The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-27
MRS. HORTON
is TARGET In
WAlTEINQUlRY
Swann's Efforts Centre on
WOman-Casc Against
Dentist Complete.
PRISONER MOVED AS
SUICIDE PROBATION

District Attorneys Office that the case
against pr. Arthur Warren Waite.
charged with killing his father-ln-law.
John T.. Peck. by poisoning. is practi-
cally ready TO present to "a grand jury
Assistant District Attorney Doollng and
others working on the case are spending
hour after hour hammcring questions
at one or the other or both of the two
women who's. names have been drawn
into the case.
SO far as further examination Of
Waite himself is concerned. the District
Attorneys forces seem to ignore him
and are giving all their tim, To pound
Ing questions ut Mrs. Harry Mack Hor-
ton. the cabaret singer who was In COM
munlcation with DIR. Waite while he was
In Grand Rapids with Mr.. Pecks body
and hurricdly gave up room ut the
Plaza Hotel which she and Dr Waite
had taken and then went into seclusion
at the home of Mrs Dorothy May Van
Palmenberg In West seventy second
street until found by detectives.
Even though vest. rday WAS sunday
and MIR. pooling was suffering from q
soreness of the neck which requires
many head bandages. he and Detective
CunniN We're clos,ted witt Mrs. Hor-
tons friend. Mrs Van Palinenberg. dur.
Ing both the forenoon and afternoon.
while stenocraphcrs took coplous notes
Whatever the nature of the ou. s,ions
they caused Mrs Van Palmenberg to
raise her voice high as She protested
her answers. When she came from the
District Attorneys office out into the
deserted corridors late In the afternoon.
accompanied by Detective Cunnin. her
face was flushed and shc gave only a
short. angry answer to those who would
question her further
Out of Tow" Trip Deferred.
She and Nm. Horton had announced
on SATURDAY. morning ,ha, they intended
IN I.sv. town and whan they went 10
the District Attorneys office they had
"A number of suit cases and other bag
gaze with them in IL taxicab hut
evidently the two women either changed
their minds about leaving IN. city or
they had received other instructions. for
they are still here. and IL il not nrob-
able that the. will go away for a
time.
Did Mrs Horton know Of the pecks
before the death OF Mir. Peck,' Mr.
Dooling wa. asked YESTERDAY.
"yes she had heard of ,b.,n e,,l>
I'm acouoin,oncc With DR. w,i,e" was
the answer.
Did she know thar MIR Peck was
wealthy"
Yes pr. Wait. had told her that %
NJ. Dooiing replied.
rs Mrs. Horton now under subpoena -
Yes
Mr. poolng had said on Saturday
that Mrs Horton was with d.. Waite
hut that she had no knowledge ;hut the
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lowe,er M. co, IN ,nu,.h v,,h h,r,,l,
Waite brother of ~. l,,tis, uho
through Waiter prew LAWYER has ost.i
District Attorney Swarm ,yn,ther or NOT
the STAT. wou,J ACCEPT A second degree
attitude Of the state is To insist tina, pr
Waite b.. indicted and tried for murd. r
Ia the first degree
Mr. Dooling and Frank Waite then
went from the questioning oC Mrs. Van
palmenberg 20 Bellevue and saw DR..
Waite. The dentist. whose return to
health continues steadily. asked Mr..
noolng soon after the Assistant Dist,ict
Attorney and Frank Wait, entered the
prison ward If he could se, Mrs Hortou
II. was told that he would have to wait
until to-day for an answer TO h,s reu,,..,
Generous OGer From Aunt,
IL Is SHOWN mat MISS Catherine feck.
SISTER OF Johh H. Peck has said that If
i'r' Waite Will retract his story that he
got arsenic for Ne. Peck because Mr..
Peck wanted 10 commit sulcide--and did.
according To DIR, Waite's stOry---she
will permit the Waites tn spend in Di.
Wait-s defence the $4,000 n ntrt of
$40 600 which Dr. Waite got from Miss
Peck to invest for her and then sent 10 "A
brother in Grand Rap.ds.
There were reasons 10 b,Iicye ,here.
fore ma, rrou. Matte accommodated ,h.
or,sec,,nr Ia tho dcptis,,s cn, a, av.r,
,as, niyh, IN holm Nv Dnnl,ns in h,. =,
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WIN '"r 'e','.o' '',,' ''s 'I'l'rr ior u"
nour ana '"en 'e', "'''r ASKING Dr
M"htS rrcSolF 10 nave III Waite re-
moN'h from inc PRISON "drh 10 n private
room because :" MI ''oollng said. with
score OF patients IN the same room
rortnnity for some one I" give him