The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-10-31
TAKE A DRINK BY MYSELF.

TAKE DRINK By MYSELF.
l had to go to the upper end of the bar
to get whisky. 1 passed by a pistol
and there were two more beyond where
got the drink. After 1 drank
started from behind the bar and some
body said look out, he's got pistol
l looked toward Charley. and suppos-
ing he was drawing pistol, reached
under the end of the bar, grabbed the
pistol, cooked it as l brought it up,
leveled it at him. and. saying shoot
fired. 1t was all done in an instant;
did not deliberate moment; l fred
as / thought in self defense. 1 could
not think that man who threatened as
he did was unarmed. feel that am
not murderer. l had been drinking
great deal and was nervous and
excited.
HAD BEEN SOBER
would probably not think as I did,
that Charley was drawing a pistol to
kill me. | feel that am better man
than l ever was. and would like to live
and have opportunity to show the
world that am changed man."
This statement was taken down ver-
batim from Crozier's lips the night
before his execution, and at his request
Withheld from the public until after his
death.
PREMEDITATING SUICIDE.
Yesterday the doomed man partook
OF cup of coffee and a pear, only.
Several persons who became acquain-
ted with him here, visited him during
the day. He seemed to appreciate
their kindness very much. He in
formed the writer that he premeditated
suicide to save his relatives the disgrace
of dying on the scaffoId, but his regard
for the Sheriff and his deputies, who
had treated him very kindly. and the
consolation afforded him by Rev. W.
A. Trousdale and few others who
sympathized deeply with him, deferred
him from doing SO. He had paper of
morphine sewed up in his clothing for
that purpose, and when reconciled to
his fate called the attention of the Off
GERS to that fact, remarking that he did
not wish to jeopardize his hopes of
better life beyond the grave by taking
his own life.
GOING TO THE sCAFFoI.p.
Shortly after A o'clock. the guard APP
pointed by the Sheriff, cleared the hall
of all but the few besides the officers
who were to be admitted to the scene
of the execution. The Jail doors were
opened, and the prisoner. accompanied
by Messrs. Trousdale, Chenoweth and
Berry, walked out. A crowd had as.
sembled i'll the open space between the
Sheriff's office and the Jail yard, and
among them Crozier recognized an ac-
quaintance and stopped to shake hands
and bid him good bye.
ARRIVING AT THE soAFFuLD.
He walked up the steps and took seat
between his spiritual advisers, appar.
emily as little concerned as any of those
present. Deputy Sheriff Burns read
the death warrant, and then said:
Robert, have you anything to sap"
HIS LAST WORDS.
Crozier rose to his feet, and in a clear,
distinct voice, said:
"Isay this, my friends: lam shortly
to be launched into eternity for crime
/ did not commit-a murder / did not
commit. die feeling there is justice
beyond the grave-a tribunal where
there is no corruption. and where
money is not required. Hose my life
because had no money. | hope for
better life. / say, my friends. steer clear
of my course. The ways Followed
brought me to this doom. I hope you
win all profit by my fate. This, my
friends, is all have to say"