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Hanging the Peachtree Bandit: The True Tale of Atlanta's Infamous Frank Dupre

Tom Hughes

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  • 130 sidor
  • 2014
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."

  • Författare: Tom Hughes
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781540223258
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 130
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-03-01
  • Förlag: History Press Library Editions