Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-22
Five happy poses Of Marian Lambert
HELD TO GRAND JURY.


Chicago, Feb 21.--Willam Orpet,
University of Wisconsin junior, was
held to the grand jury today in con.
nection with the death of his former
sweetheart, Marian Frances Lambert.
The inquest ceased suddenly this
afternoon, and the jurors retired im-
mediately after counsel for the de-
fense had given a brief outline of
their plans. The verdict follows:
"WIe, the jurors sworn to inquire
Into the death Of Marian Lambert, on
oath find that she came to her death
by cyanide Of. potassium poisoning.
and we recommend that William II.
Orpet be held to the grand jury of
Lake county until discharged by due
process of law"
Orpet is % years old and Miss Lam.
bert, a high school pupil, was II.
Waukegan, ILL.,, Feb 22.-The re.
suits Of searching investigation
into the immediate past of William
Orpet, as it is known to his friends
and acquaintances in Madison, Wis,
have been placed in the hands of
States Attorney Dady of Waukegan
by Harry Beardsley, The Burns detec-
tive, who has spent week prying in
to the young Students career in the
university town. So.
Beardsley, it is believed by the
prosecution, has forged the final links
in a chain of evidence which will con-
vice Orpet as the murderer of his
sweetheart, Marian Lambert, in the
woods near Lake Forest.
Among other things Beardsley said
he established the fSst that three
months ago Orpet2Went to Carl Fisch-
er, fellow student in the journalism
class at the University of Wisconsin
and begged Fischer to find him a ply
sician who would consent to perform
an abortion.
The next day Fischer left word with
Charles Hassinger. the drug clerk
who afterward told of having sold Or
pet tWo-ounce bottle, that he had
done as Orpet requested.
"Tell Orpet,' he said, according to
the detective, chat | have a doctor
who will fix him up"
When Hassinger was questioned in
the office of Chief of Police Shaugh-
messy at Madison Beardsley asked for
the name of this physician.
Doctors Name Kept Secret.
"You needn't tell that Chief
Shaughnessy interrupted, hastily, and
SO the doctors name was not learned.
"This physician was not the only
one," said Beardsley. "For some time,
l found, Orpet had been consulting
several doctors in Madison, making
inquiries about abortion operations
and means to relieve the condition Of
a girl in whom he was Interested.
Gle made several of his fellow stu
dents his coniidants about his trou-
bles and talked with them repeatedly.
With them he used the Lambert girls
name openly. Scores of the boys up
there told me he has been restless
and worried for weeks. He couldn't
sleep nights, they said.
"As for his purchase OF the bottle,
we have that established absolutely.
Another clerk in the drug store has
corroborated ,Hassinger's story. This
man remembered afterwards that
Hassinger had asked him how much
he should charge for an empty bottle,
and that he had suggested cents as
fair price.
According to these clerks, Orpet
asked first for an empty six or seven
grain capsule. He seemed disap-
pointed when he found they hadn't
one that large, but took the bottle
instead"
On his return to Waukegan Boards
ley, who has been employed by the
city of Lake Forest, was formally re-
tanned by the state to help prepare
for the prosecution.
Bottle Missing Link.
81 am going to devote myself now
TO looking for the bottel," he said.
eve have reason to believe now that
Orpet took it with him when he
caught train at Highland Park after
Miss I.ambert's death, and threw it
out of the car window somewhere be-
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