Le Soleil, May 7, 1920, p. 16

GAGNON AND REMILLARD EN ROUTE TO THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL PENITENTIARY

Before he left, Télesphore Gagnon went to see his wife in the prison cell where she awaits her hanging. The Gagnon woman's defence counsel didn't present a motion this morning

WILL THERE BE APPEAL PROCEEDINGS REGARDING JUSTICE PELLETIER'S CHARGE?

The April term of the Criminal Assizes was declared duly closed at 10 o'clock this morning by the Honourable Justice L.-P. Pelletier. The other cases on the roll for hearing that have not yet been heard shall be continued in the next term, which will open on June 1. […]

THE CASE OF MARIE ANNE HOUDE

At the opening of court this morning, a motion was to have been made by Maître J.-N. Francoeur, K. C., defence counsel for the woman Marie Anne Houde, wife of Télesphore Gagnon of Ste. Philomène de Fortierville, in order to request the right to appeal the judge's charge on behalf of his client, who has been sentenced to be hanged on next October 1st. But the Honourable Justice Pelletier declared that Maître Francoeur had informed him that he didn't have a motion to make at the moment.

That is to say that for the moment the case is suspended, but it is likely that a motion to appeal will be made later.

EN ROUTE TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

Télesphore Gagnon, sentenced to the penitentiary for life by the Honourable Justice Désy, after having been found guilty of manslaughter for the death of his daughter Aurore, and Roméo Rémillard, of Bienville, also found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of Lieutenant Lucien Morrissette, of the 22nd Battalion, and also sentenced to the penitentiary for the rest of his life, left this morning at 8:50, by the Canadian Pacific, for the St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, where they will serve their sentences.

Before leaving the prison, Télesphore Gagnon met with his wife, Marie-Anne Houde, under the supervision of the prison warden, Monsieur J.-B. Carbonneau.

Gagnon and his wife talked quite a while, mutually encouraging each other with advice.

The Gagnon woman cried repeatedly, but there was nothing remarkable about the scene.

The husband and wife spoke to each other through the cell bars, in keeping with prison regulations.[…]