Early the following morning he told his comrades that he was going to apologize to the woman for what he had done.

He went alone to the house, and, while talking with the husband and wife, the woman suddenly drew a knife and stabbed Cannon to the heart.

What had been said that provoked the deed was never known, further than that Juanita claimed she had been grossly insulted.
She was given a mock trial, but the facts of the case were not brought out, as the men who were with Cannon were too drunk to remember what had happened the previous night.

It was a foregone conclusion that the poor woman was to be hanged, and the leaders of the mob would brook no interference.

A physician examined Juanita and announced to the mob that she was in a condition that demanded the highest sympathy of every man, but he was forced to flee from town to save his life.