Legacy
| “ | Patrick James Whelan was apprehended, tried, and found guilty. He was probably only one out of a number of miscreants who conspired to commit the murder, but the whole truth respecting the dark affair has never been disclosed. | ” |
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—Rene Doumic |
Whelan's widow Bridget moved back to Montreal and lived as a recluse until her own death.
Shortly after the debacle, the revolver Whelan was alleged to have used to murder McGee was lost. It surfaced as a family heirloom in the family of Scott Renwick in 1973, and 32 years later was offered at auction for $55,000.
In August 2002, a Catholic ceremony exhumed his remains from their grave in the former prison cemetery, and repatriated them alongside his wife's Montreal plot in Côtes des Neiges cemetery.
Whelan's case is dramatized in Pierre Brault's 1999 play, Blood On The Moon. His solo performance was filmed for a one-hour special on Bravo television.
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