New Britain herald., 1916-03-25
MYSTERIOUS WAITE
 CASE WOMAN FOUND
Former Public Singer Said to Be
 Mrs. A. D. Walters"
DENTIST TAKEN TO BELLEVUE

AunltS Hc sought HO1SOn But Said
 His Eather-in -in-Law Wanted to Com
 init Suicide-Visited by Grief
 Stricken Parents,
 New York, March 25.-Stiu suffer ing from the effects of the nArcotic drugs he began to teke when his troubles overwhelmed n'm D.. Arthur Warren Waite spent T restless nign, ucdcr c-csL guard in the prison ward at Bellevue Hospital. By Monday the district attorney expects to re- CG'Nc from the grand jury an int!i,:t- .lent e.; rging the young dentist With frs: Ct gree murder in adminlsterias the aree' ic which caused the death of his t:lLel-in-Iaw, John r.. Peck, the Grand Rapids millionaire.
 Mysterious Woman Found.
 Detectives said today they had found and identified the woman with whom pr. Arthur Warren Waite had registered at a hotel here as MT. and Mrs. A. w. Walters.' She was des- cribed as formerly public singer and now the wife of an inventor and elec- tr1cal engineer. She said Dr. Waite had fitted up studio in the hotel so that they could study music and languages there together. Dr. Waite, she said, had often expressed to her his great affection for his father-ir- law, John E. Peck, of whose murder he is accused.
 Physicians who conducted the au- topsy on MT. Peck's body in Grand Rapids are expected here Monday to complete the evidence to be submit ted to the grand jury
 Confesses He Bought Arsenic
 Dr. Waite confessed yesterday af- ternoon to District Attorney Swann that he had bought arsenic three days before the death of his father-in-lav. John F. Peck. millionaire drus, manu- facturer of Grand Rapids. Mich. on March last In pr. Waites apart- ment at the Colosseum, 435 Riverside Drive, MT. Peck requested him to get the poison, Dr. Waite said. so that he could commit suicide
 The young dentist swore that he mad not murdered his father-in but admitted that he had no cor
 
 district attorney that he expected to go to the electric chair. MT. Swann does not believe the story and will proceed with the grand jury investi- gation, which he expects to result on Monday in an indictment against Dr. Waite for murder in the first degree. Desire for Mir. Peck's money will be the motive alleged.
 Confronted With Reccint
 Dr. Waite made his confession only after he had been confronted With his own signature signed on a druggists receipt for the arsenic which he pur- chased on March 9. Before he had seen this evidence he had denied any of MT. Peck's death, sWore that he had purchased no poison of | any kind, and called all suspicion of him "absurd.'' When Mir Swann showed him the receipt, repeated the name of a Dr. Muller to whom he went for advice about buying arsenic, offered to produce the druggist who sold the poison, and laid other con- vincing details before the young man, he smiled and said: Well, I guess I | might as we'll tell the truth.' His | confession then followed.
 Tries to Bribe Servant.
 Although pr. Waite admitted that | he had no evidence to support his | story, he attempted late yesterday af- ternoon, after making his confession, l to prepare a defense for himself by | bribing Dora Hitler, the negro ser 1 want, formerly employed in his apart l lrent, to testify that she knew of MT. Peck's desire to commit suicide, ac cording to District Attorney Swann. .. Mr. Swann said that pr. Waite had given Raymond c. Schindler, the pri- vate detective employed by the dead mans son, a check for $1,00O made to the order of the servant, MT. Schindler reported the doctors bribe to the district attorney.
 DE. Waite was forbidden today to receive visitors with two exceptions. These were his aged parents who came here from Grand Rapids last night The young dentist was re- ported to be in a much improved con- Gition today