Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-11-01

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tfrom the wisnsmuecs silver State. Oct. sistl
Yesterday Robert II. C~rozier. convicted
VI the murder Of Charles Silverstein. alias
Montana Charley. expiated his ofense on
the gallows. ON the last night Of his ex-
~is,ence. aud with no hope Of escaping
death. he gave the following
BRIEr HISTORY or MS LIFE
And statement, Of the crime and incidents
which led TO its commitial /: MY name
Is Robert II. Crozier, aged IS years. 1
was born in Tuscumbia. Alabama. Novem-
Der g. 1879. Ny parents moved to Texas
when I was young. They gave me . fair
common school education. Ileft Texas for
California in 1853. by way OF Nicaragua.
Nv father was twice elected City Marshal
Of San Francisco. and he now resides In
Texas. believe in q future state and In
the existence u q Merciful IN All-wise
God. and I hope my troubles will soon be
over. have suffered much mental tor
ture here and have had no hope from the
beginning Of being granted . new trial or
having my sentence COMMITTED.
INCIDENTS WHICH LED To ruE SHOOTING.
Last Fall I had been working on . ranch
for five months: had drunk no strong
drink during that time. saw no hope Of
working there any longer. and got to
drinking. When I was paid OF. l went to
Mineral Hill and got drunk. i intended
to 90 to another ranch but before l got
there I heard the owner hal left, so l took
the narrow gauge road TO Palisade. thence
TO Elko, where l was
VERY DRUM.
I STAYED in Elko q while and rent back 10
Lanes ranch again. where I worked .
month. aud did not drink. I was paid on
then, aud went to Elko and got TO drinking
again. A man al Wells sent for me 10 keep
bar. I went there. and stayed twenty-five
days. drinking hard. got nervous from
| drink. and could not quit drinking. l
went hack 10 Elko. spent $50 or $40 In .
few DAYS. drinking all the time till the
| difficulty which ended in the shooting Of
Silvsrs,cin. Had tended bar two OF three
nights at Barnard's saloon, where tho
shooting took place. l did not sleep for
two or three nights. and was
DRINKING DAT n MONT.
About : o'clock the night of the Diff
Guilty a young man, who kept q barber
shop at the saloon, asked mo 10 take q
/ VAIN we Wtul W AuAIb strttt tuu Wtut
into a house Of ill.repute. In which l had
never been before. The girls were dress
ing. and the young man said let's Co."
| and went of and left me. I asked the
girls 10 60 10 BarnarL's saloon and take .
drink. Two Of them did so. and We danced
| and Jumped around like drunken fools.
On. Of them. Mollie Costello. said she
wished her dear little Hogan was here.
n ll..kI- ..laI u.las aka ..ntal 0.asl that
little pimp. She got very mad and cursed
! and abused me. I tried tn pacify her.
and told her I meant nothing by that rc-
mark. I could not do 50, and I told her l
! cared nothing for her or Hogan. She
| SEEMED 10 want 10 tantAlize me and get me
| into trouble. and said | had batter try To
get her to leave the house that she had q
friend here to take her part. l said i
cared nothing for her or her friends.
aoSrAS,
Then spoke up said he hal been watching
me and had 4 good notion TO put q head on
me. II was the flrst time ! hal noticed
him aud | said what's the matter with
youp' He was leaning against the billiard
table and he stepped In front Of the stove
with his hand in his hip pocket. aud said.
YOU have been hunting a fight, and l will
give s"n All you want. ne stePPeu u
thought he had a'whlstier IN Ills pocket
but AL had promised BARNARD TO make no
disturbance, made M my mind To have
no trouble with him unless he attAckei
me. made a remark as Frequently did,
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