Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-16

story: After several days Of high
living in free and easy Montreal. the
Mcponaldss with criminal records be-
hind them, rented n Packard limou-
sine fran Adeiard Bouchard in July
last. They ordered Bcuchard to
drive them toward the New York
state boundary line. Along the lone
ly country roads they rode with
Bouchard i'm front. Doris and her
husband, and . third man named
Palmer who still Is nc large, were In
the rear The party was observed
BY several witnesses, whose evidence
nc the trial helped TO identify the
two accused.
Chauffeur Missed at Border
When they arrived at the border,
Bouchard was not i'm the party. Ger
tain circumstances led United States
immigration Inspector ROBBIE "a ques-
tion Doris, who posed ns Palmer's
wife, Discrepancies in their stories,
together with the fact that Melon
old was found to be in possession of
bills recently stained with blood, led
to Robes refusal 60 permit them to
enter the States. They turned back
to Montreal.
On the morning following the dead
body of Adelard Bouchard was found
in g ditch near q point where wit
nesses had seen the Packard car
halt He had been shot twice, n
bullet breaking his arm and q second
severing his juglar vein. He had
also been struck down from behind.
and robbed. His car, hloodstained
and with a window broken, was
found on a side street in Montreal
A revolver bullet was lodged in the
framework.
Mcdonald, Doris and Palmer, the
mystery man in the case, had man.
aged to get back into the States by
train. The McDonalds were arrested
at Butte, Mont, when they attempted
to pass worthless checks. The Ca
madam authorities extradited them
on the graver charge. Meanwhile
Palmer had disappeared. He has net
since been seen, although there IL a
standing offer Of $500 reward for his
capture.
No Statements by Accused
The trial. held in the little border
town Of Valleyfield, lasted III days.
The two accused made no statements.
and no witnesses were called for the
defense, as against the 81 who test
fled for the crown. which is the state,
in Canada. The verdict was guilty.
with a accommodation for mercy in
the case Of the woman.
Since the trial Mcdonald has occu
pied a death cell nc Bordeaux prison.
just outside Montreal Doris has
been held at the w0men's Jail, Full
lum street, Montreal, an institution
which Is operated by Sisters of Mercy
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vincial government. She has turned
after the trial she is quoted as hav-
ing declared herself willing and eager
to die by the side Of her husband.
She has lately reversed this attitude.
In a statement made 60 the as
sistant Mother Superior in charge Of
the Jail she said recently:
II want 20 live, now. Religion has
changed me. and / realize that il Is
wrong for me to wish to die on the
scaffold.r
How Canadians Feel
American Intervention, however
well-meant, il likely 70 do more harm
than good 10 Doris McDonald's cause.
in the opinion CT qualified Canadian
observers. In Lachinc, the home
town of Bouchard. the victim, the
arrival In Montreal OF American rel
atives urging clenency for Doris was
followed immediately by the circula-
ton OF q counter petition organized
locally. demanding that justice be
permitted to take its course. The
brutality OF the murder has offset
In the public mind sympathy
which might be extended TO the wcm-
an on account Of her sex.
A similar case a few years ago IN
the same locality involved Walte-
Muir, a young American found
guilty Of the murder OF q Valleyfield
man in a tavern brawl. Valleyfield
Is headquarters fer American and
Canadian rum and Muir's