The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-25
Recovering From Drugs,
Says lie Knows He'll
GOtO Chair.
IS NOW \ PRISONER IN
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
District Attorney Finds
out Where Purchase Of
Arsenic Was Made.

even casual expression Of reSfet--
Jus wearily. hopeiessly-Dr Arthur
Warren Waite confessed to District At
tofncv Swann yesterday afternoon that
he procured and banded to his wife's
father. John r, Peck. his benefactor to
Anon he owed his expensive apartment.
o. automobile. his pleasant idleness, the
s-,eu' which destroyed the life OF the
o. man.
= He would have had Judge Swami be-
ls,e th,t Nr. Peck lost all Joy in liv-
Ing ,fts- tnc death of Mrs. Peck on
Jsuu,r' 40 and that MIR. Peck. dis
tr>sed. melancholy. eager to de. asked
hn-urscd hir--to GO OUT and get
,,ne SOFT of poison which would kill.
And that. he insisted over and over
sg,in. w's all that he did--rnerely
Aepug Nj. Peck end an existence that
bal become uncomfortable.
He denied querulously-his nerves
)iaslins from the after effects Of the
trrss ne had takcn--that lie was q muir.
te-rr. that ne prompted Mr.. Peck to
comm, suicide; that he administered
AL VI the poison to NJ. Peck. Far from
IT, he - ssured Judge swami. He didn't
even SEQ Mr.. Peck take the poison and
' e'ud pnly assume. he said, tina, Mr.
Pc di take IT because arsenic Was
aunI 'u Mr.. Peck's body.
lf nay 20 mentioned hero that Judge
sNt.u r-llsed TO accept the confession
~ straight truth. receiving ii merely as
a Gr'n - ilv!ication OF Waites greater
kur. NJ will the confession alter the
eou-,# 80 the prosecution. The Grand
.ur,. low near,ng testimony rs to the
n",g 10 Waite had for desiring his
i4',... f.-'tN and mother-in-law re-
I, 81 om his pathway to wealth and
h.. op1p~' uui',.s for so removing them, is
! N." 500 ON Monday to return an iDdict.
LeI, "a rurder in the fi,st degree.
Expects to Pay Penalty.
" n.nse.f expects to end in the
o.. &c., r}tir. He said 80 TO Judge
\ eaa ',,terdny afternoon. not once but
No.. tones. Through his confession. or
SOY ~ having assisted Mr.. Peck TO
,cr~r -pc.d" the prediction OF death
~ 40" rnlir Tan like "A dismal strain:
''t. t'' 81 s'l'd !'e ~ u" '""i'
~ - 20 To the cna!r-Eou oo'i pe-
"'.' ''-ho'odE VIII Dei''Ve my s'ory
- 40 S'r'! d!dn uie from tne ooie
"oH--l IN SICK OF NIe-i doht care
N,'ArI I'VE or de
ms young man. VINO was no oeoonai'
tI bu'Naht TUESDAY afternoon whei
Igdsc swami set him down in a chair al
tie corner Of the District Attorneys
t''H IN 'n' criminal courts bu'Io'ns
.o IiNsh"d "nen Judge swami IN
!Fne1 nm dS deicateiy as such mat
p"rt.! ~ poisoning his wife's parents
."' amy rnfawed at the notion. mac
~,sn Ind". s,,rn ,,.,Lsd in,o hi.
tpartmen, am ~. s.copd foor of IN.
CaIsonn, q, ptys-s;de nr,vs and ,1stt
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Gs,,nu'e,,on nsoinss and aeni.,s Idle
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