The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-14
Frank DuPre Must
Hang September ]
Plea for Clemency for "Peachtree
Bandit" Turned Down and Govern
or Hardwick is the Only Man Who
Can Save Hm-Unites With the
Church.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 13.-The Geor !
gia Prison Commission sent to Gov
enor Hardwick Friday denial Of
the appeal for clemency for Frank b
DuPre, the l9-year- youth VINO
shot and killed Irby c. Walker, Pink
erton detective.
The commission in declining H.
appeal made no statement regard.
the case. It's decision was sent to h
Governor with only these words:
"The appeal of Frank B. DuPre for
executive clemency is denied" The
vote by the commission, it was saiH
was unanimous.
Governor Hardwck now has IN
iinal decision in his hand Unless h
changes the sentence Of death to life
imprisonment, without rccomm1n-
dation from the commission, Du'r9
will pay the extreme penalty for his
crime September /.
At the same time the commiss ION
declined to recommend clemency for
Il. w. Davis of Savannah, who shot
and killed Thomas White a year or
more ago. Argument on that case
delayed the DuPre hearing Thursday
for an hour or more.
Louis Foster, who has been aSSo-
ciatcd with ii. A. Allen as attorney
for DuPrc stated Friday that an ap-
peal would be made direct to the
Governor.
THAT appeal will not b. "a cXtcn.
sivc as the one before the Prison
I Commission" he said, "but feel GER
tain that very effort will be made
right up to the last to save the boy
from the gallows."
The hearing on clemcncy develop
cd into Il battle between mother love
for a motherless boy, knowing no law
save that of mercy, and unrelenting
Justice and law enforcement 1t was
DuPre's last stand for life.
| Dul're was convicted Of the murder
of Walker, a Pinkerton detective,
while robbing the Nat Kaiser Jcwehy
Store December Is, 1921. He is un-
der sentence of death, the execution
set Tor september l.
The fight for life was led by IL
A. Allen, and Louis Foster attorneys
for Durrc. They were assisted by n
numbCr of men and women who ap-
peared to urge mercy for the l9-year.
old murdered; woman psychan-
analySist and petitions signed by
more than 1900 Atlanta citizens, and
+. a. DuPre, father of The "Peachtree
Bandit"
Arrayod against these we're +. a.
Stephens assistant Solicitor; Mrs
irby Walker, mute protester; b.
Graham, a victim of DuPre's gun in
the lattcr's mad rush for freedom,
and Jesse Mercer, of the Law En-
forcemnet League.
eve ask for life in prison." said
Nh. Allen. I'VE do not advocate that
DuPre be turned loose. promise
you that no plea for pardon will ever
be made in ten years, in 20 years
We are content for him to spend the
remaining years of his liic in prison. :"
Mr.. West took the opposite view
He expressed sorrow for the young
man but declared that society de
mandcd that the sentence be carried
out.
Il hope and trust that the verdict
VI death will be carried out as rem
dered by the jury" he said. Il came
today 20 protest against the commu-
tation of this boys sentence"
The scene in the Prison Commi )
sion i"om was that of the trial of
bulI" III miniature. Every avail
able seat was taken, the doors were
crowded, ante rooms were filed, the
windows were packed.
Next TO Attorney Allen sat f. A.
DuPr", father of the condemned
youth Il silent petitioner for mercy.
| Opposite him sat Mrs. Walker, a
small woman in black, her hands
! !!hg> ring n"r child's curIs, her eyes
straight ahead needless of the pray
ers for mercy, demanding without 50
much as word the death of the man
VINO took away her husband and her
rhild'S father.
In the doorway sat Mr. West, thin
nrr now, kcenly Interested in bear
ing. \ throng of women, MANY of
them grayhaircd, came to plead for
the motherlcss youth. Ministers. A
few young girls. A few of the NOR
bidly curious.
Jesse Mercer speaks: "MaudIin SEN
ument sickcns me. If DuPre is com
muted 1000 youths in Atlanta will
resolve to risk the life he led | have
seen the crime tide roll so high in
Georgia that it alarms me. And l.
say If he escapes the galows it will
be thousand-fold blot on the State
oi Georgia"
Louis Foster: Eve don't want him
turned loose, now or later, Frank
Duiic was not a hardened criminal.
n" verdict that ne received was the
yOicc Of the mob"
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