The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-24
GEORGE PRICE.
Preparations For the Hanging..The
Scaffold Now Ready..An Effort to
Secure q Reprieve.

Next Friday Is the day set for the hang
ing of George Price, the colored man who
brutally shot down and killed Willie Black
in the latter's tobacco warehouse on Front
street He seems now to have given up all
hope of reprieve or pardon from Cover
nor Foster. He is resigned to his fate to all
appearance. A Deputy is watching him to
prevent him from committing suicide,
which it is thought he might do. especially
when he is in one of his sulky moods.
During the course of last week big eff
fort was made by the friends of the con-
demned man to secure pardon, or at least
q reprieve. The paper was signed by q
large. number of petitioners, but, judging
from Governor Fosters inaugural address,
in VIII ch he said the pardon privilege
should only be resorted to in exceptional
cases. this attempt will prove futile. Price
knows this, and consequently attaches but
little hope on the success of the petition.
He is visited daily by friends, who try TO
cheer him up, but they are not always sue
cessful.
Colonel Guthrie, Prices attorney, and
number of ladies and gentleman have gone
to Columbus in the interest of Price to see
the Governor, who will be there again to-
morrow.
Every day from forty to fifty visitors,
mostly ladies, besiege the Jail to see Price.
These visitors ere very trying on Price, as
he is generally stared at as if he we're a
wild animal in show Or circus. He hard
ly deigns to bestow a glance on them and
gets rid of them by turning his back and
pacing up and down in his cell in the fe-
male department If it depended on him
none but his family would be allowed to
see him.
Saturday night Jailer Birnbaum asked
him if he had any objection to seeing re-
porter, and he said no. He kept in good
spirits for while and then dropped back
into his usual despondency. He would see
no outsider after that. This latter feeling
was due to the long absence OF his wife,
who had promised to see him in the even
ing. She did not come until late, and in
the meanwhile Price fretted like little
baby. He wanted TO see her, and when
she did come he frightened up at once and
had long talk with her.
Yesterday he had his head tied up in a
rag and complained of racking headache.
Among his visitors are number of clergy
men of all denominations, but Price will
have nothing to do with them. He wants
no religious consolation. Yesterday a
preacher named Dickson called on him,
and Price coolly turned his back and walked
off, The only person for whom he seems
to care is Protestant Missionary named
Miss Miller. To her he will pay attention
and while she talked to him yesterday he
was seen to brush tear from his eye.
Price still refuses to put much faith in
the promise of Judge Longworth to pro-
vide for his family.
As to his conduct In Jail, the officers say
they have never had more quiet and Or
derly convict within the walls.
Pilot graphs of the condemned man are
now being sold at 25 cents apiece for the
benefit OF Prices family, and the sale is q
big one.
The scaffold, which is now completed,
was taken down this morning in the COURT
house carpenter shop and will be put up in
the Jail-yard tomorrow, as soon as the can
vas screens arrive. The structure is entirely
new, with not nail in it. Every thing il
bolted. The rope for the hanging is five
eighlhs of an inch in diameter, was mad'
for tt purpose in Columbus and is now il
custody of Sheriff Weber.