Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-01-25
FRANK DuPRE, THE PEACHTREE
Bandit, to be Arraigned this Week IN
Atlanta-Native of Abbeville.

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 23.-The trlai
Of Frank B. DuPre, the now noted
pea chtree bandit" will in all prob
ability be begun during this week,
the Solicitor and attorneys for the
defense having both announced tlS.t
they would be ready to go to trial
with the case any time after Tues
day.
DuPre is a native Of Abbeville, 8.
c., and his father arrived in this city
the latter part Of last week to render
what assistance he could TO his son
in his sad plight.
DuPre Is about 20 years of age
and young fellow Of good appear
ance, though those who have made
careful study Of his features de-
clare that they are those Of one Of
weak moral stamina
DuPre Is charged with murder and
several cases Of robbery are charged
up to him. the principal case. how
| ever, being the Peachtree street jew
elry store robbery, which was com
mitted Dec. 18th, when DuPre asked
Il salesman in jewelry store to let
him examine diamond ring. and as
the gem was handed 10 him he
snatched it and made dash for the
street. A detective attempted to stop
him and DuPre fired, killing the de-
tective almost instantly. Further in
the chase for the robber, after en-
tering the lobby Of the Kinball House
DuPre again was in close quarters,
and, without taking his hands from
his overcoat pocket, shot at and scri
| ously wounded City Comptroller
West. The latter has almost COM
pletely recovered from his wounds,
and will be able TO attend the trial
Of his would-be murderer.
The general opinion in this city
is that DuPre will pay with his life
for his crime Of murder, though no
inconsiderable sentiment is also felt
in some quarters that his youth will
have the effect OF bringing with the
verdict Of guilty recommendation
for mercy, which would moan impris-
onment for life.
He will not be permitted, of course
to plead guilty to murder, but, hav-
Ing admitted that he Is the one who
perpetrated the robbery and shot the
detective, the result of the trial is
foregone conclusion, and the only
question involved is as to whetehr
he shall die on the ga1lows or spend
the remainder Of his days behind the
bars Of the Georgia penitentiary. I
The feature that will, despite the
youth Of the criminal, operate to pre-
vent his receiving at the hands Of a
Jury recommendation to the mercy
Of the court, Is the ever-present pos
sibility Of his receiving a pardon. 1t
Is not felt that there should be the
least possibility of his ever again be-
ing at liberty.
DuPre remained at large for ex-
actly one month, and the search for
him had begun to take on nation
wide aspects, when he was arrested
by the police Of Detroit, Mich, after
he had been trailed to Norfolk, Gin
cinnati and other places, the trail
becoming lost to the local authori-
ties in Norfolk, though there was at
no time any doubt but that he would
be taken. The problem that con-
fronted the detectives and police was
concerned only with tho number Of
days or weeks that the willy young
ster could cover his tracks and re-
main at large.
The "girl In the case," who at
first asserted that she was from e.
Northern city, where her father was
living, and that her mother was in
a Southern city dying Of tuberculo-
sis, has turned out to be Elizabeth
Guest, Of Gainesville, Ga. Her father
and mother are residing in that town
and the father is here to do what he
can for his daughter. She gave her
name as Betty Andrews, but her real
name is Betty Anderson, she being
married. Her husband, e. J. Ander-
son, Of Atlanta, has instituted suit
for total divorce from her She had
deserted him. he charges, in the lat
ter part Of November, and her reIa-
tions with young DuPre were such
that the husband has filed his suit
for total diYorce naming DnPre as