Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gilson, Eva L. December 19, 1885
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Norfolk Virginian December 22, 1885
A Mysterious Death
The schooner E. G. Irwin, Capt. S. H. Todd, arrived in port from New York last 
night, having on board the dead body of a white woman, who, the captain claims, 
was a passenger. He says that on Saturday afternoon, when between Hog Island and 
Cape Charles, she was taken sick and began vomiting, dying four hours afterward. 
He says she was 31 years old, and that her name was Miss Eva Gilson. The matter 
was reported at the stationhouse, and, Coroner Newton being out of the city, the 
magistrates were called on, but declined to hold an inquest last night. The 
captain seemed inclined to surround the affair in great mystery, and at first 
refused to give the name of the deceased or any information. The vessel is lying 
off the Portsmouth flats, and, if anyone can be found to do so, an inquest may 
possibly be held this morning.


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