Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-22
BANDIT AND DRIVER
Of TAXI INDICTED
IN PEACHTREE CASE
C, R, Buckley Taxi Driver
in Bandit Case, Is Indicted
as an Accessory After the
Fact

The Fulton county grand jury on
Tuesday returned an indictment
charging murder against Frank B.
DuPre, wanted in connection with
the sensational daylight hold-up Of
the Nat Kaiser jewelry store on
Peachtree street last Thursday aft
ernoon, the killing of Irby c. Walker.
a Pinkerton detective on guard at
the store, and the shooting of City
Comptroller 3. Graham West, who
tried to stop the bandit as he fled
from the scene.
DuPre is charged with the murder
of Detective Walker, while C. r.
Buckley. the taXicab driver who car
ried to Chattanooga, Tenn, the man
believed to have committed the
crime. was also indicted as an &C
cessory after the fact. The Buck.
ley Indictment charges that the tax
icab driver "harbored. concealed and
aided in the escape of DuPre," with
the knowledge that the crime had
been committed by the latter.
1t was reported that DuPre
was expelled last summer from a
boarding house operated by Mrs. j..
B. King, at 81 Walton street, be-
cause he could not pay his rent.
Rewards Near $1,000
Circulars bearing the photograph
| Of DuPre have been sent broadcast
over the country to police authori-
| ties, while the Pinkerton agency in
| Atlanta has enlisted the aid of every
! Pinkerton detective in the United
States in the effort to apprehend the
missing man. Rewards totaling al
| most $4,000 have been offered for
the arrest and conviction Of the ban
| dit, the city council on Monday vot-
| ing to put up $1,000 for this pur-
pose.
While it is admitted by the police
| that the bandit may have fled to
| the north or west, the search is be-
! ing concentrated on three southern
cities where it is thought the man
| may turn up. The authorities are
| unequivocal in their assertion that
DuRre will have to show most con-
| clusively that he was not connected
with the holdup and killing. A
| photograph claimed to be that OF
DuPre has been identified by EN-
ployes at the Kaiser store as that
of the man who staged the sensa.
tional raid last Thursday. The same
! photograph has been identified by
employees of other local jewelry stores
as the man who. within the past
few weeks, got away two valuable
jewels, using the same method as
that employed at the Kaiser store.
DuPre Had Lost Job
DuPre is known to have been liv.
ing in Atlanta for several months.
being employed part of that time
at motion picture film exchange.
About two months ago, the police
say, he lost his position and was in
bad financial circumstances. Recent
ly he seemed to have plenty of mon.
ey, the authorities declare, even
though he had no visible financial
resources.
Miss Jewell Blevins, Of 405 Simp.
son street, and her mother, Mrs. M
M. Blevins, have come forward in
defense of DuPre, declaring that he
is entirely innocent of any connec
ton with the Peachtree llo1Gup and
insisting that he will turn up and
allay all suspicion against him. They
say he visited the Blevins' home
/
about two weeks ago ana indicated
his intention to make a trip to
Charleston, S. c., to meet his broth
err, who is serving in the United
States navy and whose ship was due
at Charleston about that time.
Miss Blevins declares that DuPre
/ is a young man of good character,
that his father is now located In
Charleston, S. c.. and that he fire.
quently visited at the Blevins home
The condition of Comptroller West
was reported as improved Tuesday
the physicians at the hospital stat
ing that his recovery should be
rapid.
Buckley Is Held
c. r. Buckley. the taxicab driver
who carried to Chattanooga the men
believed to have committed the rob
berry and murder, is being held by
the police without bond.