Murder of Hannah and John E. Peck

Hannah and John Edward Peck were poisoned with arsenic by Arthur Warren Waite in 1916.
Murder.
Arthur Warren Waite married Clara Louise Peck, the daughter of Hannah M. Carpenter and John E. Peck on September 9, 1915, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hannah was poisoned with arsenic and died on January 30, 1916, at the home of Arthur. John traveled from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Manhattan, New York City and he died on March 21, 1916. Arthur poisoned him during a dental exam and gave him additional arsenic in his food. When the death was too slow he gave him ether and smothered him with a pillow. He was found guilty and electrocuted at Sing Sing on May 24, 1917.