The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-29

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test II was said for Percy Peck au-
thoritatively nat lie bears no malice
against DIR. Waite and. although he
wan to see the law enforced. he Is
read to accept any "~extenuating cir
cumstances' which might happen to de-
relop In the dentists case.
The bad man from Egypt bobbed W
AT Bellevue late yesterday afternoon fol.
lowing a day Of continued investigation
which had To do partly with more ques-
tionlns Of Mrs. Margaret Horton, the
good looking cabaret singer who had a
DR.. and Mrs. a. W. Walters" and
partly with an Investigation into VIVA,
became of $4,000 which Dr. Waite later
said had been paid 10 Kane.
Party starts for Bellevue.
Mr. Swami. Assistant District .At,or.
neys Dooiing and Mancuso. Dr. Perry
Schurtz. the Peck's family physician In
Grand Rapids. and Horace Foster. secre.
tary 10 District Attorney Swami. left for
Bellevue shortly before S o'clock. Frank
Waite. brother Of the dentist. and Wal.
ter u Deuel.. the attorney. who had JUS,
been retained to look into Or. Yates
case with "A view IA TO the accused man's
sanity or insanity. preceded Mr.. Swann
and his party from the District Attor.
news Office To Bellevue by an hour.
1t had been confidently predicted
around the Criminal Courts building for
hours before thus that Or. Waite would
make "A complete confession before night.
Those who have been close to the
Waite case since the frs, runors that
John F.. Peck and his wife had been
murdered were somewhat mystiied yes-
terday when the announcement was
made that Mr.. Deuel. now was looking
after DIR. Waite's interests. Early dur
ing the development OF the case against
Or. Waite last week Mr.. Deuel. was
among the lawyers who went to District
Attorney Swami to present for Percy
Peck whatever case the son OF the MUIR
dered man had at hat time against the
dentist. when Mr.. Deuel. was asked
yesterday why II was that he was assoc
riated with the Pecks in pushing charges
against Ir. Waite a few days ago and
now Is working in the interest OF DR..
Wait" he said that he had accompanied
the dentists accusers Ia Judge Swann's
office last week merely because ne had
been requested to do 5 by Miss Cath
crime Feck's attorney. Walter Drew.
BY the time Judge swami and party
and the reporters reached Bellevue
toward dusk Mr.. Deuel. M Frank Waite
w.r. with the dentist. Three hours
earlier pr. Waite had been moved from
the prison ward of the hospital to a
room of the alcoholic ward. where there
was more privacy. There he had told
the story Of the bad man from Egypt
who had forced him TO kill. The bad
Egyptian WAS told about by DIR, Waite
to detectives aud others just one week
after. almost to the hour. the time that
IN. dentist, summoned To District Attor-
ney swans office, was hrst informed
of the accusations against him.
What. XIII my father-in-law !" Or.
Waite had repeated with amazcmcnt
mixed with amusement on Tuesday after
noon. "A week ago. why he had cried
with hearty laughs that caused him TO
tit back his head and shoulders in mer-
rimen,. "the thing Is too absurdly anus
ing to discuss"
Great Change - the Prisoner.
Hut Yesterday the man who recalled
that the bad man from Egypt had driven
him to murder was a different Dr. Waite
from the we'll dressed. happy and seem
inclv healthy tennis champion who had
denied all knowledge of murder a week
before.
rs the time District Attorney Swami
and party had reached bellevue the
mlrtlpTOllS HftlNl'ltt VI 'Ut buh l'I"l
from Egypt had been brought straight
from pr. Waitc's cot out to the court
of the hospital and repeated by those
who had heard the confession at hrst
hand to n dozen or more who had not
been admitted to the dentists presence
The story Of the other Egyptian ego AS
told 10y pr. Waite was the first time he
had admitted hat he also waS respon-
siblc for the death Of Mrs. Peck. And
it WAS also. OF curse. the first state
mrnt 10 he made that Mrs, Peck had
been killed by placing various disease
germs into her food and not arsenic.
Mr.. deuel. was waiting by DIR, Waite's
cot when District Attorney Swami and
his assistants stepped into the room,
A stan"graphcr had been brought along,
but; was told TO wait outside. this be-
cause the dentist, IL was explained later,
would not talk In the presence of a
stcnographer.
"Dr. Waite said Mr.. Deuel. AZ Judge
Swami approached the head OF the cot,
this is Judge Swami. You remember
him. don't yOu""
Or. Waite continued for a moment
to rub his hand and wrist slowly across
his eyes and brow AS he gazed up with
half opened lids at the figure of Judge
Swami bending over the cot in the
gathering dusk. q
mo- can't say" murmured DR.
Waite drowsily, his voice drOning ol
into a meaningless murmur.
Perhaps" said Assistant District At.
torncy Dooling stepping up to the cot
YOU will remember me from our talk
together of a week ago"
81 amt say don believe-no
i" murmured the dentist again wher
reminded of his talk last week. In which
he said that Mr.. Peck had committed
sui,ii and had made no mention of the
murderous mental Immigrant from
Egypt,
During his talk with the party from,
the District Attorneys office. T)r. Waite
told Judge Swami OF the hyphenated
Fig Experimentation personality which