The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-11
Jury Warned Not to Remember
JOsIyn's Mean Questions.
DADDY HAS ELOQUENT PLEA
He VIII Paint Accused as a
Degenerate Monster.
Orpet's Going to Lake Forest
Feature of Argument.

Fov he defense following the opehlh6
- 81 for the state, was begun today
nv leslie p. Hanna in behalf OF Will
ian6EJ. Orpet, charged with the muir
der of Marion Lambert.
.aT-ba defendant" said Mr.. Hanna
.tooax the stand as a fair witness. Inc
shock of his arrest and OF MdIio"
d.atb had worn off. He was no long
Or the frightened youth, VINO "itnou'
counsel talked erratically' perhaps
lust after his arrest
s.Tt would have been folly for MIN
70 have taken the stand unless ne was
TO tell the truth. and the whole tru'h,
ssyUben he was arrested the whole
current of his life was changed' che the
tinued the lawyer OIllC tII,,soaners
f law besieged him ana the 1900 70
crsafz- murder, murder. IL seeIlieu ~
s-;.,Gae II the whole world wsre az
ta--is5i against him. He simply dlu ms 10
- - n1fii he received the advice 10
whfeh he was entitled
Prosecution Brutal.
M. Hanna referred 10 ~ Orpet
1osIsn's cross eXaminatlon oA Ia
- Gnr,,tal and unfair" and warn l
~ ss,rors that they were not 10 re
member Mr. Joslyn's insinuati.nns "
lions. but Orpets replies 10 tnSd Of
NJ Hanna's low voice hln'eu %
- hoth for Marion and the boy OH
gTlea pp ~ liked IN close to the jury
slieNN "a spolSe in a voice so softly con-
fidcTtial that those in the coui
couB not hear him. - ,,,o+i1ye as
4 ~,,+lfred nv the prosecution that Nl Ma:
4 fon.s exposure meant exposure " i'---'
Mrs4f1anna SAID: .,,,, &c an
a,.-,1t M, its face. for Marion death
u z.;da let alone murder, meant ex-
~ ..,zs,-s ro him if the facts alleged py
t,SaEtate are accepted. His chances OF
s,-1isss,,re with Marion living were as
nothing compared TO the cei
it ifSshe died by violence.
Dudy Takes Floor.
-, Dadv. states attorney OF
~ - sn,,, -, proposed to run swiftly
41s..,s,, III the evidence, indicating tne
80 80. Significant points I'm the accusiis
&c. instances surrounding the you'h
r.onfsection with the tragedy. -,,,,
Why did VIII Orpe' 0o'
10 80 80 aid he write the alibi let
.zvhv did Marion say to Josephine
Davis as they stood on the piatloI l III
of de Sc cred Heart sta'loii N'i'''
me !xxk;hw IL the whole defense is based
On #he bottle of molasses and wafer
Sids4hev not bring Otto Peterson Ut
nets hest friend. to this courtroom ~, ~
eli
rI'fese were the chief questions ne
. sotSnded to answer today Assistant
stofk,s Attorney Eugene M. Rudyard
went through the whole case point "
MONT. 1t was his duty to cover "
1,,bollv and completely from the time
+bet Nill wrote Marion the first letter
It'll the moment of his arrest in
Madison
Dady's Strong Points.
Dadv. in going over the same
ground, planned to dwell longer upon
TIE essential points, hammering them
4 home in the minds of the jurors so
that they will remain there when the
time comes for their momentous oel-
sion. He would again picture the boy
as a cruel, cold hearted, selfish. mercl-
less individual entirely lacking IN hu-
man svmpathy--a sneering, calculat-
ing Young brute of the type that
would have no scruples in the matter
of numbering n young girl when ne
Thought it would be to his best in
terest to do so. DaGy wants the jury
To know Orpet us he believes he knows
him. He wants them to believe that
here is n youth utterly without con-
science and morals or tiecency or COM
prehension of the difference between
right and wrong. In painting the pic
fure Of Orpet he Will paint the pic
ture II soulless young fiend who
to save himself would rerd and de-
stroy.
And then he was to ask the ire
fncndously important question-''Why
did Orpes come to Lake Forest
The defense. with all it's clever ma
nipulation of facts and theories. have
found this question unanswerable.
Il came to reason with her and tel
her that everything was all right anC
that there was no need for excitemen
or worry was Orpets own explana
ton But when telling of his CONVEX
sations with the girl in the woods h
admitted this vital portion of it. A
he told it. that hour in the woods wa
spent with the girl begging him t.
help her, while he coldly refused t,
1nolasses and water: he had Offered
ii to her: she had refused to accep
1t: she had placed it back in hi
pocket-and that was all.
Concentrate on This.
Dady expected to direct all his pow
ers OF logic upon this single point.
why did you Gomez"
That is the question he intends t
confront the youth with at ever
turn. II is the one question Orpe
4. has been unable to answer. 1t is tn
one weak spot in his defense. Every
thing else is explained by a fact or
fheory-save that one point. An
Dadv proposed to play strong Hgh
upon it all through the day.
When Josephine Davis and Mario
stood on the car station platform tn
morning of February 9. while Will Or
NET lurked behind the Giant Oak
few hundred feet away-Mario
Turned 20 Josephine and said: ''Jc
shall ! go2"
Il would if I were lou, Marion,
Josephine replied
And Marion went to her death.
Dady believes this little sideligh
goes further to illuminate the dar