Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot
With his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be a flawless scheme to hijack his wife's inheritance. The plot went awry when a mysterious telegram set off a sequence of events that ultimately exposed his immoral ambition to poison all other Peck heirs. Follow Waite's fingerprints of indiscretion around Grand Rapids and New York City as author Tobin T. Buhk details this audacious plan of staggering complexity.
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Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot
With his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be a flawless scheme to hijack his wife's inheritance. The plot went awry when a mysterious telegram set off a sequence of events that ultimately exposed his immoral ambition to poison all other Peck heirs. Follow Waite's fingerprints of indiscretion around Grand Rapids and New York City as author Tobin T. Buhk details this audacious plan of staggering complexity.
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Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot

Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot

by Tobin T. Buhk
Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot

Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot

by Tobin T. Buhk

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Overview

With his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be a flawless scheme to hijack his wife's inheritance. The plot went awry when a mysterious telegram set off a sequence of events that ultimately exposed his immoral ambition to poison all other Peck heirs. Follow Waite's fingerprints of indiscretion around Grand Rapids and New York City as author Tobin T. Buhk details this audacious plan of staggering complexity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626196971
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 10/28/2014
Series: True Crime
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

A teacher by day and a crime writer by night, Tobin Buhk began his unique moonlighting when he did a brief stint as a morgue volunteer, which led to his first two books. A love of history and a fascination with crime led to True Crime Michigan, a history of the Great Lake State through its most inglorious moments, and True Crime in the Civil War.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

Part I Twisted Fatry Tale

1 The Princess and the Pauper 13

2 "K. Adams" 24

3 The Pastor-Turned-Private-Investigator 32

4 "Someone Is After Me" 40

5 Duality 51

6 Confession 66

7 "Dove Among Crows" 78

8 "The Man from Egypt" 90

9 Raising Kane 98

10 A Question of Mind 104

Part II Trial and Aftermath

11 The Case Against Waite 113

12 Witness for the Prosecution 128

13 The Moral Imbecile 141

14 Verdict 152

15 Prisoner No. 67281 163

16 The Long Walk 172

Notes 181

Bibliography 197

Index 201

About the Author 205

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