The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-03-04

In an article in the SILVER STATE of
March I'd appears what parports to be
| COMMUNICATION FROM RovkR's SPIRIT,
Or the imagination of a man that has
gone daft on murdered men. From
the general drift of the article connect
ing this Winnemucca manifestation
with the truths that have been revealed
to the medium, Mrs. Powers. of Reno.
it is calculated to mislead as to the
idea the spirit II Rover or the. daft
man has intended to convey; in fact
the article serves to convey the idea
that Rover was not guilty of the muir
J der of Sharp, when in fact if the COM
muDication be from, Royer's spirit it is
direct confession that he committed
the murder. aud gives the motive that
caused him to. do it. Royers spirit
says:
That must mean that Rover has rem !.
dered satisfaction to the laws for the
murder of Sharp. The definition given
by Webster of the word atoug is ito
expiate, ITO answer or. make satis-
faction for, " and to tie word atoned, is
'expieted, ''appeased, - and to the
word expiate. Webster says: ITO eU.
plate guilt or crime is to perform
some act which is supposed to purify
the person guilty" Then Rover could
not have atoned for the blood Of Nc
Worthy, for that was never spilled, and
il the blood of Sharp is upon Nc
Worthy's hands. Rover being executed
! for tie sIme crime would neither ex-
plate the crime nor satisfy either the
law of God or man, and of course Rover
could not atone for the offense. If it
could be proven that McWorthy was
| guilty of the murder of Sharp be would
| have to atoue to the offended laws of
the State of Nevada for this crime, and
Rover having been convicted and exc.
cuted for the same crime would GER
tainly not be u bar to the trial of Nc
Worthy. aud if found guilty would not
be bar to bis execution. 1t follows
then when Rover says he atoned for the
blood CT another that it was the blood
OF Sharp he Was atoniug for. and that
he could not atone for it unless he was
guilty OF spilling it. Rover is not
SATISFIED WITH ooNFEssING THE MURDER.
But states his motive for the same as
follows: ut was q premeditated de-
| sign to dsfraud me out of my sulphur
mine. I'm not sorry its 80. though I
died an ignominous DEATH Now,
taking into consideration that Rover
has atoned for the mardsr of Sharp,
| thereby admitting his guilt. and also
taking Into consideration the remarks
that Rover made to Mrs. Osborn, ..that
1t looked like they (referring to Sharp
and MeWorthy) were trying to shake
him off, bat she would see how that
would come OUT referring to the sui
phur nine) shows that he became con-
WINGED at the time he killed Sharp, and
now knows it. that Sharp and Nc.
Worthy had conspired together to de-
fraud him out of his interest in the
sulphur mine. Now,
HIS MOTIVE IN KILLING SHARP
Must have been to break up that con.
spiracy. He . next says, Il am not
sorry tits So. though died an igno.
minious DEATH" II is difficult to tell
what he is not sorry for--whether it is
for the killing of Sharp. or that he has
had to atone for the offense; although
We cannot complain of the indefinite.
ness of the last sentence, as it is in &C.
eordance with the language of hob.
gobl MS and .spooks since time imme.
mortal, writing their words in broken
doses, so their meaning would have to
be guessed at. aud Rover has not been
in the spirit world a Sufficient length Of
time to work auy radical change in that
respect. Now it will be- easy 10 tell
whether the communication is from
Rover or not. If it is from him he
will withant .dnnht