The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-31
A HUSBAND.

POISONING A HUSBAND.
The UPpsrmost Social Topic In England
"A Ccroner's Inquest that IL D~iscIes-
fng the Inner Life OF q British MiddIe.
Life Society.
lFrom the New York Times.l
LONDON, August 5.-Since the Itch
borne trial no case has had such an en-
crossing interest for the public here as
that of Mr.. Bravo, a barrister, who was
latey poisoned. The doors of the house
In BALKAN, in which the Coroner sits.
are besieged by a great mob, and the
room is densely packed. The nine law
yers IN the ease are allowed by the Cor
oner to introduce any subject they
please, and to ask the most remote and
irrelevant questions. The whole past
history, from childhood upward, of the
life Of every body in the slightest de-
gree connected with the case is being
raked up and exposed to public view,
and there is no saying how far the in
quiry will be extended or when It will
be over.
Yesterday was the nineteenth day,
but apparently only the fringe of the
matter has been gone into. There has
been n great unearthing Of scandal,
and the ladies are especially lively, and
they came in such numbers and made
so much noise that the Coroner, a few
days ago, decided not to admit women
any more, and they are now vigorously
excluded. Monday next Is the bank
holiday, and it seems TO be expected
that u large body of the holiday MAX
ers will attend at BALKAN. At any rate,
il has been decided that, in order to
balk the crowd, the examination of
Mrs. Bravo, the wife of the deceased
barrister, and the heroine, n ~ may
be called, Of this tragic mel6drama,
shall not be continued or that day.
During the days on which the unfor.
,unatc lady has already been giving
testimony she has been greatly annoyed
by artists in court skctching her face
and attitude nj critical moments, as
when confessing TO errors Of conduct,
and tho Coroner has forbidden the
practice. As yet the only positive evil
dence is that the deceased barrister was
poisoned with anthony, remains of
which were found in his stomach; but
as TO whether he took it himself by in
tenticn or by mistake, or had it given
to him by some one else, there is really
no direct testimony whatever. The
case hitherto has chiefly consisted of q
searching inquiry into the most init
mate details Of private life, and the
result has been some shocking discloS-
urcs.
Mrs. Bravo's first husband, Captain
Ricardo, son Of the political economist
and brother of the present Countess of
March, who will one day be the
Duchess of Richmond, drank himself to
death. After this, Mrs. Ricardo fell
into the hands of DR.. Gully, q we'll
known hydropathic, homeopathic and
.mesmerizing doctor at Malvern, with
whom she formed an improper init
macy. Mrs. Ricardo is about 80 years
of age, and DR.. Gully 60. Mr.. Bravo,
whom Mrs. Ricardo married after
a very brief acquaintance, was about
twenty-five, q young barristcr, with an
allowance from his stepfather of f200
a year, and scarcely any practice. Mrs.
Bravo has $4,000 q year, and it is liter
ally clear that Mr.. Bravo married her
for her money. His own small income
went in great part to q little ''establish-
ment"-that is to say, a mistress and
child, at a pleasure place on the
Thames; and he began to live on his
wife o o after he was married. More
8Bjsctsajd r0G",Mfs. Bravo" eHx;p,enndliftfuTre
of her W money, and wished her to
give up her maid and put Gown her
ponies. Four thousand a year in En-
gland is supposed TO justify these lux
uries, and Mrs. Bravo was naturally
offended by finding herself subjected
to this shabby persecution.
II is difficult to ascertain how far
Mrs. Bravo disclosed to her husband
the fact of her relations with DIR. Gully ;
she says she told him all, but this may
be doubted. At any rate he found rea-
son to suspect that the intrigue was not
at an end, and was constantly referring
to DR.. Gully and wishing he were dead.
He even told his wife that they must
separate, and that the money could be
arranged-she could have half. This,
however, is her story, and is open to
question. There can be no doubt that
MI. Bravo was in a very passionate
mood on the day on which he was TAX
Ell i'll that he had had several quarrels
with his wife, and was q man who,
though naturally of high spirits, fell
into fits of depression and ungoverna.
BILE rage when put out. Under these
circumstances it is not likely that he
poisoned himself. Mrs. Cox, Mrs.
Bravo's companion, or "sheep dog"
says he told her he had taken poison on
account of DR.. Gully; bu. he himself
told Sir W. Gully, the physician, that
he had taken only laudanum.
All that can be said at present is, that
if any one gave Mr.. Bravo anthony