Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06
Georgia Youth Hanged in At
lanta.

Georgia Youth Hanged III AL
lanta.
Atlanta, Sept. Maintaining
his stoicism to the last and with a
smile on his lips while his black cap
was adjusted preparatory to spring
ing the trap under him, Frank B.
Dupze, 10 year old "Peachtree ban
dit" paid the death penalty at the
Fulton county Jail here today for the
murder of Irby C.. Walker, private
detective, December Is, last. The
trap was sprung at 2:o4 o'clock and
IS minutes later the youth was pro-
nounced dead.
The scenes attending the execution
of Dupre were described by old
iail officials as the most dramatic
ever witnessed by them. Outside the
iail, the streets on three sides were
blocked with persons eager to get a
glimpse of the proceedings. Even the
tops of buildings nearby were occu-
pied by women and children.
Police reserves were called out to
keep order. Inside the prison walls
Dupre probably was more composed
than any of the officials, witnesses
sor fellow prisoners.
The youthful bandit was engaged
in religious services when the fall of
the death trap for Luke Mcdonald,
negco convicted of the murder of a
negro woman, could be heard
throughout the jail. He paid no at
tention to the sound which within
-tht hour was to mean his W end.
He continued in prayer until Is min
utes Of the hour set for his execu-
tion, when ~unfalteringly he started
For the gallows five stories above.
"Some Crowd" Outside.
Upon reaching the death chamber,
Dupre stopped and looked out a win
dow.
'sThat's some crowd isn't it?" he
said to his brother, Joe Dupre.
He then pointed out acquaintance
below and waved to them shouting:
"Good bye"
A deputy sheriff called his atten-
ton to Betty Andrews, the sweet
heart for whom he robbed the Nat
Kaiser jewelry store and killed Wal
ker. She was in a cell two floors be-
low, her face pressed closely against
the bars of the window. She became
hysterical at the sight Of the con-
demned youth, who shouted to her:
GOOD bye, Betty. I want you to
be a good girl. Won't you?"
His words were drowned in the
cries of the crowd below.
"Be good, Betty; be good" Dupre
repeated again and again. Then as
the crowd became quiet:
"You going to meet me in heaven,
amt you, Betty?" the bandit shouted
at his sweetheart.
eyes," was the reply.
Led to Gallows.
Dupre turned to a deputy sheriff
and asked:
"Well, you all ready?"
The deputy too full of emotion TO
reply, led the boy away TO the ga
lows.
"God bless you ALL" D1pre shout
ed as he waved a last farewell.
The condemned youth led the pro-
cession to the gallows, and then
asked his spiritual advisers to sing:
ga Mothers Prayer has Followed
Me-" Dupre's last audible words ut
tered as the black cap was being adj
justed over his head, were: "Please
brush back my hair"
The suit in which Dupre was nam
;gcd was the same worn by him on the
day of his crime.
The execution of Dupre brought
TO an end one of the most deter
mined legal battles ver waged in the
history of Georgia criminal courts.
All other efforts having failed to
stay execution a final appeal was
made to President Harding yester-
day but he replied that he was with
out authority to intervene in the
case.