Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-26
GOVERNOR HARDWICK
HEARS LAST PLEA
FOR DUPRE'S LIFE
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ment to the governor that he made
ago when the case was there. He
said be appeared without any per-
sonal enmity against DuPre, but
merely in the interests of society at
large. He said he believed he could
have filled the senate chamber with
petitions against a Communication if
he had circulated them.
Harvey Hatcher, a well-llnown At
lanta lawyer and former member
Of the city council, appeared as q
citizen against communication.
Reviews Record
Solicitor Boykin spoke rapidly be-
cause of the limitation of time, but
delivered his argument in most force
full language.
"The first thing I wish to empha-
siZe," said he, sis the previous GRIM
inal record of Frank DuPre before
he committed this crime. He stole
a watch and money of his cousin,
who took him in for the night. He
stole diamond from the Davis &
Freeman jewelry store. He stole .
diamond from the Strang jewelry
store on Forsyth street. His crimes
on December Is were not spontane-
Gus, but were simply continuation
of his Well-estabiished criminal ca
reer.
"He entered the Kiser jewe1ry
store with a pistol in his pocket,
ready for instant use. He looked
over some cheap diamonds, and then
asked the clerk to show him the
most expensive diamond in the store.
AS soon as he got his hands on it.
he made q break for the door, ami
the moment Irby Walker tried to
stop him, he snatched out his pistol
and shot Walker dead. He ran out
to the sidewalk and started toward
the Kimball House. Luther Green,
a former city detective, saw him and
started to stop him. DuPre leveled
his pistol at Green, and Green jump.
ed behind an automobile to save him
self. DuPre ran into the hallway
of the Kimball House with a crowd
pursuing him. When hard pressed;
he whirled around and shot at an
employe OF the jeWelry store, who
fell flat on his face and saved him.
self. Then DuPre, when he got to
the steps, turned around a second
time and shot Graham West twice,
Acted Calmly
"After that, he walked through
the Kimball house with a smoking
pistol in his hand, and nobody dared
to stop him. He walked nonchalant.
ly and deliberately into a haDer
dashery store in the Kimball house
bought a necktie, paid for it from a
ten-dollar bill, removed his gray over
coat, folded it over his arm, and
walked leisurely up Pryor street. He
turned at Auburn avenue and walk
ed to the Healey building, where
he stopped and talked to a tax
driver. He asked if the driver had
heard of the shooting, and then
the man replied that he had, Du
Pre- remarked it certainly does take
a man with CUTS to pull a job like
that
"DuPre then proceeded to the
Childs hotel, and reported to Betsy
Andrews what he had done. He
asked her to leave the city with him
but she was afraid, and he ther
made arrangements to transfer hel
to another hotel, and instructed hel
to register under his name. After
leaving Atlanta, he sent a telegram
to her, which was intercepted. Wher
he reached Detroit, he wrote q lot
ter to a hotel clerk for publication
in the newspapers, m which he made
fun of the Atlanta police, and il
which he tainted Graham West
with the statement that Mr.. West
would probably mind his own bust
ness hereafter.
'DuPre showed no repentance ir
his Detroit letter. He showed M
repentance when he faced the fury
which found him guilty. He showed
no repentance when informed 81
the decision Of the supreme court
They asked him if Re was surprised
by this decision, and his answer
was, Hell, no.
Scores Sentimentality
"Now at the eleventh hour, witt
| the galloWs staring him in the face
| he comes before you with this re
/ pentance stunt. These good womer
| are moved by the best intentions
| but they don't realize that a barrier
| must be erected between society ant
| criminals who would take human
! life on the slightest provocation.
| THE lawyers representing DuPr'
raised no points in their appeal tt
the supreme court except technical
| ties. Justice Gilbert, of the SUI
preme court, well stated the cas-
| when he declared that there wa
never a charge by a judge to a jur.
| which contained so little ground
for reversible error as the charge o
Judge Matthews in the DuPre case
| The lawyers have presented no nev
evidence to your eXcellency. The,
have presented no eXtenuating fac
or circumstance before or after tn
crime. They ask you in effect t.
constitute yourself a tribunal abov
the courts and to repass upon thes
dinky technicalities which the court
have already disposed of.
Colonel Hayward saw fit to pay
tribute to your eXcellency's courag
and sense of duty. I heartily cor
cur in every word. 1 know you
eXcellency will do your duty as yo1
see it, and that is all ask. Whe1
you have read this record and hav
excluded from your mind all othe
considerations from your mind,
know well what your decision wi
be.
away with this maudlin sent
mentality which rises like a tide i,
every criminal case. There is neve
a criminal sentenced to die or ser
fenced to imprisonment without
swarm of sentimentalists coming t
me with a petition for me to indors
an application for clemency.
Discredits Petition
'They bring before your exec
lency a string of petitions. VIII
signs them? You don't know hoy
many names are duplicated on tina
list. You don't know how man
children's names are on that lis
You don't know how many name
of non-residents Of Georgia are Q