New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-26

Of Music and met her there. After that
saw her almost every day.
Odd you become fond OF her! A.
Yes.
Q.-Was your affection reciprocated?
A-Yes
Waite told of taking up the study Of
French and German with Mrs. Horton
nj the Berltz School and Of furnish
ing the bedroom studio in the Plaza so
they could have a place 20 he alone
lie said he used to cry when she played
or sang in the studio The dentist
had seen his friends husband, but had
never met HIM.
Fed Glass to wife's Aunt.
Odd you ever put ground glass
in a can Of marmalade and give II TO
Miss Catherine Peck? A.-Yes.
Q.-When you began the study of
germ cultures what bacilli did you get?
A.-Nearly all the disesse-producing
ones.
Q.-What did you want them for? A.
Why. to give them to Mrs. Peck and
Ir Peck ard Miss Peck.
Q.-How many times did you give
germs TO Miss Peck? A.-Many.
Q-When did you begin giving the
germs TO your mother-in-law? A.-The
first day she came 10 visit US.
Q.-How long did she live? A.
About week She died some time IN
the night. She was dead when awoke
one morning.
Q.-Had you slept all n,gnt. A.-oh,
Q.-How did you administer the ba-
cilli to Mr.. Peck? A.-By putting them
into food-I've forgotten what it was.
Q, Wasn't anybody present? A.
No. Clara was in the kitchen. You know
how our house is. You can't see from
the kitchen into the dining room.
Q. What kind of germs did you give
him. A. Typhoid, diphtheris, pneu
monia and others. put some in
nasal spray for him, too. They didn't
seem to affect him at all. tried all
the time TO make them more virulent,
but couldn't get them strong enough.
Then ! started giving him calomel. |
could put that on his crane fruit be-
cause Il was sweet like sugar.
Q. What else did you do 4. turned
or the electric heater one fight, but he
stumbled over it and disconnected IT,
Q. Anything else? A. Yes; | put
water on the sheets Of his bed so he'd
catch bad cold.
Poisoned Gas Failure
Q.-rs that all1 A.-No; put q
chemical compound in his room TO make
a poisonous gas, but II failed.
The purchase of arsenic, which the
state brought in so many witnesses TO
establish, was readily admitted by
White. He said he had signed Druggist
Timmerman's book, and had noted. as
requested, that he bought the poison
"to kill a cat" He got ninety grains
for rs cents.
Q.-When did you give the arsenic
10 Mr.. Peck? A.-On Thursday or Fri
day. first gave him a quarter tea
spoonful. That didn't affect him, so
kept increasing the dose.
Q. Did you give him the rest Fri
day? A. I'm not sure.
@. when did you administer it?
A. Usually at meals-no particular
ones. Once or twice put it in an
egg nogg. once in rice pudding and
once in milk and soup.
Q. What did you do Saturday night?
A. | told Clara TO so TO bed and get
good nights sleep. ! said I'd sleep
on the couch, where 7 could hear Mr..
Peck II he needed anything. / heard
him grooming after I'd slept an hour.
/ went in an administered chloroform.
@. Detail what you did? A. | said:
Here's something 70 ease your pain"
Then held the chloroform TO his nose.
Then ! went out and got a pillow of
the couch and put it over his head.
O. When YOU were satisfied he was
dead did you call up DR.. Moore?
A. Yes.
A recess was taken at $3.50 o'clock,
with Waite still on the stand. Court
reconvened at 8.
As the long evening session OF the
trial drew toward a close Waite became
vi.ibly fatigued. His voice dropped
from the gay, careless tone that had
carried IL when he first took the stand
10 a dull monotone. He seemed TO be
struggling constantly to make his mind
serve him; seemed 10 be recalling past
events only with the greatest physical
effort.
Sought Undertaker's Aid.
He quietly told OF how he had asked
J. 6. Potter, the undertaken, to inject
arsenic in the embalming huid and
supply the District Attorneys Office
with a sample Finally he said Eugene
Oliver Kane, Potter's embslmcr, agreed
TO doctor the fluid.
he TOLD me the Job Vould De worm
lot of money" Waite explained. "in-
asmuch as he would have TO ruin
great deal Of fluid. gave him a check
for $4,000. He intimated that the job
was worth more than that, and I sug-
gested paying him $4,000 a year dur
ing each of the next four years"
The Sunday after he had returned
from Grand Rapids he went twice TO
church, he asserted In the morning
he attended a fashionable Fifth Ave
nue. church. and in the evening he
companied Miss Catherine Peck, his