Complex sentence: Leocadia was not believed to have been a fool and or one to be pushed aside with an empty gesture like this, and wrote to a number of Goya's friends, complaining of her plight, and that Javier had stolen silverware and pistols from her home.
Split into simpler sentences: Leocadia was not believed to have been a fool and or one to be pushed aside with an empty gesture. She wrote to a number of Goya's friends complaining of her plight, and claimed that Javier had stolen silverware and pistols from her home.