SOX OF MURDERED MAN SHOWS NO EMOTION
Percy Peck, son of the murdered man, heard the verdict without giving evidence of any emotion. It was reported tonight that Peck had said to Assistant District Attorney Brothers, the prosecutor, when the trial began: "I realize the importance of keeping any apparent desire for vengeance on my part out of this case, but I want to ask you just this one favor; give me a seat in the courtroom from the beginning of the trial to the end where I can keep my eye on that man and so, moment by moment, watch the hope fading from his face."
Few persons in the courtroom, if any, doubted that the verdict would be guilty. The opinion of his alienists that he was a "moral imbecile" was swept aside by the assertions of the State's alienists that he was sane and knew the nature and consequences of his crime and by the charge of Justice Shearn that "moral imbecility" had no place in the law.
The summing up of the evidence against Wait was concluded by both defense and prosecution soon after noon today, and Justice Hearn then began his charge to the jury. Justice Shearn completed his charge at 1:20 P.M., and the jury went out to consider its verdict. 