The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-25
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I diseased mind" Of his client will be
his clients defense
1 To refute this the State will produce
/ alienists who have had Waite under
observation and then also In rebuttal
and II necessary. District Attorney
Swami will take the stand and repeat
the confession that Waite made tc
him.
But nothing said or limited at on
the witness stand can match the ro-
nance of todays session. Whatever
mystery there remained about the
! case---and that was little--seemed to
/ fade away
Sender Of Fatal Telegram.
The sender of the * Adams tele-
y, Peck's body he subjected TO autopsy
came forward and testified. She Is
Elizabeth p, Hardwick. of Sommer-
vile, y. J., New York school teacher
and niece of DIR. Jacob Cornell, John
+. Peck's cousin. In five minutes she
told her story. She had heard the
doubling words of her uncle and de-
cided to warn the Pecks. That was
all. Thus. in the decision of a mo-
ment, she had blasted the elaborate
plans OF Waite to usurp the fortune
of his father-in-law
Mrs. Yates story would not in IT.
self. have condemned Waite of muir
der 1t was fabric OF morbid cir
cumstance. uncanny suspicion and
gaudy deception. Far more absorb
ing was the woman herself.
On the stand she was but a child
whom tragedy and establishment had
aged over night. She cried. smiled
whispered chartered, smiled. sobhet
and was gay and sad in turn.
She kept her big black hat tilted
between her and her husband so that
she might not see him and lose the
maintain. She was splendidly dressed
in black satin
The death of her father fetched her
to tears and made her a woman who
was willing to avenge her fouted
pride
/ Hers was story that lessenet
Waite in the eyes of men, but did not
mark him with the brand of Cain
That was left to Mrs. Horton A.
Mrs Waite was chiIdlike and UNI
sophisticated Mrs. Horton was ma
ture and keenly alive to the fierce
drama she was playing in.
Wife Was Eager To Tell All.
She was reluctant at times. Mrs
Waite was eager to tell all. Mrs
Horton like Mrs. Waite. was well
rawned and In black. Her voice was
the deep contralto of an emotiona
woman. Mrs Waites was the treble
of the little girl who was telling wha'
a naughty, naughty boy her playmate
had been.
MI. Brothers was questioning Mrs
Horton:
The day YOU met him al the Der
Htz School the day he was SO over
wrought and nervous-what did b.
say" asked the assistant district at
torney
Il said to him" she began, II SCI
by the papers that you are accused %
killing of this man Peck. You didn'
do 1t, surely, did you?'
She stopped. Her voice was 50 low
pitched that tho throng colddn't near
IN Open Confession.
Well" snapped Mr. Brothers 'g'
on What did he say p
He said yes, l did It, sh'
whispered.
Walte's face flushed. He fixed the
tiny pupils of his eyes upon her VIII
a terrible intentness. He had jug hi
finger nails into his cheek. She wal
looking into the floor in front of her
Later. District Attorney Brothers
asked her about a letter she had re
received from Waite in Bellevue Hos
plata letter she declared that she
had burned at the behest OF Waite ant
Yates counsel. Mr., Deul,
What did that letter say" de
manded Mr.. Brothers,
II can't remember it ALL" she plead
ed
las much as you can" he urged.
| 1T began. Dear Margaret sh'
said. Then 1t said something about
hurting those he loved most. Then III
said that he did not think that ht
would get La Chaise' (the chair>--'h,
called it lie sedan, too--but that h,
would be put In an institution for tht
! insane. He said that he would trea
| them nicely. and be good, and tina
they would soon let him ont. Ant
then he said that It was all according
to my attitude how he would act anc
( feel. Later. in the same letter, he sal(
( that he had them all guessing at Belle
I vue. and that IL loved him. he wou.t
make fight for life and me,
Well" asked Mr.. rothers. what
did you tell him in reply
And then. from this woman who
had thus slammed the cell door IN
/ the face OF the man to whom she
had been student and companion, In
romance came the following: Il re.
/ piled saying that I wait for him fol
fou ror forty years"
| There was a buzz from the womer
/ inthe room. Clerk Penny slapped hi
/ desk calling for order. The men ir
! the throng looked at each other. Ant
some winked with a knowing leer
/ Others shook their heads mystified
! Maybe the women who heard coult
understand. 1t was mile beyond
/ the men.
Wife on Stand Twice.
Mrs. Waite was on the stand in thu
morning and again in the afternoon
She was invited TO lift her veil
that her voice might carry better
She smiled engagingly on Mr.. Broth
crs and declared that she could d.
all right"
| She told of meeting Waite In 1906
ut a dance. He was a college DO.
! then. He could dance and was yer,
| attractive. She did not known much
about his folks. But she liked, hin
lot. Then she told OF her coins
10 dance on New Years eve. 1914
! There she met Waite again. He ha,
| come back from Africa, man of th'
| world, polished accomplished ans
bidding fair To becOnna shining hi