Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-19
BANDITS YOUTH
COUNTED ON TO
SAVE HIS NECK
Indications Are Defense Wei
Make No Plea of Insanity
For Frank Dupre

DuPre, 19-year-old bandit, self-con-
Ifessed, lodged in the Tower of Full
lton county to face within the next
ten days the charge of the murder
of Irby c.. Walker, Pinkerton detec-
tive, after DIS spectacular raid on
Nat Kaiser's 5&welry store on Decem-
Der Is, today began to assemble the
forces with which he will combat the
dannounced discrimination of Solicitor
i ;ltseneral John a. Boykin to see that
sIhe meets the Extreme penalty of the
law, which, isl death on the gallows
From early Indications after prelimi-
mary conferences yesterday, it was
Hevident that The defense win not be
s plea Of insanity On the other
,tihand, persons familiar with the tech
lnique of murder trials declare that
tDuPre will rest his hopes solely on
his own youth and the recognized
teloquencc before jury of H. A.
Allen, his leading counsel.
| The reception at 1910 yesterday
was greater thaH accorded the presi-
dent of the United States when he
came to Atlanta a few months ago.
DuPre was brought in from De-
troit on the N. c. and st. L. train,
due here at II :55 and landed at the
old Union Station at Wall and Pry-
or streets, almost at the identical
lspot where DuPre made his escape
after killing Irby Walker, robbing the
/ Kaiser jewelry store and shooting
down B. Graham West in the hall
way of the Kimball House.
| Four or five thousand people had
collected under the shed in the streets
and along the railroad track half an
hour or more before the train arrived.
| Two high-powered automobiles from
the police department were parked at
one end of the-depot, about dozen
policemen and the chiefs of both the
police and detective departments were
present. He was handcuffed to two
detectives on the trip.
{ Shock TO Father.
/ IL dll tUO bA@dI ouOCh " iiiS
IL hardly care to talk about the mat
ter, ,"ssaid the boys father, Frank
A. DuPre, who ha sarrived here from
Abbeville, S. c., to aid his son. "He
lived with me up to a few months
ago and was never mixed up in any
trouble. Older men must have prey
ed on his mind and persuaded him to
! commit the deed while he was not
himself" ,"
| Mr.. DuPre said he came to Atlanta
after reading of his sons arrest in
the newspapers. He said he had
beard nothing from his son since the
latter's arrest in Detroit last Friday.
Frank left me last October to go
to Abbeville, S. c., to stay with his
mothers people. / went to Bir-
mingham to work. Frank must
have remained in Abbeville for sew
eral weeks and then returned to At
lanta, arriving; here about the mid
die of last November" Mr.. Du-
Pree said.
Il know nothing of his connection
with gang of jewel robbers. He
always told me the truth and his
word can be relied on. If he has
confessed to any robberies, he prob
ably told the truth.
Frank was not the kind of boy
to run around with gnag. In
fact, he was known among his
friends as old man, because of his
quiet disposition. He made friends
easily, it seemed to me, but rather
preferred to keep to himself"
'He has been quoted in the papers
as declaring he was crazed by drink
when he committed the Peachtree
robbery. Frank never got drunk
while he was living with me. True.
re was known to drink, but never
to excess. He always came home
early at night"
Lost Needed Mother
Although evidently burdened
greatly, the father kept his com
posure, even upon speaking of the
aealn OF MS wife III 1918.
IF the boys mother had lived
this would not have happened, he
declared. THAT is fact which
means much, even if it has no place
in court of law. His mother died
just when Frank was reaching the
age when he needed her most. A
father can never be like mother.
although Frank, when with me, con-
Quoted himself as he should have
done"
Young Dupre was born in Able
vile, S. c., Aug. l6, 1908, the fa-
ther said.
"He is just little more than IS
years DID, he pointed out. 'sIf he
were of my age it would be proper
to deal with him without mercy. But
it isn't justice to reckon boy of
1S as a man, full grown. He knew
little about the world. He was a
sort of home boy. At nights he was
always in bed before me, and | re-
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