Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-26
bought Drugs So Aged Mil
lionaire Could Kill
Himself, lie Says.
WOMAN IN THE DEAL
Offers Domestic $1,000 il
She Would Lie for Him
Detective Saws.

NEW YORK, March 24.-Confes-
1 y sion was made today by DR..
| Arthur Warren Waite. according to
District Attorney Swami that he
iought the poison, believed by the
authorities to have caused the death
of his father-in-Iaw, John f.. Peck,
Of Grand Rapids, Mich, but he assert
ed that he made the purchase at the
request OF the millionaire. who was
despondent and wished to commit sui
| eide. Another sensational develop
ment late in the day was the state
| mcnt made to Mr.. Swami by Raymond
SCHNEIDER. Il private detective, that
Doctor Waite had asked him to at
| tempt to bribe Waite's negro maid.
Dora Hitler. to corroborate the de-
fcnse's story.
"lf she will say in court that she
heard Mr.. Peck ask me to buy the
arsenic" SCHNEIDER told the district
attorney that Waite said. land that
she saw me give him the package un-
opened. | will give her "A check for
| 81, 900"
Doctor Waite. according to the de-
| tective, thereupon signed what pur-
| ported to be a check for 1000 to the
order Of the girl written by Schindler
| on sheet from his note book. This
| CHECK" now is in the possession of
| Mr. Swami. SCHNEIDER said Waite
did not know that he (Schindler) was
a detective.
Wished He Had Died
| Doctor Waite was taken to the
| prison ward at Bellevue hospital to-
night Mr.. Swami said he wanted
! the dentist kept under the closest
surveillance because Waite had ex-
! pressed regret that the drugs he took
Wednesday had not killed him and
that he wished he were dead.
| When first questioned by Mr.
Swami on Tuesday. Waite is said tc
have laughed heartily and declared
why this is rich. | never purchased
arsenic in my life and have never
had nay"
In making his statement to the dis
trict attorney today, Waite was self
possessed and spoke with evident de-
liberation. But when he was ques-
toned about the alleged misuse OF
$4,000 entrusted to him for In
vestmont by Miss Catherine Peck
sister OF John T.. Peck ana II
regard to a woman he had previousl,
admitted having lived with, he ap
parently became indignant, sayin,
that has nothing to do with the sub
ject in hand"
Poison to Kill Cat.
YES" he said, according to Mr.
Swami, II bought the arsenic but
know you won't believe what | an
going to tell you, so I'll probably q
to the electric chair. Mr.. Peck wa
an old man and he was very despond
ent over the death of his wife. on,
day he asked me to buy some poison
for him. / don't remember whethe
he said he wanted arsenic or not.
went to see a physician acquaintance
told him | wanted to kill a cat ant
asked him to recommend me to hi
druggist. He called the druggist OF
the telephone and told him | was al
right also told the druggist
wanted to kill cat. took the pOisor
home and handed the package to Mr.
| Peck. ! never saw it again"
The poison was bought on March
and Peck died March -. The distric
attorneys office has Information tha
the dentist made other purchases o
poison between December 81 ant
March 7. Mrs. Peck died here OF
January 80 1t was after Waite was
confronted with written records OF
some OF his purchases that he mad,
his alleged confession.
"How much was Peck worth, do yol
know" the district attorney asked
him.
Eyes, know" Waite replied, 20
million dollars"