Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-26


put arsenic in sample OF embalming
mud, which was to be sent to the
district attorneys office. He gave
Kane $4,000 down, he said. and agreed
to give him $4,000 more later.
What was your purpose in adminis-
tering germs TO all these people?"
II wanted them to die
Why"
Il wanted their money"
When did YOU first get this idea 80
About the time first met Miss Clara
Peck"
Early in his examination tonight
Waite admitted that he had had degen-
The trial was adjourned at 10 O'Clock
until tomorrow morning.
The prisoners story was devoted
largely 10 admissions OF a series of
thefts, from the time he was boy
until he pilfered SO from the purse
or the mother Of the cir! he married.
while he was counting Miss Peck. He
told also Of his wooinG OF his wife
who sat not far from him In the court
room with head bowed while he tes-
titled.
The Young dentist was preceded on
the witness stand by his father, War
rem w. Waite. and his brothers, Frank
and Clyde. The father told of a faint
~ INSANITY IN MS FANNY. IN the nope
of thereby aiding his All three
related incidents in the defendants
life designed to show that he was pc
cular even as boy, and that his
thievery always was Il problem for
the family.
SEEKS TO SHOW WAITE
Is MENTALLY INSOUND
The testimony OF relatives was sup
plemented by the dispositions of family
s,.s. -Ftt ~ Of
Waite, who told Of his thefts ana pc
culiarities. Walter Il. Deuel.. counsel
for the defense. in his examination of
witnesses and by dispositions. sought TO
show that Waite was mentally un-
sound.
Waite seemed calm when he took
the witness stand. The courtroom
tightly around him. He smiled almost
constantly during his examination, hut
appeared resigned and not defiant.
The dentist commenced his life story
L. recalling that a. child he Was cruel
20 animals. He yawn"d as he told Of
slirEing home work in his school days
Then he recouutcd how ne stole eN-
animation papers. copied from the pa
pcrs of his classmates stole from every
one for whom he worked as a boy. and
then robbed his fraternity brothers
while attending the University of
Michigan, AZ Ann Arhor. His face
flushed as he recountcd some Of the
eScapades OF his student days.
His total thcfts during his fresh
man year At college amounted 10 about
$500. he said. He was expelled from
his fraternity while n sophomore. for
stealing. but was Icinstatcd in his
senior year In his second college year
he paid part of his expenses by wait
ing on table and caring Tor II furnace.
E1t 14,N. l,. tn at fan1
church egulary, although he had no
reli gious convictions. He asserted.
however. that he did not steal during
the time he was church atteudcmt
!Afte, leaving college. he told Of u
trip through Canada. whcrc lie made
his living by cheating at pool lie
lhen went 10 Scotland where he took
:. special course in Edinburgh Uni
versity. He said h. "doctoveG" mis-
oploma from the University OF MiChi-
tan so he could get credit for certain
studies and thereby shorten his
course IN dentistry.
lron Ediniurgh, Waite went to
south Africa, where ne Travelled for a
dcntai-supplv house lie said ne stol"
81 300 from his employers tho nrst
ear. ana Increased The amount each
ear Of the FIVE worked for them lie
Id OF hushing 10y the payment Of u
nall sum. q scandal in which ne was
involved with II young woman
Upon leaving South Africa. Waite
cturned 10 The United States and Went
10 Grand Rapids TO live. Soon after
his arrival he met Miss Peck ana he
an 10 court her.
Mere YOU in love with her. lie
Was asked
Il don, know" Waite replied Then
ne told OF declaring To her, TIE make
s0u love me" lie admitted knowing
hat the rcoks were very wealthy.