed abuses at the Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School that shocked the nation. Her reporting brought to light the mistreatment of Native children that was all too common at boarding schools throughout the nation.
Adventurous newspaper writer, gossip columnist, and social activist who became one of the first women to run her own newspaper. From Mississippi to Mexico. Leonel Ross Campbell was born in 1857 to a wealthy Mississippi family. She went by her nickname, Nell, in everyday life.
15. Okt. 2017 · Mrs. Leonel Ross O’Bryan, aka “Polly Pry”, was a tabloid journalist for The Denver Post. Her most sensational story resulted in the pardon of the “cannibal” Alfred Packer. Her descriptive and...
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28. März 2023 · In 1899, Denver Post writer Polly Pry visited Packer at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City. “The corroding desire for freedom has eaten into his heart,” she reported, “and the ...
29. Sept. 2020 · Plug Hat immediately jumped into the fray and contacted Denver Post reporter Polly Pry, who had been working to secure a Packer pardon via her column in the Denver Post. Pry connected Anderson with Post owners Harry Tammen and Fred Bonfils, who agreed to pay for Packer's legal defense.
18. Juli 2019 · Another DWPC suffragist was intrepid “yellow journalist” Polly Pry, a.k.a. Leonel Ross O’Bryan, so nicknamed because she could pry information out of anyone. As the first female reporter for The Denver Post , in 1901, Pry helped win the release of Alfred Packer, serving a life sentence in prison for cannibalizing his fellow ...
