Arizona republican., 1916-03-24
OOPED DENTIST
 |S ARRESTED 0N
 MURDER CHARCE
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| NEW YORK, March 23.-in a stupor 1 from self administered drugs, pr. Ar l thur Warren Waite, a dentist and well 1 known as a tennis player, was in the custody of detectives tonight and will be charged with the murder here on 1 March l2 of his father-i law, John F. Peck, millionaire drug manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Michigan, as soon as 1 he can be taken into court. With the arrest of Dr. Waite, the district at torney's office believes it has uncover ed what will prove one of the most re- lnarkable cases in many years.
 MT. Peck, who is reputed to have left an estate valued at about $1.5OO. 600, and his wife died within six weeks while visiting their daughter and her husband at their Riverside Drive i Apartments here. By the will of Mir , Peck, his estate was equally divided l between Mrs Waite and Percy Beck, of Grand Rapids, a son. Mrs. Waite now is seriously ill at Grand Rapids. Dis trict Attorney Swann said today he had learned she had been instructed by Waite to make a will in his favor When detectives went to the Waite apartment today, they found the young dentist in bed, apparently in great pain Dr. A. A. Moore, the physician who at 1 tended Peck while he was here, de- clared Waite was suffering from over doses of narcotics. Considerable quan- 1 titles of three different drugs were l found in the dentists clothing, and he said he had taken some of each kind, beginning yesterday morning. Asked how much he had taken he replied plenty"
 District Attorney Swann went to the house with stenographer to take statement from the dentist but Waite was in a stupor Dr. Moore said his patient probably would be able to go to court tomorrow. In the meantime he will be closely guarded
 The arrest of Dr. Waite was ordered l today after an investigation by the district attorney, based upon the re- stuls of an autopsy on Pecks body, which revealed strong symptoms of poison. The case was placed in the hands of the grand jury today after Dora Heller, a negro maid at Dr. I a wealthy relative of the Pecks. had told stories to the district attorney which seemed to him to warrant be- ginning proceedings against the dentist I The grand jury investigation will con- tinue several days Meanwhile Waite will be taken to the Tombs and held without bail, charged with murder in l the first degree the district attorney said tonight
 l Both Dr. Cornell and Dora Heller were before the grand jury today. The jury will be given copies of the death | certifictes of both Mr Peck and his wife, filed with the health de- partment.
 The maid, whom the state regarded | as one of the most important wit | nessees, told the district attorney today that Dr. Waite came into the kitchen where she was preparing din ner, poured something out of a bot | tie that he told her was medicine into soup which afterwards was served to Peck at the dentists home This oc- cured, she said, about two days be- fore the druggists death.
 She noticed that Peck ate only a lit . tie of the soup and expressed a de- sire for q cup of tea Dr. Waite went with her to the kitchen, she asserted. saying: Father didn't like the soup. I'll put some more medicine in the tea Peck drank the tea, she said.
 Dr. Cornell said he visited Peck Sat urday afternoon, March Il, and talked with him for about an hour. He seemed at that time to be in good health. the physician declared. While he was there, Dr. Cornell said, he saw Dr. Waite go into another room to which Peck had retired with a bot tie containing what pr. Waite told him was medicine. In a few minutes he said, he heard Peck grOaning The next morning he was called to the telephone by Mrs. Waite and told that her father was dead.
 When Dr. Waite was questioned at the district attorneys office yes terday afternoon he admitted ac- cording to Mir Swami that he had been living with another woman un- der the name of Dr. A. w. Walters as well as with his wife. This woman is being sought by the authorities to De witness before the grand jury.
 Wife Seriously III
 | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 23 |-Mr. and Mrs. Warren Waite, par ents of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite un- der arrest in New York in connection with the death of his father in- law John F.. Peck, left for New York this afternoon to visit their son.
 Mrs. Arthur Warren Waite, wife of the accused man, still is in a crit ical condition. Her illness dates from the day of her fathers funeral
 Assistant District Attorney Man 2uso of New York, who is here gath ering inforamtion concerning Dr
 Waite had not completed his in
 vestigatiOn tonight.