Woodcut likeness, July 2h, 1880, page 5, NPG
woodcut likeness, July 2), 1880, page 5, NPG
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PRICE, George Allen
/Price, a 37-year-old black man, was born into slavery ink& Kentucky,
obtaining his freedom after the Civil War, Married and the father of
one daughter, he was employed for eight years by Villie Black, a to=
bacco merchant, who, in April, 1879, HHH fired him and had him
arrested on charges of stealing some tobacco, On April 29, Black
posted Bond for Price and he was released from jail. The next day
Price went to Black's shop and demanded that he retract the charge of
larceny and give him his job back and when Black refused to do so, he
shot and killed the former employer, After his conviction, a strong
effort for clemency was made on the grounds that he was insane and
‘the Governor granted him one respite before declining to intervene
further. At 11:12 AM on July 9, 1880, Price was hanged in the yard
of the Hamilton County Jail, Cincinnati, Ohio, On the morning of his
execution, he was visited by his wife for two hours at the jail and
when he began his march to the scaffold, he said that he was fully
Prepared to die. Just bkfore the black cap was placed over his head,
he said: "I've tried to live well, and I die the best I cane" The
noose was not tightened enough and when the drop fell, it slipped and
he slowly strangled to death, NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE 7-2-1880 (h-l)
Before final writeup see NPG, June 12, 1879 (12-1), After emancipation
Price had moved the Cincinnati and lived there from then on,
PRICE, George Allen
Price, a 37-year=old black man, was born into slavery inkK Kentucky,
obtaining his freedom after the Civil War, Married and the father of
one daughter, he was employed for eight years by Villie Black, a to=
bacco merchant, who, in April, 1879, KEN fired him and had him
arrested on charges of stealing some tobacco, On April 29, Black
posted Bond for Price and he was released from jail. The next day
Price went to Black's shop and demanded that he retract the charge of
larceny and give him his job back and when Black refused to do so, he
shot and killed the former employer. After his conviction, a strong
effort for clemency was made on the grounds that he was insane and
the Governor granted him one respite before declining to intervene
further, At 11:12 AM on July 9, 1880, Price was hanged in the yard
of the Hamilton County Jail, Cincinnati, Ohio, On the morning of his
execution, he was visited by his wife for two hours at the jail and
when he began his march to the scaffold, he said that he was fully
prepared to die. Just bkfore the black cap was placed over his head,
he said: "I've tried to live well, and I die the best I Cane" The
noose was not tightened enough and when the drop fell, it slipped and
he slowly strangled to death, NAL IONAL POLICE GAZETTE 7-21-1880 (l-l)
Before final writeup see NPG, June 12, 1879 (12-1), After emancipation
Price had moved the Cincinnati and lived there from then on,
PRICE, George Allen
Price, a 37-year-old black man, was born into slavery ink Kentucky,
obtaining his freedom after the Civil War, Married and the father of
one daughter, he was employed for eight years by Villie Black, a to=
bacco merchant, who, in April, 1879, WAM fired him and had him
prepared to die, Just bhfore tl
he said: "I've tried to live well, and I die the best I cane" The
noose was not tightened enough and when the drop fell, it slipped and
he slowly strangled to death, NATIONAL POLICE GAZEITE 7=24:-1880 (i=l)
[Before final writeup see NPG, June 12, 1879 (12-1), After emancipation
Price had moved the Cincinnati and lived there from then on,
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black cap was placed over his head,
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