The outcome of the case has not been determined. Houston papers are not accessible digitally as of yet,.
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FULL TEXT (Article 1 of 4): Houston, Jan. 23. – Mrs. Dora Bullock Frost, 46-year-old cafe proprietor and mother of nine children, and George Washington Frost, 40, her estranged husband, faced murder charges today in connection with the alleged poison death of Woodrow Wilson Bullock, the woman's 17-year-old son.
Deaths
of Mrs. Frost's former husband, John Bullock, 43; Vernon Bullock, 10 months
old, and Leola Bullock, 10, still are being investigated.
Vernon
died July 16, 1932; Bullock, March 2, 1934; Woodrow, June 1, 1934; Leola [error, correct name is Lee Lola],
January 1.
All
were insured, the policies totaling $4515. Nearly all of the insurance has been
collected by Mrs. Frost.
Frost
formerly sold insurance.
A
report from City Chemist Ida Levinson Tuesday declared the viscera of Woodrow
showed poison. Definite traces of poison also have been, found in the viscera
of Mr. Bullock and Leola [Lee Lola], investigators say.
The
couple was arrested Saturday.
Mr.
and Mrs. Frost were married about three months after the death of Bullock and
shortly after Woodrow died.
Frost
said he was fired from the insurance job when he did not turn in the $10
premium on Woodrow’s policy until the morning alter the boy died. He also wrote
a $100 policy on Rosalie Bullock, 14-year old daughter of Mrs. Frost.
[“Mother
Held In Son’s Death,” San Antonio Light (Tx.), Jan. 23, 1935, p. 3-A]
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FULL TEXT (Article 2 of 4): Houston Texas, Jan. 30 –
Investigators attempted to trace additional poison purchase to Mrs. Dora
Bullock Frost today to bolster indictments charging her and her estranged
second husband, George Frost, with murdering her first husband and three
children.
Tom Harris, assistant district attorney, announced when the
indictments were returned yesterday that a purchase of poison at a Houston drug
store had been traced to the 46 years old woman.
Frost, a former insurance agent, was said by Harris to have
turned in a premium on an insurance policy on the life of one of the children
after the child died. Harris said Mrs. Frost was beneficiary under insurance
policies on the lives of the four children who died. He said poison had been
found in the bodies.
[“Tracing Poison In 4 ‘Insurance Death’ Killings.” (AP), Jan. 30,
1935, p. 5]
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FULL TEXT (Article 3 of 4): George Washington Frost, 40 (top), and Mrs. Dora Bullock Frost, 46 (bottom), of Houston, Tex., were charged with murder in the alleged poison death of Woodrow Wilson Bullock, the woman's 17-year-old son.
[“Held
in Boy’s Death,” (AP), The Big Spring Daily Herald (Tx.), Feb. 3 1935, p. 2]
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FULL
TEXT (Article 4 of 4): Houston. Tex., July 20. – Mrs. Dora Bullock Frost,
charged with murdering her first husband and three children by poisoning them,
disappeared late yesterday from a Houston hospital where she was taken after
she assertedly voiced the opinion that she had been poisoned by some cream she
had eaten.
Mrs.
Frost, awaiting trial on the murder indictments, is free under $500
bail.
Walter
Sullivan, ambulance driver, said he went to a Summer street residence in
response to a call from a woman that “someone has been poisoned here.”
“I
went into the house,” Sullivan said. “A woman was lying on the bed whom I
recognized as Mrs. Frost.
“What’s
the matter?” I asked.
“I
don’t know,” she groaned. “It must have been some ice cream I ate. I think I
have been poisoned.”
Sullivan
said he rushed the woman to the Jefferson Davis Hospital, where she was given
first aid in the emergency room.
After
the treatment, the attendants placed an ice bag on her abdomen and turned
momentarily to other cases. Nurses said another woman came in, assisted the
sick woman to get to her feet and the two disappeared. At the Summer street
residence it was reported today that “Mrs. Bullock is all right.”
[“Woman Charged In Poison Deaths Ill – Mrs. Bullock Frost
Says Dish of Ice Cream Was Poisoned.” The Galveston Daily News (Tx.), Jul. 21,
1935, p. 10]
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Deaths:
July
16, 1932 – Vernon Bullock, 10 months old, died.
Jan.
1, 1933 – Leola (Lee Lola) Bullock, 10, died.
March
2, 1934 – John Bullock, 43, former husband, died.
June 1, 1934 – Woodrow Wilson Bullock, son, 17, died.
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NOTE: The correction of the erroneous spelling "Lelola" to "Lee Lola" was supplied by a commenter who has done detailed research on the case.
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Just did some research on historical child murder/abuse cases, and I found out that Leola Bullock's birth name is Lee Lola, not Leola.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Allie Wells. I have possession of a photo of Woodrow.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandmother Lula James, survived the maddness and always missed her brother.
My grandmother was Rosalie Bullock, 14-year old daughter of Mrs. Frost.
ReplyDeleteSeems like she was going to be the next victim. None of us including my mother, Rosalie's daughter, had even heard this story until about 2 years ago. My grandmother Rosalie was one of the kindest, caring people you could ever meet.