THE BALHAM MYSTERY.
Unexpfectefilight lias been thßjUft upon the* Br||l> case by Dr RayhiondT ofATorquay^pt who lately left here for the Dapeis<He states that he had information respecting the Bravo case which for v private reasons, he did not make known to 7" the time, although he wroto toMrsßraTO on the subject, but received no answer. For some years past he had been engaged in preparing a chemical compound, of which he was tho in ventorTrorthe cure of dipsomania/ Tlii^ ; chief ; raffgredient was tartar emetic, the principle of cure being to keep up<» ooiilbant nt*«9ea(*--He-suppliedhis preparation to Mr Bravo. to whom he sent three packets. He frequently procured, tartar emetic from Torquay cheniftts,*/ t6, foftiont he* made this statement. ;jHe, believed ;that Mr Bravo adminw^ed yiM.meaioyie to MS wife without lier knowledge; s and prob»bly °x W |lS de^PW«^u«ed by accidentally taking ajarge quantity of it. He probably, kept, in in, hia gwa.rpom. Thus thapresence o^ t^rtarised antimony or.tartar emetii in Ms houae ia explained."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 808, 13 June 1879, Page 2
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165THE BALHAM MYSTERY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 808, 13 June 1879, Page 2
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