The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26

did you ever steal before THAR
mo. I really do not recall stealing
before that
You were stealing at other places
about that time"'
YES after a little reflection. II
was stealing from Fred Cox, a boarder
at our home. and from the purses of
other members OF my family"
Did they catch your
YES"
What did they do to your
oh. I believe my father spoke TO
mo about it-not much
Did you stop
II did not"
He worked during vacations and stole
at every place he worked. Waite went on.
The first summer he went TO work for a
hardware man and took a small amount
OF money. He was discharged. Then he
went to a grocery store.
How about THAR asked Mr.. Deuel..
same thing" was the bored reply.
y" cawnt say how much" Later he
said, oh. possibly $780,"
Then he went to a commission house.
was caught stealing and discharged.
After that to mother commission house /:
same result. He was discharged In ali
Instances. but never received anything
worse than a small reprimand. About
that time he was ready for the school
OF dentistry at Ann Arbor.
Did you steal and cheat there
throughout your course?'
Il did" was the calm answ
He took Instruments. materials and
even appropriated the plate another man
had made. handing Il in as his labora-
tory work. He was caught.
stole $1,000 From One student.
year,"
II took money on three occasions, II I
remember rightly" wac the answer
The hrst time was when he took 81. 900
from the trunk OF a fellow student and
fraternity man named Beckwith.
"Beckwith had received the money
from an uncle and kept It In his trunk.
l went up there and got IT,"
Beckwith, it seemed, had traced the
money and Waite was forced to give Il
back. He said he had taken II as .
warning to the man not to he so care
less. lie took other small amounts from
fraternity brothers. so from Beckwith
again and also books. materials and any
thing else he could lay his hand on. He
was finally expelled from the fraternity,
but was reinstated a year later.
All this confession OF thievery was not
going In without objections from the
state and these objections seemed TO
amuse the defendant very much. He
grinned and once or twice pressed his
fingers to his lips to keep from laughing
outright. Waite said he told them at
the school his first year his father was
a wealthy broker. The second year he
was a tewar at a boarding club for his
board and tended a furnace for his lodg-
Ing.
What were your religious views when
you went to college?"
81 don't believe | had any"
He went to church. however. and was
prominent in the Christian Endeavor So
c!ety. Il was president OF the society
my second year he added.
. Did you do any preachingT'
. 1T might be called that was the
indifYeren, reply. II addressed the So
J ciety.'
e Cheated Even In Pool
e He went TO work for a man on Mack
mac Island his second summer and was
caught stealing. He got away with
= about $500. The man he had robbed
heard about a secret fund OF his and go,
I He went ~ Canada 10 make his
. fortune just before going 10 school. he
e supported himself with a reserve fund o.
X 800 and by playing pool. He had
cheated playing pea pool BY holding or
to several peas.
Waite had been graduated in 1905
and Just previous to that had signed a
contract with a firm OF dentists TO work
for them In South Africa. II WAS neces
. sary for him first 10 procure a British
( license. so he had left this country In
Q the autumn OF 1909 and had gone to a
he had to pass the necessary examtha'
r tons.
With the certificat ties and diploma hs
had from Ann Arbor he would have beer
compelled TO remain there six months
but he avoided that.
How did vol do that asked Mr.
Z Deuel..
: 10 conform to the requirements was the
s cool reply. Then he said It was onl,
5 necessary for him 10 pass an examina,
ton.
e How did you do th!s?"
Il became q private pupil OF the ex
aminer. who passed me after ! had paid
4 his fees"
g Thereafter he went to Cape Town
I where he went first to work in the mair
Q office OF the Arm. He remained Their,
t one year, after which ne went on tn,
n road travelling from town to town FOL
them for three years. His Nth veal
Q was spent In charge OF n permanent
branch OF the firm at Durham, Natal.
d Did you do any stealing at Cap,
TOWN." he was asked.
No. that was the main office and
s couldn't"
How about when you went on tn,
road?"
Yes" He explained that ne wen
out first for $3.50 a month and 3 pc
cent. commission. This was increas SCI
until he received $3.50 n month and
j. 3 per cent. commission as well as trav
elling expenses. The firm had given hin
a bonus for getting through Scotland 8,
quickly and In his last year he wa.
y making about $500 a month clear.
What did you take the second year -
asked Mr.. Deuel..
81 really wouldn't like to specify
was the answer 81 assume II was some
thing like flo0 H600)."
He succeeded in getting away wit,
d about $500 his third veal and 1900 hi