Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-20
BETTY ANDREWSNOW
CONF lined IN TOWER

Suspension Of a twelve months
sentence for Betty Andrews, seven
teen-year.old sweetheart of Frank
B. DuPre. for a statutory offense,. to
which she pleaded guilty last March
was WITHDRAWN, Tuesday by Judge
John D. HUMPHREYS in the Fulton
superior court and the girl was or
dered to the state farm to begin the
term following hearing on haheas
corpus proceedings brought by her
counsel.
A supersedeas was granted by
Judge Humrhries. however, when
Attorney Walter A. Sims, counsel
for the Andrews girl, asked that ne
be permitted to test the legal ques-
lions involved before the state court
Of appeals.
The girl will be confined to the
Fulton tower until the question is
decided by the higher court, it was
ordered
In affidavits submitted to Solicitor
General John A. Boykin by the
sheriff of Hall county and the coun-
ty health commissioner, it was
charged that the girl had not fulfill
ed the restrictions placed on her by
Judge HUMPHREYS when he permit
ted her to go to her fathers home,
near Gainesville, to serve the time
she otherwise would have been re-
quired to serve at Milledgeville.
Displays Emotion
Display, of emotion on the part of
the Andrews girl punctuated the
hearing before Judge HUMPHREYS.
On several occasions, while protest.
ing that she had not violated the
terms of the suspension, she burst
into tears and at one time she had
to be revived when she tainted.
Under gruelling cross-examina-
ton by Assistant Solicitor General
E. A. Stephens, the girl admitted
that on one occasion she went for
an automobile ride with some
young men from a neighboring town
but said that was the only time.
j. E. Guest. the girls father, tes-
titled that his daughter had confined
herself to his house and had been
Of great aid in helping her mother
with the homework. He said he
had written to Solicitor Boykin ask
ing that the girl be allowed to ac-
cept position as a cloak model
with a Chicago firm.
"If she couldn't behave herself in
Atlanta and Gainesville do you think
she would have done any better in
Chicago Judge Humphries asked
the father.
"Any place would be better for
her than Gainesville, Mr.. Guest re-
piled. Young men were continual
ly riding by our house calling for
Betty. I even went so far as to
enter negotiations to dispose of my
place. We had no quiet and were
eternally being disturbed by rowdy
parties riding by"
Attorney Protests
THAT is the very reason am
going to send her to the state
farm Judge HUMPHREYS said.
There are responsible people there
who will take care of her. think
it is the best thing that could be
done for her"
At this juncture Attorney Sims
came to his feet protesting that his
client was being ''railroaded."
Under the law" Mr.. Sims said.
probation cannot be dissolved with
out thorough hearing. Now she
is going to be railroaded to con-
finement which probably will mean
her DEATH"
Mr.. stephens interrupted long
enough to say that the girl was, not
ON probation, butt that her suspen-
sion had merely been cancelled and
that she could be taken in custody at
the pleasure of the court.
THAT is question for the higher
courts" Mr.. Sims remarked.
At the conclusion Of the hearing
Judge HUMPHREYS said he had no
desire to injure the girl, but that
in the interests of society and the
health Of the community in which
she lived he thought it best that she
be confined at the state farm.