New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-24

before he left Michigan after the fu-
neral 10 come East.
IL was further stated IN the dispatch
from the West that D.. Otto II.
Schultze. the medical expert sent by
-he District Attorneys Office mad de
clared that Mrs. Waite, while a woman
grown. was completely under the dom
nation of her husband. 70 whom she Is
devotedly attached. She has not yet
been told OF the accusations against
her husband. and the fear is expressed
iu Grand Rapids that il she survives
;he shock her reason may break under
the strain.
Insis:erce Of Waite that his wife
make a will is one Of the things in the
case that so FAR has been unexplained
The District Attorneys Office has its
own theory as TO its significance. This
is one Of the points that Waite viii be
asked 10 clear up to-day II he is recov-
cred sufficiently 10 permit Of his being
questioned.
Another mysterious feature or the
case IS the IDENTIFY Of the woman with
whom Waite had rooms at the Plaza
under the name OF DR. and Mrs. Ar
thur Warren Walters. New Rochelle
District Attorney Swami SAID yesterday
that he did not consider this woman
important and that she had not been
located. so far as he knew. The theory
that u night have been she that sent
the mysterious telegram 20 Percy Peck
in Grand Rapids which caused the au-
topsy was incorrect, according 10 Nh
Swami.
This telegram. he said. was undoubt-
cdly the cause leading up 20 the dis
coyery Of the murder OF Peck, but he
was quite sure. he said. that D. Wa
not sent by any jealous woman. On
tac contrary. ne said. he had learned
that the message was in q mans hand
writing. Where u was sent from he
would not say. Inspection Of thc mes
sage En- Grand Rapids. however. shoWeo
that 10 had been FLED 81 tre Western
Union Office iu the Grand Central
Terminal on March Is. al e:44 q. M.
This was the day after Peck's death,
and the irtimatiOu iu the District Al
torncys Office was that DR.. Jacob K.
Cornell. cousin OF Peck. had sent II.
DR.. Cornell, physician who does
not practise lives ln Earltan. y. D.,
and ON thc day preceding Pcck's death
was visitor a. The house, where he
had a long conversation with his rela-
tive. The next day he "7s notified
that Peck was dead. Tho clrcJm-
stances. he declared yesterday. aroused
his suspicious, but not enough 20 lead
him TO notify the police at the tine.
he was inaccessible AZ his home last
night. but his sister was inslstent mat
he could not have sent the message.
Miss Catherine Peck also denied that
she had any knowledge as 20 the iden-
e Il an -
used is within a few blocks OF her nome
in the Park Avenue Hotel
Find Dentist in Stupor.
Decision 20 cause the formal arrest
Of Waite was reached soon after DIS
trict Attorney Swami reached his desk
yesterday morning. on mis- orders De
tcctivo Cuniffe obtained the necessary
warrant and went 20 DR.. Yates house
TO make service He found the house
IN charge Of Frank A. Waite. brother
Of the accused and an at,ache of the
New York Public Library, while Dr.
Moore and q nurse we're trying 70 re-
vive DR.. Waite. The physician told
Cunife that Waite was suffering from
an overdose OF some drug but was IN
no immediate danger Of death
When Mr.. Swami heard Of this state
Of affairs he hurried 70 the place with
stenographer and his secretary.
Waite was then suffering intensely and
conscious only at intervals.
Dr. Moore told the District Attorney
that he had been summoned 10 the
house by Waite's brother, who, calling
on account OF the stories IN the morn
ing papers. found the dentist uncon-
scious i'm bed. The Hitler maid, whom
the police picked up at the house, had
made the same discovery earlier, but
supposed that he was merely sleeping
later than usual
When / got him partially aroused"
said Dr. Moore. che at once asked for
aid. Get a stomach pump, he muir
INJURED.
"Tow long since you took the stuff .
asked
"'Fleven O'Clock yesterday morning
"I told him il was too late 10 use any
pump. and asked him why he had taken
ANYTHING. lie said: TO sleep When
! asked him how much he had taken, he
said Enough, and lapsed of into IN
consciousness
Drug Search in Flat Fails.
Search Of the place failed TO show
anything that might have held a mar
cotic. the apartment having been
stripped Of everything that locked like
a drug container by an attache Of the
District Attorneys Office on Saturday,
and again searched on Monday by the
men OF a private detective agency re-
tanned 10 the interests of the Peck fam
ily by Walter T.. Drew, their New York
attorney. in his pockets, however, were
found large quantity Of sleep pro-
ducing chemicals.
Loose were a handful OF fve-yrain