The Wasp — April 24, 1880 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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# Margaret, Queen of Italy This page from *The Wasp* features a portrait and biographical narrative about Margaret, Queen of Italy. The text describes a dramatic scandal involving the Queen, a woman named Webster, and a clergyman named Church. According to the account, Webster and Church conspired to elope; when discovered, Church murdered Webster and disposed of her body in a river. The article emphasizes the Queen's involvement in the aftermath—apparently she intervened to help Church escape, allowing him to leave church undetected. The satire appears to mock the Queen's complicity in covering up the crime and her attempt to use her royal position to obstruct justice, suggesting aristocratic privilege enabled the concealment of serious criminal acts.