New Britain herald., 1916-05-26

and vicious and that in high school and college he had cheated hls way through examinations and committed repeated thefts. Glass in Her Mar1naIade. Waites testimony on his various attempts to kill with poison and germs began after a question by MT. Duell whether he had ever given ground glass to Miss Peck, the aunt of his wife. Dr. Waite smiled. and said:
 Yes, I put some into her mar malade.''
 How did you give the marmalade to her?''
 "Why, she had it there in a closet. I took it down from a shelf and put the ground glass into it and left it there. She was fond of marmalade and ate it frequently
 This matter -of-fact statement came with special force because the de- fendant just before had been telling how intimate and friendly he was with Miss Peck. who was the aunt Of his bride to be; how she had him to dine with her frequently how she had given him the diamond for the engagement ring for her neice, and how she had made presents to him of money and other jewelry. But this shock was not enough to prepare the jury or the audience for what was to come next.
 "State whether or not you ever made any germ cultures and placed them in can of fish?''
 T did, early in the summer Of 1915.''
 What did you do with it "
 T took it to Miss Peck's resi- dence and made her a present of it."
 For what purpose did you do that ''
 why. so that she would eat it.
 What kind of germs were they?"
 T don't remember what kind of germs they were on that occaslon.'
 Did you give her any other germs on any later occasions?"
 "Yes. Shortly after that I gave her some others that I got from the laboratory. They did not seem to have any effect"
 Poured Germs Into Food.
 Waite said that Miss Peck fre- quently left milk and other foods to cool in a window in the dining room, and that he would empty half 8 test tube of germs every day or so into them. He described how, after several failures, he had learned that the germs which he had obtained were not sufficiently deadly, having been robbed of some of their virulence by having been reproduced in animals instead of coming from serum taken from human beings. He said he had originally begun to get germs from a Dr. Webber with whom he had been studying.
 when did you first get them ?'' he was asked.
 "In winter, several months before I began to use then.'
 What did you want them for at that time?''
 "Whv for MT. Peck, Mrs. Peck and Miss Peck"
 He said that early in the summer of 1915 he had given up the study of bacteriology with a Dr. Heitzman be- cause this specialist only used sterl- lized germs in the course of study and could not or would not, procure the live germs for him. He told again how he had bought culture after cul- ture before he could find any viru- lent enough. Asked again what he wanted them for, he replied:
 ITO kill those I mentioned
 'When did you make your last at- tempt to kill Miss Peck?"
 Shortly before the arrival of Mrs. Peck from Grand Rapids.'' "TIow soon did you begin to ad- minister germs to Mrs. Peck?"
 "Right soon, I think. I had every thing ready for her before she ar rived.'
 What were the deadly disease germs you used on herr"
 "Typhoid and pneumonia, I think
 "How did you administer 1t to ner?"
 'In the food on the table,
 'She Died Within 9 Week.
 Waite described how he went into the dining room ahead of the rest of the family and put the germs in soup and other dishes before the place of his mother-in-law.
 'They acted on her immediately he said. "She died within about a week. She got sick and rapidly be- came verse; he continued after an other question. But one time she seemed to get a little better. l got some varinol, a sleeping potion, ana gave this to her. I had to go to several drug stores to get it, because no single one of them would sell It to me in sufficient quantity. For some reason or other that did not seem to affect her, but at the end of the week she died.'
 How many germs were there III the test tubes which you poured lnto the food of Mrs. Peck?'
 That is a difficult question to an- swer.'
 would they be millions or bill lions?"
 "Billions, so many that you could not count them."
 Was it you that suggested that Mrs Peck's body should be cremat- e6 2'