 Thirty Cunninghames attacked the Earl as he crossed Annick Ford and cut his servants to pieces; the Earl himself was dispatched with a single shot from the pistol of John Cunningham of Clonbeith Castle.His horse carried his dead body along the side of the river, still known as the 'Weeping', 'Mourning' or 'Widows' path.A wave of bloody revenge swept over Cunninghame and elsewhere.