Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-23
Poor Lizzie Cannon.
flrom tho y. y. Post. March Oil

lFrom the .. r.. fost, MATCH zi.I
Il Is just q year ago since Lizzie
Cannon attempted to assasslnato Chas.
F. MacDsrmott, a semi.mlllIonnire Of
this city-ths imagnl1cence Of whose
wedding and the prlncely settlement
made upon a bride whose own proper
ty ran far Into the hundred Thousands,
q few months prior, We'd With that OF
an Old World p%otentate-on Market
street, while he was looking ut some
pictures In q store. The ball whlzzed
over the head Of the capitalist, and be-
yond q big scare and a broken window
and picture, no damage was done.
The assailant wa arraigned for trial
In the Municipal Court, a few months
after, but the case was continued, ow-
Ing to the sickness Of the defendant.
Meanwhile. MacDermott found 1t con-
genial to make a tour Of the continent.
Half q dozen times more or less the
case has been taken up In the Court
only to DO continued now because OF
MacDermott's and again on account OF
Miss Gannon's Illness. Last Saturday
the case was again called aud contln-
ued for the old reason until to-day, the
Court intlmating that 1t would have to
DO tried.
Miss Cannon was this morning
brought from the Hospital to the Court
room, Into which she had to DO carried
By tho baillff. Her appearance created
marked sympathy. The pale, weary
and haggard face, 10 strongly marked
with the traces OF Intense mental and
bodily suffering, the expression upon
her features Of utter hopelsssness, and
the stony, lack-lustrs eyes, excited q
feeling OF pity for her condition.
When the case IA called, Assistant
District Attorney Ferral stated that he
was ready to proceed with the prose-
cution.
Judge Campbell, tho defendants
counsel, here consulted with his client,
and then stated that bo was placed In
n very peculiar position. Ho said that
Ills client was anxious to 60 to trial,
but that she was too unwell.
That fact was so obvious that no
would not lay any stress upon 1t. The
case had bcon put OH 20 often and lie
was % anxious to dispose Of 1t that he
did not feel like asking for q contln.
uance.
Judge Blake said It was singular
that tho Hospital Physicians should
telegraph yesterday that the defendant
was well enough to proceed to trial.
lie asked for some OF the physicians
OF the hospital to testify as to her con-
dition, but none OF those worthless
were around, and Judge Blake sent
for DIR. Albrecht who Ia a short time
arrived. and after n consultation, re-
ported to tho Judge that she was we'll
enough to undergo trial. Judge Blake
again asked tho defendant II she was
we'll enough, but she reaillrmcd that
the trial would tax her strength
too much. Judge Campbell said that
much AZ no disliked Ii no would ask
the continuance for the term, which
the Court granted. Whether poor
Lizzie Cannon will ever live to see an
other term OF the Court come around
ls another question, which don't In
volve any legal considerations. When
Mr.. MacDermott gets back from his
tour Il IL more than proba-
bic that Lizzie Gannon's attempt to
murder him will have passed to q
tribunal than Judge Biake's for
adjudication, where motives and hid
len springs In LIES history are expos
ID to light more glaring than that Of
.ho MONDAY SUI.