A prominent citizen made an appeal for mercy, but he was driven down the main street and across the river by a mob with drawn revolvers, and with threats of instant death.

The well-known John B.Weller was in town at the time, and was asked to reason with the mob, but refused to do so.
The execution was promptly carried out.

A plank was put across the supports of the bridge over the Yuba, and a rope fastened to a beam overhead.

Juanita went calmly to her death.

She wore a Panama hat, and after mounting the platform she removed it, tossed it to a friend in the crowd, whose nickname was "Oregon," with the remark, "Adios amigo." Then she adjusted the noose to her own neck, raising her long, loose tresses carefully in order to fix the rope firmly in its place, and then, with a smile and wave of her hand to the bloodthirsty crowd present, she stepped calmly from the plank into eternity.