Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-06
TIRED OF LIFE.
. Victim of King Faro Attempts
Suicide...Charley Meyers Shoots
himself Though the Breast---
He is Still Alive.

morning pistol shot was ieafo vi
Main street, and our reporter and
.overal others who were up at the
time, hurried to the scene of what
was supposed to be shooting
scrape. On arriving, Charley Mey-
ers, blacksmith, who has been work
ino at the Silver Hill mine, was
found lying upon the sidewalk In
front of saloon, in dying condi-
ton. DR.. Zabriskie was Immediately
sent for, and it was found that Mey-
ers had attempted to take his own
life. The weapon used, second
sized Colts revolver, was found lying
by his side, and an examination dis
covered the blood oozing out of
AMULET HOLE
Directly over and close TO his heart.
The fact that he had unbuttoncd his
vest and shirt and placed the muzzle
of the pistol upon a vital part, plainly
shows that the attempt was intended
to be success. The wounded man
seemed to be in great agony, but
still retained consciousness of what
he had done and begged piteously
for some one to blow his brains out.
A litter was at once made and Mey-
ers taken upon it to his room in the
Sierra Nevada House, where the
wound was probcd and rcstoratives
administered. DIR. Zabriskie, after
thorough search with the probe, gave
it as his opinion that
THE BALL HAD STRUCK a RIB.
And glanced around the left side.
He could find no passage into the
chest, and from the position in which
the pistol must have been held when
fired, the theory is probably correct.
Meyers is German, about 80 years
of are and former resident of Ohio,
where he has u stcp-mpthcr and step
sister residing. After being taken to
the room, he requested t. SIC Judge
Gould in order t. make his will. lie
said he had some land in Ohio, and
wished to make disposal Of it be
fore he died, a result which he conf
IDENTITY expected. He was still alive,
however, up t. our going to press
last evening, though in a very criti-
cal condition.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LED TO
THE RASH ACT
Are as follows: For some timr-two
years, we bclicve-Meyers has been
in the habit of playing against faro,
sometimes with remarkable success;
but lattcrly being invariably out of
luck, and losing his months wages
as soon as he could get to u game.
Month before last he told his fellow
workmen that he had just lost all his
pay, but that he ''was going to beat
faro next time or they would hear of
something" True to his promise, as
soon as he drew his wages, on Satur-
day, he came to town, and late in the
evening commenced playing at one
of the games down town. At tirsl
he bet sparingly and cautiously,
winning and losing about even; but,
finally, he took a drink, increased his
bets, and commenced playing rcck-
lessly in earnest. With heavy losses
at nearly every turn of the cards, he
became perfectly crazy with excite
mcnt-cursing and swearing at what
he deemed his i'll luck.
DOLLAR AFTER DOLLAR FADED AWAY
Out of sight into the Golfers of the
dealer, until Meyers had reached his
last 20-dollar piece. He pulled this
from hispocket, looked at it, hesitated,
and then throwing it with great vio-
ience on the table, called for the
amount in checks, saying us he did
so, There! take that too.
IT Is MY LAST DOLLAR.
l owe for board and ,other bills, and
if lose it | will blow my brains
out" The checks were set out and
the deal went on. A few minutes
and Mat last twenty had disappeared
over the green cloth. Meyers imme
diately got up from the table and
walked out of the saloon, muttering
as ne did 50, "Youll see if don't
blow my brains out" The threat
was answered with laugh, no one
dreaming for moment that it would
be made good. The game closed in
a few minutes, and the saloon was
locked up for the night. The shot
was fred about fifteen minutes after
the departure of Meyers. After leav-
ing the saloon, Meyers went to his
own room in the hotel, it is said, and
taking his pistol, walked back to the
sidewalk in front of the saloon, and
firing,
FELL AGAINST THE DOOR
OF thp housn Aa h;a room, 10 al