Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-24
PEACHTREE BANDIT
WILL ASK MERCY
IN TRIAL FOR LIFE
Trial Scheduled to Begin
Here Tuesday Before
Judge Henry A, Matthews,
of Macon

Frank B. DuPre, confessed slayer
Of Irby c.. Walker, Pinkerton detec-
tive, in the Nat Kaiser jewelry rob-
berry in the heart of Atlanta on De-
cember Is, will not plead insanity
when he goes to trial Tuesday, but
will repeat his sweeping confession
to the jury and beg for mercy in the
hope of escaping the gallows.
This announcement came Satur-
day night from the bandits attor-
neys, H. A. Allen and Louis Foster.
and featured the days, developments
in, the case.
The trial will begin in superior
court at 10 o'clock Tuesday before
Judge Henry A. Mathews, CT the
Bibb judicial circuit, who will pre-
side for Judge j.. D. HUMPHREYS I'M
der an arrangement made several
weeks ago.
Solicitor General John A. Boykin,
who will conduct the prosecution,
announced his intention to stand
unswervingly fer the death penalty.
Maudlin sentimentality in DuPre's
case would be nockery of the law
and tacit encouragement for GRIM
inals to go to any extent in Georgia
in the future, he declared.
DuPre Pleads For Mercy
Nj. Foster, Of defense counsel,
said the only thing Dul e was ask
ing and hoping for was mercy.
"He has admitted everything, and
any evidence we submit will only
be offered in mitigation" he said.
The attorney added that the de-
tense would attemr. to make q
showing before the jury that would
justify a life sentence rather than
death on the gallows.
eve feel that DuPre is entitled to
this" he said. HE is young, woe
fl " ignorant, and used his pistol
on a wild impulse, caused by whisky
and fright. Then, too, we expect to
SOW that he was prompted by older
heads, who baked at the risk they
urged DuPre to take" ~t
Attorney Allen, voicirg the same
views expressed by his colleague, de-
clared 1.-THE best the defense expect
ed was a life sentence"
Numerous subpoenas were issued
by the state Saturday. AT least fiji
ty witnesses in all will be summon
ed, it was indicated. One of the SUBJ
poenas was directed to Max Silver
man, the Chattanooga paWnbroker,
who bought the Kaiser ring from
DuPre for $495. Silverman already
has declared his willingness to ap-
pear as witness, the solicitor gen
eral said.
c. r. Buckley, the rent car driver,
who carried DuPre to Chattanooga
after the robbery and murder. and
Betty Anderson, alias Betty An
drews, the woman in the case, VIII
De taken from their cells to the
courtroom Tuesday and used as Wit
nesses, it was Stated. The state may
call Jack J. Worth, also in Jail un-
der Indictment as a result OF Du-
Pree's confession, which charged
him with completely.
p Betty Andrews still was in the
lookup at police headquarters Satur-
day night, but was to be removed to
the Fulton tower Sunday. Her
father, e. J. Guest, of Gainesville,
remained in Atlanta, held frequent
conferences with her attorney Fred
E. Harrison, and announced he
would stand by his daughter through
her trouble.
Husband Seeks Divorce
E. J. Anderson, the woman's hus-
band, commenced suit for total di-
vorce Saturday, charging her with
infidelity and desertion and naming
DuPre.
Vincent Geoghan,> another of the
persons named in DuPre's confess
sion, was bound over by Recorder
Johnson Saturday as an accessory
after the fact, after a hearing in po-
lice court. His bond was fixed at
$4,000, and he was jailed in default.
An indictment previously returned
by the grand jury against Geoghan
had been held to be void on a tech
nicality. An effort to have Geoghan
released through habeas corpus pro
ceedings Saturday afternoon failed
when Judge HUMPHREYS ruled that
Recorder Johnson's commitment
would stand.