Norfolk Virginian, December 29, 1888

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Moral -- MurderMoral -- Property crimeMoral -- AlcoholMoral -- Other violent crimeTransportation -- Railroad - Steamboats

Onancock letter to Richmond Dispatch, 18: The Taylor poisoning case continues to be the topic of conversation in all sections of the Eastern Shore. The excitement around Modestown has not abated, and it is said that the investigation will be carried further with a view to ferret out the accomplice of Mrs. Taylor in poisoning her husband. The stomach and liver of the dead man will be sent to State Chemist Taylor for chemical analysis.

The approaching term of Accomac County court promises to be unusually interesting. Several cases involving the violation of the local option law are to be tried; two well-known white women are to be arraigned for fighting at a church festival, Eugene W. Barnes will be put on trial for embezzlement, and getting goods under false pretenses, and the case of Virginia Taylor, charged with poisoning her husband, will be brought before the special grand jury that has been summoned for this term of the court.

The steamboat Cape Charles, belonging to the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad, which was built to transport Pullman cars across Chesapeake Bay, has been sold to the Housatonic railroad for $105,000. This boat will be used by the latter company in New York harbor.