The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-20 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

(From Monday's

The coroner's notes are in:the. hands of the Government,
as also are those taken by the police authorities; but it
appears that other notes were taken, from which the follow- •
ing is an extract :
" Mrs. Cox: I am a widow, and lady companion to Mrs.
Bravo. On the evening of Tuesday, the 18th of last month, I
foiind Mr. Bravo sick and ill upstairs. I asked him what was
the matter with him. He replied, "Oh, I have taken poison,
but do,lio; tell Florence' (meaning his wife)
" A iuror Did you tell the doctor when he first arrived
that the deceased had said he had taken poison 2—No; not
when Trsi that arrived.
A gator : How long afterwards 2-oh, perhaps four or
.114 hours... •
"A• Juror: What 1 Four or five hours? Why did you not
tell him before 2—Because I diet not think of it. .

• "A Ju'ror youv had haclanyoue belonging to you dying,
• and he had said tx hsd taken poison, would you not have
chsidered it bec,!ssary to have told'the doctor at once ?
' Whit, perhaps I might; but I forgot'it tii the hurry and ex-
citement there was going on.
"A. Juror : Which of the doctors did you •tell ?—Dr. Hare,
son. .
_, "Dr. Harrison : .You did not tell me that he had said that
Ire had tahen poison. ,
'.." "Witness : Then itimiSt have been Dr. Moore Cr one of
'the other doctors; but I cannot say which.
"A Juror: Which 'doctor do you think- it was?
WitlteBS‘: Wellonost likely Dr. Moore."
• Tle laqrsvere anxious to have Dr. Moore before them for
the puraitse of endeavouring to get cleared up some apparent
:411-4.10 04propaucleis,, .
iThc'qtgoner objected to call Dr. Moore apparently after.
• the Viituots's statemenS,, beteg •convtuced that the deceased
had edbiroitted suicide,
.and also becaue he considered that
it *odd be only obtatniiT, a repetition of the medical Cit.
dada:lA/id to this course ho adhered, though it was kno,i,n
thistlDriMoore Was the first medical gentleman hi attend-.
• -

The jury were of opinion that the widow of the deceased
should have been called to give evidence, bat it was stated
that she was unwell, and the coroner excused her sAtend-
ance.

(From The Times. Wednesday.)
The police have treetcl out ail the novements of the late
Mr. Turner-Bravo .for several days before his being seized
with the fearful pains. of antimonial poisoning, and they
can find no fadleations of his .acting otherwise than, as
one who bad no thow‘htof death. ,On Good Friday.
Bray' w—
slipm t,thr —dor— lhar-

am
Mr. ..eravo -as at :me au sue Pridryei Bethel:fa, arid
he remained at home the following . three flays—
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. on Tuesday,- the 18th of
April—the , Tuesday • following the Good Friday—he ,Was
driven' with . his wife to the West-eud en -a. shopping
trip, and, after visiting several eetablishntents, he got Out of
ithe carriage at the corner of jermyn-street, where he went
'to have a Turkish bath.: He there met his uncle, with whom
lie atteivraidt lunteierl: • While in thil cod:many of his uncle
' he was met by the gentleman, Mr.' M'Calreont, with whom.
' he cdnjointly held ot tenbers;eind this gentkman walked with
allm to :Victoria Station,- making arrangements for a visit to .
Baltalim. The deceased gentleman was next seen at home,
and he went: out on a _little cob, to try it, as he said,
and hvbeirleo.'returned, as it had pulled greatly and 80.
caused him tietperapiree he required a warm bath 'before
dinner. The bath was preptiteo, and meeting the serves:ton '
'the stairs, he-told her sne need not empty the bath; he the
'water would do for bin) in the morning. Ile:dined With his
wife end Mrs. Cox, the housekeeper, and after sitting in the
morning-tooth for a little time—his wife having retired—went
to hie bedreoen, whence cries' came of "Florence!" " Rot
'Water ! hot water !"—Florencteheing his wife's name.
e. .
he rest of the story, so far sten can be told, is to be,
YoUnd in the depositions of the inquest new laid before the
Secretary of State for the Home Pepartment These appear
°to- show that ;the inquiry was singularly incomplete, for
though the gentleman was known to have been seized with
Abe pains of the poisoning which ended in his death, after
having taken food and wine, no inquiry, so far as the deposi-
tions ehow, was made as to what had become of the food and.
wine, neither the servant who had prepared the food nor the
butler who had served'the wine was called, and though one
wittess stated that she received from the deceased the in-
formation that he had taken poison, the information is not
-forthcoming on the depositions as to the reason why the
medical men had not been allowed to act on the knowledge
in the easly hours of the attack, for teey, during this time,
'were. treating Mr. Bravo, who was suffering from the agony
of a.ntimonfat roisou, for a eappesed rupture of one of the
vessels of the heart. La a
1 •
The witnesses examined at the first day's inquest,' held
,On the 25h nit , were the stepfather of the deceased,
,Mr. J. Bravo; Mrs. Jane Cox, the housekeeper to Mrs.
,Bravo, the widow of the deceased gentleman ; Amelia Bushell,
the servant of the stepia•her. who• was sen, Le nurse the
deceased in his illness, and, Mr. George Liatrieon, surgeon.
The inquiry was then adjourned, and on the Seth the servant
of Mrs Bravo was celled. Dr. J. F. Payne, Mr. H. Roger
Bell, Professor Redwood. and Mr. F. 11. BitCalmont, his
friend at chambers, were examined.
Mr. Joseph Bravo, of Kensington, who was Ufa first witness
called, said the deceased was his son, and was named, as
written b y the Corolieta Charles Delaney Turner-Bravo. The
second name appeared-yesterday in the advertisement as
" Delenney," Thelleceased was aged SO, and was a barrister-
at-law. The witness said be was telegraphed for on the 19th
(the Wednesday) and that the death occurred in his pretence.
When witness came, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the
deceased was in bed mute sensible, and was under medical
treatment, Dr. Bell, his cousin, and Dr. George Johnson;
being present. Sir William Gull had also been. Trio dee e
ceesed said be was'reliev,ed of pain at the lower part of .tei,s .
face, and, the depositliens go on to say, "He did not account'
for it," the evident meaning-being that the witness said that
the deceased did not account for his illness.
Mrs. Jane Cox is set down by the coroner to say,--I am a
widow. I, Alava been staying here with Mrs. Bravo, as c im.
panion, for nearly four years. On lest Tuesday nicht (tha
181 h), at half past nine o'clock, 1 saw der- end in his bed-
room. He had been up and about that day. The servant
coiled me. "I found bins standing by the window, lie looked
very ilLe Be said aft 'sash as I went to him he had:taken
',poison.: ~1: navel two bottles-on the chimney shelf, both
'labelled, -tine a blue bottle labelled "chloroform, poison,"'
cos I a. small Reautt7 , et, whitish fluid in it. It had
As Icorir stpemer. Tbe other .was a white bottle labelled
• I,laudannin, poison" with a Small quantity of brown fluid
it.i Iliad seinthsee befOre. He used them for neuralgia,
~Arittbing-his gums with the fluid. .I asked him how he tame
'to 'do so; And he . needle .no reply. •,Dr: Harrison iiit innt 1
far 'and .oaine, and Mr. Jitloore ;came &Oar Dr., liarritiklu.l
rttold Dr.' Ilarrisote. whet Ole dieegeed had, said :he .hactk
Milken. Ile (thedepeased) was suffering from neuralgia when ,
'l*w him. • lisavelahn continually untilhe expired, hut hpi,
;did not tell me how heraainti to *take the poison. ' Isro'papet-
s been found having4eference to his death. He was a per:
'skin of good mind_ Re and his,avife lived-- on affectionate
thrills. He had avec cesion..toocommit suicide. .• .L cannot
I give any opinion wleyehe almult9reyee tp.ken poison. 7
~,
oLKeuilingtone and t t
. • Tle,e next witnesseeAmplia ItaideqUe 'laid she heel. lived in
service with Mr. . Bravo ten
a., .... ~1 -10 :g ~ . wen o
attend on decease in me it; eg. was very sick and in
great pain, 'but heisaid Onetlatn'g' ebetiiting fortis con-
diem). • Oil oueled:oa Atha i —.e.,,,av0 . ~1 e
Mr. George' ttanilititf) ti'li*t.r&al Inliiit, iNi the next witrinti
, called. Ile is entered ari,ell6 iteposet'ians RS having-stated'
that on the 181 h (this Tuesdarof the:es:Wire) he was called to ;
the deceased gm:Woman, whiemeibeetottial in a state of cote 1
lapse. The deceased, was ueebleato swallow, for the witlem,
is put down 'd' si'n'g, "tile
,tiNd to give him some braudy
and water.' There 'evan eflia'ela 'of mustard ()My .in-lip
I room. "-We • thenght ' a blotid 'vessel had give/I've:ly nod- -
fleeted with the heart." Some hours after that the deceased
I revived, and. the witness was-with him all the night and, the
, 'next day. OA gle 4aat day the, deceased was quite restored
to oonsodasness audmacle his • will., By the symptoms, it
was. behaved 'tog 'donsidired by the medical men, that the
ecgased warier:lB6ring ?rem' an irritant poison.
) It was atlhisistagelttittit 'the— inquiry 'Weti'adjOtirned, and
littjthe next ineetintitilliii/d in the house where the gentle.
died—one oft e servanti of Mrs. Bravo Was called: She
‘Old'her name.was Mary, Ann•Keeber, and she had been-with
;nllllsea::lyßtreauvooScoito,c,eice,n4tyileiagbroz the
three months. On the 18th, at
witneeesaid.—,"l was requested
lbyoitrs. Cox' to
get some hot water for Mr. Brayo., , I took up a
;moat iita nant6ldibedrOOM:and having mixed some mustard
itrmy?ttihai:icteisiti v.bewe ietiob;rhsilitrm.ui
luid, Mrs. ,Brive),, wet* to,, —V
e'e,6l•nave that tr P „ '
-Wednesday he aaked me howl was,
eatham
...,Chnurciahysatrdiaes
/hese was apes ing,ent tiae 28th.)
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1 to Worthing My next
s. Cox requested
'ellotlwaereekhge w#tir 1' . He called this out as loudly as
inbe it'd —get' eviiter I '-heard him call out, ' Florence!'
dee could. - lati was in his night shirt. , Mrs. Cox wee then in
"MrsC Bravo's bedroom. The husbillid and wife kept separate
sia viefia loriiinn'diiri on acedtrit Of her health. • In, general, ,
?ramie*, es,she,had beenAlL . They had not slepttogethv 4E4
ifthey lived together vest, happily. He (Herta make use `Of '
ILthe word ' poleon ' in my presence, nor was it made 'utie.'or
by Mrs. Cox on Tuesday night.",.• . . , a ,:: Jae
The medical gentlemen who:attended the deceased were
not all exiapai,uek awl the evidence of those who were is
Wt altogether' clearlY .9.1.-111liltiaillatiailositiona.
Ild-r.l'll. it. Bell is set down as stating that the deceased,
ID . iantwer to Dr. • Moore,saAd_ . hie bad taken- lauds-
Mint for neuralgia. • DriL -EV: lobnlM'idlerettOon said,

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