The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-26
WAITE PLANNED
TO KILL HIS
WIFE ALSO
fcoa,inued from Psse oneJ

] yCur wife 10 fnd out ABOUT MEs- n"i
TONI Brothers asked.
NO"
Waite admitted writing TO Mrs.
Horton from Bellevue.
Were you taking at Bellevue"
II was not"
did yoL conspire with others in
the Tombs to get up an insanity de-
Tense"
81 did not"
Did you mention the Man from
Egypt while at Bellevuer"
NO. not at Bellevue. but I did
elsewhere
"You confessed yesterday that
you have been liar and a thief
| all OF your life. What assurance
have we that you are telling the
| truth now"
An objection 10 this was sus.
tanned.
When Brothers asked Waite IL he
expected 10 get couple of million
dollars after the death of Peck. the
dapper young dentist replied that he
didn't expect that much" He said
he planned 10 leave the city but
denied that he intended going away
with Mrs. Horton.
You do not deny your guilt?'
queried Brothers.
81 have never denied it,
What Is your defense
81 am making no defense"
Waite reiterated that he did not
know whether he loved Clara Peck.
You placed arsenic in Mr. Peck's
mouth with the intent that he
should die"
II did"
Here Justice Shearn took up the
questioning of the prisoner.
You knew it was wrong TO
steal?"
II did"
And then you knew Il was wrong
to kin"
Yes, think I did
When you were in The Christian
Endeavor society, you learned II was
against the law OF God?'
Eyes. | think I did
In another reference 70 Mrs Hor-
ton. under Brothers examination,
Waite said The Dove" told the en-
tire truth when on the stand
Miss Catherine Peck. Lady Boun.
tifil" 10 Waite. and 10 whom he
casually fed disease germs over
period OF several months. was next
called 20 the stand. Her voice was
low and she testified only TO the
rourt reporter. who read her testi-
mony 10 the jury.
She confirmed the statement OF
Waite that sometime last summer
he fed her some ground glass. She
said when she noticed il in marina
lade she thought il was sand and
threw the preserve out before eat
ing enough to do her any harm.
Waite testified last night he put
the glass in the marmalade, hoping
10 kill Miss Peck.
Abraham Bassford. Jr. a young
man with whom Waite has played
tennis. testified as to minor points
On REORGANIZATION, Brothers
said
And when you knew him he had
the same smile then he has now ,"
Waite's face was suffused with !
broad grin and the witness an.
swered, Eyes"
Waite, in a fve-hours' direct ex-
animation. yesterday, told OF two
homicides and vain attempt al
third. He stands today the most
remarkable criminal IN New York's
remarkable list His story utterly
amazed men who have for years
been listening TO the stories OF hard.
ened wretches told in their hours OF
remorse.
His boyishness, his charming man
ner persisted through his story. He
confessed his crimes without
tremor. but shrunk and blushed and
hung his head when he found ii
necessary TO utter a vile word.
Greed, he said, was the motive for
the crimes.
|; came out in two questions:
"Why did you administer germs
and poisons to the Pecks?" he was
asked
81 wanted them 10 die"
why did YOU want them TO die ?"
Il wanted their money"
Al times grinning, at times serious.
DR. Waite told the story. He would
smile with pleasure. when. search
ing his memory. he could reveal to
the jury a point be mad forgotten.
The salient points revealed in his
confession from the witness stand
are:
That he did not nor does not
know whether hs loved Clara Peck
He made her love him because
her parents were wealthy.
The idea OF poisoning came to him
st. soon as he met Clara, after his
return from South Africa in 1914.
He administered germs TO the
wealthy Miss Katharine Peck before
bis marriage TO Clara
The germs were given her In gifts
OF food dainties.
After the marriage, wheh Mrs
John z. Peck. his mothor-in-law. al