Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-31
m. WAITE INDICTED
FOR MURDER OF PECK;
FACES END IN "CHATR"
crord Jury Brings in First De-
oree Charge Against Den
tist for Poisoning of
Father-in-Law
ZANE TELLS BR1BE STORY

...-u, work.. March 31.-Dr. Arthur
NV waite was indicted this afternoon
Na N,,,o Grand Jury for the murder of his
p,rnoojre father.in.law, John e. Peck, Of
SrstS rssit,1o,,eh waite admitted that he had
.,.o killed his mother'in-law' Mrs PECK
~ &c not accused of that crime In the
Indictment. - ...,,, l., A..
Lh 5.oree. stating that Waite admins
nisa ma arsenic to Peck on March | and that
peck died as result
,soao after telling me to put arsenic in
smbalming fluid and get a sample
u IN to the District Attorney. ] didn't
want the check. trled 10 many II pach'
W. wouldn't take it.
w ator IN n cigar store, Doctor Waite
aJod me n package $4,000 in bills of
,s6o 500 and $50. | didn't want to keep
a'Vii was blamed scared. / went home
"a hid II in the bureau
az t,gene oliver Kane. the man who EN-.
..ined Peck's body. told in these words
sow the dentist had forced upon him
nSS against his will" a total of $4,000,
ha.snrssented hsu equally by check and cash.
OFF TO DIG FOR MONEY.
mo, cent of the cash have [ spent"
a. embnlmer continued, while the circle
- assistant district attorneys and de.
,,c,jves who gathered in room of the
cr,rlnal Courts Building to listen TO his
s,orv drew closer around him. mot a
eSrii / buried the whole amount in the
sround--somcwhere on Long lsland''
~ will not tell you where ! buried the
,oaoo" he continued. while his wife, also
nreeent n little woman dressed entirely in
rsck whose eyes were red from weeping,
seemed to signal him to tell but If you
vill send a man with me, ! will so straight
N the spot and we will get the money to-
gether.'
nm before 427 West 57th street, Kane's
home Kane stepped in. Members of
me District Attorneys staff followed, and
q Schindler detective, representing Miss
Katharine A. Peck, to whom Doctor
WaIte's $4,000 belongs. The District At.
torney's office professed not to know where
Kane would lead the search party, but he
toM others he had buried the money at a
point near the Orient Point lighthouse.
Al an early hour this morning the Dis
,rict Attorneys car was presumably
Speeding over Long Island roads. headed
for Orient Point.
whether lanterns would be lighted
shades got out and the cash dug for as
soon as the party reached the place. or
whether daylight would be awaited had
not been determined at the hour of de-
parture The expedition was fully equipped
with picture making apparatus, although
as far as could be learned no movie men
were included.
KANE SURRENDERS TO SWAMI.
While the District Attorneys office was
preparing to circularize the country with
Photographs and descriptions of Kane as
a fugitive, Kane him"ef was quietly con-
ferring with John j. Cunneen, somewhere
In New York" Mrs Kane. when her
husband was ready, called UP District At
torney Swami and informed him that he
and his counsel would arrive at the Crimi-
nal Courts Building at o'clock.
She said he had returned to the city the
preceding night. but had wanted to con-
suit lawyer before appearing before the
District Attorney
At o'clock Kane and Cunneen stepped
out of an elevator on the third floor of
the Criminal Courts Building and imme
dately went to n private room, where
until after o'clock Kane was questioned
by Assistant District Attorneys Brothers,
Nancuso and others
The questioning was halted Mt one time
10 permit the embalmer TO send for his
wife She arrived an hour later and was
present during the rest of her husbands
gring.
Kane admitting he had kept the check
and the cash, denied that he he'd ever
done or agreed to do any service whatso-
ever 10 earn the money. He denied he
had suggested or agreed to receive any
sum In payment for putting arsenic in
samples Of his embaimilg fluid or to
swear that he used the poison in embalm-
ing