New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-28

NNi.UNfu lf'ih hoAN
,-orire into the defendants mental
co-titIor. and that that issue would
have 70 be fought out IN court.
Ms Horton yesterday engaged IN
re- behalf Harold Spiclbcrg. the lawyer
who reprcsented Rae Tanner when she
er.. came into the limehght IN me
Osborne case. Mr.. Spielberg hastened
20 make a statement 20 DEFEND MS
-ev.fourd client from beng misunder-
stood
~Nrv. Horton is not defendant he
said, "bUt any one can tax hlm5eI 4n;O
JAIL She has been talking too niucih'
! ray say that she feels very irlehdIy
'ovard Dr.. Waite
ONLY two days ago Mrs. Horton
seemed about 20 align herself no. on
the side Of the defence but with the
prosecution. She told Judge Swami
hen that 81 z believed the defendant
lad tried 20 include her IN his poison
.uFs. =:
Whom ". Spielbcrg took up his eli,
,n.'s affairs he was confident he wouid
ave 70 trouble in gaining admission
% the prisoner iu Bellevue. lie dio
roy rlsn 40 first 90 ask the District
Auorcv's permission. but found that
.1ch a Formally was necessary, ana
also useless. lie was told the Na'-
would be permitted to-day.
Instead Of getting the desired per
r't M Horton was confronted n
'he prosecutors Office by VIII am
Weber, an attendant az Cornell Uni
fersity Medical College. lie al once
recognized Che handsome young woman
as he ono who had come 20 the bac
geological laboratory there with
Waite when hc bought germs.
Mrs. Horton was equally prompt ~
remembering Nr Weber They agreed
fde ,isit. were between December .
and March 2. there being SIX IN all
one o. them on Washington's Birth
Cay. Weber told the District Attorney
t.a. De- Rad sold several test TUBES
containing typhoid and diphtheria cult,
-res % Dr. Waite. who Represented
himself a. physician engaged IN re-
search, and ssid he was gong 10 give
'hf bacteria % Cats.
Nrr Horton took up tho story say
~ tta. some Of the gems had Dech
taken so ne room IN the Hotel Plaza
which no engaged, signing the register
Nr and Nj. Warren Walters Ihey
.arc both explained that this room
"a = studio. but Mrs. Horton 3 story
tcstcr1ay made - appear more OF
-acterio IOgicaI experiment statloh'
.-s s4id Waite had microscope there
trl lct hey "ree the germs NiGSIe
Nrogg. To-. as she expressed ~.
Jus how much fhe knows or inc
zeal r1rpo.c for which Waite rot tnr
germ. d. under careful investigation
~ tae District Attorney. one o. whose
afu said Yesterday she had become
'ow one O. the most important hgurea
lfe case.
Another trail Of the germs led 70
HsItcs o1n home, whore his iatheT
Il-isV, John 2. Peek, whom he ~ &C
f4ffd of -poisoning, died. Jn MS
.Drry werc found several test tupeA
" c,it4reV, glass microscope sIloes,
".'h saeara a. germs on them an"
Dtter indications that he had been eH-
ffrncntirg with them there.
To va a. o learned that, faiiing -
re- tuberculosis culture ~ the labora
ny, Wsite tried o. get iubercuia
G.arc, probably 90 prepare hia own cur
tres. HIS DO success IN gaming NJ
ends b. the germ method b. attribute
. he fact that y requires special SKI
- handle germs. The last lot he bcvgh.
nss March +. u Was on March ths'
~ bought the arsenic which, ~ ~ tslo'
fsysed Mr. Peek death.
Judge Swami requested the DrpAr'
nsnt - Health yesterdsy 20 DO the
requisite chemical anslyticsl work in
Connection with The care. but received
On answer that ~ would be inpotsiDi'
- handle 10 there. dr. Swami saio pc
i6,gght the department should take
charge of the matter a. public econ