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Nueces Valley Weekly, Corpus Christi, TX
Saturday, 30 January, 1858

         SOLOMON BARROW of [then] Liberty county, an old citizen of
       Texas, died at his residence at Galveston Bay last Monday -
       under circumstances which have led to the suspicion that he
       was poisoned by his negro woman, MARGARET, who has been
       arrested.
       
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         Murder in [then] Liberty County - The Liberty Gazette
       has the following: MARGARET, a bright mulatto woman about
       twenty-four years of age, was arrested on Monday, on the
       charge of poisoning her master, SOLOMON BARROW, who resides
       near Cedar Bayou, by administering arsenic to him in bread
       and coffe. She mixed the batter for the bread and placed 
       it away in the kitchen, telling the cook at the same time
       "not to touch it, for she wanted it for the old man when he
       returned home." The bread was baked on the arrival of BAR-
       ROW and given to him. After he had eaten of it he was taken
       ill and died two or three days after. The negress was com-
       mitted for further trial.
       
         She had been for a long time the mistress of the deceased,
       who had his wife living in the same house, but had not spo-
       ken to her for eight years! BARROW had made a will giving
       MARGARET her freedom after his death, and $500 to carry
       her to a free State. He had resided at the place of his
       death for thirty-five years, was extensively engaged in
       stock raising, and was one of the wealthiest men in the
       county.
       
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