Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-08-11
FRIENDS FIGHTING
TO GAIN FREEDOM
FOR TIGER GIRL"
Doris Mcdonald, Once Sem
fenced to Gallows, May
Obtain Parole.

auAtftdi.- NHdlth'f1 from the 9ill
lows by narrow margin of only As
hours. -four years ago. Doris Palmer
Mcdonald. authenticated Tiger Girl"
may soon regain her liberty has
Dorothy Ellngson. the San Francisco
Jazz slayer"
Convicted of the murder OF Adelard
Bouchard. Lachne TIKI driver, Doris.
mid western American girl. is now
serving life sentence in Portsmouth
federal peniienlary at Kingston Ont,
but petitions are now in circulation.
asking that she be paroled.
Her husband, George Mcdonald. has
already paid With his life for the muir
der. and left dying confession in which
he eXonerated Doris of any part in
the crime Many believe that the
shots which snufled out Rouchard's life
were fired by neither of the MELON.
aids. but By Ralph McMulen. their
companion in crime. who has evaded
arrest for nearly five years.
Girl-Wife Confessed.
Police. at the time Doris aud George
Mcdonald were arrested. in August,
1927. alleged that she had done the
actual shooting. She Iater repudiaied
her alleged confession. however. and
her counsel charged thai II had beer
Improperly extoried from her.
The Mcnonalds and McMulen char
tered Bouchard 10 drive them from
Montreal To the United States border
on the night of July Il, 1927. On the
way, one of the trio fired four shots
into the taxi drivers body. and hurled
him out to die In II ditch nj tile road
side. They then sped onward in his
car.
The MeDonaids were captured four
weeks later in Denver Colo. extra
dited here, convicted of murder and
sentenced to hang. The crown con
tended that. regardless Of who did the
actual shooting. both were equally
guilty of murder. inaslauch as they
were jointly engaged In criminal I'm
| dertaking at tile time.
Doris counsel disputed this c0nten-
tion. arguing thar the girl had not
been party to any crime. that she
! had not known In advance TINT her
husband and McMnlien intended even
! to steal the car. much less to Kill
Bouchard. and that her unwilling
presence in the tax-cah. did not In
vnlve her in either crime.
Jury Urge Mercy
Tile jury which convicted the cou.
pie. recommended mercy for the girl
| but Mr.. Justice Walsh had no alter.
native but te Impose the. mandatory
death sentence upon both. In her
death cell Doris turned to the soIace
| of religion. She still protested her
innocence, bur declared herself willing
] to die.
Then. as hours before the time
/ scheduled for her execution. came
/ Intervention which she regarded rs
an answer TO her prayer The federal
! Department of Justice commuied her
sentence of death, to one to life i'm
/ prisonment
/ Tile Communication was due largely
to q confession signed by her husband
4 am ready to die, and | wish tc
speak the TRUTH Mcdonald wrote
MY wife, Doris Mcdonald, is innocent
OF the murder OF Adeland Bouchard;
swear to this BY my God In heaven
She had moi one thing to do with the
murder nor did she help In any way
The confession which she signed Is
untrue"
Mcdonald walked courageously K
the galnws, after bidding last fare
we'll to his wife. who until Two days
before. had expected to accompany hin
on the march to death Instead sht
was transferred TO O cell In Ports
mouth penitentiary.
Since that time, she has been. II |!
said model prisoner and her friends
In both Canada and the United States
are now collecting funds to renew theil
/ hrht for her freedom