Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-27
Defendants AIienistS Declare
He Has Only Insane knowI-
edge Of What Is Right or
Wrong.
ACCUSED D0ZES
DURING TESTIMONY
Jury Also Seems Bored by
Evidence Adduced From Ex-
pertSi Wife Hears UnfIat-
tering Testimony

by the defense In behalf OF Or. Ar
thur Warren Waite, testified today at
his trial for the murder of John T..
Peck, his father-in-law that the
young dentist was moral imbecile,"
ana an Immoral monster" who had
only an insane knowledge of right and
wrong. The defense rested its case
upon the testimony of the mental ex-
perts The alienists of the prosecu-
ton viii appear tomorrow in rebuttal.
Waite's wife was in the court room
again this afternoon and heard the
medical witnesses for her husband
rled her only for her money. The
prisoner himself appeared TO doze
while u long Hypothetical question de-
signed to show that he was insane at
the time he killed his wifes parents,
was read to the alienists. The jury
men seemed bored by the testimony
Of the experts.
Knew What lie Was Doing.
nr Morris ]. Karpas and DR. Allen
Rose Dlefendorf testified that Waite
was a moral imbecile and declared
they had arrived at their conclusion
without consultation together Both
admitted Waite knew what he was
doing when he was plotting the death
OF Mrs, Peck, but they declared he
had no moral sense. Both asserted
they did not want the prisoner set
free, and Or. Diefendorf said he
should be kept in an insane asylum ~
long as he lived.
Or Karpas declared that while
moral imheciles had no moral sense
they appeared like rational men.
lie said he believed criminals
should confess their crimes because
they owed 1t to society to do So
DO you think the fact that Waite's
great aunt was insane away back in
1870 had to do with the kill
ing OF PeckY" he was asked.
Il don't know" was the reply. Il
don't know what kind of Il lunatic she
was.
Or Diofendorf said that when he
first examined Waite on May 13 at
the Tombs, he found the defendant
composing poem on Love Waite
told him, he testified, he loved poetry
but knew the names of no modern
poets and admitted that the only
books he had were those in an old
dental library he had bought for $40,
life Only "a Hollow Shell"
life is one hollow, miserable
she'll" the dentist told him. DR.. def
endorf asserted.
What makes you unhappy" the
doctor asked Waite.
Il don't know" the defendant re-
Piled
Have you had disappointments in
llove?"
No; ! don't believe | ever loved"
Waite answered,
Not even Mrs. Horton?"
II fear that Is only temporary
matter Doctor, | don't want TO be
considered insane. / know what |
have done and | know | shall be pun
ished for it" the witnessed declared
Waite told him.
Had ~ worry
Waite told the alienist he had "a
worry" and said it referred TO his prl-
waite life. The defendant told DR..
Diefendorf he wouldn't go on the
stand to testify because Mrs. Horton
would be there and he didn't want her
to lose confidence in him and in the
n X breath promised that he would
TESTIFY
Waite said his degenerate habits,
he thought, had brought about a lack
OF feeling in him. the witness testi-
fled. This and his weakness for
women had changed him. He added
that he had 'huzzmg noise in his
head and said finally: It's no use. /
can't understand
stole From Wife.
"He said he praetieed medicine for
the sole purpose of learning how to
get rid of people, Or. Diefendorf de-
clared "IIe said he had read the
/ bible, lie told me that when with
Mrs Peck he took $50 out of her
purse on the dresser in her room"
Waite told the alienists. according
to the evidence, that he knew he
ought to love his parents, but never
had very much"
| Detailing a conversation with Waite
| dtitI ms tiiti IdQ btS VII III iftNtNh
dorf said,
Tried to Flirt in Court.
Waite told me he liked pretty
girls; that he had tried to flirt with
a beautiful girl in the court room but
that he could not catch her eye
The alienist asserted that as far as
he was able to determine. the defend
ant had no feeling of sorrow. no
feeling of shame. no strength of Will.
In his opinion, the witness declared
Waite did not know his act was
wrong. He said he made up his mind
Waite was insane during his first ex'
animation Of him.
At the close of DR.. Defenders
cross-examination. Walter r. Deoel,
coonsel for the defense, announced
that he rested and court was adjourn
ed until tomorrow morning.
Born this morning TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray BAILEY, a son. Mr. Bailey is a