New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-24

trional and sulphonsl tablets. and in
glass vials were 30 veronal-sodlum tab
lets.
Waite was suffering intense nausea.
as much from the medicines gwen TO
counteract the drugs as from the chem
icals. but he was not too sick 10 permit
Of his removal 10 the prison ward Of
Bellevue If this had been thought the
part Of wisdom. NJ. Swami, however.
decided that this would be an unneces-
sary hardship. and. on the request OF
his brother. agreed TO allow Waite 10
remain in the apartment over night IN
IN, custody Of his men and the care OF
DR.. Moore and he nurses.
While at the house the District
Attorney went over the case OF PECK
with DR.. Moore. VINO was the physician
I'm that case. and obtained from him q
COPY or the prescription he had gwen
Peck when called IN 20 treat HIM. ] ms
ho said was a simple preparation Of
strvchnine.
lie had thought. he said. that Peck
was suffering from q simple aIiment,
having apparently recovered from the
heart trouble for which he had pre-
viouslv treated him. until he heard
that Peck had died. Then he concluded
lIdI lIt hiU tlbuulf IdN ~ va ~ anu
certified accordingly
"He told me- said Mr.. Swami. that
he was both surprised and shocked a.
the suddenness Of Peck's death, but
not sufficiently so 20 arouse any sus-
picion in his mind that oil was not
well and tina; il was not recurrence
OF the old cardiac difficulty that had
caused death.
.
on, had any suspicion that Waite's
condition was due 20 an attempt St
suicide. Under the Circumstance and
considering thc things used u is not
al all improbable that Waite anxious
20 get sleep and terribly nervous, took
more OF the stuff than he should have
taken"
While in the house District Attorney
Swami and his men went through the
| Waite library. Il was such a collection
as A man of means would be expected
I to possess. plus considerable medical
/ library. These we're Dental Pathology
and Therapeutics" Rurchard-lnglis;
System Of Medicine" by Pepper;
! Handbook OF Therapeutics by Ringer,
eleventh edition; Woods practice Of
Medicine" Dickson's Elements Of Med
/ icine." Sajou's Annual Analytical Cy-
clopedia OF Practical Medicine" Com
pcndium Of Chemistry" Arnold-Man-
del; THE Practice Of Medicine Tyson,
fifth edition and illustrations ION fy
leaf "A ". Waite. 1870, and Woods
Therapeutics and Pharmacology
OF these works. only the second vol
ume Of the latter was thought impor-
tant enough 10 warrant It's removal. Its
importance lay in the fact that a book
mark in il indicated whore one might
read Of arsenic and Us effects upon tho
human system. Another bookmark in
dictated where helleboro. another irrl-
tant poison. was described IN detail
Soon after Mr.. Swami arrived az his
Office from tho Waite house, and while
he was going over the case with the
reporters this wire wa handed him:
Grand Rapids, March %. 1916.
arrest defendant Immediately kvl-
donce of guilt overwhelming Check
I'D bank accounts and hold N oil de-
posts. MANCJSC'
THAT already has been done said
the prosecutor In giving out the mes
sage. 81 cannot well tell what banks
, he had money in, or where he had his
safe deposit vault. II might lead 20
complications
Nr. Swami then told the story given
him by the serving maid, Dora Hitler.
when ! went 20 the house this
l morning" she said. II found DR.. Waite