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early winter before her death.
Tho State 10 expected 70 con-

early winter before her death.
Tho State 10 expected 70 con.
tend that young orpst wanted to
be rid Of the dead girl because he
thought his association with her
would bs revealed. involving him
In . scandal. and because he was
In love with celsstia Youksr. .
pretty Do ksIb school teacher
two years older than himself.
The prosecution will Try 20
prove that tho defendant, after
carefully arranging an alibI, pro-
eseded to Lake Forest, spent the
night In his fathers gresnhouss
and filled . glass bottle with
cyanide Of potassium from the
store which his father used for
kiiiing insects, mot Marian Lam.
bert in tho morning at their old
trysting place and either forced
tho cyanide into her mouth or
persuaded her to take II as medi-
oine for the condition in which no
believed her TO be.
CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT APPLY
TO SUICIDE THEORY.
The whole theory seems built or
circumstantial evidence. There are
rumors that the State has up its
sleeve" deaf mute. David James
who will testify that he was an ac-
tual eyewitness Of the tragedy from
q road several hundred yards away,
along which he was driving. But
was told on excellent authority this
man cannot write and cannot even
talk with his fingers. and that his
pantomime OF what he saw was not
produced till some days after Marian
Lambert's death. Throughout the ex-
animation Of the Jurors the State has
insisted on throwing out mon who ad-
mitted that they could not convict OF
murder on purely circumstantial evil
dence.
1t Is on this foundation OF the States
case that the defense bases Its hopes.
It's contention Is that Marian Lam
bert committed suicide. There Is au-
thority for the statement that Orpet's
attorneys. before calling a single wit
ness, will endeavor to have the Jury
Instructed to return a verdict OF mot
guilty" on tho ground that where all
the evidence points as clearly to sui
cied as to murder. the theory more
favorable 20 the accused should pre-
vail. 1t is said the highest courts in
Illinois rendered such o decision in
another case.
Probably, however. Win Orpet will
tell his own story on the witness
stand, the story which admits much
that is caddish and cowardly and
weak, but strenuously denies any
thing that Is criminal. Briefly, his
tale, as he repeated 1t shortly after
his arrest to states Attorney Dady,
Is that no did meet Marian Lambert
on the morning of Feb. 0: that he told
her bluntly II must be their last meet
ing; that he admitted his engagement
to Celestia YOuker. which that young
lady has denied, by the way, and that
then he turned and left her. At first
nothing about the tragedy until he
read OF II in tho papers. But when
he was taken TO the place where
Marian Lambert's body was found.
and whore deadly record OF foot
steps remained In the telltale snow.
he said that Just after he turned
away no heard a cry, looked around
and saw the girl fall. and that she
was dead when he bent over her.
Then eomes tho part Of his
confession which. II 10 generally
admitted, must have tho most
prejudeiaI effect on tho minds Of
tho Jurors. viii Orpet raised no
alarm. He called no assistance.
He did not oven 90 TO tho near.
est telephone and notify Q doctor
or Marian lambert's family. Not
being q physician himself. no
could not be certain that tho
Girl was past all aid. he did not
try 20 be certain. he was too
busy running away.
He went TO tho Sacred Heart SIN.
ton, whore Marian had waited VIII
her chum perhaps an hour before
and no took tho next train 70 Chi,
cngo, and then 10 Madison, Twenty
four hours later Marian Lambert
father found her body undcr rs
shroud OF snow. And every man IN
WAuxssan with whom have dis