The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-31
MYSTERIOUS roIsosIsa
the Death ~ "a Harrisier- The n,.nt,
~ a Chemical Iu,tsttu.t,o,,

rae beaih ~ "a larFisier- The HssnI
4" chemical In,rsiigniion.
From lhe Tendon nally Telegraph. Nav flo
NJ Carter, the onrouer Tor the Ea.
Tern Division ~ Surrey, hns been or
'upled Tor several weeks with nm ln
! curry INTO vary Interesting cnse. IN
lhe Bedford i'm road, BALKAN. /.
nnr,us9nlt private Residence known a.
me Ftiory" aud occupied hy n yen.
ueman named Bravo, a Young bnrrIs.
wr about thirty years OF npe, win y
HslnB practice on the Homo rIrrnit
hllH ~ the Lore Mayors Court A
snort Tine since Mr.. Bravo married.
Mrs. Ricardo, the widow of AN officer
W tn9 guards, who was possessed of A
eolslderah'e fortune On tho 18Th of
,Ast month Mr., Bravo returned home
w me AFTERNOON, had his horse md.
lled, and went out for u ride befnre
hlnner lie dined about six o'riock
WIN his wife and her oompanlon Mrs.
COX The dinner consisted of snun
llshi n Joint 0f lamb, ANA some egns
Win spinach. Mr.. Bravo an noi
touch either the soup or the nsh, Inf
ne drank three glasses of bottled Bpr.
gundy, which had been specially de.
canted for him. Wv
shortly before s Mrs Bravo and the
other lady retired, and AT 0 o'clock
Mr. Bravo himself went 10 hIs own
room, Atabout O3Ohe called for some
hot water, and the servant, alarmed nj
nls appearance, ran to fetch Mrs, Cox.
~ lew minutes II became apparent
mat he was suffering Intensely. nnd
hleulcal ala was nc once called Two
physicians OF the neighborhood sat nm
with The p0tleht the whole night. INT
We're unable 20 alleviate his suilerinrg
Early IN the morning Sir William
Gull was sent for, and that eminent
physician Immediately came 10 the
conclusion that Mr. Bravo was suffer.
ing from the effects Of some powerful |
lrrltaAt poison, and had but few honrs |
To live. lie communicated his opinion
% the unhappy gentleman, 10 warn
MN of the terrible position in which
ne stood, and TO beg him if he had
any disclosure TO mako 10y which nos.
slble suspicion might be averted from
Innocent persons, to tell the whole
truth 10 this Mr., Bravo REPLIED by
solemnly assuring Sir William Gull
that he had taken nothing that day px-
cept II small quantity Of laudanum TO
relieve II sudden attack Of toothache.
10 was obvious, however that IL was
not opium from the effects # which he
was suffering He fingered on in great
agony, and died that night.
By the post norton examination
Sir William Cults suspicious were
lbundantly aroused. Mr. Bravo died
rom the effects of nm unusually large
lose OF hi taHdrdtc Of anthony, or,
Is II Is more commonly called, tartar
'metic. Fortunately this is n poison
which can be detected, after death, by
chemical analysis, with the greatest
,ase and certainty, and possibly on
uat account 1t has of late years been
eldom used for murderous purposes.
n this case the deadly drug was found .
II really enormous quantities, and ',
n0ugh must have been taken to kill
ieveial men. |
v
nd always enjoyed good health and
pirits. He was rising rapidly in his
he was OF n cheerful and !
minated disposition; was in tho en-
,yment of handsome income, and
'as troubled with no pecuniary llabil- =
les. 1t may also be presumed that
e knew something at least Of what ia I
allied medical Jurisprudence, aud must Il
ave known that tartar emetic Is d
lost painful poison, causing violent )
nd protracted agony before death. .
Tor does il seem possible that death d
'as the result of accident.
The lady to whom Mr.. Bravo was X
larried six months ago was the wild
W at that time of Captain Ricardo, q
OF the guards. Her maiden II
anne was Campbell, and her father
I'd amassed large amount of money p
Australia. Captain Ricardo, who :
st met Miss Campbell in Montreal,
as of good family and large fortune.
rcumstances which occurred ut
reat Malvern caused much unhappi- b,
,ss between Captain and Mrs. Ricay-
}, resulting in separation, with an n
lowance to her of CT, 200 a year, and W W
lding in suit in the divorce court
lille the suit was pending, her hus- 81
md died. He had made a will in her II
yOr some years previously, and had
1t revoked it since the differences
tween them began, and hence, on
3 death, Mrs. Ricardo became posses in
d. of handsome income, besides tn
wing considerable amount of prop II,
ty in her own right. Subsequently pl
e took the Prory, in Bedford Hill
)ad, aud it was while she was mis-
ass of this house that she married