The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-12
From the New York Tribune.

Thg British public-not by any means for
the.iir,; limc-is agitated by great oyer OF
poisoning, the details Of which occupy
many columns OF the newspapers. Mrs.
Bravo i described as q tne-loOking woman.
Her first husband, Captain Ricardo, died
,uddenly--it was supposed from antlmonlai
poisoning. She was not, however, living
with him at the time, nor had she been Tor
q period OF cigh, months, so that II he was
taken OF by his wife it must have been
through the medium OF third person.
The second husband admitted on his
drath-bcd that he had taken poison, adding
tina, il was laudanum. Upon q poSt-mortem
examination no laudanum was found in his
body. bui suspicious quantity OF antmo-
ny. one DR.. Gully. who was Mrs. BraVo,s
physician, and something more, occupies u
dubious position IL the evidence: Her own
mother testified upon the inquest that ner
daughters intimacy, beginning when he
"0> her physician 1T the age OF tWelfe
Wears. was such is she had not approved,
and that She thought her child's lnfatua-
ton lor the doctor extraordinary. zap
;ain Ricardo was hard drinker and IN
every way an undesirable husband, so that
liz wife "was afraid to be in the house
with him" The mother also testified that
her daushtcr occasionally drank more
wine >nNn she approved Of" One OF the
late; phases OF the case is the discovery
that by. Gully had prescribed for Mrs.
Bravo stu baths and l''thirty drops OF
laurel water" When Mr.. Bravo was
asked daring hi> fatal illness what he
had taken, he answered that it was some
thing - CIT OF his wifc's bottle" The sus-
rirlon OF Dr.. Gully'> criminal conniyance
i based. then, upon the admitted fact OF his
intrigue with Mrs. Bravo, and upon the pre-
stunned Tact that he sent laurel water into the
house and caused it TO be placed where Mr..
Bravo could get at it. Then comes the tes-
thWony that six Years before, when Mrs.
Bravo was 0lrs. Ricardo, the doctors COACH
man purchased IN unusually large quantity
OF ant!!n0ny. The circumstance Of the lau-
rel water Is held 10 be very important" Alr.
Bravo's death occurred only four months
after his marriage. 1t will be remembered
that he said upon his Geath-bed that he had
taken laildanum. but also admitted taking
something out OF his wiYe's bottle, VIXEN
they told him that dose OF iaudanpmw0aid
not account for his symptoms. a" - = ~. {;
The testimony taken before the coroner
IS very dlluse, and some OF it is decidedly
picturesque. For instance, upon the day
OF the funeral Of Mr.. Bravo his widow lis
"N7NA p'|ti % app o1NuiIs, LhC 1SQl4h " III ~
wreath OF flowers, which she placed upon
IL. The protestations OF Mr., Bravo (belere
Cod that "hc had taken nothing but laud-
anum y have in them an element OF the
deepest tragedy, if indeed he was at the
very moment dying OF another poison adj
minlstered by the conniyance OF his wife.
The medical men, who are OF great eIai.
hence, agreed from the first that ''itsWas
clearly a case OF poison. There were only
two doubtful points; first, the exact nature
0! the poison, and, secondly, bow did It get
Into the patients stomach" There was
evidence that ar. Bravo did not believe in
his wife's E.infatuation " for DIR. Gully, ais
Upon one occasion he said that, "she had
acted nobiy and told him everything ~ et \
:, Another witness was quite sure that Mrs-
Bravo was very fond OF her husband" he
was IN intellectual man; she married hin,
iof love, and gained nothing by the mar
mage" One witness described Dir. Bravo
lis " mean and irritable" and another spoke