Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-30
Story Is That Oliver Kane Was
Paid S18,400 to Swear He
Used Arsenic in Preparing
Corpse for Burial
FRIEND OF WAITE
WANTS TO SEE HIM
Attorney Puts No Faith in Den
lists Story of Dual Person
aIity Being Responsible for
Crime.
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New York, March 29.--District At
torney Edward Swami centered his
efforts tonight upon locating Eugene
Oliver Kane, who embalmed the body
OF John +. Peck, wealthy Grand Rap
ids druggist for whose murder his
son.in-law. DR. Arthur Warren Waite,
is under arrest here. Kane's arrest
has been ordered on the charge of
conspiring to commit crime. Waite
is said by Mr.. Swami to have asserted
that Kane accepted $4,000 In cash and
a check of $9,400 as part payment OF
$25, goo he was to be paid for swear
ing that he used arsenic in embalm-
ing Peck's body. This arrangement,
Waite said, according to the district
attorney, was made after an autopsy
on Peck's body disclosed the pres
ence of a large quantity of arsenic.
Waite, in statements made to the dis
trict attorney and Others is said to
have confessed not only of poisoning
Peck but placing germs of vlrulent
diseases in the food of Mrs. Peck,
who died at Waites apartment six
weeks before her husband.
Undertaken Examined.
John S. Potter, the undertaken who
had charge of Peck's funeral and
who employed Kane as embalmer,
was examined this afternoon and to-
night at the district attorneys office
Potter reiterated denials that he had
any part in the alleged negotiations
between Kane and Waite except to
send Kane to the dentists apartment
whore Waite resided To know the
formula of the embalming fluid used
on Peck's body lie did admit, how
ever that he received Il letter from
Waite asking him and Kane not to
telephone him as Waite believed his
telephone wire had been tapped and
also telling him he need not worry
about his check
Kane embalmed the body cf Mrs.
Katherine Adams in the famous Mol
ineaux case and Potter was the un-
dertaker who attended to the body of
William NJ. Rice, for whose death
Albert T. Patrick was tried.
Friend" Waits to See Waite.
Intellectual efforts were made by
ms Margaret Weaver Horton.
Waites friend, who has been closely
questioned by the district attorney
to obtain permission to visit Waite at
Bellevue hospital. Her attorney,
Harold Spielberg, intimated that II
neither he nor Mrs Horton is allowed
to see Waite tomorrow, he will take
some action. Mrs. Horton in letter
to Waite, today expressed her SYM
pathy and confidence in his innocence.
Walter II. Drew, attorney for Waite,
in explaining his clients story of a
double personality told to the district
attorney and his assistants last night
said that Waite was stringing'' the
prosecuting attorney.
No Aid for Murderer
Emphatic denial of reports that fl
nancial or other assistance had been
or would be given by them to Dr.
Waite, was contained in statement
issued by the members of the Peck
family after a conference here today.
The statement was signed by Miss
Catherine Peck, sister of John Il.
Peck, Percy S. Peck, sis son. Mrs.
Percy S. Peck, Walter Drew, their at
torney, and also said ITO represent
the opinions and feelings of Mrs.
Clara Louise Waite, the young den
lists wife.
The assertion is made that Miss
Peck assisted in financing the inves-
tigation BY private detectives which
preceded that of the district attorneys
office.