Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-22
FCK'S L|FELfSS BODY
 FOUND IN A TH|CKFT

an e1fort to solve the mystery of his l fathers sudden disappearance. City Detective Kosher, Special Agent Q i K. Wheeler and Special Agent ' 15a CheeH, Of Pine Bluff, were also 2, ! work on the case when the nowe came that MT, Peck's body had bepn i found,
 Was Seen By Farmer.
 After the body had been found bv Pihsham, another farmer living in the nelghborhood recalled having seen a man walking slowly along q road, leading to the thicket whore l the man body Has discovered This informant viewed the body of Nr Peck and declared that it was that of the man he had seen in the road either last Tuesday or Wednesday. He was whistling. the farmer said and appeared to be enjoying morning walk. The place where the body law was thirty or forty feet from the road. It was hidden from the view of pedestrians by thicket and Bing~ ham had cut through the thicket in an effort to reach his home sooner than he could have done by going around the usual route He had gone only short distance when he came I,n
 Disappeared March II.
 Mir. Peck arrived in Hot Springs on Tuesday. March f. He was in ill health and came here to consult his physician, Dr. J. w. Smith. He did not go to his physicion immediately, but remained around his hotel throughou, the week, taking his daily baths. The following Tuesday, March II, he appeared at Dr. Smiths office. There were several patients ahead of him and when Dr. Smith came out of his private office he greeted MT. Peck cordially. They were old friends and he had been under Dr. Smiths care annually, when he visit ed Hot Springs for rest. Dr. Smith took one of the early patients into his office and told MT. Peck that he would see him in a few minutes and invited him to have a seat MT. Peck replied That's; alright Doc, that's alright
 Dr. Smith thought that he would sit down and wait, but he is believed to have left the office immediately and that was the last time Dr. Smith saw him alive. When he did not re- turn to the hotel that day or the next and no news came from him his ab- sence was reported to his family in Pine Bluff and the officers here. A thorough search was instituted by the police, aided by his son, Leo C.. Peck, who came here from Pine Bluff.
 Left Office Immediately.
 It is believed that when he left Dr. Smiths office that he walked along Central avenue, through Happy Hol low and then towards West Mountain. When he neared the foot of the mountain he entered the thicket and killed himself. It was on Tuesday morning that the farmer saw him walking along the road near his home.
 From the appearance of the body it is thought that before he fired the bullet into his brain, MT. Peck sat down, for he appears to have fallen back in a straight position, with his face upwards. His hat was lying un- der his head, and partly covered it. The temple was powder burned, showing that the pistol was held against it with perfect aim.
 After his disappearance an investi- gation was made in his room. His trunk was locked, but when it was opened his hand grip, packed and closed, was found within. His clothes were in perfect order. There was nothing whatever to indicate that he intended self destruction. Not one line had been written by him to ex- plain his act.
 When Mir. Peck arrived at the Rockefeller two weeks ago he ap- peared Respondent and spoke to no one. When spoken to he gave short answers and it vas believed that he was breeding over his physical condi- ton.
 pnnuI0r Man.