Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
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ANSWERS no DISTRICT ATTORNEY
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Questioned concerning her visits 20
the district attorneys office. Mrs Hor-
ton said her answers to the d!str!c,
attorney on all her visits except tho
last one were unsatisfactory.
You told the district attorney on
your last visit that Waite had told YOU
he did H.. didn', you?"
Yes"
Had you mentioned tina, to the dis.
trict attorney In any OF your former
visits"
$50"
On cross-examination Mr.. Duel asked
Mrs. Horton:
Your relations with tho defendant
were purely pia;onic, were they note"
They were answered the witness
When did you 40 to the apartment
with the defendant"
Usually between and o'clock in
tho afternoon"
What was his demeanor?"
He was always gentiemanly and
kind"
Did he ever appear to be melan-
choly?"
Yes. when I played or sang"
Describe his actions"
WY. he would cry Ike 4 child"
AT other times how did nc act?"
Very boyish. He was always bright
ana cheerful"
Did he ever comment 20 you on his
feeling with respec, 20 his actions
when YOU were playing the piano or
singing
Yes. he often said We were only
children"
Did the defendan, ever ask you to
go away with him.
NO. Never"
What did the decendan, tell you
nc did for l!ving?'
Why, he said he was doing resea p n
work for Or. Muller"
OBTAINED QUANTITY OF ARSENIC
"T0 KILL SOME CATS
DR.. Muller had testified that Waite
obtained through him a quantity OF
arsenic shortly before Mr.. Peck's death
Waite told him. he said, that he
wanted the poison TO XIII some cats"
Previously, Waite had said he was in
terested IN the study Of bacteriology.
and DIR. Muller had recommended a for
mer instructor of his. Waite already
has confessed that he inoculated the
aged Mrs. Peck with deadly disease
germs, from which she died a few
weeks before her husband.
When Mrs. Horton was excused from
the stand Mr.. Deul asked the court to
instruct the jury TO disregard all tes-
timony about Wai,c's study OF bac-
teriology The court so instructed the
jury. The State then rested, and Mr..
Deul made the formal motion FOR the
dismissal OF the case, which was denied.
Mrs. Clara Peck Waite faced her
husband in the court for the first time
to-day. when she took the stand as =
witness against him.
She was dressed In mourning and
came into the courtroom so quietly that
few observed her. Her brother. Percy
Peck, was testifying. DR.. Waite. who
had been sitting with bowed head all
the forenoon, looked at his wife, but
she appeared not TO see him.
Mrs. Waite testified concerning her
fathers visit from Grand Rapids to
New York, and said that Waite sug-
gcsted that Dr. Albertus a. Moore be
called TO see her father.
Although her father appeared 10 be
in very good health. some time after
his arrival here. Mrs. Waite said. he
developed fainting spells Waite al
ready has admitted that he inoculated
him as we'll as Mrs. Peck with disease
germs.
The witness said three days before
Mr.. Pecks death, Waite served her
father with some oysters at dinner.
Later Mr.. Peck remarked that he felt
unusually druwsy
SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL.
EXCEPT WHAT MAID TOLD
When asked il she saw anything un-
usual in Waites manner. Mrs. Waite
broke down and sobbed, but finally re-
piled. mo, only what my maid told
me later"
She said her fathers condition grew
gradually worse and she called in Dr..
Moore several times. The night before
! her father died. she said, Waite gave
him an egGnoG and Peck complained
that il made him ILL., Next morning her
father died.
Two weeks before Mr.. Peck's death.
Waite told his wife. she testified, that
he wished to put tonic in Mr.. Peck &
soup. Previously. she swore. Waite pre-
pared medicine with which he sprayed
Mr. Peck's throat.
The sender of the mysterious tx.
Adams" telegram which has figured
in the case of DR.. Waite was Identified
as Elizabeth b. Hardwick, OF Somer-
vile, n. j. This was the telegram sent
from New York to Grand Rapids. urg-
ing Percy Peck to have an autopsy
performed on his fathers body.