Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-23

nv sry word OF ID was true. lie wouiu TO
mai an the scafiold what IL contained.
a, I,rkin must soon die an ignominious
Je.th ii /. but msrciful that anything he
NAV wish to saw Ia defence ef himself
should lie given a hsarin: by the public.
Hi. .tatem.nt 4. as follows:
L,HnIS's STATEMENT.
CovSrY jan. December %. 1876.
Enron GoLp HUI NEws-Sir: The
10Th Of January neIt 10 the time set for
nv execution. aud ~ the majority Of the
ssople Of Storey county are not acquainted
with the facts Of the case. you will confer
a favor BY publishing the following. and II
is NV desire that every paper In Storey
county will do likewise:
SUSIE brown.
In regard to the evidence against me.
susie Brown told several parties. six or
seven in number. that she swsre my life
away ON account Of my sedueing and dis
easing her. which assertion upon her part
Is false. This news l learned since my
.~sntsnce. Doctsr LeGuin. her attending
physician at the time she WAS vi 10 the
Hospital. says he Is willing to tako an AZ
tidzvit that she was crazy at the time,
which WAS after my arrest. IL IL . we'll
knswn fact To the citizens Of virginia
CITY that she took poison after tsstifying
again., me and that her life wa saved by
Doctor Harris pumping her out, and Doctor
Harris will certify that she WAS mot . COM
petsnt witness TO appear against me. 1
WAS told this day by a party that ho saw
Susie Brown have . pistol In her posses-
sion in Nellie Savers house the same day.
and after the shooting occurred which l
nm well Assarsd was my pistoi. Sne aiso
stated befors The Coroner Jury unAt Cor
corsn followed mo IN Nellie savers room
to tho window with u boot In Ais hAnu. anu
that l jumped through the window IN tne
alley-way, which Is about Two isctin WAN;
and the window about . lset SQUARE. ahu
she stated In the pistfict 'sur' tnss 'n.
windsw was closed or shut When jumped
through. Now there are tninss impos,,
sible, and think this one. was ariespu
between G aud Z o'clock IN the morning oi
August 9TH. by officer Florence MeCarty.
lie asked me where my pistol was. and i
told him I had not seen Il for three or four
DAYS. lie searched the house through Tor
IL, and could NOT lind IL. lie then took
me to Jail. Ny house was open for every
one 10 come aud 20. Hundreds came and
leaked around. having access 10 every por-
ton Of the buildi.g during the day. About
) O'Clock In the aftrraoon my bArksepsr
says he found my pistol IN my vash.stand
i'm nav bedroom. Susie Brown made the
assertion ifty time. or more that abe would
take my hfe' Kali me- or ser away WV" "e
In SEINE way. Tbs ioilowinSi
M, VERSION or rur ArrAIn.
had been living with Nellie sAysrs Tor
about ak months. aud left her. went to
San Francisco. at which place met susie
brown. anu broush, nsr oses WIN my "
Virginia City. and shs kept hosse ter me
about one and . half months. turned
her out OF my house on tbs JOth day OF
July-four days before the shooting OF
Corcoran-and abe went 10 Nellie Saysrs,
next door to me-. The cause Of turning
her ont was that she would At times stay
ont all night. I think that Susie Brewn
went into Nellie sayers' room thinking l
sas IN oed win Nsi.e SfysI = ~.
.ha.,in. a, ,.s n h. and aver win BE-,
NV firm opiuion that Susie brown 10 the
murderer Of Daniel Corcoran. II l murs
ssred ,".So.an, .ay u' ~, hs usJ. no
d,ps.ition d~srosa.ory Of me. He vss shot
early ON the morning Of the 18th n died
about I OF , o'clock on the msrning OF the
5th.
NELLIE sASEns
s.,. she dill mot zee me the night previous
40 ,hs .hootinc. nor ON the morning the
shooting occurred. Thi. she stated before
M. Coroner. Iury and before the Court.
and n-ft.r,,rls. AZ another term % the
Court .he testified TO th. contrary. par
turing herself as p~srcepiibly 10 the Jury a.
she could possibly have done. Now. eiti-
gems, comes the rub: Nellie saysr, has
visited me three N four times since re.
ceiycd NV sentence, and sho told me that
Mr.. Robert Lindsay, my prosecuting At
tarnoy, sent for her to come to his Office.
and that when there he told her he would
end her 10 tho Stats Prison u she did not
swear against me. Sha told me abe was
not in her proper mind when ON the wit