New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-03

usually is silent when Mrs. Horton
name is brought up.
But am certain ne went on. that
IL was not a desire 10 marry Mrs. hor-
ton that led Dr.. Waite 20 commit the
murders. Il was simply an overwhe!m-
ing desire for money. True, he received
funds from his wife's family. But ne
wanted 20 make sure Of his income, 10
have their wealth actually within MS
grasp. He wanted 70 dress wei. and 1--we
we'll and move in the same circles WITH
persons Of social position and inde-
pendent incomes" =.
THAT is an almost universal wish
was suggested, but usually there IS
some more definite ambition before
man commits murder 20 achieve Il.
II am sure there was no such ambi-
ton in Dr. Yates case" answered the
lawyer He Just wanted the money
for himself-to spend on himself. One
Of the things that makes me believe
him insane is the fact there was no
stronger impelling motive for the muir
ders.
To-day found Waite low and de-
pressed, as he was yesterday. The
effects of the veronal and sulphlnol
have worn off and his mind is clear.
His conscience has awakened. He re
allies the enormity Of mis- crimes. Il
was the workings OF his conscience
which caused him to say he was ready
10 meet his Creator, and TO request me
TO pass on TO the newspapers con
fession OF his guilt"
"Was il religion which brought the
conscience 70 life ,"
"No; he appears to have no religion.
II is plain conscience"
While DR.. Waite may have ceased 20
talk about his Egyptian he Is not en-
tirely acting the part Of sane man.
IL is said he spends much Of his time
scrihbling on scraps of paper. which he
hides at the approach Of nurses or in
ternes. Also, while processing him
self eager TO reach the electric chair,
he breads arra gnment. From this or
deal respite is certain, for Detective
CunliF. who has been the most active
police figure in the case, announced
after a telephone consultation that the
District Attorneys Office would follow
the advice Of Dr. Gregory.
Investigation into the extortion angle
has brought to light evidence that not
only a "double-cross." but a double
double-cross," followed DR.. Waite's
payment Of $4,000 TO Eugene Oliver
Kane. tho embalmer.
The "double-cross" lies in the prac-
teal certainty-illustrated in part by
the tallyng description of the sender
Of the X. Adams Telegram, and in part
by comparison of the handwriting OF
the message-that the hint Of murder
in the Peck deaths was thrown out by
a person who hoped TO bring DR.. Waite
more securely in his power whom
backed by the menace of the Little
Green Door
After that came the double double
cross" DR.. Waite has said he gave
$4,000 10 Kane. When Kane led detec-
tives TO the place where he had buried
the money only $500 was found. The
embalmer has since said he didn't
count the money when Waite gave il
10 him, and that the amount must have
been overstated. Now comes Assistant
District Attorney Dooling with this ex-
PLANTATION OF the discrepancy:
Before he buried the money Kane
split with another man involved with
him. who had expected TO share equal
Is whatever money DR.. Waite had in
tended 10 give up. But this man was
told that his accomplice's threats had
yielded only $4,000. OF this ~ &C
complete demanded the odd 800 for
expenses really because he had been
forced 20 do the cudgelling. So one
end Of the split was $1,000 and the
other $1,000.
"Now. II we add $1,000 to the $4,000
which was left OF Dr. Waite's $4,000
after the $500 had been taken out. we
arrive at the exact figure which Kane
buried $500. II is a simple problem
I'm arithmetic"
A reporter who visited Mrs. Horton
before II was known the arraignmen.
Of DR.. Waite had been postponed was
told the woman in the case'-other-
wise the dove among crows" and the
"most innocent little girl that ever
came out Of the West would not be
In court