The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-10-31
BLOOD FOR BLOOD!
THE EXECUTION OF R. H. CRoZIER FOR
THE MURDER OF CHARLES
SILvERsTEN.
LAST STATEMENT AND SPEECH
OF The DOOMED MAN.
INCIDENTS AT THE soAFPoLD,

INoADbNAc Al THE BCAFF0LD,
Yesterday Robert H. Crozier, con-
Victed of the murder of Charles Silver
stein. alias Montana Charley. expiated
his ofense on the gallows. On the
last night of his existence. and with no
hope of escaping death, he gave the
following
BRIEF HISTORY OF HIS LIFE
And statement of the crime, and Incl.
dents which led to its committal, to the
writer:
My name is Robert II. Crozier.
aged 48 years. was born in Tus-
cumbia, Alabama, November 9th, 1929.
My parents moved to Texas when
was young, They gave me fair CON-
mon school education. l left Texas
for California in 1853, by way of
Nicaragua. Ny father was twice
elected City Marshal Of San Francisco,
and he now resides in Texas | be-
lieve in future state and the existence
of Merciful and Alf-wise God, and
hope my troubles will soon be over. l
have suffered much mental torture
here. and have had no hope from the
beginning OF being granted new trial
or having my sentence tommuted.
INCIDENTS WHICH LED To THE SHOOTING.
Last fall had been working on ranch
for five months; had drank no strong
drink during that time. saw no hope
of working there any longer, and got
to drinking, when was paid off. I
went to Mineral Hill and got drunk.
Eintsnded to go to another ranch; but
before | got there / heard the owner
had left. so | took the narrow guage
road to Palisade, thence to Elko, where
| was
VERY DRUNK.
| stayed in Elko while and went back
to Lanes ranch again, where l
worked month, and did not drink.
l was paid off then and went to Elko
and got to drinking again. A man at
Wells sent for me to keep bar. went
there, and stayed twenty-five days,
drinking hard. l got nervous from
drink, and could not quit drinking. /
went back to Elko. spent $50 or $40 in
few days, drinking all the time till
the difficulty, which ended in the shoot
ing of Silverstein. Had tended
bar two or three nights at
Barnard saloon. where the shooting
took place. l did not sleep for two or
three nights, and was
DRINKING DAY AND NIGHT.
About o'clock the night of the diff
Guilty young man, who kept barber
shop at the saloon. asked me to take a
walk. We went to Idaho street and
went into house of i'll repute, in which
| had never been before. The girls
were dressing, and the young man said
/" lets so. )" and went off and left me.
! asked the girls to go to Barnard's
saloon and take drink. Two of them
did SO. and we danced and jumped
around like drunken fools. One of
them, Mollie Costello. sold she wished
her dear little Hogan was here. / fool
ishly asked what she, wanted with that
little pimp. She got very. mad and
cursed and abused me. / tried to
pacify her. and told her meant moth
ing by that remark. | could not do SO,
and told her l cared nothing for her
or Hogan. .,She seemed to want to
tantalize me and get me into trouble,
and said 1 had better try to get her to
leave the house; that she had friend
here to take her part. l said l cared
nothing for her or her friends.
MONTANA CHARLEY
Then spoke up; said he had been
watching me and had good notion to
put head on me- 1t was the first
time l had noticed him and l said
what's the matter with you?' He was
leaning against the billiard table and
he stepped in front of the stove with