Le Devoir, April 20, 1920, p. 3

Doctors Disagree

ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY HEARD THIS MORNING, THE GAGNON WOMAN IS NOT CRAZY.

Quebec City, 20 (S.P.C.). – The trial of the Gagnon woman continued this morning. Testimony was heard from doctors who have examined the accused as to her mental state. Dr. Joseph Gosselin, a doctor at the Prison of Quebec City, stated after examining the accused that she was very sound of mind. Dr. Brochu, superintendent at the Beauport Asylum, confirmed his colleague's testimony. Neighbours of the Gagnon woman, in Sainte Philomène de Lotbinière, declared that they had never noticed that the Gagnon woman suffered from mental illness.

This afternoon, the lawyers will make their closing arguments and the judge will give his charge. The jury will return its verdict soon thereafter.