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Waite, Vain as a Chorus Girl,
Is Callous to Fathers Sacrifice
Untouched bv Barring of Family History, He Follows
Parent on Stand, Sinking at Jury to Drive Home
His Sordid Clevcrness.

genuous grin that seems 20 he sort
Of nervous habit with DR.. Waite. lie
made no call upon your sympathy, be-
cause he did not seem To be aware OF
my need OF sympathy. He seemed to
be person apart from the staring
courtroom. the only one there who did
not thrill TO the dramatic possibilities
Of the moment
Accused Smirks at Jury.
had had plenty Of opportunity to
observe the back Of Arthur Waite's
head and had spent hours study
ing his profile. but now, for the first
time. ! looked straight into his face.
II was more boyish than had thought,
and more furtiye. Every line in IT
spoke OF circumstances and or
egotism. Now and then, with all the
vanity OF chorus girl on parade, he
glanced at the jurors box, not so much
anxious 70 move them in his behalf as
to have them get the point OF his cley-
erness in certain unssvory escapades.
Once he turned his head and looked
straight into the fearless gray eyes or
his bride of eight months ago, shroud-
ed in mourning for the parents whom
he had taken from her. II seemed that
if the young slayer had q soul it ought
10 have shown at that moment In his
slack. good-natured young face. He
did look triAe disconnected. bit
sorry. for an instant. Then he went
calmly on to tell the jury that he
didn't know that be had ever loved her.
81 made up my mind TO make her like
me-" he said. and added that he had
taken $40 from her mothers purse at
Palm Beach. where he went to pursue
his courtship. He might have spared
her that enc detail; he might have left
her the illusion that just at first he had
cared for her. thought.
at was terrible" she said. last night.
at was harder than being on the stand
myself, TO hear HIM"
After watching Arthur Warren
Yates face for eight long hours yes
terday. there's just one thing for which
I'm thankful: It is that | am woman
and can never be juror. Not. at least,
until we have had the vote for while
and then we are going TO abolish capital
punishment, anyhow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-26
Nv BLANCHE BRACE

A thin little shell Of white-haired
woman yesterday buried her face IN
her pillow and wondered whether "her
baby" was proving his guilt or his IN
nocence on the stand in his own be-
half. And tho clock licked on with
age-long pauses between ticks, and sun
she wondered how the trial was gong
And I, who heard every word he
spoke and did not miss one expression
on his face, was not less uncertain.
Now that I have seen Arthur Warren
Waite upon the stand, | am less than
ever able to make up my mind whether
or not tine young slayer is a criminal
Perhaps there are people who know ex-
eotly what it means when an acknowl-
edged poisoner, facing death. chats so
casually from the stand, pausing mean
while 10 smile at the gaping listeners
in the courtroom. ut The jurors who
will determine his verdict. at the Judge
who will sentence him. ! don't.
Waite's Testimony a Relief.
As a man who tells n story in which
he is not much interested just 70 keep
I'd his share Of the conversation, the
young tennis champion and rose-send-
ing husband gave his evidence. | do
not think he had one twinge OF fear or
of real concern over the outcome. HIS
demeanor was the more marked be,
cause he MAS preceded by his old
father, whose face is grooved with sor-
row, and his brother Frank, the hero
i!gure OF a sordid trial, VINO crucihed
themselves there. before our eyes, in
brave and pit able effort TO save his
life. watched them with sense or
shame that there should be onlookers
az such terrible pain. =.
7, was really relief. almost sort of
porter scene in Macbeth when The
Young dentist took the stand, seated
himself with a careful regard for the
creases in his trousers, and looked
about him with that ingratiating, IN
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lawyers might try to save him from the
chair.
Backed up against the bench we're
Dr. Diefendorf and DR.. Karpas. who
were 10 take the stand for the defence
Mrs. Margaret Horton. the studio
"dove" who flew out of the dentists
life when his address was changed to
the Tombs, was not in the courtroom
Apparently she had had enough of its
atmosphere in her trying hour on the
witness stand Wednesday.
But Miss Clara Louise Peck, as the
defendants broken-spirited wife now is
known again, had been drawn back to
the trial by her desire to watch with
her own eyes Waite's progress toward
his punishment.
The defendants two brothers and his
old father we're the first witnesses OF
the day. In the hope Of saving his life
they opened the door of the closet in
which the little family skeleton has
been kept.
Those characteristics OF the younger
brother over which the three had sor-
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former wife's aunt, to Grace Episcopal
Church.
The following day he saw Judge
Swami at the District Attorneys once
Az he left the Criminal Courts Build
ing the shadows of the detectives who
had been following him fell again
,cross his path. He seemed to realize
suddenly that he was hemmed IN on
every side. The day following accord
ing 70 his recollection bought the
drugs which he swallowed, and under
the influence Of which he was found
when detectives finally broke into his
Riverside Drive apartment to arrest
him.
During the long esson that the
powerfuI drug held him in his grip.
his mind was complete blank. lie
was dimlv conscious that men were
moving back and forth in his room;
that he was lifted and carried some
place; Of the boom of flashlight; OF
a rubber tube being thrust down his
throat, and Of coming 70 himself once
more in Bellevue Hospital.
lie finished his recital and dropped
YEARLY back in his chair, drawing his
hand painfully across his brows. While
he waited in this listless pose his
counsel doomed forth with question
that made every one in the courtroom
bend eagerly forward.
Wanted Them to Die.
What was your purpose in giving
germs to all these people whom you
have told US about" Mr.. Deuel. asked.
A moment Of broathless silence.
Then:
81 wanted them TO die?"
"Why did you want them 10 de-
$50 so | could get their money
This last with the faintest ghost OF a
smile on the witnesses drawn lips.
"When did you first have the idea
of giving these germs"
Waite thought for nearly a minute.
T think it was about the time first
met Miss Clara Peck" he responded.
"Did YOU have any reason for not
continuing to give germs to Miss Cath
crime Peck"
eyes. | wanted the others TO die
first. You see. | figured that II Miss
Peck died her money would go to my
wife. her brother and her father In
other words. it would have been di-
vided into three parts. On the other
hand, if my father-n-lsw died before
Miss Catherine Peck, then when X
came her turn 10 die her money would
have gons only to her niece and
nephew, or would have been divided
into but two parts"
"Did you intend TO kill Miss Peck -
"Yes hrst."
The defence did not show It's motive
for pursuing this last line Of question
ing. In concluding, Mr.. deuel. informed
Justice Shearn that he had finished
with DR.. Waite as a witness unless he
thought Of some question overnight
which he might have forgotten to ask.
The night session was adjourned at
1926.
There we're many new faces inside
the railing when the morning session
opened. for the hour Of the alienist was
at hand. The quizzical smile with
which DR.. Waite has faced some OF the
states severest attacks twisted his lips
as he marched past the row OF experts
sitting at right angles to the defence
counsel table.
In the row sat Or. William Mabon, Of
the Manhattan State Hospital on Black.
wells Island; DR.. Menas Gregory, head
Of the psychopathic department at
Bellevue; DR.. Saunders and DR.. Jel-
life. They were waiting and the dent
ist knew it as he smiled on them-to
combat on behalf OF the state any sci
entic testimony through which his
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Peck's death that you found -FOUR
brother reading in a book about ar
senic? A.-Yes.
Q.-And do you recall that he "a.
planned that he was reading that ar
senic was used in gardening 10 kin
cutworms? Al do.
Odd he ever tell you why he left
South Africa? Ale said his con-
tract with the dental company expired.
As Frank Waite stepped from the
stand, Clara Louise Peek, the defend
ants wife, who was sitting behind the
jury box. rose and greeted him. She
has at all times expressed her sdmira.
ton for his loyalty and honesty.
Clyde Waite, the defendants other
brother. was Or. Waite's second Wit
ness. He testified that his brother was
a aggard and was frequently quarrel
some rs boy, and that ne often told
lies.
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dentist was soft-spoksn and mild Of
demeanor So az variance with the i'm
port of his words were hts voice and
his appearance that. save for the evi'
dence which the state has piled ny
against him, his confession scarcely
could have been believed.
And this outward aim 20 De and dc
the proper thing, which seems Waite $
fetich--this SAVIOR fare which Mr.
Deuel. has been diligently bringing out
in each OF his croSs-eXanninstions anc
which undoubtedly is to be dwclt or
BY the alienists for the defence
him at one point 20 interrupt the pro-
eeedings.
His lawyer had asked IL he remem.
bered receiving Or. Jacob j. Corneil
and his nephew. Arthur Swintor, when
they Gang from Somerville, y. j., 10
extend their condolences on the oeea-
sion OF her fathers death.
Cornell and Swinton had testlhec
that Waite had been anything but cor
dial in his greeting when they present
ed themselves a: tn. deer OF his spsr.
ment, and the defendants mind hsrkeo
back at once 10 that testimcNy.
ayes, ! remember" he sail. But
am sure I could not have been discoUr-
ttous. I'm afraid you have conc TOO
late WAS what ! seid, ! think"
Or. Waite's "Nan from Egypt" that
cunning and cruel alter ego whom he
accused as the real murderer Of Mr..
and Mrs. Peck. played no part in the
story. Not once was he mentioned,
either in question or answer Il was
plain. tennis-plsying, Arthur Warren
Waite from start 10 finish.
Defends studio Mate" TO Last.
Persons who have been following the
trial closely had expected that Waite,
when nut on the stand, would take sd-
vantage of his opportunity 70 even
scores with Mrs. Margaret Horton, the
once beloved and trustedto-the-grave
companion Of the Hotel Plaza Studio
At her frat question, DR.. Waite, be-
lieving her 10 be the one person who
would stand at his side and defy the
world, had admitted TO Mrs. Horton his
guilt. And she, on the stand Wednes-
day as a witness for the state, had re-
peated his confession. More. while de-
Tending her own name from anything
graver than the charge of indiscretion,
she had revealed the contents Of let
ters written 10 her by the defendant
after his arrest and delivered by his
lawyer-letters whose bantering con-
tents concerning the "Msn from Egypt
and a prospective insanity plea must
weigh heavily against the expert testi-
mony OF hi. slienists.
But the man who used TO be moved
70 tears by her voice dealt mist gently
with his singing soulmate.
Just as much as she had seen Al 70
tell of their friendship he told, and no
more. When the examination passed on
TO another phase Mrs. Horton was still
the "dove among crows" ihat her loyal
husband has called her. Wsite's own
love he confessed. Her side Of the
affair he covered in q monosyllabic an
swer when Deuel. asked if he believed
she had reciprocated:
yes"
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facedly recited TO the twelve men IN the
Jury box, the judge OF the bencn' W
the hundred-odd morbidly eager listen
or, on the spectators benches and the
reporters at the press table.
Waite Liar and Cheat.
Lazy at home, liar among his
friends. n cheat at school and thlci
wherever opportunity opened-so they
sketched the boyhood OF the son anu
brother they sought 20 aid. -
There was curious contrast nc
tween the expressions of the witnesses
and TINT of Waite. The three testiiied
with shaking voices and misty eyes
But Waite. although he stared moodlly
at the floor for the first fow minutes
his father was on the stand, gave no
other sign OF break in his haoituai
Under Mr.. Dcucls direct examination
tho elder Waite said he was formerly
farmer. but now is jobber OF butter
1nd eggs. A daughter Of his wife's SIS
ter. he said. died in the state asylum at
Kalamazoo.
Were there any other children OF
your wife's sister, Mary jackson, VINO
were OF unsound mndT asked MI
Deuel..
Eyes"
o.-Was Ed, her son, in an asylum
Ale was in the Psychopathlc Hos
pital at Ann Arbor for time, -
What DO you think of his eondi-
ton? Al think he was mentally
weak.
Evidence that some Of the children
OF the witnesses mothers sister were
deaf and dumb was then introduced
but was excluded by objections.
Prisoners Grandfather Morose.
The witness asserted that his own
father had been Respondent and moTose.
Q.-Do you remember the dcfendants
birth? A.-Yes.
Do you remember his mothers
condition before he was born. Avery
weakened.
Q.-Describe the defendants appear
ance at birth. Ale was large baby,
weighing twelve pounds.
O. How WAS ne as a baby7 Ale
seemed healthy, except that he was
cross.
Q.-Was he sick as youngster A.
Yes. about SIX or seven years old. de
had scarlet fever
Odd he ever lie TO you when ne
was a child? Ayes, more frequently
than the others. $500
o.-Al through his childhood ard
high school and college years did that
continue? A.-Yes.
Odd he steal from somebody out
SIDE the family? A.-Yes, he took 5000
from a schoolmate and | refunded It.
Mr.. Brothers, in cross-examining the
witness, asked him if there was any
insanity in his family, and he replied
that there was none in mis- own family.
A deposition Of DR.. Herman Ostran-
der, superintendent of the Kalamazoo
Insane Asylum, stated that both Aurills
|. aud Burt Jackson were inmates of the
institution.
Frank A. Waite, brother Of the de-
PENDANT, was called as the defence's
first witness.
Brother Uneasy On Stand.
When he took the stand DR.. Waite
showed greater uneasiness than at any
time since the trial started.
Frank Waite gave his testimony in a
low. even voice. He frequently gulped,
as If restraining emotion.
How was your brother treated in
childhood? ?" he was asked
ne Nds gwen pdfblCuldT hIItHIlOn,
as he seemed laggard. He always
hung back on the way to school, and we
would get there late. That was when Re
was about six years old"
Q.-Was he a mischievous boy? A.
Yes; he was often in trouble with other
boys. He was a good deal OF care 10 US.
Q.-Was he different from your other
brother. Clyde? A.-Yes.
Odd he talk about = vocation
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Father Watches Murderer.

Waite went on the witness stand at
A:10 o'clock in the afternoon. He care
fully lifted his coat tails as he took his
seat. then crossed his legs and fell into
an attitude of ease. A little smile how
cred on his lips. Back in the court
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away with an automobile as we'll.

away with an automobile as well.
"Werc YOU In love with Clara Peck Z
deuel. asked him.
III don't know" admitted Waite.
"Why did you propose to her, then =
Money!"
"And when she refused you7"
81 made UP my mind TO make her
love me-"
"Did you know her family was I"
wealthy one?"
That was the reason I wanted TO
make her lovo me-"
Odd you make trip South with
Miss Peck? A.-Yes; we were always
together.
Q.-She accepted you, fnally7 A
Yes.
Q.-while you we're on the Southern
trip did you steal anything2 A.-Yes.
Q-What was IL? A $40 bill
Q.-Where did you take it from! A.
From Mrs. Peck's purse.
Waite said he came to New 70 x
after Clara Peck had accepted him,
and then became undecided as 70
whether or not II would be best 10
fulfil his engagement. After he had
permitted three days to pass without
writing TO the girl, whose heart ne
had calcuiatingly won-to her a tragic
lapse-she came TO New YORK from
Grand Rapids, he said, and his indecl-
sion was at an end. lie told Of meet
ING Miss Catherine Peck in New YORK
and said she had been kind 20 him per
sonally, as well as intrusting him with
the conduct Of her business. Although
another man did the real work, Waite
testified il was he who took the credit
in a number OF profitable transactions
Miss Peck Gave Him $4,000.
Odd you ever set a large sum
from Miss Peck7 A.--Yes; she gave me
$4,000 put IL in with nay account in
a brokers' Office. had started the ae-
count with $4,000 or $1,000 and bought
steel.
Where did Miss Peck think the
money was going? A.-lnto construc-
tion company.
Odd you consider you were steal
ing that money wnen you diverted u
20 your own uses? A.--No. II was sui
there. You've got 10 spend money be-
fore you have stolen il.
Waite resumed his testimony by tell
ing how, after Miss Catherine Peck had
given him p ring with large diamond
so that he would not have to spend ms
own money lot All engagement mug h'
had stolen still another s,one from her.
C.-What did your wife think you
did for living? Al told her from
the frat that 7 was a surgeon, and do
work for doctors who had regular prae-
tees.
Did you meet Mrs. Margaret Hor-
ton last winter? A-Yes. Ii was abou.
the first Of the year used 10 90 TO
Strand Theatre and sit in the front row
listening 10 her when she was singing
there. When I came back from Grand
Rapids after seeing the body of his
mother-in-law safely cremateC) ] went
10 the Strand She was no longe'
there. but traced her 70 the Academy
Of Music and met her there. After that
saw her almost every day.
Odd you become fond OF her! A.
Yes.
Q.-Was your affection reciprocated?
A-Yes
Waite told Of taking up the study OF
French and German with Mrs. Horton
at the Berltz School and OF furnish
ing the bedroom studio in the Plaza so
they could have a place 10 he alone
lie said he used to cry when she played
or sang in the Studio" The dentist
had seen his friends husband, but had
never met HIM.
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rowed in secret for years they shame
facedly recited TO the twelve men IN tne
Jury box. the judge OF the bench, 70
the hundred odd morbidy eager listen
ers on the spectators benches and the
reporters at the press table.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-17
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To the Pioneer Mining Co.,, your
 successor, assigns or personal re presentatives:
 You are hereby notified that ! have expended in labor and improve ments the sum of one hundred dol lars each year for the years 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 end 1913 on each of the following claims The Elonora and the Sunshine, be- ing lode claims situated on the left limit of Anvil creek, opposite No. , above, and recorded and more fully described in the records of the Cape Nome Mining and Recording District in the Second Division, Ter ritory of Alaska.
 The above amount has been ex- pended in order to hold said claims under the provisions of the law concerning annual labor upon min ing claims.
 And you are further notified that if within ninety days after the last publication of this notice, you fail to contribute your proportion or said expenditure, your interest in said claims will become the property Of tho undersigned your co-owner, under Section 2324, Revised Sta tutes of the United States.
 CHARLES OLSEN. Co-Owner Date of first publ, Feb. 16, 1916. Date of last publ, May IT, 1916.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-17
COMMUNICATED.
THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER:

THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER: =, As I am the merchant referred to in your report of the council meeting in yesterday mornings paper where in a certain bar of steel 1 1-4 inch in diameter, price $2.00 is said to belong to the city of Nome by their Double Foreman and MT. Fay Del gene I wish to say the above bill was turned down after requisition had been given and the bill o-kayed by the Finance Committee-a very unusual occurrence.
 Now that certain bar of stel with no marks or notifications was used in Bluff in 1901 on the telephone line which I can prove. How Del gene or Kelling can say the bar be- longed to the city is more than l can tell as MT. Derzene was snow blind in the All Alaska Sweepstake race, and MT. Kelling has been the same with toe many jobs.
 That bar of steel was consigned to me by w. R Buckmaster, the owner. do not care whether the city of Nome pays me or not for the old bar But I still believe in eight hours day and union wages, therefore cbject to that bar working 24 hours day for the city or helping to raise a building. Why I meet the old bar working every day and every hour near Barrack Square or when go up the street. I still own it too until paid for by the city.
 Respectfully.
 E. l.. HOLT.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-17
c. w. LEWIS Successor to w. Delbar.

Cheese Cloth 5c. yard. Calicc, Am erican prints yards for 25c or 7 yards for soc. Magnolia duck II oz. 40 inches wide 25c. yard Magnolia duck 8 OF, 20c. yard. Drilling yd for 25c., ticking 25c. yard. Victor traps No. 0 for $1.00 Victor traps No. 1 20c. each. Victor traps No. 1 1-2 25c. each. No. 2 lamp chimney 15c., felt slippers, no heels, size 9, 10, and II, 25c pair, Fire shovels 10, 15 and 25c. BeGn pots, the little brown ones with handles 3 at. soc, 3 at. Csc. at. 75c Fire less Cooker $10.0O. Grass Rugs 9x1l good weight price $10.00.
 c. w. LEWIS.
 Successor to w. DeIbar.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-17
PREPAREDNESS.

To comment upon this news item in an exchange would spoil it's mo. ral:
 BALTIMORE, Md.-Albcrt Gar. rett. Edward Landi and John Butler all under twenty years are ardent preparationists. They hail from Philadelphia. Today they left in the police court two black jacks, two big knives and two revolvcrs. car. ried they said to prevent aggression!
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mans are on the offensive at Verdun
 but the situation there as elsewhere is practically deadlocked, with the Allies apparently still getting ready supplies for heavy fighting along tho
 western front German arrivals say that it is known that the Allies are making the most elaborate prepara- tions for the western smash that is scheduled probably before June !. All the capitals of the belligerents. are cutting out every scrap of in- formation might give noutrals a line on their plans, only the direct test4- mony of travellers being able to- throw any light on the situation.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-17
SHIPPING BILL MODIFIED
 CONSIDERED ON FRIDAY

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.- Representative in Congress felt tha, they had made great progress when by vote House Rule was adopted making the shipping bill standing subject for the day on Friday next. The new shipping bill is but slight modification of that which was be-. fore introduced and which occasion ed such exciting filibustering in the Senate.
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been greatly modified.

been greatly modified.
 The really serious problem which Asquith faces is the disarmament or the nationalist and unionist forces. as distinct from the separatist or Sein-Feiners. The nationalists re- fuse to surrender their arms, they are organized in every county and have powerful funds at their back ing as well as the support of the nationalist members in parliament. They want home rule and have
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armed themselves they claim because a relatively small proportion Of the Ulster population wishes to offer armed resistance to the enforcement of the law.
 Asquith admits that any attempt to disarm the nationalist volunteers would be an extremely perilous mat ter and it is also admitted that the unionist volunteers would also resist.
 As the nationalist volunteers out
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number police and soldiers available. are. well armed with British supply depots under their charge the s. tuation is no easy one,
 It is stated this evening that As- .quith will propose to parliament to. incorporate the armed unionist and nationalist forces into auxiliary for ces of the imperialist army and thus avoid handling the disarming pro blem.