The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-30
Il OuaszrapIe Tragedy:
TERRIBLE STORY or LOVE, ROBBERY AND
~URDER-THREE VICTIMS TO AVARlCL,
JEALOUSY AND REvENGE-sbF
eide OF TIE MUREERER.

/ JEALOUSY AND REVENGE-stt-
eide OF THE MUREERER.
On Wednesday afternoon the town OF
Cuba, New York, was thrown into great
excitement bv a man from New Hudson
0asl,inp into town on horseback after doc
for and announcing that James Lafferty, a
somewhat notorious character IN that part
of the country, had murdered his grand
mother. an aged lady with whom. he lived,
shot the wife and daughter OF farmer
named George Nannoy and then killed hlin-
self. A physician and anumber OF citizens
accompanied the messenger back TO van
I noy's who lives about FIVE miles from Cuba,
near the road leading to Rockville. ATTY
I ing there, a sickening sight was presented.
( In the door yard, near the house, lay the
I dead body of man about twenty years OF
age. His face was turned upward, and
from n wound on the side of the head his
brain was oozing out. This was the oody
f. of Lafferty. BY his side, and near his hand,
lay a revolver. In the house, on a bed,
{ with blood pouring from wounds on their
faces Law Mrs. Nannoy, fine looking wo-
man of thirty-fve or forty, and her daugh-
ter, handsome girl OF eighteen. They
were both conscious, but very weak from
loss of blood. The physician, Di. Carper,
examined the wounds, and succeeded in
! extracting pistol ball from Mrs. Nannoy.
! 1t had entered her head near the temple and
/ lodged back Of the ear. Miss Nannoy was
/ shot in the right cheek, the ball passing
! through aud lodging in the back part of her
head. The surgeon was unable to extract
/ the ball Although in very critical con-
) dition, the young girl related
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE SHOOTING.
! Lafferty came to tie house in the after
noon. Mr.. Nannoy was in the barn at
work, and Mrs Nannoy was in the kitchen.
( Lafferty entered the room and commenced
! talking with the young lady. He had for
/ meIly worked for her father, and had for a
year professed TO be in love with her and
wanted her to marry him. She had invar-
iably refused his offer, and had told him
} several tiuHes that he must not speak to her
/ further on the matter. He had often talked
+ of committing suicide, or of doing some
/ thing else terrible, but she had always
( laughed AZ hi1r When he camc on We'd
nesday, lie renewed his proposal, saying
! that his grandmother had given him lot
/ of money. and he would give it all to Miss
Nanaoy If she would marry him. She told
! him that she did not wish to have any rs
/ sociatio8 with him, as his character was
not what it should be. He said he would
! be better man if she were his wife. She
! then rose to leave the room. when he hand
/ ed her a newspaper and told her TO read a
I paragraph lie pointed out. 1t WIS headed
/ Murdered for Love- She had turned her
I face away from him in looking at the paper,
I and had just glanced at the healing of the
/ article. when he drew a revolver and fired.
She ran, shrieking and bleeding, toward
/ the door. when her mother rushed into the
! room. Lafferty then shot her, and ian
J hurriediy out of the house. Mr.. NannOy,
! hearing the firing. left the barn, aud was
i Fastening to the house when he saw Laf-
ferty leaving, with his pisi oil in his hand
( and a wild look in his face. The farmer
shouted to him and asked him. 'tWhat. IN
the name of God, is the nattcr?' Laffeity
wheeled and fred at the farmer, but missed
I him. Without waiting to see the effect of
( his last shot, he placed the revolver against
+ his own head and
BLEW OUT HIS RRAINs.
Mr.. Vannoy entered the house and found
! his wife and daughter lying on the floor
weltering in their blood. He lifted them
to the bed and was about to dash on his
horse to Cuba for a surgeon, when man
rode up to the house evidently i'll great ex
element.
'Have you seen anything of Jim LATER
/ typ he asked, as Fauuoy started on a run
to the barn. ''His old grandmother has
been found dead in her bed at Rockville,
/ and has been stranged and beaten to death.
The house mas been rausacked. and as lin
has bad plenty of money lately :hc folks
think he killed the old woman and l III
looking for him with warrant"
In very short space of time the officer
was made acquainted with the details of the
tragedy at the farmhouse. and he galioped
to Cuba, got physician and gave the
alarm.
Coroner Young was notified of the quad
ruple tragedy, and took charge of the bod
les of the murderer and his graromothcr.
The former was buried in pasture lot not
far from Fannoy's. At
AN INQUEST
held on the body of Mrs. Lafferty it was
elected that her grandson had been seen
lounging around the house on Saturday,
and had not been there for some time be-
fore. He was seen to leave on Saturday
light, which was the last seen of him until
he appeared at Nannoy's. The deceased
old lady was known TO have about $50 in
her house, which she bad saved from her
earnings, and which she had laid by for her
funeral expenses. None of this money
could be found at the house, but nothing
which could be identified discovered
on the body of James Lafferty.
Mrs. Nanuoy and her daughter arc quite
comfortab BILE, and the doctor thinks they
may both recover. The family is highly
respectable one, and LaffeTty, it seems, had
presumed upon their kindness and gener-
Gus treatment of him while in their employ
in making his overtures to Miss Nannoy,
( who ridculed his pretensions. He was an
| Irisbman, and had long borne a hard name
! in the community. The greatest sympathy
is felt for Mr.. Vannoy and bis family
/ throughout the neighborhood.
To prevent numerous accidents to
/ which railroad trains are liable from one car
: iumpiDp the track il is prOpoSed TO aDDlv