The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-08-05 00:00:00

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able; was he almost fascinatfng and likelY, to influinee
others, especially women very much ?—Yes, very much.
And at the time of the breaking-off of the acquatutasee
diu it appear to you that he had a paramount influence over
her ?—Yes; he had a great ii finance over her.
Did you do what you could to check and restrain her from
this habit of drinking ?—Yes ; I did.
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FW, I am grail not With success f—No ; not with
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it appear to you that she felt the e4rangement from
her family ?---Yee. very much. She was not 'visited by, nor
did the visl people in her own position in life.
Were you aware that the reject of th association aat
between Dr Golly and Mr. Ricardo was a matter of mach
iooal conversation 7—Yes, I was. la
So that if Mr. C. Bravo had made any inquiry he would
Probably have learnt what was said and thought of both of '
them 7—Tee.
Mrs. Bravo, is, I believe, a lady in every way flttedto enjoy silt
the society of other persons, and would enjoy the ciom- aft.
panionthip of ()there—Yes.
Knowing what was said in the neighbourh.od, did that
prompt you to advise Mn. Bravo to wait before the marriage
and not marry so boon 7—l thought they should know cob j
other more.
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The Court then adjourned. • ,iffT

The inquiry was resumed on Wednesday (17th day), by Sir
llenry James continuing his examination ot Mn. C3X,—Otir
limited space preen:vies us from giving more than the follow-
ing condensed account, which we take from the Pall Moll
Gazette:—

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Mrs. Cox said that her knowledge of the internal arrange-
meats of Mrs. Ricardo's household commenced In Aq'sit„
1872. She lived with her fri Leigham-court-road until MOW
1874, and was there when the journey to Kissingen was made. :an
While at Leigham-oonrt-road Dr. Gaily called frequently ana .24
saw Mrs. Ricardo. At that time w4.ness believed there was Asa
no imnroper intimacy between them, and apart from Mrs. 'A
Ricardo's statement in November, had no idea of =oh
relationship.
Sir Henry James then read a letter. dated "fsslngen,•46..
August 23, 1873," to show the terms of close intimacy be= ....411
tween Mrs. Cox and Airs. Ricardo 4103
Examination continued: In 1875 Mrs. Ricardo became
aware of her mother's ill-health, and said she had learned it
from Airs. Thomas CampbelL She often regretted and sertned
much distressed at not beinz able to see her mother. Whilst . 44ece
witness was at Eastbourne Dr. Gully went to Italy with some •.„ S,A
members of his family. There 'had been no communication _
between the deceased and Mrs. Ricardo from the meeting at .1

Palaceureen in 1874 to the meeting at Brighton in Octolisr,
1875. Witness did not know the date when Sirs. Riaardo -
communicated with her, but it was before the engagement
with the deceased Although yesterday she (witness) did
not remember, she now recollected that Dr. Gully spoke
about the deceased either in the train to Brighton in
company with witness or at the house in King's-road.
Ile was much displeased at the step • Mrs. Ricardo ,wr
was about to take ; but she continued her ac-
quaintance with the deceased notwithstanding that
displeasure. The first intimation witness had of the
Improper intimacy of Mrs. Ricardo with Dr. Gully was in
October last, and It occurred at Kissingen in August, 18711.
In. November of that year Sirs. Ricardo had an illness at
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Lelgham-court-raad, and Dr. Gutty attended her. He said
that it was a kind of tumour, which was removed. Al
that time witness gave entire credence to the statement
made to her. She recollecti-d on one occasion the de-
ceased threatened to leave the country if hill ~mother was
informed of the Intimacy that had existed between Dr.
Gully aucl_Mrs. Btcardo. After the c nwersavion in No..

vemtier at Palace-green, when the deoeased said that sv-hen-a
woman had once gone wrong it was not likely that she would
do so swain, witness requested him to tell his mother of the ..;ri
improper intimacy. Re knew Mrs. Ricardo had in cons.. .
quence been estranged from her family. Witness had heard
of the deceased since he was a child, and had known him
since ISM. She had introduced him to Mrs Ricardo. The
atter was assisted in her domesill affairs by witness.

Witness was treated with great kindness by the
deceased, and had not the slightest IE-feeling towarde
him. The deceased and his wife were of one mind
about witness returning to the Priory after her visit
to Jamaica. The deceased was rather anxious about moiiey

matters, and was not en open avid free as Niti. Bravo. HeIA
a very hasty temper, but they were very affectionate tuwafilik
each other. That affection she believed to he shoot e, and it „fg
appeared to increase as time went on. Mrs. Bravo
spoke one unkind word about her husband. Witness said Aim
she had heard that Mrs. Ricardo saw Dr. Gully last Novara- n
her. .She (witness) was sure that"there had been no Inter-,44
view between them since. She did not think that him
Bravo had the slightest 'wish to communicate with him The
deceased exhibited great hatred of 11),.. Gully, and that hatred
increased in Intensity as time went on. Witness, I.ivieg an
account of the events which occurred on April 18, after she '-ita
retnrn-d from Worthing, said that the deceased appeared
ratich annoyed with his wife, -and spoke to her in French
:iu.rnt having taken too much wine. When the.dr dossed X 43
was sizir witnes: smelt chloroform, and she believed sbe con-
veyed to Mr. Harrison the impression that it had been taiten
In a poisonous dose to produce poisonous effects. When she 1
mace the statement to Dr. Johnston and Mr. R9yes Bell
that the deceased had taken poison, she did not think •
whether or not he was in a fit state to contradi 3t it. He was
then recovering consciousness. Ile never afterwards con-. al
tradicted it, but he asked her why she told the doctors.
When he was given over by the medical men, and after
witness had been to Dr. Gully's, Mrs. Bravo said to
them, "You have had your way: as his wife I must
have mine now," and added that a friend of hers had saved
the life of one person who had been given up by
others. Mrs. Bravo meant Dr. Gully when she said
" a friend." His name was not mentioned, as it
would have been most objectionable to many persons
then in the house. Witness saw the laudanum-bottle in
the room on April 18. It was taken from Mrs. Bravo's medi-
cine chest, and had been lent to the deceased. The
chloroform bottle had also come from the same chest.
After the death Mr. Joseph Bravo remained in the houseq't
and showed witness anti Airs. Bravo every kindness.
He was anxious that the inquest should be held at
the Priory, and was tin n aware of witness's statement inq 34
hat the deceased had said about the taking of poison,
except the words "For Dr. Ally." The Wednesday after VA cid
funeral witness and Mrs. Bravo went to Brighton.- Theit
attention was subsequently celled to statements in
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nesvapspers, and thy, of Course, knew that the matter was
attracting public attention. Witness came from Brighton
to make a statement to the Treasury on Jima 2 Mrr. Bravo
was in such a state that she could not be kelt alone She waa
very sensitive about her conduct with Dr Gully becoming
known to her family and the public. On the night a the 1611
of June she was so bad that witness was at that she
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would. have to send for Mrs. Campbell. After making her
statement to the Treasm y, the witness returned to Brighton,
and remained about ten days, during which time Mrs. Bravo
was extremely iIL Ste then went to Baecot with her mother.
The witness had only seen lira Bravo once since, and had
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had no communication with her on the subj.ct of the present
inquiry.
blr II Tames, referring to a statement of the witness yps-
terday, said that he desired no concealment of the fact that
Mrs. Bravo wished that Mrs. Cox should have legal assistauee mg
in the inquiry. SS
The whuess continued that she had never in her life seen
antimony. The witness WAS quite sure that the bottle of
laurel-water received from Dr. Gaily was not opened until
after the deceased's death. Dr. Gully, by rerivinstrance anc
suggestions, endeavoured to gets and to a considerable extent
succeeded in getting rid of Mrs. Ricardo's habit of drinking
too much. She didnot know that Dr. Gully had ever seen the

deceased. She believed Dr. Gaily when he said he was not the
author of the anonymous letter, but she thought that the
deceased did not credit Dr. Gully's denial. To her know-
ledge Dr. Gully and Mrs. Ricardo never passed as man
and wife, and she never heard that they had done so. He
never slept at her house but on one occasion when she was
111, and Sirs. Ricardo never slept at his house. When
the witiaess went to Dr. Gully on April 20 it was at Mrs.
Bravo's request, and with the hope of saving her husband's
life. From what she knew of the deceased the witness
believed be was very likely to act upon some =controllable
impulse of passion. (To Serjeant Parry): From what she
knew, Dr. Gaily, after the marriage of Mrs. Ricardo with
the deceased, honourably fulfilled his promise of never having
any further commumication with her. Their letters to one
another were all burned. The key which Dr. Gully had re-
turned would only open the outer gate. She did not know
tkatpr. Gully_ wet away from Balham from December, 1875,
to IDesh; Wit Not one word about poison or antimony
pasted 'between Dr. Gaily and the witness during her inter-
views with him. The book returned to him related to his
professional and public life.
Mr. Gorst then read the statement made by Mrs. Cox to the
Treasury-on- June 2, and also a number of letters in connec4
time therimith. _.
In reply to questions put by the jury, the vritness said
that the deceased drank coffee for breakfast. He
was in the habit of taking either seltzer or soda-
water after dinner, rarely having anything when he had
finished his wine. The witness did not know if the deceased
was in the habit of drinking water at night. During
her 'Absence Mrs. Weenid used frequently to dine with Dr.
Gully, Mr. George Ord wax her medical adviser when living
at Lefgham-court-road.. tale did not know that Dr. Gully
was aware that she knew of his criminal intimacy with Mrs.
ItiNirdo. Dr. Gully had given her (the witness) no pecuntary
assistance. He, however, gave 8.4 to assist in procuring
votes for her children fig St. Anne's Asylum.
The assessor then proceeded to read over the depositions
of Mrs. Cox, who had been under examination for nearly five
days. The rF ading of the depesitions was not concluded when
the court adjourned. The crowd which ass,- robled outside
to see Mrs. t,ox as she left the court was gree.t2r than ever,
and there were a nunvier of csiriages containing ladles
drawn up outside the court.