Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-31
DEATH PENALTY FACES
JEWE LROBBERY- killer;
DUPRE HANGS MICH. 10
Continued from Page One.)

you ARE dead on the 1Uln udy VI
March, 1922, by the sheriff Of Full
ton county in the common jail/be-
tween the hours Of 10 a. m. and 8
p: m, and may God have mercy on
your soul"
DuPre accepted the sentence with
out emotion. and held up his wrists
to be shackled before starting the
return trip to his steel cell in the
tower.
Judge Mathews excused the jury
and adjourned court.
For ten minutes after the prisoner
was taken back to Jail, the elder
DuPre sat at the defense table weep
ing bitterly. Scores Of men and
women passed by and shook his
hand, expressing their sympathy.
"My heart is torn out and l can't
Xix now" the father told Journal
reporter, "but I'll fight my boys
case as long as I can raise money
enough"
Private Execution
The courts sentence had ordered
the execution held in privat~. attend
ed only by relatives of the defend
ant and such friends and preachers
as he wished to invite.
Mrs. Irby G.. Walker, widow OF
)uPre's victim, made this comment
when he jury brought in the YER
dicta
my prayers have been answered.
and 1 want to see this sentence car
ried out"
Her aged father, c. NJ. Walker,
said:
Thank God, the law has struck
blow in the right direction.
From o. H. Walker, father of the
lnkerton defective whom DuPre
slew, came this statement:
1.-THE jurys verdict was the first
relief I had had since this horrible
crime was committed
To Ask New Trial
No statement was made by Du-
Pres attorneys, although Attorney
Allen announced definitely a new
tri ! motion would be filed at once.
Solicitor General Boykin, APPROX
ing the verdict, said he would issue
a statement later.
DuPre laughed and talked with
the four deputies who carried him
back to the Tower. He said he
would write Betty Andrews a note
as soon as he got a chance.
II. r. Friddell, foreman Of the
jury, said before he left the jury
box that twelve or more ballots were
taken. The first, taken Immediately
after retirement Friday night, was
seven for death and five for life i'm
prisonment, he said.
The num- er of jurors advocating
mercy recommendation gradually
narrowed, Mr.. Friddell said, and
only two were holding out for life
imprisonment when the jury went to
bed at the nsley hotel at 10 o'clock.
There was considerable praying
in the jury room at one time and
another" Mr.. Friddell declared. He
said he and three other members
formed a group and prayed con-
stantly anu fervently for three
hours. The last ballot. which was
unanimous for the death penalty,
was t4ken at 1920 Saturday.
Betty Andrews Weeps
Betty Andrews, when seen by a
Journal reporter in her cell at the
Fulton county tower, had just heard
of the verdict and sentence. She
was weeping.
ooh, I'm SO sorry" she said. II
don't know what to do or Say-Only
can hardly believe it possible that
the jury could have found him guilty
of murder and sentenced him to
hang. I know he would have got
lighter sentence if that Mrs. Walk
er hadn't been in the room"
Betty was extremely bitter against
Mrs. Walker.
az hear she laughed when the SEN
tence was passed" she said. "She
had no business to stay in that court
room. Well, just hope she attends
my trial and takes as much interest
in it as she in Franks. l want to
see her and maybe tell her what 1
think of her. She must have heart
of stone"
Betty's trial is sched uled for week
after next.
She also was bitter against Solici-
tor Boykin.
'He called me painted wom-
an" she objected. "I don't paint,
I'll have him know. And he perse-
cuted Frank more than he prescott
ed him."
Betty begged the jailers to let her
go to see DuPre, but at noon the per-
mission had not been granted.
II don't want to be taken away
from this Jail now" she declared. Il
want to stay as near Frank as l
can"
DuPre, after being returned to the
Tower, ate a hearty luncheon with
an apparent good appetit and aft
erward sent out for pie for his
dessert. He seemed in excellent
spirits.
Commenting on the conduct Of the
| hi re crowds that attended the trial,
Gordon Hardy, sheriff of the court,
said he and Sheriff Lowry desired
| to thank the public for the excellent
orI in the court room.
1--WE also want to express our APP
probation of the cooperation fur
nished us by Frank Ewes and Clar-
ence Buchanan, custodians of the
building. They were simply fine,
and much Of the smoothness wi
which the trial passed off was due
| to their efforts"
Judge Leaves for Supper
| Friday night, after the jury had
| begun it's deliberations and DuPre
| taken to the clerks Office and locked
| in with deputies, the crowd con-
| tinued to stick. Sandwich and soft
] CllIlh NSIAuOlS AIlc1dS IIAS4 clppSol-
ance and did q thriving trade. A
large part of the crowd remained
standlng-a lot Of it on benches
apparently fearing to miss a trick.
Eating and smoking were rather
! general, until a bailiff stopped the
smoking in the courtroom.
Judge Mathews retired to rear
room and read newspaper. The
| jury sent word it would not require
supper before o'clock, and there