MURDERER HANGED
REPRIEVED WIFE’S MESSAGE
“NEVER CEASE TO PRAY”
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.)
VANCOUVER, March 23.
George McDonald was hanged at Valley field at 5.37 this morning. No newspaper men were admitted to the hanging. The murderer mounted the gallows steps firmly. A telegram was received at the gaol during the night from his reprieved wife, Doris. It read: “Tomorrow, Mass will be offered. I will never cease to pray for you. May Our Blessed Lady receive you at the gate of heaven.” On reading the message, McDonald murmured “God bless her soul.” '
Before the hanging Mass .was celebrated. McDonald received the Holy Communion. Seventy-five prisoners, officials and detectives attended the service.
There was a delay of half an hour, the hangman, Ellis, insisting on daylight.
Doris MacDonald, known as the “flapper slayer,” was reprieved. The t couple were condemned»for the murder of Adelaide Bouchard, a taxi driver-, who was shot and robbed while taking them to the international border last July.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 March 1928, Page 7
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