The Lamar register., 1899-02-15
IA QUEER POISON CASE.
MYSTERIOUS POISONING OF
CHARLES BRAVO.
II 1. Recalled BY this several Case.
which Are So- oceaPJinE Fable
Attsatioa--ua. Aroused All of Europe
The csz Case

The three or four poisoning cases
which have recently oeeurnei, eaeh oi
them possessing certain eharaeteFis-
tics which have been considered sum
eient TO cause them 10 be admitted In
to the charmed circle Of mysteries, re-
call one as striking In its way which
aroused widespread Interest in Ens-
land some twenty years asn, and has
since spread TO all parts Of the world
In the spring Of a year In the early
seventies one morning London was IA
O1pressibIy shocked al reading IN the
papers OF the death, under suspicious
circumstances. OF Charles T. Bravo
one Of the nost popular Of the youns
and rising b4rristcrs praeticinE In the
metropolis. The shock was inteasl-
hed from the fact that the dead bar
rister's young and eScosdinEiy ecauit-
tui wife had been arrested. accused OF
the crime OF poisoninE beC husband hy
the systematic administration oi ar
senIe. at hrst In small aEe naAily u
overwhelmingly large doses, SstA uto-
rrately fatal results. The case became
douhly and treSly Interesting and SEA
sationaI when it trAaspired that thy
dosing With arsenic had becH EolnE on
for some eight months, and dated from
the time whsu Mrs, Bravo made the
aequaintanee OF a DE. Gully. the pro-
prlsior Of hydTupathic estAhlishmsai
AZ Bath. and another At Malvern. u
appeared that Mr.. Bravo, Who suffered
from some lung complaint. had gone %
BATH with his Eife FOR his health. and
ira; they had stayed al nr. GGllga
sstahIIshrnsnt for trsaJmcat u fur
ther turned out that. whereas The ell
mate Of Bath wa admirably suited %
the constitution Of Mr. Bravo. it ala
not suit that Of the lady. ~ the FrE-
restion. therefore. Of Dr.. Guiiy, she re
moved her trunks TO his establishment
at Malvern. leaving her husband AZ
Bath IN charge Of the ratrca, a Mrs
Cox.
From thls time on Mr- nravo BE-
gan 70 exhibit siraS Of auerslouanesa
xith her husband. and a somewhat In
ordinate fondness for alcoholic stiEsu~
lants. wheH they returned. after
about six weeks absence, 90 their
home at BALKAN. a suburb o, London.
attsrward obtaining more criminal re
nown by becoming the habitaiion Of
the notoriously infamous burglar. tnar-
derer. violin viTtaoso, Charles Peace.
family jars became frequent
The Bravos moved In the hest foei-
ETY.. and. being quite wealthy. ke9,
their horses and carriages as stylish
people should. Indeed, both we're good
riders. and Ms. Bravo was a splendid
hursewoman. Il Is upon this fact that
a good deal o. the evidence Of poisoa-
Ing turned. and which eventually form
ed the IOophols BY which ahe escaped
the fate OF = possibly. Il not probably.
much less guilty woman. NrS May
brick.
She developed a sudden ana uncoa-
troiIable desire to see tho costs Of her
horses more glossy and shiny than her
groons with eurryeomba and brushes
could make them She bad learned
from DR.. Gully. who vas Yorkshire
man. and, therefore. well acquainted
with every dodge known to the horsey
/ fraternity, that arsenic was an excel
| lent thing To improve horses coat.
As consequence arsenic was bought
and administered with excellent effect
/ upon the horses. But. somehow. or
another. it was also administered 10
/ Hr. Bravo, with an effect that was not
quite so satisfactory-at least to him.
I lie died. And then the story came
I out.
/ Mrs. Bravo had undoubtedly been
carrying on very intimate relation