The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
WAITE HAS NO FEAR OF
WHAT LIES BEYOND GRAVE
Believes Any Crime, No Matter How Shocking, May Be
Expiated on ~Earth-Writing Statement to Be
Made Public in Last Hours of Life.

about me. Nobody knew anything about
the whole matter except myself. had
no help Of any sort. l took no one into
my confidence"
Al Waite's bedside throughout the in
terview were In addition to the reporters
Supt. NJ. 8. Gregory OF Bellevue Hos
pital. Miss Ehel Smythe. WAite's nurse.
and Detective John Cunniff. Or. Gregory
watched Waite closely. realising that he
10 still q very sick man and not yet In
possession Of enough strength to endure
a very long siege Of questioning. Occa-
sionally Dr. Gregory fingered Waite's
pulse or noted his temperature.
How about II. doctorT' ne said to Or.
Gregory at n time. DO you think I
ought TO go on with this line Of taik?'
1T depends upon how you feel. Are
you strong enough? Suit yourself said
DR.. Gregory.
Waite merely nodded assent a. he
glanced round the room awaiting more
questions. He was asked II he felt re-
morse for his crimes. He made Q sort
Of admission Of regret.
No Jsstiacation, He says.
II have come" he said. ito 4 full
realisation Of his terrible affair and I
don't want TO Justify myself. There is
no justification for me. And there IL no
mitigation for my poor people This father
and mother and b%rothers1 who were 30
injured. l cannot remember when the
idea nrst came TO me to murder my
wife's parents. but my only idea was TO
get money. Now all I want IL to pass
out and be forgotten"
Would you suggest. DR.. Waite, that
any Lesson could be dra VT from your
career"
~ think all Of us have to learn ou
own lessons" he said. Some Of them
come hard enough. I am attempting
now to express and define my views on
the subject The indicated the portfolio
In which he had been wrItingl. II ia
the one thing ! want TO leave behind
me-this lesson Of warning. II will he
edited carefully before II Is given to the
public"
The conversation turned to minor mat.
ters. When Waite was told that the
District Attorney had found letters adj
dressed to him by q woman in South
Africa and signed "Your South African
Mother" he explained that the letters
had been written by Mrs. Steyn. the wife
Of a foreman in charge Of Wahe's farm
properties In British East Africa.
"She IL an elderly. motheriy soul and
was very fond Of me-" said Waite.
When ! was In Africa she always called
herself my South African Mother and
she kept up the custom in writing TO me.
Lord ] am sorry she has to hear about
this affair. II will break her heart"
Tells Of GiVinG $4,000.
He insisted tina; he gave $4,000 10
Eugene Oliver Kane. the embalmer, In
the belief that Kane would deceive the
District Attorney by putting arsenic In
samples Of embalmins fluid. and ne was
unable to explain why only $500 was
found when Kzne led the detectives 10
the Long Island beach where the O
had been hidden.
~ got a check for $4,000 ca shed BY
Cimiot,i. the garage keeper said Waite.
and ! kept 5000 for personal EXPENSE.
giving Kane the rest. The money was
in $500. 500. $50 and SEQ bills"
You are sure there were $50 hills in
the roll'' asked Detective Cunnin.
Yes said Waite.
"Ths. clears up "A mystery" said Cum
min. who explained merely thai theirs
were no SEQ bills in the roll Of cash
dug up al East Marion Landing.
Waite was much improved yesterday
and there is a likelihood that ne may
he arraiEned before Judge Grain In Gen.
erai Sessions before the end OF his week
on the advice of his doctors NJ Bellevue
the news that his wife In Grand Rapids
has brought suit for divorce. M minis
Mrs. Margaret Weaver Horton, has been
kept from him.