The evening world. Newspaper, March 25, 1916, Page 2

WOMAN IN WAITE. | CASE CONTRADICTED : By HOTEL MANGER | Mrs. Margaret #t Horton Says ‘She | Did Not See Dentist Register. to Bronx on and let him walk wtdeniea @own into the hotel | o'clock. On y He wore a @f clothes and a gray fe- and from the moment the cham- lon appeared Jones made good bis @eclaration that no one would be per. fitted to talk to his charge. Three men went forward for a word with Jess, but Jones was there with the restraining arm and the discouraging frown and the trio backed off. Tt did not seem to those in the hotel lobby that Willard looked very much | at ense, and there was a rumor about the lobby that in some way or other Moran had “got his goat.” It was said that Jess was going into the ring to-night mad clear through, in con- trast to the mood he bas hitherto| shown tr his fights. t ‘The Evening World man aske!| Jones about this when the manager and Jess were sitting together up- stairs, “Nothing to that,” Jones repited “Jess is the same he has always been, and he'll uever change. He's going) The affair of Dr. Arthur Warren into the fight ealm and cool, Ho, Wiate, the alleged poisoner, and Mra, hasn't any feeling against Moran. | Margaret Horton, wife of Harry Hor- You camt arowse him, you know,| ton, an inventor, of No, 56 West He'll fight Moran, all right, but there Eleventh Street, was reviewed to-day, CLERK SAYS SHE DID. pied at Night, but Was Held for Month. won't be amy temper in it.” insofar as it concerns the Hotel At this point Jesse boomed into the}! by Garley, Assistant conversation from his sent on the side | Ma r of that hostelry, Mr, Gar- lines, “I'm only a human bein statement rs in some re- aid, ang that was all he said, but he amiled broadly. ————— — CARRANZA CAN GET AMMUNITION HELD HERE FOR INQUIRY. spects from that which Mrs. Horton made Jost night to a reporter in the presence of her husband Mrs. Hortom is young, plump and pretty, » contralto singer, with grand opera aspirations, She has been mar- ied two years,, Her husband admits that he allow as she pleased and that he ‘aged her WASHINGTON, March ° THE EVENING WORLD, “Woman of Mystery, ’? Companion Of Waite in Hotel Plaza Studio ROO000900044-01-44414-4 1-929 9R0OO00000000444 000000008 Arremiondo, General Carranma’s Am- bassader, protested to Secretary Lan- sing to-day that ammunition for Gen Carramma, consigned on ship leaving New York yesterday, was held up by the customs authorities. Secretary Lanaing told the Ambas- sador there was no intention to hold Up ammunition for General Carranza an@ that the delay was caused by a! preliminary examination to assure jthe Government that the shipment would not reach his enemies, It will "be allowed to go forward, im her operatic aspirations In pursuit of her desire to be- come a prima donna Mrs, Horton studied langvages and at the Berlitz School she met Dr, Waite who was also desirous of extending his linguis- tie dearning. Mrs. Horton in the presence of her husband said: “1 did not know until I read it in the papers that Dr. Waite had en- tered on the register of the Hotel Plaza ‘Dr. A. W. Walters and wife’. I was pot present when ho registered “Dr, Waite rented a studio at the Plaza, where we studied music, sing- ing and languages in the afternoons, It was just the same as renting a Ammunition intended for use by General Carranza’s forces was to, have been shipped on the Ward liner Monterey, which sailed yesterday. studio in any building along Fifth BT eet MMe as Sed Avenue, He put in a piano and departure was received from Wash-|°rought in two bags of books and tagton until after the vessel had left| pictures, Neither of us ever spent the night in the room—4n fact, there was no bed in it. “L told my husband about Dr, Waite, and would bave brought him to my home but he always had en- gagements which prevented his meet- ing my husband.” Mr, Garley has questioned « bot o | People around the Plaza about “Dr and Mre, A, W. Walters, He con- cluded bis inquiries at noon to-day and made the following statement to a reporter of The Evening World: “Two or three days prior to Feb, 22 an engaging and suave young man came here with @ pretty young wom- an, He said he was Dr. Walters and the woman was his wife, He intro- duced her as hie wife to the clerk who was on duty at the time. Me satd he wanted to engage @ room and would stay here permanently, “After some discussion as to rates and after looking at several apart- ments he selected one, It was a bed- room such as is occupied by other guests at this hotel. “I have learned from chambermaids and persons in charge of the hall ser- vice that, apparently, the room was r pier. Wautbotky Nad been given, however, for the ammunition to go on the next Ward liner to sail for . —— NO REVOLT FROM CARRANZA, OFFICIAL _| ¢ . MBXICAN REPORT. MEXICO CITY, March 25.—Reports that Carranza troops have gone over to Villa were officially de ied tn telegram from the provisional capi- tal at. Queretaro to-day. Gen, Obregon, Minister of War, ad- however, that trouble might a ‘through the continued pres- ence of American troops on Mexican soil, He #aid enemies of the Carranza government on both sides of the bor- der trying to force American in- tention, but expressed the hope that Villa would bt captured speedily and Amésican troepe removed trom ‘Chibuahua. Reinforcements are being sent into (te western Chihuahua district, were ‘Carranga troops ted to ‘engaged Villa in battle. Ball. -omncll never. runsed at night, None ot the REPUBLICANS CONFER chambermaids was ever calle in to ON A DEFINITE PLAN Mat gr Waster an I knew him, aaid IN MEXICAN SITUATION. | hiture and asked if he could have & piano installed in his apartment. we gave the permission and the piano and two heavy bags arrived here the day he moved in. He gfid his bills prompt- every week and the couple remained here, 8o far as the records of the house show, until last Saturday, when the WASHINGTON, March 25.—Uneasy over the situation om the Mexican bor- der, Senate Republicans to-day held ‘@ conference with a view to deter- mining upon woman departed, sending later for ‘troops to some of her ottects” out action, when some definite step wit! be taken. $500,000 BRIBE ASKED IN SUBWAYS, SAYS B. RT. HEAD}: (Continued from First Page.) The Republicam caucus, expressi! belief that Americans on this mide of the border and also the Pershing ox- pedition, are not adequately protected, planned @ resolution, approving the pursuit of Villa, but declaring more troops should be sent to the border, It was decided, however, to get more in- reggae oo before drafting the resolu- ‘Telegrams were sent to variou tortor points, arg all possible in- formation be wit once. fate Hod MORE TROOPS SENT TO EASTERN SECTION OF MEXICAN BORDER continued very calmly; “that by pay- ing thie sum of money we could se- cure this public official's support.” “Whe wae that public official?” BAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 25.— Jn answer to protests from residents at Presidio, Marga and Del Rio, Tex., ae aes see mM LNs mite for more protection, Major Gen. Funs-| (7) | ae a aoe ri Lied ton to-day announced that a battalion . 1° propriety of tell- ing his name, | immediately turned | the proposition down.” “You know there is such a crime of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, now on the way here from Fort D, A. Ru sell, will be stationed in that distri Col. Foltz, commanding the troops | as seeking to get a bribe.” at Douglas, to-day disposed of tht| “yes” yumors that Carranza troops were be- ; ing massed aiong the border there, He| “I# the man who ealled on you alive ted the garrison at Agua Prieta, |or dead?” ite Douglas, comprised only 200| “t1 is dead,” | and men, and that there was tillery, “Did any one else call upon you on this subject? “You mean about a corrupt proposi- Or Trial for Violating Alien Law.) BAT »jand bring her mother back to New URDAY MAROH DIARY OF DENTIST Chatter from Fi t Page.) went to the home of another son, Frank Waite, who lives at Two Hun- dred and Seventh Street and Hull Avenue, the Bronx, District Attorney Swann issued orders to-day that Watte'# parents and brother are to be admitted to the prison ward at Belle~ vue to see the prisoner at any time Despatohes from Grand Rapids state that Walte’s wife, who was loyal un->| til he confessed, han turned against him and wants to ald the prosecution, If she in willing to testify against her | husband District Attorney Swann will | call her ag a witness, Mrs. Waite be- | lieves that Waite not only killed her | father and mother but planned to kill her and her brother, The District Attoreny is in posses: | sion of evidence tending to corrob- orate Mrs, Wailte’s suspicions as to | tho death of her mother. Records have been obtained showing that Dr. Waite, between Dec. 21, 1915, and Jan. 2%, 1916, bought at various places | large quantities of different kinds of drugs. Mra, Peek died on Jan. 30, Early in December Dr. Waite sug- | gested to his wife that she go to/ Grand Rapids to spend the holidays) York fc. a visit. A®aay or two after Mrs. .Walte left for Grand Rapids, | Waite began to buy poisons. Tho District Attorney ia working to es: | tablish that while his wife was away | Waite conducted experiments with! various pofsons and bought and| é ww hss Saeanee: Stadia tala itad shocked me very much at first that a Public official could be connected with such @ thing. I laughed a@t first, 1 think it is not the best one, aside from gineering questions. ° Very truly yours, CHARL Moss. nt He told of $500,000 you that by the uu could get t A. ‘The support of this official Q. Was he a member of the Board of Estimate, A. Yes, he was, with this ns approved by the Public Serv “o. Wasn't st ice contract mmission and turned down b; Q. Was the individual a friend of|the Board of Estimate? A. I don't yours? A. I've known him a number| know; I think so. | of years Q. Did Stevens get the contract for Q. Did you pay this individual a}the Harlem tunnels? A. No, | sum of money within a year after your talk with him? A. I never paid him any money at all. Was he a director of the Inter- borough? A. TI decline to answer. Q. What reason would a director in your rival company, the Interborough, have in coming to you? A. I can’t ne any euch ention the fact to any to two or three per- This ended the taking of testimony, | the committee then going into execu- tive session for a consideration of the y of to-day. ning of the session of the committee William B, Elison, former Corporation Counsel, testified as to the {dentity of the man who brought him news of tho Standard OM Company offer to finance the new subways with $00,000,000 in 1911. He believed that W. J. Pollock was responsible, and he was informed that Mr. Alexander was the son of @ former Standard Oil offt- | cial who was also a former State off- cial, He would not say who intro- duced them, Mr. Ellison also told of a conversa- tion he bad with Edwin Hawley, an porough director, about that eas to the necessity of convincing John Purroy Mitchel of the good faith and the benefit to the City in the pro- posed dual contracts before his sup- port could be had. Q. Did Mr. Hawley tell you that the company had no need of Mr. Mitchel's consent because they had already ob- VINDICATION. falned Fiat of other fprenvera of the Board o' imate? A. No. | Mr, Hyde, who was sitting at the end of the table, teaned forward and |/AWYER PAVES WAY FOR BRIBE with vehemence said: TESTIMONY. “Mr. Chairman, I ask that you ask} ‘Then came the evidence that paved thie witness and every other witness | the way for the story of the sug- connected with the railroads whether | gestion of the $500,000 bribe to Col. I ever talked over the transit situa-| ‘Timothy 8. Williams, President of the tion. I've been brought into this and| B., RK. T. Scott MacKeynolds, a law- I want the question answered, This | yer, testified that he was a neighbor ns, Q. Will you name them? I decline. Q. When was this conversation? A, Some time between March 2, 1911, when ourgproposition was submitted to the Public Service Commission, and before the MoAneny report of April 5. Q. Do you 8, 1 do. @. Dia you - No. Q. Did Mr. Hyde ever speak to you about any transit situation? A. No. HYDE DEMANDS A CHANCE FOR A. No; know Mr. C. H. Hyde? mention it to Mr. Hyde? is the most Sianderous statement I've|of Travis H, Whitney, down Flat- ever heard.” bush way, and that he sometimes Senator Thompson said euch ques-| met Mr. Whitney in the elevated tons would be asked, ‘Travis i Whitney was called then and asked about bis connection with Col. Wiliams. Q. What was the name of the offi- clal on the Board of Estimate that was mentioned? A. It was my idea that the attitude of the Mayor was water consideration, ag any sum of money = tioned? A, T think « pulieics Q. Was it $500,007" J IT can't say. Q. Was anybody's name mentioned in your talk with Col, Willams? A,|stand. He said he did not rememb I cannot the conversation Mr. MacReynold Q. Will you say Mr. Williams did} spoke about. not mention Mr, Hyde's namo to you?| “Mr. MacReynolds,” asked Counsel I won't say he didn’ I don't re- turning to the former witness, aa Row. eae, % bel Sal mentioned?! n't you think it a remarkable hay hipaa thing Mr. Williams communicated ts hat ‘ala Mr, Whitney say?” you? A, Public oMfictals are often er.| ’Substa 7a Replied MecReyn- roneously stated to be involved in that sort of thing. Col. Williams was in the Commission's office a great deal at that time ending confer- ences, Q. Have you any recollection of anything on this subject being con- veyed to you by Mr. Harkness or Mr, Willeox? =A. No, nothin, distinct. Please don't get an idea fm trying to be reluctant, Senator Thompson—No, you'r trying to be peti roa're opty Charles H, Hyde was then called to train on the way to New York, When asked if he had spoken to Mr. Whit- ney about hints of bribery in putting through subway contracts, Mr, Mac- Reynolds said: “It was some six or Sight months ago. I told him I heard Col. Will- tams had spurned an offer of a bribe, Mr. Whitney told me that was cor- rect, for he had had a conversation with Col. ‘Iiiams, and he had told him the same thing.’ Travis H. Whitney was caled to the olds, that by Maa told Col. Willame and that Col. true.” “What is your recollection?” asked Mr. Moss, turning back to Mr, Whit- Winlams said it was has testified,” replied Mr. Whitney. qesempnedipaeronmaee Aged Patr Wed 67 Years, NORWALK, Conn., Mareh 25,—C: Joseph Crossmon and wite of No. 3 Jennings Place celebrated to-day th the stand, sixty-seventh anniversary of their! He wax asked if he care marriage. Mr. Crossmon's ninetteth any statement cared to make) tether wan Web, 21 and Mra, Cross: “I have no recollection of discuss. | On Was eighty-four the i ing mubway offers or business with | Weeden ed eieenore foined he said. “I reoall no talk|with those here In to- eelebra- Williams, \tlon. Capt. Crossmon ea. especial Q. Were you counsel for J. ¥,| pride In his war. rec ‘Aithough Stevens, the contractor? A. Yos, in| thirty four years when the Civil War! broke out, he Was one of the first t Moss showed Mr, Hyde a lettor| Shisat rose rapidly to a eaptainoy ‘and yectal to The Evening Wor ? No 1 A knw over three years of hard service (Sueclal to The Evening Word) |_| tion? No. ‘The man who called mere- | in rogurd to the subway tunnels un-| in the fleld = BRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 26— | yy. reported to me what he belteved to] er the Harlem River. It hore na aS ath Federal prosecution of the Salts Tex- °lyear date, It was wriiten to. Mayor Ge GAGARy bf tain ality tor violacinn | 0.8 28 qi ) Mayor! Wotterdam Withdrawn trom Service, | the allen labor law hax bi ici | REFUSES TO GIVE NAME OF MAN | letter from Hyde to Mayor| , me Nima re com, Marvie®. 96. fae) There are twenty counts, euch WHO CALLED, win as followat Mayor) stoamahip Rottemlam of the Holland-| phigh carricg 9 $1,000 maximum fine. | wway ne a director of tho Inter. |, Dear Mr. Mayor:—Thore tv a con. announced a | ported weavers and shop workers borough Company troversy pending over the award of Ipt from France in 1914, Last summer, “decline to auswer." the contract for building the Harlem “y nome of them quit. So made affi- “As Chairman of this committee," | River tunnels for the new subway, davits that they were engaged in said Senator Thompson, “L direct you AM one of the attorneys for B. F, Bto jan | Eranoe RY OB Seent ¢ Y to answer sympathize with you vens, the low bidder what is with Hea. he | Map paid, thels Batenge te she in the position you are in, but L'di- out doubt the best type of tunel, Mr, | steameltp is tterdam, where rtford is conducting reet you t ve us his name, ; Crouzbar would lke about five min- | she arrived a few days ago. was made by “| decline," said Col Villiams, ates of your thne to explain it to you, — - nt of the United firmly He could do it in that time and I Cardinal Horaant Named, f North America It's up to vou,” said Counsel Moss, | co not eugbar is leaving for} ROM 20.—-Pope Benedict has — turning to the Senator 2urope to-morrow. Will you see him? pointed Cardinal Domenico Serafini ta! ier ITEMS FOR INVESTORS. Atchison system, eight months \cone earnings ji $4,398,110, Net aiter tax Increased $3,532, Meo M I think you ought to teli us more definitely what this man said to you. Col, Willlame—I've told it to you, At It is not a question which should be Prefect of the Baered Congregatio: lightly parsed over and while the bid | Protect fat! then Bropagends eat accepted by the P. 8. C. is the 10w~/ vacant with the death of Cal dina) Go est, the type t# not the best. Indeed !jast week | door of his room. 1 stenographer did not enter the room |{ngton Avenue, tho record of a sale of studied books dealing with the ef- fects of different poisons on the hu- man system, The confession of Waite, published exclusively in The Evening Worll yesterday afternoon and copied in the late editions of The vening | World's contemporaries, was the outcome of a day of exquisite mental agony spent by Dr. Waite, When he emerged yesterday morning from the drug-induced stupor that had en- dured for thirty-six hours he found a nurse by his bedside and @ business. | like man sitting on a chair at the) “Who is that man and what is he doing here?” asked Waite of the nurse. i The man was Detective Cunniffe, who announced his identity. Waite, writhing and moaning, looked several times. at Cunniffe, and at last burst out incoherently. Then he eaid to the detective: “Good God, man, I've got to get this thing off my mind! I've got to tell somebody something, I want my wife, Where's Clara?” He was told that his wife was in Grand Rapids, Cunniffe volunteered to do anything he could to help Waite, “You can't help me!" said the tor- tured ma “I'm the worst scoundrel on the face of the earth, The whole world is against me!" “We've all made mistakes,” teered Cunnif. “Yes,” said Waite, found out." DETECTIVE SUMMONS DISTRICT ATTORNEY SWANN. Cunniffe telephoned to the District Attorney's office from Waite’s apart- ment in the Colosseum, District At- torney Swann was not tn the office at the time. Assistant District Attorney Brothers called @ atenographer and hurried up to Waite's home. The volun- “but I've been in which Watte was in bed. Waite, while bursting with eager- ness to #hare his confidence with somebody, was not yet quite ready. He told Brothers he felt that he had his back against the wall and every- body was trying to destroy him. “If I only could trust somebody, he moaned, “If I only could trust a living soul I could get thie load off my mind.” Brothers talked with the miserable man for ap hour, Waite was evasive. Brothers asked him if he had bought arsenic or had arsente in his posses- sion within a period of six months. “I have never bought arsenic and have never had arsenic in my posses- sion,” declared Waite, Tho Assistant District Attorney knew that detectives were scouring the city seeking places where Waite had purchased arsenic, And it 90 hap- pened that at about the time Waite, at One Hundred and Sixteenth Street and Riverside Drive, was denying that he had ever purchased arsenic, Detective Frank Gallagher of the ‘Third Branch was copying, in a drug store at Bixty-second Street and Le: arsenic made to Dr. Arthur Warren ‘Waite on March 9, thres days befo John F, Peck tod trom the effects of | arsente, INFORMATION USED TO BREAK WAITE DOWN, ‘As soon as the news reached the | pistrict Attorney's office that Gal- lagher had found a drug store in| Cunniffe, who had by that time gained | some measure of Walto's confidence, OF OTHERS BESDES WOMAN AT PLAZA 25, 1916 CONTAINS NAMES everything they had against me and gave me a chance to explain. I think he's a square man and I'd like to seo him, I guess ho can't help mo but I'm going to ask him to Cunniffe Attorney, with two assistants and Avo detectives, hurried to Waite's home in an automobile. Waite had re-, gained a considerable measure of | composure when the District Attor- ney arrived. After some desultory conversation Watte said: COULDN'T KEEP STORY TO 8 LONGER, right om Tuesday. I know you are on the level, I don't suppose you can do anything for me, because the law is against me and the world is against ie, but I have something I can't keep to myself any longer and I've decided to trust in you.” The District Attorney told Waite he did not have to talk; that it was his right to call for counsel and take the advice of counsel before discussing in any way the crime of which he was accused. Waite said he wanted to talk and without further preamble plunged into his declaration that his father-in-law had persuaded him to buy arsenic and had taken the arsenic with suicidal intent District Attorney Swann noted that Waite was careful to say that he did not see Mr. Peck swallow the poison, and that he insisted he had given it to him in the original package, just as it © from the drug store, Un- doubtedly, in the belief of the District Attorney, Waite has figured out some defense in which he expects this story will play an important part. Evidence which strongly tends to show that Waite had been speculat- ing as to benefits he might derive through the derth of Peck was turned over to District Attorney Swann to- day by A. B, Morrison, an attorney, of No, 140 Nassau Street, who for some time has been the legal repre- sentative of Miss Catherine Peck, the| sister of the dead man, This evidence is in the form of two letters, written by Waite to Morri- son, One of these letters was writ- Ae on Feb, 1 and the other on Feb, 15, In both Waite inquired of Morrison as to the legal rulea governing the division of the Peck estate in the event of Peck's death. In the lotters Waite stated that Peck could not live long; that he was in bad health and that his death was only @ matter of months or @ year at most. Percy 8. Peck, son of the poisoned millionaire, expressed the belief in Grand Rapids to-day that Waite in- tended to “do away with us all.” He meant himself, his sister Clara, Waite's wife, and his Aunt Catherine, who lives at the Park Avenue Hotol here. That would have placed in Waite’s hands the Peck fortune, in- cluding that of the wealthy aunt, who had already put in his hands about $40,000 tn cash and $50,000 or $60,000 in securiti “FEARED” NONE OF THE PECKS WOULD LIVE A YEAR, Young Peck said he went riding |with Waite the day after Mr, Peck's funeral, and Waite remarked how bad his wife looked and expressed a fear she would not live a year. “The next day be told bis wife that young Peck did not look as if he would live out the year, and to both of them he de- clared that Miss Peck, the aunt, was in such poor health she could not live lom Mr. Swann learned to-day that last Monday when Dr, Waite began to suspect what was going on, he tele- phoned to Migs Catherine Peck, the aunt, and said: “What is the best thing for a man to do who has been cornered? Do you think suicide would be the right thing?" Miss Peck became anxious and told him to come to see her at once, They rode about from 9 P, M, until 1,30 in the morning, Both the Dis- trict Attorney and Miss Peck decline to tell what Waite sald during the drive. But Wednesday Waite took @ large quantity of drugs. HE SOLD A NIC TO WAITE TO “KILL SOME CATS.” The most important witness yet discovered is the pharmacist who sold arsenic to thesdentist, Waite had been going to Dr. R. W. Muller of No. 10 Kast Fifty-eighth Street to be treated for gray hair. Dr, Mul- ler had been favorably impressed with the young man, as most every one he mot apparently was. On March 9 Waite called on Dr. Muller and told him he wanted ar-| wenic “to kill some cats,” suggested strychnine, but Waite tn- sisted on arsenic, Dr. Muller then telephoned a drug store at Sixty-! second Street and Lexington Avenue, and by his direction the poison was | which Waite had purchased arsenic, | gold to Waite, who signed a receipt, |... which the Prosecutor now has, Mr, Swann exonerates both doctor and was notified, The detective was told to use the Information as he saw fit. He decided to break the news to Waite, Niet ine suscest gaabd a Guns niffe with a look of horror on his face as he heard of Gallagher's discovery, Perspiration broke out on his fores head and his pillow was soon soaking, He said nothing for about half an | hour, Then he called to Cunnitfo, “Say,” he said, “Judge Swann treated me on the level when I wa. down there Tuesday. druggist It was not until Waite was told the |place he had bought the arsenic was |known that he admitted its Purchase He had previously denied repeatedly that he ever had any in his. pouses- ion, His purchase amounted to about ninety grains, ‘As the District’ Attorney recon- structed Waite's story, it ran in this ay: “IT know the doctor whose name you mention, and I did go to him with a request that he make it possi- ble for me to buy some arsenic with jwhich to kill.a cat that hKd been an- Miss He told me noying me. I asked him to vouch for Peck in Dr, Waite’s handwriting, it is i telephoned to the Crim- inal Courts Building and the District | m, LF stuff. How much of it did 1 take?” | Mr. Swann. “Judge Swann, you treated me all | | get it for him, and I did. Oh, | know The dootor | me to his druggist and he did so. I bought the arsenic and paid for it.” neha did you buy it for?” rit tell you, but You won't believe PK and Waite smiled. “My father- in-law was an old man, and very de- gpondent since the death of his wife. He told me that with her gone he did not want to live any longer and want- €d mé ty get him somo poison that wonld kill. “lam not sure that he said what kind of poison he wanted, but he must have mentioned arsente, because I bought arsenic. This was about three days before he died.” GAVE POISON TO PECK, DID NOT | SEE IT TAKEN. “I brought the arsenic home with | * Waite went on, “and gave it to Mr. Peck. I Gidn’t seo him take any of it, and I didn't ask him if he had, but if yau found arsenic in his stom- ach he must have taken it. “I'm sorry I didn't die ‘myself; | you've got the law on me, I ox: pect I'll go to the electrie chair be- | cause I can't prove what Lt say, I'm \sorry 1 didn't die when 1 took that ‘im sure I don't know,” replied Well,” said Waite, with another | igmile and a shift into a more com- rtable position against his pillows, ook @ lot,” How did you give the arsenic to Mr, Peck?" it was in powder form,” was the reply, “and I g.ve it to him in the original package the day I bought it.” What did Mr, Peck say when you gave it to him “Ho merely took it. Ho mever said whether he swallowed any of it, and Unever asked him. He wanted me to you don’t believe me.” wae do you think Mr. Peck was Me Know —1,00,000, one had a great al of al es’ e a man) a tles besides. — “Did your wife, did anybody, know about your buying this poison?” ‘No, no, my wife didn’t know about | it, and I don't want her to kno My | great regret is how this will wound her. No, no one knew about this but | myself." You won't believe me, I know, and I suppose I'll have to go to the electric chair.” “What about the $40,000 your aunt turned over to you?” “What has that got to do with the subject In hand?” demanded Waite, with his first touch of asperity. SPECULATED IN STOCKS ON MARGINS, HE ADMITS. jed @ speculative account, wouldn't call it that. I bought outright—-New York Central, Penn- sylvania and stocks like that 4 you buy on margin at any “Y-e-s, I did buy some on margin.” “Did you carry your account to a loss don't know yet," owy smile returned. “Did you hestjate when asked you to buy the poison ‘ vo, I didn't. He said he didn’t nt to live any longer, and that he} ‘anted me to get some poison that| would kill, So I got it, Oh, I know you won't believe me, id 1 l'll have to go to the electric chair.” Throughout the examination the ad been no reference to Mrs. Peck, | and Waite did not revert to her th, except to give it as a reason! why his father-in-law—to whi always referred as “Mr. Pac jot want to live any longer.” As Mr. Swann made ready to §0, Waite asked a question on his own ac- count. want you to tell me something,” he said. “What would you do if you were in my cas “{ can't conceive myself in your case,” said Mr, Swann, and Waite lay silent a moment. dh, 1 was an ass; there's no doubt al tha he said finally. When Mr, Swann had gone Waite called Rayrgond C, Schindler, a de- tective employed by the Peck family, to his t ntly Waite has | not known 8 business, and sons rand Rapids, Schindler an intimate Lnowl- and the shad- Mr. Peck and places in having profes: edge of that city “Do you think they will use against me what I have told them?” asked Waite. “Well,” counted’ th aid Schindler, as he re. conversation later to the reporters, “you have several things you'll have to explain, One is that you didn't give your father-in-la the arsenic without his knowledge. “I handed it to him in the original package,” said Waite again. “Did your wife or your maid see you do it? “No, but we could say some one did, | Would you do Would you see Dora Hillier (the maid) and get her to say she saw me hand the package to the old man, but | that she n't known 1 knew she had seen me “She wouldn't do that,” Schindler replied, whe would if she were paid, I'@ her $1,000." Where ‘would T get the $1,000 to give he T have $15, Lellian, & order for $1, Schindler said he had no blank check on which the order could be written, and Waite asked for a piece of paper. Schindler tore a sheet from a note book and handed it with a pen- oll to Waite. ‘I can't write,” said Waite, “You write it and I'll sign it.” Schindler wrote the order, and In a hand that trembied so the signature 000 with Spaulding, Me- and I'll give you an sprawled all over the bottom of the page Waite affixed bis name. pee Ne Ty WAITE SOLD SECURITIES GOT FROM MISS PECK. Records of the brokerage firm of Spaulding, McLellan & Co. of No. 74| Broadway show Dr. Waite opened an| account with cash and securities given to blin by his wife's aunt, Miss | Catherine F. Peck, for investment jand other purposes, These records prove Dr, Waite within the last few | days Sold 100 shares of stock which |were given to him by Miss Peck with Jthe request that he find out their | value. | | Whe District Attorney has evidence that with tho $9,480 realized from this | Dr. Waite opened an account in |the University Branch of the Corn Pxchange Bank tn his name. Miss |Peck has asserted that Dr. Waite never mentioned this transaction to her, The accounts of the Corn Ex- change Hank show that within a few s checked out for his own ands of dollars. Except for Walte’s recent with- drawals by check and the $10,000 he sent his brother in Grand Rapids, Mich,, March 9 it is believed that Miss Peck's money and securities are practically intact. Her lawyers say that she can easily obtain his bank accounts and the amount to his| credit with his brokers. In an_ acknowledgment to of Oxford, last nigh something for me?) at sald, he telle her that in case an: happens to him she will take wares of his safe deposit box and his ac+ pm The Seaaee te lel is ia such form as to make it le; 5 = It Is Delleved. period aes iss Peok said she had asked Dr. Waite to xtve her a statement of what h jad done with her property and the “acknowledgment” was his to his-request. Through Mr. Drew she said she was certain her brother was ort and denied a story that finance the defense of Waite, —— WOMEN IN BOX PARTY AT BIG FIGHT IN GARDEN Mrs. Tex Rickard Will Chaperone Friends and Many Others Have Purchased Tickets. Among those present when Willard and Moran climb through the ropes at Madison Square Garden to-night will be Mrs, Tex Rickard and eight women guests at @ box party she is giving. But they will not be the only women there. 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