The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-08-18 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

BRAVO'S DEATH MAY HAVE  BEEN CAUSED.  A correspondent of the Daily Nem gives this version of the death of Mr. Bravo:—" It is a well-known fact that either from motives of economy or for the sake of her health, Mr. C aeries Bravo objected to Mrs. Charles Bravo drinking so much wine. We had, once upon 6 time, the same objection to a person, unknown to us, who drank o: wine and brandy. Of a friend (a young country surgeon) we procured several doses of tartar emetic, which we put into a bottle of brandy, then waited eagerly to find out who the thief was. Next evening the pallid countenance, the eyes starting out of the head, in consequence of the savers vomiting, betrayed the culprit. She found out that the brandy disagreed with her, so left off tippling. The surgeon supplied as with the tartar emetic under , the must stringent injunctions to keep the matter , secret, and I feel convinced that had we caused that woman's death not one of us (especially the young jsurgeon) would for thousands of pounds have given evidence as to how it happened. Moreover, it would j have been impossible for all the poiloe in the world to have traced where the tartar emetic came from. Now, may not Mr. Charles Bravo have confided his trouble to a friend, and may not Mr. Charles Bravo have re- j ceived the tartar emetic in much the saute way as we ' received ours? He evidently was an evil-tempered, weak, mean man, and in a fit of rage at the trouble he I had brought upon himself he was likely to swallow the antimony he had procured for his wife.,, With regard to the offer of a reward of £250 for the discovery of the murderer of Mr. Bravo, made by the Home Office, the Daily Nexim says: 'Whatever may be the opinion of the Government or their advisers as to the death of Mr. Bravo, the verdict of the coroner's jury left them no choice of courses. No measure that can in any way be supposed likely to elicit the truth concerning one of the moist obscure F ways that have perplexed the public of this generation ought to be omitted by those who are responsible for the administration of criminal justice. This 'ls now the second reward that has been offered for the discovery of the person supposed to ' have been concerned in Mr. Bravo's death. More ' than two months ago the friends of Mrs. Bravo offered, in her name, a reward of £5OO to any one ' who should make known where the antimony was bought which was the cause of Mr. Bravo's death. ' The reward now offered is smaller, but it is not restricted to the discovery of the origin of the poison. The offer of this reward shows that the advisers of the Government do not regard the evidence produced at the inquest as affording sufficient grounds for a prosecution, while at the same time they recognise the duty of evoking any testimony which until this time may have remained latent." It ie a curious fact, to which attention has not yet been drawn, that Mrs. Bravo's first and second husbands were connected with Jewish families. Ot course j the late Mr. Charles Bravo was only the stepson of Mr. Joseph Bravo his real n be', g T But th j , . name Turner. u e Bravosure an old West Indian Jewish family, and Mr. j Joseph Bravo's partner in business is Mr.M.Solomons, , a respected co-religionist residing in Jamaica. The Ritardos are a purely Jewish family of Italian extraciion..—kwish