The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
Dentists Parents Also Protest
He Is Not Guilty.
She Hears of "Other Woman"
but Makes No Difference.
DETECTIVES FIND AFFINITY
Prisoner Fitted Up Studio to
Study Music With Her.
Alleged Murderer of Parents
in-Law Doesn't Sleep Well.

New York, March 25.-Still suffer
ing from the effects of the narcotic
drugs he began to take when his trou-
bles overwhelmed him, DIR. Arthur
Warren Waite spent a restless night
under close guard in the prison ward
at Bellevue hospital. BY Monday the
district attorney expects to receive
from the grand jury an indictment
charging the young dentist with first
degree murder in administering the
arsenic which caused the death of ms
father-in-law. John +. Peck, Grand
Rapids millionaire. Waite was
chcercd today by prospects of seeing
his father and mother. Mr.. and Mrs
Warren w. Waite, who came here last
night from their home in Grand Rap
ids
"Our son never committed this aw-
full crime of which they charge him.
said Mr. Waite. Give him a chance
and we feel certain it will be cleared
up" Mr. Waite added that he brought
a message to the accused man from
his wife. who is i'll at the Peck home
in Grand Rapids Mr. Waite said his
daughter-in-Iaw had called him to her
home before he started for New York
and told him to tell her husband she
wanted to come to New York and
comfort him and that she did not be-
Ieve a worG of all that had been said
about him.
Doesn't Believe Story.
Tell him I have heard what they
say about him and another woman
Mr.. Waite quoted the young wife as
saying. at makes absolutely no diff
ference to me. And even if it were
true about that other woman, tell him
that | forgive
Detectives said today they had
found and identified the woman with
whom DIR. Waite had registered at
hotel here as Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Wal
ters.
She was described as formerly
singer in public and now the wife of
an inventor and electrical engineer
She said DIR. Waite had fitted up a
studio in the hotel so that they could
study music and language there to-
gether.
Peck Wanted to Die.
Confession was made late yesterday
by DR.. Arthur Warren Waite. accord
ing to District Attorney Swami, that
he bought the poison believed by the
authorities to have caused the death
of his tather-in-law. John Z. Peck of
Grand Rapids Mich, but he asserted
he made the purchase at the request
OF the millionaire. who was deSpOnd-
cnt and wished to commit suicide. An
other sensational development late in
the day was the statement made to Mr.
Swami by Raymond SCHNEIDER, a pri-
vatC detective. that Doctor Waite had
negro maid Dora Hitler, to corrobo-
rate the defenses story.
Admits Buying Poison.
Yes" said Waite. according to Mr..
Swami, Il bought the arsenic, but 1
know you won't believe what I am go
ing to tell you. so I'll probably go to
the electric chair. Mr.. Peck was an
old man and he was very Respondent
over the death of his wife. One day
he asked me to buy some poison for
him. l don't remember whether he
said he wanted arsenic or not. l went
to see a physician acquaintance, told
him l wanted to kill a cat and asked
him to call the druggist on the tele-
phone and told him 1 was all right. I
also told the druggist I wanted to kill
cat. l took the poison home and
handed the package to Mr.. Peck. 1
never saw it again"
The poison was bought on March
and Peck died March -. The dis
trict attorneys office has information
that the dentist made other purchases
of poison between December 22 and
March 7.