New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
FOUND DOPED, WHEN
 DETECTIVES ARRIVE
 WITH MURDER WRIT
Dr. Waite Accused of Killing Father-in-LaW FOllOWin8.Sud-
 den Death of Latter'S Wife x
ARSENIC FOUND IN STOMACH
 WHEN CORPSE IS EXAMINED

Dentist Pour Black Liquid in Soup
 and Tea of Rich TieIative-Accused
 Discovered in Comatose Condition
 and fsfiystcians Work Hard to
 Save Him.
 New York, March 23.-Detectives !. sent today to arrest Dr. Arthur War :. ren Waite in connection with the death of John F. Peck, millionaire druggist of Grand Rapids, Mich, found him in ;t condition of stupor as a result of an opiate,. elf-administered. Physicians at noon today were working on him to save his life.
 District Attorney Swann soon after that hour arrived at Dr. Waite's apart ment and went in, accompanied by a stenographer. It was given out that pr. Waite had taken the opiate to in duce sleep and it was believed that The would recover.
 Will Charge First Degree Murder.
 District Attorney Swann, emerging from Dr. Waites apartment shortly before 2 o'clock made this announce ment: q shall charge Dr. Waite with murder in the first degree"
 pr. Waite was reported later in the afternoon to have recovered sufficient iy to be questioned by the district at torney but not to be in a condition ho be immediately removed from his apartment.
 Meanwhile assistant District Attor- hey Embre presented the case to the grand jury, calling as the principal witness Dora Heller, the maid em- +pIoyed at Dr. Waites home at the time of the death of Peck and his wife.
 -a The records of the health depart ment which reported Peck's death due to brights disease, were also placed before the jury. No action was taken by that body in the case today. More witnesses, it was announced, would be heard tomorrow.
 It was given out by the district at torney's office that Dora Heller, maid employed in the Waites home had said that on two occasions she saw pr. Waite pour something out of a bottle into Peck's soup. Peck com plained of the taste and Dr. Waite, she is alleged to have said, blamed the <cool. On another occasion, the maid was declared to have said, she saw Dr. Waite pour something into Peck's tea.
 At noon today detectives were still In Waite's apartment. Detective Cuniffe, in charge of the squad, re- fused to confirm over the telephone re- sports that became current that Dr. Waite had become suddenly i'll.
 The order for Dr. Waite's apprehen- sion was decided upon by the district attorney following the receipt of in formation from Grand Rapids indicat- Ing that Peck may have been poisoned. This information was received last night from representatives of his office who went to Grand Rapids, including Dr. Otto H. Schultze, medical exam iHer. who performed an autopsy on Peck's body, which had been sent there soon after his death here on March I2 Today the district attorney IS un- derStOCd to have further information bearing on the case, which led to his decision to take the man into cus- tody.
 SIeuths Watch Waite's Home-
 Dr. Waites home on Riverside Drive was under surveillance last night and ~today by squad of detectives who gIiarded the exits of his apartment to prevent any attempt to escape. Or tn tne district attorney to bring him to the Tombs court for arraignment to- day
 t Mrs. Peck died here suddenly Jan uary 29. Her husband came to New York a short time after her death to console his daughter and died March t2, Until day or two before his death he seemed to be in excellent health.
 Dr. Waite and his wife took MT. Peck's body back to Grand Rapids. Mrs. Waite remained there at the home of relatives and reports from <(Trand Rapids say that she has been Ill for several days, a physician at tributing her condition to hysteria. pr. Waite returned to New York, and yes terday had long talk with the district attorney regarding the case
 Arsenic Found in Stomach.
 Two autopsies on the body of MT. Peck were performed in Grand Rapids andf disclosed arsenic in the stomach and intestineS. The undertaken here 
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