The daily gazette., 1879-02-18

homes, and wagiDg rentless war, with
out the semblance of justice or mercy.
upon the poor, unfortunate beings who
happened to fall victims to ,beir cruel
and offensive measures. All this was done
merely to crafty an Unsuitable lust for
gold! But their end came On a certain
occasion jacob quarreled with a man
named Owen O'Day, who disputed acOb's
right to sum of money, and who was
determined to resist his arbitrary exac-
tIons. During the colloquy, O'Day be-
came greatly irritated and resolved to
adjust the pending difficulty ny taking
the life of his opponent On Saturday,
the 9th day of April, 1913, O'Day carried
into practical execution the threat which
he had publicly proclaimed a few days
previous. On an old document in the pos
session of a lady in the town, The details Of
the tragedy are given IN full, but in order
TO ecouomize space, / will briefly refer
to Its most promi uent points takiuR that
portion consistent with an intelligent
comprehension of the actual occurrence.
Jacob had been on the opposite side Of
the river, and was returning home. As
he stepped from the ferry boat upon the
landing, ODay, who had been lurking
in the neighborhood, silently end sud-
denly approached to within few feet
OF Jacob. and taking deliberate aim with
musket, fired, the load taking effect in
the right arm and abdomen of Cannon.
cannon attempted to retallate, but be-
fore he could secure his pistol to use IL
with effect, it dropped from his grasp,
and he fell forward on the ground upon
his face. He was taken up and carried
home, where he fingered until the fol-
lowing Monday, when death tel minated
his existence upon earth. ODay fled the
country, and has never been heard from
s nee. On the 9th of May, OF the same
year, about month after the murder OF
jacob, Isaac Cannon, his bother, died
. most t'rible death. 1t Is said that even
when in the last convulsive agonies OF
death, 80 great was his passion for gold,
that he commanded that his msney bags
be brought to his bedside, and that in the
intervals of his paroxysms of pain, he
actually counted their contents, and ex-
pired clutching bag firmly in his hand.
Thus was the visitation Of retributive
justice OF Divine power most forcibly
exemp!ified. One met his end tor his
cruelty and oppression of the poor, by a
bullet, while the other suffered the most
excruciating agony and all the pangs Of
guilty conscience, passing away from
earth worshipping the golden idol!
1t must be- remem bered that supersti-
ton had not been wholly eradicated from
the minds OF the people at this date, and
a strange terror seemed to seize upon
the inhabitants Of the "ferry" after the
tragic end of the one, and the ungodly
death OF the other, and the place, with
its prospect bngbred, and its future ex-
p ictatio paralyz zed aud destroyed, began
rapidly TO decline, and all the scenes of
busy, active life have departed; its old
landmarks are crum bling in ruins, its
streets almost overgrown with rank
weeds, are comparatively deserted, and
SfrpWn hera fharA xuifh fra1 N IN
of its once architectural beauty. Its
houses, delapidated, and made black
with the storms OF ages ON which lichens
have found lodgment and creeping plants
have trailed, are repulsiye to the sight
Time, and all is circling hours, with q
swift wing, are brushing 1t away; decay
Is insensibly stealing upon it; and
few years hence it will lie IN moldering
ruins and desc anon! J.F.f.