The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-15
GEORGE PRICE.
His Last Days in the County Jail.
Judge Longworth NObly Undertakes to
Provide for his Family.

The last day that George Price, the murderer OF
Willie Black. has lease on this life, is rapidly ap-
preaching. Price seems now to be resigned to his
fate He has been spending the days of late BY
playing at "craps'' with his fellow -prisonen.
Last evening his wife visited the jail and had
long talk with him.
After this Judge Longworth called on him and
that he was willing to die. The only thing that
troubled him was mis- family. II they were pro-
vided toS and looked after after he was gone he
would die contentedly.
This Is his only trouble. Judge Longworth told
him that he need have no fear on that point as he
had made up his mind to see that his wife and
children would be attended to as long as they OF
he live. He told Price he would shield them
from want and poverty, and that even II he 0he
Judge should die he would make provisions for
| them In his will.
Price, however was skeptical on this, and stated
that he had given up trusting in any man what
ever Judge Longworth said he would make his
promise more binding by putting 1t down In writ
ing. and still Price seemed to remain doubtful
AS to signing Prices petition for pardon, Judge
Longworth claimed that he could not conscien'
| tously do 30 nor would he.
Tonight Price will be removed to the female
department where room will be assigned to him
| and two watchmen. .0ne for day and one for night
be placed over him to see that he lays no violent
| hands on himself
When Price was shown the room last evening
| he shook his head and did not like the idea ol
| being removed from his CELL which is No. 81
This removal is owing to the number OF Wis
| itors who have of late besieged the Jail merely
| through curiosity to see the man who is to be
hung on the 28th inst Jailer Birnbaum says the
| removal had to be made, as he did not wan
Price shown up as If he were circus curiosity.
This step was the more so necessary as Of late
several of the coored prisoners In jail have beer
| imposing upon the visitors and getting money
out of them. The procedure was about as fol
lows: A visitor would come IN and ask for Price
whereupon some Of the prisoners would refer him
to a colored man in some other corridor OF the
jail, whereas Price would probably be in his cell
The man impersonating Price would hang his
head and claim that he was deserted by his fellow
creatures, that he had to live on cornbread ano
water and that he hadn't q cent The visitors
heart would be touched and his hand would al
| once go down into mis- pocket ana come out again
with dollar or so. This was tried successfully
on several OCCASIONS one of the victims imposed
upon being reporter of German paper, who haC
visked the jail to interview Price.
The prisoner has been repeatedly asked II he
does not want some spiritual consolation, bu
Price firmly rejects all such offers, saying thai
there is no hell. His sole belief is in just Goo
who can not sentence him TO eternal death. he
wants no priest nor preacher to attend him.
The scaffold on which he is to be nung Is now
nearly ready, and will be put up in the Jail yard
next week.