Juanita
IN MEMORY OF JUANITA
THE SPANISH WOMAN ALSO KNOWN AS JOSEFA. WAS HUNG
OFF THE JERSEY BRIDGE JULY 5, 1851 A SHORT DISTANCE
DOWNSTREAM FROM THIS SPOT, FOR THE MURDER OF FREDERICK
ALEXANDER AUGUSTUS CANNON.
CANNON AND HIS FRIENDS WERE CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE
DAY AND AFTER CLOSING MOST OF THE SALOON THEY PASSED
JOSE AND JOSEFA'S CABIN. HE BROKE THE DOOR DOWN, HOWEVER
HISTORY DID NOT TELL WHAT HAPPENED. THE NEXT MORNING HE
CAME BACK, SUPPOSEDLY TO APOLOGIZE. AN ARGUMENT ENSUED
AND JOSEFA STABBED CANNON FATALLY IN THE HEART.
A MOB TRIAL WAS HELD AND SHE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH.
JOSEFA CLIMBED THE SCAFFOLD WITHOUT THE LEAST TREPIDA-
TION AND PLACED THE ROPE AROUND HER OWN NECK, HER LAST
WORDS WERE; "I WOULD DO THE SAME AGAIN IF I WAS SO
PROVOKED."
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM
DEDICATED ON AUGUST 24, 1996
BY THE MAJOR WILLIAM DOWNIE CHAPTER #1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS