Historical Facts about the Denver D.A.'s Office: Murders at the Brown Palace Hotel

The Brown Palace Hotel in Denver was the site of the high profile 1911 murders in which Frank Henwood shot and killed Sylvester Louis "Tony" von Phul and accidentally killed an innocent bystander, George Copeland, in the hotel's "Marble Bar." Henwood and von Phul were rivals for the affections of Denver socialite Isabel Springer, the wife of wealthy Denver businessman John W. Springer. The murders culminated in two very public trials involving Denver District Attorneys Willis V. Elliott and John A. Rush.

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