The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23

OF Mr.. Peck and upon tina he placed
a pillow. which he held in place until
Mr.. Peck died that he thereafter an
nounced the death. tool charge Of all
arrangements, suggested cremation and
afterward advocated IT,"
Judge Swami told Of Walte's hurry
telegram to Margaret Horton to NEE,
MIN when he returned to this city and
OF her failure to do 30. lie spoke OF
the hurried telephone message for her
TO move all their belongings out OF the
room at the Piazza. which she did Then
he related h attempts to bride the
undertaken TO have arsenic appear In
the embalming fluid, the heavy doses Of
trional. sulfonal and verronal.
And ! will show you.' concluded the
District Attorney. that after the death
OF the fa,her. while he was In Grand
RAPIDS, thus defendant suggested to his
VIE that she make a will in his favor
Tells Of Victim's sunerinss.
Or. Moore. who as house physician OF
the Park Avenue Hotel had met Mr.,
Peck In 1915. told OF his visits to the
man at lltth street from March 5 on
lie found the man suffering from an ia.
ternai complaint ana gave hun treat.
ment for such. The patient thought he
was suffering from p.omalne poisuuIng
due to "A bad oyster.
! The questions led down to the visit,
OF March l2. DR.. Moore saw the pa
tent. h was on a sofa in the parlor
OF the apartment DR.. Waite went GU,
with hin and took him down to Seventy
hrst street In the Waite automobile.
Did he say anything to you tina.
day" asked MIR. Brothers.
lie asked me II I did not think X
would be best for me to advise Mrs.
waite 10 prepare for the worst the
physician replied. He said: She is
heartbroken over the death Of her
mother. and II anything should happen
to old man Peck 1t would be terrible. "
The physician said hat he pooh
poohed any question of danger Dr.
Moore then related the story OF the
night or the tragedy. He was called
up ~ IL :h5 on the morning Of March
j. by Waite, who appeared much eX-
cited.
Something has happened to MIR.
Peck came IN" word over the phone.
81 am afraid he is dead. | heard him
moaning 1T In. bathroom and helped
him Into his bedroom. Just as he was
sitting on the edge ~ the bed lie fell
over and ] am afraid he is dead"
As the physician told this many eyes
were turned toward the defendant. who
was nodding. his eyes closed as " he
were ent bying a nap lie opened his
eyes a moment. but did not look at tho
Witness
DR.. Moore said that when he arrived
at the Nat he found Mr.. Peck dead.
poor old man: poor old nan too
bad. too bad were the words attributed
to waite. who, clad in his night clothes
and bathrohe. attended the physician
pyhan NO tr,aIn tla a Nnp,inutinp
The doctor told of cousoling Mrs.
Waite and then OF Waite's talk OF under
takers, cmbalming. the journey to Grand
Rapids and cremation. Evidently the
witness did not remember all MIR. Broth
ers thought no should. for there were
many questions on the point of crema
ton.
Finally these were passed over and
the questions went to the return of tho
man to town when SUSPICION had been
aroused. The following SATURDAY. Or
Waite telephoned to DR.. Moore that two
men from the District Attorneys Office
had been w TO his apartment looking
around.
says Waite showed Fear.
DO you think thew could hold me
without an autopsy" asked the defend
ant.
The physician said certainly thev could
not. but strongly advised All AUTOPSY t.
clear all doubt. On the following
Wednesday they met and Waite asked
II he had seen the papers.
d YOU see that ! am suspected" 90
he asked. The witness said that he AN
swered afirmatively aud again urged an
autopsy.
THAT has already been held" was
the reply, "and they found enough ar
senlc in the body to kill two men"
~ ould an autopsy show whether the
arsenic was administered before or after
dcath?' was a question asked nv Waite.
DR.. Moore said that II would.
Would 1t show in the brain?-the,
are going to examine the brain to-mor.
row. Waite insisted,
and Waite left him. That night Waite
took a dose OF sulfonal and the follow
ing day, March 23. Or. Moore found
HIM suffering from the heart nts.
Or. Waite told him he had taken sixty
grains earh OF triona, and snlfonai.
Thereafter the District ATTORNEY was
IN charge and the witness related the
questionlns Of the detectives. Judge
Swami and Mr., Brothers. which ended
In the man going TO Bellevue o.,
March "a,
Mr., Deuers cro.s.esamination was al;
regarding the mental condition OF the
defendant after the drugs had been
taken. He VIII conclude his examina-
ton this morning.
Other witnesses to-day will he Dr,
Perry Schurtz OF Grand Rapids. who wa
the family physician OF the Pecks DIR,
otto ". Schuitze. county medical cA-
aminer who went To Grand Rapids Dr.
Victor Vaughn. pathologist Of the Uni-
varsity OF Michigan, and Perry Peck.