The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
STUDENT ORPET HAD
ACCESS TO POISONS
Marian Lambcrt's Father Says
She Couldn't Have Reached
His supply.
A STRANGE ACID USED

CHICAGO. Feb. l3.-Wnliam Orpct. the
Wisconsin University Junior held for the
poisoning of Miss Marian Lambert. spent
to-day In solitude in the Lake Forest
Jail. No one was allowed to see him.
Even his mother couldn't get permission
TO talk 20 hin.
The authorities Of Lanc county. Ralph
j. Dady. the states Atiorno> Waiter
Mcclure. chief of police IN Lake Forest.
and james +. King, foreman OF tie
'orVner's Jury. spent the day IN getting
evidence In the ease.
They questioned the parents of the
lead girl and her friends. Josephine
DAVIS. Elcanore Double aud Mary Mar
shall. and the %lattcr's father, william
Marshall. who was with Mr.. LdInbt
when they fuuud the body.
State Attorney bady when he re-
turned To- Waukcgan In tn" evening sad :
II am not trying to convict az innocent
man. Rut have not Yet uncovered a
single ht of evidence which would show
, that Orpet is Innocent"
MIR. Idmbert and Mr.. Marshall told the
investigators that when they found the
girl she was lying H. the snow with her
! books in her arms. This vas unnatural,
they pointed out. Ii she had taken
poison she would not have chung to TIE
books. II she had the hooks would have
fallen and have been scattered.
The poison which killed the girl is be-
lieyed to have been cyanide of potassium
and an acid mixed. cyanide kills quickly
and does not burn.
There were acid hurus on VIC corner.
OF MaraHs mouth amt on her lips and
throat. Her hand was also burned and
when the bod, had been taken into ',
warm room to ihaw u out Tho under
;aker said he no;isci that the burns
were spreading.
cyanide OF potassium and sulphur,
ac.d are used by the gardeners of LAX,
Forest. The fumes ~ the mixture cH.
terminate insects.
RI. combination WIS introduced 'u,.
Lake Forest hy /: - prpc,. father oi
the urisou~ and superintendent ~ the
Mccormick estate. II" kept large guam.
titles OF both roisous ON hand Th'
Lamhcr's also kept III" po.suns-for III,
on the k~uppcnh.in.r estate.
hut Lambert said n" kept the poison
under lock and key. N"iply hai the
key to ~" cab net except himself
Sohoiy could get into the cabinet cN"cp'
himself. n the key. Lee adGrd. htu
not been out of ms possession.
states Attorney Dtdy says tNtt Wi,
. Adill 80 ~ 'NAA AAHAH 60 HYN
u~rpisona. He spent TUESDAY night In Tho
garage Oh the Mccormick estate. i D.
asserted. ana could have taken % ho'tl,
OF tn. crystals or a hottl" ut ~" aDr.
II was pointed our that h" could nave
taken tn. bottle with him after ia" Er
had died and could have thrown It Oh
OF a window ~ the train bore him twal
toward Madison.
Young Orp.; WAS entirely familiar
kkI'p 80, fsplEAnG- Wt- stated lIg IL
uses either from hlS ftthc- o. At M
University Of Wisconsin !ahra'ory. ;
was SAD.
ON. thing puzzled The authorities. TIL
liquid Sulphuric acid when mixed Wit
the crystal cyanide becomes "a fIrro. =
vapor. The girl couldn't have ~wall"w''
a.. There is little doubt that tn" IS duil,
was used and that II vs. mixed wit
SOM. acid-au acid thai h,d u" od"f.
Thus. The authorities ~tN, Wnfh
Marian Lambert nigh hy ~'nl' u'."
have obtained p%"i~o's used 10y r
father. there is a s'rou- Improbable,
she could have obtained the s'rauC,
acid. and there - = truur' improht
bil!,y tl.a, sh. would have mixed td,
cyanide with this acld.
The Lake COUNT officials were 'Irahl.
to get orpct 10 talk during tn" dd'
He asked FOR cigarettes. which We,
given to him. II" has consumed 'ht
boxes during the last twcu'N-four hou'-
The sheriff plans 10 CUT of orp".'
supply Of cigarettes tomorrow. Gupial
that he might tell something in order =,
get them.