The Bravo case, or "the Balham mystery," as it is
now called, was reopened on Monday by Mr. Carter, the Coroner who presided at the former investigation. As, yet but little evidence of interest has been produced, the Coroner taking first the evi- dence as to Mr. Bravo's frame of mind before his seizure, and next that of the doctors engaged. On the former question, the testimony goes to prove that Mr. Bravo was a man of high spirits and quick temper, quite unembarrassed in his circumstances, and very unlikely to have swallowed a mortal dose of irritant poison. On the latter, the medical opinion, that he died from such poison, is confirmed, but the question of its administration has -still to be approached. There can be no doubt, from the course of the pro- ceedings, that the inquiry will this time be most searching, the tendency being to admit any evidence, if only it bears M any way upon the investigation.
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