The Washington times., 1916-03-27
BELIEVE DR.. WAITE
HAD ACCOMPL|CES.
IN POISONING PLOT.
New York Authorities Trying to
Find Persons Thought to
Have Aided Dentist.
MOTHER WEEPs WITH SON

NEW YORK. March s7.-with the
conviction steadily growing IN the
. minds OF the authorities that Dr. Ar
thur Waite. self-confessed aid N tho
poisoning OF his millionaire fathcr-ln-
law. John T.. Peck. was but one %
perhaps several persons IN DO son
plot District Attorney Swami today.
turned every effort toward finding the
accomplices.
Practically every person with whom
DR.. Waite was confdentially friendly Is
being Intercepted to throw what light
he can on the AFFAIR. -.--.' -
Mrs. Margaret Horton. the other
woman" IN The case, has given Inn
portant evidence" to the district attor-
neyl and will be available Il wanted"
Mrs. Dorothy van PalmerbuTg, friend
Of Mrs, Horton. was examined for four
hours. She. too, is said to have given
important information. What this is
the district attorney has refused to
divulge.
Trying To Escape Chair.
With the case Of murder against
Waite practically complies, and, his
relatives admit. certain 20 convict. ef-
fort was being made to day to have the
prosecution accept plea OF second lie
gree murder. This would save Waite
from the elrIric chair.
His aunt. Miss Cathrine Peck. has
agreed to furnish the money for his de-
tense IL he will make a full confession
of his misdeeds. pr. Waite has returned
to her about $4,000. He obtained from
her on various pretenses. $4,000 In cash
and again as much in securities.
District Attorney Swami declared ne
could not say whether plea OF second
degree murder would be accepted until
all of the evidence against Waite II
compiled.
Recovered to an almost full realiza-
tion of his awful prospect, Waite. in
the prison ward at Bellevue Hospital.
seemed anxious today to have the mat
ter all over with.
take me away and have the thing over
with?" he repeated a dozen times.
his indictment Is expected late today
OF tomorrow morning. One OF the de-
veiopments which confirm the suspicion
that many more poisonings were in
prospect was the discovery that DIR.
Waite was a close student OF virulent
disease germs.
Several times, in Laboratories and at
nome, ne showed = deeper knOWieuSe
of typhoid bacilli than Is possessed by
persons who have not taken the matter
UP professionally.
Mother Weeps At Cot.
when DR.. Walte's mother walked into
his cell, neither she nor the doctor
spoke. She dropped into a chair beside
his bed, kissed hiEl. and wept for sew
eral MINUTES. Then few worus were
exchanged. The mother swayed back and
forth in silent grief and then left. She
was not with her son more than ten
minutes.
To guard against suicide a constant
watch Is being kept OH DIR. Waite. In
addition to the prison guards. three Of
tcers from the district attorneys office
attorney was taking no chances, he said.
Case Before Grand Jury.
DR.. Harry schurtz. of Grand Rapids.
was the first witness before the grand
Jury today. He appeared merely TO
testify that the dead man was John
Il. Peck
Dr. otto Schultze, physician, whose
autopsy disclosed the arsenic in Peck
viscera, and Assistant District At
torney +. y. Mancuso were 10 be
called during the day.
Transcript testimony totalinE 500
pages and a trunkful OF exhibits were
presented to the jury. 1t is believed
that Waite's diary, in which entries
were made concerning other women"
his financial accounts, and some OF his
letters are included.