New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11
With Murderer on One
Side and Pirate on Other
He Falls Asleep.
STARTS AS "MUGGING"
HELMET GRIPS HEAD
SSeems Like a Dream" Dentist
Gasps-Lswyer Enters Not
Guilty Plea.

Giuseppe Archiello, gunhah Siagci
Of Barnet Baff, and Ernst Schiller, alias
"Reggie the Pirate" single-handed con
oueror Of the British freighter Natop-
no. lost their distinction last night "a
star boarders in the Tombs observation
tier I'm cell No. 1877, with Giuseppe to
the left and Reggie 70 the right and
special guard on a kitchen chair lean
inc against the grated door in front.
DIR. Arthur Warren Waite slumbered
peacefully through his frat night be
hind the bars
With the jump from hospital TO jail
at last taken, Dr.. Waite seemed less
troubled than at any time since his ar
rest on the charge Of having poisoned
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Peek, Of Grand
Rapids, Mich, lis father-in-law and
mother-in-law. Even the relief he
manifested after confessing TO killing
his parents-in-law did not advance him
so far on the return TO his old tennis
court composuTe as the knowledge that
the last public ordeal before the trial
had been passed
SAYS hOounF u ANuAStcs
Before he dropped off TO sleep the
dentist made arrangements 70 keep ms
seclu.ion complete.
Tell anybody who wants TO see me-
that nv case is in the hands Of my at
torney and my brother" he instructed
Joseph Crowley. a keeper assigned as
his private guard. Pm not going 20
talk any more"
Probably 10 was sheer WEAKNESS
rather than an attempt al indifference
toward evcntualitios which made ante
take 10 his buu'; as soon a. The cell
door was bolted behind him. HIS last
night iu Bellevue Hospital had been
relentless. Insomnia, born of dread OF
the court room and its gaping croWG'
kept him tossing on bed springs which
his back may never again Know ~
dawn he was pacing his room.
When Detectives tuurif and Ga
Iagher walked in At Q o'clock Waite was
shaving. When. half an hour later. tho
formahtics Of leaving the hospital we're
over. Dr. Waite SHOOK hands with the
rursee. who had attended him and, ha.l
supported by fhc detect.vcs. descended
20 the hospital yard His brother rank
vas waiting for him there with sn Stu
tomobiic.
Shudders at Steel Helmet.
Police Headquarters was the first
stop. on tho way the prisoner made
only two remarks The first Is he
passed into the hospital yard was:
This does smell like hospital
doesn't j. >"
Dr. Waite was in the machine when
he spoke again.
Don't start on high, Frank he
cautioned his brother, who was at the
wheel. you'll ruin he engine tnat
way
At Headquarters Waite went through
the came routine his neighbor-to-be
and fellow-slayer Of another criminal
strata, Arichiello, had experienced. His
finger prints were taken, his measure
nents charted and his photograph
taken. At one stage in the operation
q metal headpiece was fitted 10 Waite
The touch Of the steel caused shud-
der, and his half-closed eyes flashed
open
Tit seemed like dreaml" he ex
claimed, when he had caught his
~ shouldn't be surprised II he was
thinking Of the chair up a. Sing Sing
when we sat him down." said Detective
Cunitf later. Maybe the steel cap
clinched t."
From Headquarters DR.. Waite was
taken TO the Criminal Courts Building
Judge Grains courtroom in General
Sessions was already TANNED in eN-
mediation Of his coming. Pushed
Through the crowd at the door BY the
detective. Waite kept going blindly
until d bailifY blocked his way with
gruff:
there now.
Not Guilty Plea Entered.
This is q prisoner Of the common
wealth" put in Cunnif formally. I'm
police officer"
Then, less formally. he added:
This here IS DR.. Waite. Get out o
the way"
The baiHF didn't. Instead he di-
rected the three into sn adjoining room.
In which they remained until the case
of the State versus Waite was called.
The dentists eyes, after hasty
glance over the courtroom, remained
10 the front as he trudged up the aisle.
That glance assured him none Of the
"wonen in the case"-his wife, Mrs.
Msrgaret Weaver Horton Of the Plaza,
nor his occasional companions Of the
cabarcts-was In the room.
Through the arraignment Dr. Waite
stood g., the bar, motonless, except
FOR the taperiug myers lhht ticnlDisu
e. they toyed with his gloves. His
pale face was accentuated By his black
glossy hair.
For the defendant Walter Il. Deuel.
entered a plea Of not guilty and OBJ
tained the courts consent 20 request
that he be permitted 20 withdraw the
plea or make any other necessary mo
lions within ten days. A minute later
DR.. Waite was on his way across the
Bridge u Signs.
Although not ~ the arrangement
Mrs. Horton held a long conference
with Mr Deuel. In The afternoon. Har-
old Spiclbcrg, his lawyer. admitted she
had visited Waitc's attorneys Office,
but Mr Deuel. emphaticslly denied he
Rad seen or talked 90 the dove among
oroRs" The doves" visit. Il was re-
ported. was IN connection with the in
sanity defence which Is believed 20 be
in preparation.
Ar. deuel. said IL might be six weeks
before he got report from his alien
ist. II this s. the case District A.
torney Swami will Sight for on early
trial.
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