The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-02-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.



executed was committed in this county
and many persons who saw the man
and heard or read the evidence ia the
first trial are anxious to know all that
he had to say, we publish FROM the
Reno Journal
HIS STATEMENT ON THE GALLONS:
GENrLEMEN:--I have nothing much
to say; am SO Frustrated 10y this long
persecution, that | am unable to saw
what | should desire to, aud the time
too, l suppose will not admit of it. l
thought 1 was right and there is moth
Ing that | know of. or that have said.
or thought. that was not right. In
what L said in regard to this murder. do
not know 1t If | have erred in any way.
for 1t has been unknow wing to me, and
everything | did / considered wss
right and jnst, and now | have to
suffer for 1T. / have done what could
An the matter and Iconsider that have
been unjustly treated. / have used my
exertlons to explain everything. and
have been spoken to- aud solicited by
counsel to silence it. Now have been
brought to this. / don't know that |
ever did anything wrong in my life
that know Of.
NEVER COMMITTED THAT CRIME!
Gentlemen, | never harmed the hair of
u man s head that | know Of and |
challenge my record to the contradic-
ton. l arrived in California in the
spring of 80; have been up and down
in California and Nevada ever since.
and consider that / have been as in
strnmental and active ms any living
man that now walks the face of the
earth in developing California to what
she is to-day. Although / say it my
self, presume there is no credit to be
placed to it. but my record will show
that it Is true. and | am not ashamed.
IT have erred in this matter, did not
know it. do not know that have
any other redemption than being hung.
My aged parents are Frustrated upon
their backs at the news of that decision
Ii there was anything positive produced
in the preliminary examination |
never had the pleasure of seeing it.
Bat
IT IS DECIDED THAT MUST HANG,
And | must suffer for another mans
crime. / do say that it is cruel; ]
never committed that crime and do
say that there was not particle of
evidence shown to convict me of that
crime. 1t has been done by the irregu-
larities and erroneous arguments by
the counsel of the State, and there is
no legal charge against me. 1t was q
conspiracy, and all the evidence was
placed to indict me, aud was brought
in and sworn 10. / defy any one to
show that | committed the crime, as
God is my witness and it was
MANUFACTURED JOB
| To defraud me out of my mine. This
| is the whole secret of it. No evidence
has been brought 10 the contrary. aud
| through this the counsel for the State
has got Judgment against me by
erroneous argument. This can be
proven by /. w. w. Davies, now in the
Supreme Court. If you call this law
aad jast;cs, it is n cad commentary.
What have they done with my mine?
They have allowed McWorthy to go on
and work that mine. and ever since |
have not received one picayune from it.
aud they have allowed him TO 60 on
| aud work on the mine, and take the
proceeds to Wiunemucca and pay 1t to
+ the States attorney to convict Rover.
This evidence is on record. the money
was paid to the States attorney
| TO SCREEN THE GUILTY MAN
| And convict Rover. What for? To de-
fraud him out of the mine. Gentle
men, What l tell you, don't want you
to take my word for. If you don't be-
heve what say just want you to go
| to the record--to the testimony : there
Won will see that it is true. If not, my
| La .nnrs Tho farfait | and my cnnn.