New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-24
DR.. Schultze Says She IN
sists Suspected Man
Could Do No Harm.
ARREST NEWS MAY
BE FATAL. Is FEAR
Husbands Plight Hid from
Stricken Mrs. Waite-Tells
of His Love for Papa.


Grand Rapids, Mich. March %
Trusting and as lacking in worldly
wisdom as one would expect fourteen
year-old child to BE-" is the description
given tonight OF Mrs. Louise Peck
Waite. wife o. Dr. Arthur Warren
Waite. br Dr. Ot-o II. Schu'tze. the
\ov York medical examiner who
talked with her this Afternoon.
"~re De- completely under tho control
OF her husband said Tho New lor6
doctor. "and no moulded her mind as
re wilIcd She showed many OF the
mental characteristics OF fourteen
year-oid gir..'
TO DR.. Schultze Mrs. Waite insisted
Tim. her husband could do no wronS
and that it was impossible 20 tnlnh OF
lIt being In any way involved 10 The
death Of her father and mother.
Mrs. Na,rc has been er.ously iI..
~to Re .ttH ignorant Of her Jsbauo s
,~,.-I Relative say the deaths o. her
rsro-.. SD affected her that knowledge
lt .ae plight OF Waite VIII either un-
..r.rrc her mentally or Kill ncr. u
was learned to-day that ne made ncr
will az her husbands request shor,'N
before hc returned 20 New ORR. Nhe
wrote it while they ate dinner Al a
local rotc.. 10 was witnessed ana IS
now ir his possession. The document
made him sole heir 20 all ner snare or
tho Peck fortune. According TO me
terms OF her fathers vii. she was az Q
20 dispose Of her share IN any way she
saw ft ,..
Assistant District Attorney Francis
Varcuso declared here to-day inat
Matte recommended the cremation OF
Mrs. Pech's body and would have sue.
coded In having Peck's body cremated
= bu- for the mysterious telegram IRON
X Adams. New York.
81 have positive information that no
/ ovarruled the wishes Of his wife ~
-ri- matter" Mr.. Mancuso SAID. Mrs
Waite proposed an ordinary Dur'a"
Waite insisted and even took the BODY
=, D.tro.. 20 the crematory. lie was
negotiating for the same disposal Of
pors'- body when the wire came
Mr.. Nrarcuso insisted that nothing
REGARDING the autopsy would be given
out for publications
case and we do not care 20 have d
come into the hands Of the shre"d At
+orrovs whom Waite will hire as soon
as he is placed under arrest.
SIR. Narcuso iUtimated to-niSht Una,
Mrs. Waite mad unwittngly dropped
several statements Of vital importance
20 the case in telling Of several Incl.
dents whore her husband gave Mr.. ana
Mrs Peck medicine m soups.
According 20 the story pleced TO-
cotbc- by representative OF the
SCHNEIDER Detective Agency m New
york when Peck's body was brought 70
Grand Rapids by DR.. Waite a Telegram
,ra. sent 20 Percy s. PECK, OF Gtano
p'r,Js presumably by Or. Cornell, a
trend Of the Peck family IN New YORK.
p, hold an autopsy by all means wnen
.to body reached Grand Rapids.
pr-cv Pee. advised with Dr. ierrF
-otur.z and the Rev. A. W. Nlsh'r 10
plans wero laid Immediately 10 taHc
.to hodv from the train 20 Spratter
undertaking parlors. Dr. ochurtI was
~ perform the autopsy "hIe ttrcy
Peck entertained his sister ana oro'heI-
inlay A. the Peck family home.
Af.or dinucr. when the body d'd not
-oscb the F.ck home, DR.. Matte is S4,I
a. have inquired where II was ne
.ror- 10 the undertaking rooms. IL
ccrgr,- had Just completed ms exam
,-.tion and on his orders the com"
was nailed up. .n.
opon.d. shat he might deposit
others caskct picture ARA "a"
-.rt. and also small flower. SpIat-
,Ior informed him that under no ci'-
c-wstauces would the casheI D'
orcncd e.L.-., Lof