Hanging the Peachtree Bandit: The True Tale of Atlanta's Infamous Frank DuPre
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- Synopsis
- The crime that led to &“the first significant challenge to capital punishment in Georgia&” and inspired the Grateful Dead song &“Dupree&’s Diamond Blues&” (Atlanta INtown). On December 15, 1921, gunshots echoed across Atlanta&’s famous Peachtree Street moments before a handsome young man darted away from Kaiser&’s Jewelers. Frank DuPre left in his wake a dead Pinkerton guard and a missing ring. As Christmas shoppers looked on in panic, he raced through the Kimball House Hotel and shot another victim. The brazen events terrified a crime-filled city already on edge. A manhunt captured the nineteen-year-old, unemployed DuPre, who faced a quick conviction and a hanging sentence. Months of appeals pitted a prosecutor demanding some &“good old-fashioned rope&” against &“maudlin sentimentalists&” and &“sob sisters.&” Author Tom Hughes recounts the true harrowing story behind the legend of one of the last men hanged in Atlanta. &“Revisits the crime, the trial, and the execution that captured newspaper headlines for months.&”—WABE.org
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 131 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781625849465
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781626194168
- Publisher:
- Arcadia Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 09/21/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Tom Hughes
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.