Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-29
Claims He Is Possessed of
Dual Personality and Acted
Under Direction of a Little.
Bad Man. in His Nature,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SEES INSANITY PLEA
Accused Dentist Is Shown to
Have Given Live Germs Of
Fatal Diseases to Victims;
Result Too SLOW,


New York, March 2s. Statements
indicating that he believed he was
possessed Of dual personality. the
wicked one of which impelled him 10
murder John Il. Peck. of Grand RAJ
pids. his wealthy father-in-law, and
Mrs. Peck, were made by Or. Arthur
Warren Waite to District Attorney
Edward Swami and a detective to-
night. Waite. still In bed at Belle
Vue hospital, where he is under ar
rest charged with the murder OF
Peck, when asked hy Mr.. Swami II
he wished to make any statement.
passed one hand over his eyes and
answered vaguely:
oh it's all over. He did 1t. This
little bad man whom ! haven't been
aide TO get rid of until now-he did
it all. clara (Mrs. Waite) know how
have trled TO gel rid OF MIN. |
don't know who he was--he told mo
he came from Egypt"
Dual Personality.
Roy ". SCHNEIDER. a detective VINO
visited waite Just before Mr.. swami
arrived, declared the young dentist
told him about the dual personality
asserting that he sometimes was so
ohsessed by the bad man" that he
would run around In the park to
throw off the inclination to evil
According to schlndler Waite told
f,t., a1n,futcfnral ttt-p buptlli Di
various diseases to Mrs Peck, but
they did not act as quickly as he ex-
pected He said also. the detective
averred. that he fed germs to Peck
but when the results appeared 10 be
unsatisfactory he gave arsenic "a
his father-i -in-law Both Peck and
Mrs. peck died at Waites apartments
here, Mrs. Peck on January 80 ana
her husband ON March IL. Autopsies
ON the body Of Peck disclosed quanti-
ties Of arsenic. Mrs peek's body was
cremated.
Makes Confession.
Three assistant district attorneys
as we'll as an attorney engaged today
for Waite, were in the room when
Waite made the statements about the
dual personality. Mr.. Swami said that
Waite, who appeared to have recoV-
cred almost completely from the eff
fects Of the drugs he TOOK, seemed u
be more lncoherent and irrational to-
night. He appeared at first not &c
recognize his visitors and when ht
spoke seemed to be addressing no one
in particular.
Mr.. swami said he was not salts
fled with Waite's statements. Hc
said ne did not regard them as con-
stituting a complete confession AMI
Indicated that Waite and his coun'
sci were paving the way to Introduce
an insanity defense
Additional evidence regardine
Waite's alleged activities with germs
was obtained today by the district
attorneys office. Mr. Swami said
he had found that Waite. through in
termediuries who sometimes repre-
sentcd themselves as reputable ply.
siclans, obtained from the Rockefeller
Foundation for medical research
Bellevue hospital and willard Parker
hospital for infectious diseases as well
as the Cornell medical school, live
bacilH of typhoid. pneumonia, diph-
theria and influenza. He also OBJ
tained germs from drug manufactur-
ers in Detroit, the district attorney
said. bv using letterheads of physl-
clans,
Drew Check for S1,30o
Another development announced al
the district attorneys office today
was that Waite on Monday. March 20,
before he was arrested. drew check
for $500, which he had on deposit
IN local bank. This check is IN
the possession of Mr.. swami and a
subpoena has been issued for the per-
son to whom the money was turned
over. but whose identity has not been
disclosed.
Mrs. Margaret Weaver Horton. who
shared studio with Waite az "a
hotel here, was questioned at the dis
trict attorneys office the greater part
Of the day and her own bank ac-
count and that of her husband. Harry
Mack Horton, were examined Horton
said that about Sa000 which was De
posted to his account during tho
year was obtained through the sale
of wireless apparatus to the Mexican
government Mrs Horton declared
her acquaintance with Waite was
"iust an innocent Irritation.