The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
Wife and Her Brother
Were to Follow Par
ents, Is Theory
DENTISTS MATE
TURNS ON HIM
Forced to Believe Him
Guilty, She Says In
Interview
BY UNITED PRESS.

NEW YORK, March 25.-With Dr.
Arthur Warren Waite. fashion, plate,
bon vivant and slobe-t trottcr, a pois-
oner. In bellevue hospital, looking
gruesomely forward TO death in the
electric chair fer his self-confessed
share in the poisoning Of John r.
Peck, his millionaire fSther-in-law.
one Of the most amazing poison mys-
teries In history In being speedily
unfolded today.
Twisted In with the entangled
threads OF the mystery is an other
woman" She has been identified as
Mrs. Margaret Horton. From Eel
% until March IS, Or. Waite main.
tanned a costly apartment for her at
the Plaza hotel. They were regis
tered there q ''Mr. aad Mrs. A. W.
Walters. OF New Rochelle"
The outstanding facts in the case
In the hands Of District Attorney
Swami and the police totay were:
John 4. Peck, millionaire. OF
Grand Rapids. Mica, died in the
apartments Of his son-inlaw, March
II. from the effects of arsenic pois
oning.
After denying stsadfastiy for two
days that he knew anything about
the poisoning. DIR. Waite now admits
that he purchased arsenic. March y,
and gave II to Peck because the
latter wanted to die
Waite credits his father.in-law
with committing suicide because OF
loneliness that followed his wife =
death. He says he purchased the
poison at Peck's request.
OF all of Or. Waite's former
friends who have been quoted, the
"other woman" and his parents are
the only ones who have remained
steadfxst In their belief in his inno-
cence.
Contradicting DR.. waite's story OF
innocent participation In the poison
ing Ia the testimony OF Dora Hitler.
n maid, who says she say DR.. Waite
put something from a vial" in
Peck's soup and tea the night before
he died.
Strengthening her testimony is
the fact that DR.. Waite tried indi'
rectly to bribe her into testifying
10 something she cid not see, TO
support his own story Of innocent
participation"
With these facts clearly before
them. the district attorneys once
is now inclined to the following the
ory:
Dr. Waite, without money In his
own right. met and became enamor-
ed OF Mrs. Horton. That he needed
more money than he had to maintain
her and to maintain his home. That
in the death OF his father.in.law he
saw the Peck millions almost with.
In his clutches. That had the poi
soning been undiscovered another
death would have occurred within a
short time. bringing the Peck mil
lions into waite's hands.
This the once supports with the
allegation that Immediately after the
funeral Of Peck. Dr. Waite urged
his wife. Mrs. Clara Louise Peck
Waite. to make her will. leaving
him the sole beneficiary.
He. at the time. says the district
attorney, agreed to make his will
leaving her the beneficiary.
DIR. Waite's dire need for money IL
supported by the fact that last fall
he procured $4,000 from his wife's
aunt. Miss Catherine r. Peck, saying
he had splendid opportunity to In
vest II for her. Shortly afterward
he opened a speculatins account
with a downtown brokerage firm for
$4,000 The remaining $4,000 he
sent 10 a brother. Clyde Waite. in