Arizona republican., 1916-05-26

once in rice pudding, and then once in. hot milk"
 Waite told of sleeping on the couch on the night before his father-in- laws death so as not to disturb his wife. He got up an hour after retiring, SC said, and administered chloroforln to MT Peck.
 Telling of his acquaintance with Mrs. Horton, Waite said he heard her sing at theater here last fall and went frequently just to hear her. He met her behind the scenes, he said, and saw her every day after that be- coming very fond of her"
 Did she seem to reciprocate?" asked Mir. Deuel.
 'She did" Waite replied.
 He then told of taking up with her the studying of foreign languages and dramatic expression.
 At II o'clock in the morning." he said, we used to go to school together. Then we would have iuncneon some where. Afterward we would go to the Plaza (where their studio" was To- cated) or I would take her to her music instructor and would wait for her. Then We would go to the Plaza and study languages and play for couple of hours. In the evening we often went to the opera together
 Did you ever meet her husband? ?'' the witness was asked.
 'I have seen him.
 Did you ever tell your wife about Mrs. Horton?" "NoF
 Waite related his efforts to induce Eugene Oliver Kane, the embalmer, to put arsenic in sample of embalm- ing fluid which was to be sent to the district attorneys office. He gave Kane 5000 down, he said, and agreed to give him $40, 900 more later.
 "What was your purpose in admins tering germs to all those peopleI" -I wanted them to die.'
 Why"
 q wanted their money"
 ~When did you first get this idea ?' About the first time 1 met Miss Clara Peck"
 Early in his examination tonight Waite admitted that he had had de generate traits since he was a boy.
 Earlier in the day his counsel ha( stated he would prove the self con. fessed poisoner of his wife's parent! was insane at the ;:Ine the crim, charged against him was committed The prisoners story was devote, largely to admissions of his life his tory from the time he was a boy unti he pilferred $l0 from the purse of tn mother of the girl he married while h. was cOurting Miss Peck. He told als of his wooing of his wife who sat no far from him in the court room wit head bowed while he testified Tn young dentist was preceded on the wit ness stand by his father, Ware Waite, and his brothers, Frank an Clyde. The father to,c of a taint of in sanity in his family in the hope c thereby aiding his son. All three re lated incidents in the defendants If designed to show that he was peculia even as a boy and that his thiever always was a problem for the famil The testimony of relatives was SUI plemented by the dispositions of fan fly friends and college classmates Waite, who told of his thefts and DC culiarities. Walter R. Deuel, couns for the defense in his examination witnesses and by his, deposition sougl to show that Waite was mentally UT sound.
 Waite seemed calm when he took u witness stand. The court room WI bat l,1 ,<x1 l,, t;. L.. around him. He smiled almost co stantly during his examination but al peared resigned and collected.
 The dentist commenced his life stol by recalling that as child he W; cruel to animals. He yawned as ] told of shirking home work in h school days. Then he recounted he he stole examination papers, copi them from papers of his cassmat, stole from everyone for whom worked as boy and then robbed fraternity brothers while attendi the university of Michigan. His ia flushed as he recounted some of t escapades of his student days.
 His total thefts during his freshm year at college amounted to about g. ne Salu. lie was eXpelleu rom ms II ternity while sophomore, for stealil but was reinstated in his senior ye In his second college year he paid p of his expenses by waiting on table a caring for a furnace. At that time began to attend church regularly though he had no religious convictio He asserted however, that he did 1 steal during the time he was a chul attendant.
 After leaving college he told oi trip through Canada where he made living by cheating at pool. He u went to Scotland where he took S cial course in Edinburgh university. said he "doctored" his diploma fl the University of Michigan so he co get credit for certain studies and the by shorten his course in dentistry.
 From Edinburgh, Waite went
 South Africa where he travelled fo dental supply house. He said he s sl,5OO from his employers the first } and increased the amount each yea