New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-08
Embalmer Says $500
Found in Sandbank Was
Gift from Waite.
"IiUSH FUND"
HELD AS EVIDENCE
Prosecutor Prepares to Combat
Insanity Plea. il Put For
ward by Defence.

Eugene Oliver Kane, the embslmer,
who prepared the body OF John Z.
Peck, DR.. Arthur W. Yates arsenic
victim, for burial, wants to get back
that $500 he buried, and then dug
up on Orient Point, under police es-
cort. lie had formally said that il was
part OF $4,000 given TO him by DR..
Waite to testify in case OF need that
he used arsenic in the embalming Of
the body, thus covering up the poison
effects.
Kane Is so serious about getting the
money back that he sent his lawyer,
Burt l.. Rich, to make formal verbal
demand for it upon the District Attor-
ney yesterday.
ut was a personal gift from DR..
Waite to Mr.. Kane" Rich said. There
ore he is entitled to have that money
Immediately
District Attorney Swami Informed
Mr.. Rich that his Office had already
received a written demand for the
money from A. =. Morrison, attorney
for Yates aunt-in-iaw. Miss Gather
inc Peck, on the ground that it was
part Of the $4,000 she gave him ~
invest for her.
Money Held as Evidence.
Mr.. Rich was also told that the
- I.fl far axFfAanFC
tho murder trial of DR.. Waite. or in
any other prosecution that may arise
as result Of the case, and after that
the disposition TO be made OF u Wouid
be determined.
Mr.. Rich expressed considerable
chagrin when told that his demand for
the money had become known. lie
averred that the whole thing was a
joke and that his request had been
entirely facetious. lie said he would
file no written demand at present and
had in contemplation no recovery pro
ceedings.
Mr. Rich served notice upon the Dis
trict Attorney that his clients. Kane
and John Potter. the undertaken who
had charge Of the Peck funeral. would
not keen their appointment they had
maze WIN MN ~ NNiht hllh 80 't'Nf
and would make no further voluntary
statements. The District Attorney will
not take further action IN regard TO
Kane and Potter's part in the Waite
case until after the grand jury meets
on Monday.
Waite Studied Germs.
DR.. David Nye Barrowes, OF Cornell
Medical College, had conference with
Assistant District Attorney Doollng IN
regard 10 Waite's germ activities. lie
told Of his studies on the subject and
how DR.. Waite inoculated himself
with typhoid germs, bringing on a
slight attack for which Dr. Barrowes
treated him.
In expectation that Waites defence
will centre chiefly on an effort 70 prove
that he was insane, Assistant District
Attorney Frank y. Mancuso will leave
to-day or tomorrow for Grand Rapids,
Lansing, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo for
the purpose Of getting witnesses VINO
we're intimate with Waite. On his for
mer trip 20 Michigan, Mancuso found
the opinion universal among those who
were familiar with Waite that he was
sane. Long letters written by Waite
both before and after his marriage are
in the possession of the District Attor-
ney. They are written IN lucid man.
ner and will be used as evidence OF
mental fitness:
The time of Waite's arrangement -
still dependent upon the decision or
DIR VI. 6. Gregory, Of Bellevue, a. TO
whether he is TT to stand the ordeal.