The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05
Cold-BIooded Murder.


One of the most cold-blooded crimes ever
committed in Cincinnati occurred at the
Planters Tobacco Warehouse in that city,
owned by Willie Black & Co., Nos. 81, Sc.
and Sc West Front street, nearly opposite
the Ohio end of the Suspension Bridge.
Willie Black, Esq, the senior partner of the
firm, was there shot at three times by q
colored man, Geo. Price, one shot only TAX
ing effect.
MIR. Black was seated at his desk in the
Office on the second floor of the warehouse,
busily engaged in writing, when the muir.
derer entered the Office and, without speak
ing a word, took a revolver from a basket
which he carried upon his arm, and shot at
Mr.. Black. The ball missed its intended
victim, and Mr.. Black Immediately rose and
started for the door. As he passed through
the doorway Price again fired at him, and
again missed. AS Mr.. Black reached the
head of the stairs leading to the frat floor,
Price fired for the third time; this time the
bullet hit Mr.. Black in the back. He i'm
mediately fell headlong down the stairs to
the floor below, exclaiming "My God, l am
shot" Tue wound was regarded as fatal by
a physician called upon to attend the
wounded man. The murderer soon after
gave himself up.
Price had been in the employ of Mr..
Black for about eight years as a cooper in
the Planters Warehouse. Some weeks
slnce three hogsheads of tobacco were
stolen from the warehouse. Suspicion
rested upon several of the employees of the
firm. Among others Price was suspected.
The case was put into the hands of De.
tective Amthauer, who proved to the ss is
faction of Mr.. Black that Price was the
guilty party. Price was arrested Tuesday
night by Amthauer, and locked up in the
Ninth.street Station-house on suspicion oil
the theft, but Mr.. Black declining to. prose
cute, on account of Prices family, he was
on Thursday released from custody. Price,
evidently smarting under the accusation,
then made up his mind to kill Mr.. Black.
Over Inc Falls-Terrible Scene at Niagara.
A Cincinnati special dispatch to the
Enquirer says Niagara Falls was the scene
of another tragic death, recently. Pie
Walker was the man who furnished the
details of the tragedy. After successfully
wrestling with the eddies and currents and
the rapids of the river for years, and saving
q score or more of persons from watery
graves, he was swept over the American
cataract in the presence of a large crowd Of
excursionists who were scattered about, little
suspecting the awful spectacle which they
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The primary cause of Walkers death was
drunkenness. He had a lip for liquor
which frequently got the better of him
Where he imbibed the day of his death il
not known but about two O'Clock he wa!
observed to leave Port Day, about two miles
above the head of Goat Island, badly intoxi
Gated. 1t is believed he pulled over to one
tents of a keg of beer with some compsn
ions. 1t is then supposed he attempted tc
reach Goat Island or TO return to Port Day
To row a boat to Goat Island, is a very
dangerous and fool-hardy trick, but ons
many times accomplished by Walker. H,
would row for a small purse on a wager, Oh
even to crafty the curiosity of tourists.
Whatever his calculations, he miscalcu
lated his powers and was caught in tn,
Trap Rapids just above Goat Island, aut
it was at this point that the Mortified spec
tators first caught sight of him as he cam,
down the river. A man on the bani
shouted to row in to the sluice-way, neal
the Cataract House, and he tried to do SO
but caught a crab, lost his balance and fel
backward into the boat, where he lay
stupefed with intoxication. The liberated
oar drifted away from the boat, and tn