The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
|ORPET PROSECUTOR
HAS POISON VIAL
Marian Lambert's Love Had
Died, Says Chum-"NOt
q Suicide"
AN ALLEGED EYEWITNESS

WAuKEoAN. ILL.,. May 2e.-SherlH Grit
hn Of Lake county admitted to-day thai
the prosecution has the bottle which
contained the poison which killed Miss
| Marian Lambert. The Sherinf said h,
went with states Attorney Dady tc
search Helms Woods after the finding
OF the body OF the high school girl. ant
bottles were found. lie says he was no
taken into the confidence OF the stat,
when tests we're made to determine wha,
had been ascertained as to the contents
Mr.. Dady refuses to reveal the results
AT this time.
Miss Josephine Davis. chum Of Marian
Lambert, broke her long silence to-day
to say that Marian did not kill herself
She eaid the girl no fonrer loved VIII
II. Orpet. who is on trial on a charge
OF numbering her. and who asserts sne
killed herself. Miss Davis. who will be
one of the chief witnesses for the prose.
cution. has kept guarded the testimony
ehe wilt give.
Says Her Love was Dead.
when Marian's worries ceased she
only wanted to forge, Will" Miss Davis
said. ANY love she may have had was
dead. At the time Of her death she did
not care enough for Orpct to shed tears,
much less kill herself because ne did not
love her.
she was very religious and the
thought OF suicide was %repugnant 10
her. We were very close friends and
I believe I know every thought that
passed her mind when Orpet called her
on the telephone and arranged for the
fatal tryst.
That will be my story on the stand
the condolences which passed between us
that night"
Miss Celeste Youker. who replaced
Miss Lambert In Orpet's affections, made
her hrst statement regarding the case
and her reported engagement TO the
youth IN trial.
II wan to say that I was never en-.
gagged to Will Orpet.' she said. "He was
a friend Of mine. and "A friend OF the
family, He always was a welcome guest
In our home. We had our careers "a
| work out and there was no thought o.
love between US.
will never told me Of Marian Lam.
bert. I first knew him In Lake Bluff,
where my father Was pastor OF u church
We went 10 the Deerfeld Township High
School together.
Girl says He's Innocent.
But above all ! want to say here
and now that ! know Will did not XII
Marian Lambert. lie was most kline
and considerable. ANY one who showed
the feeling FOR children and old people
that he did surely did not kill a girl
! m sorry for him. His lie IL ruined
yet | know he Is innocent"
II was discovered TO-DAY that IN,
State has been busy for several day,
cultivating a bit Of important evidence
long overlooked. David James. "A dea
mute witness 10 the fatal t-yst IN Helm
Woods, one OF the principal witnesses
called by State Attorney Daiy. l. be
lieved to hold the clue TO the mystery
OF The tragedy.
Early on the morning OF February .
when the frost WAS cracking IN the GA
branches at HeTrn's Woods, a toamst.i
drove his mules with a load OF provisions
to the Mccormick estate, This man
coul not hear. He could not speak
But his eyes, the State hopes to prove
we're keen.
As he passed the Sacred Heart Con.
vent. according to his own written story
his attention WAS suddenly attracted t.
"A gesticulsting couple. a CIR! and y
young man. lie drew his team to = halt.
SUI prised ~ seeing any one In thai
locality so early In the morning. Md
as the sole observer Of wat took pldC,
at the last meeting between VIII Orpct
and Marian Lambert this tcan.ster holds
the only evidence Viii h is not purely
circumstantill In the states testimony.
He saw the man. muftlsd 81 u heavy
overcoat. walking Ia and fro IN front oi
the girl, who was seated on a log. soon
the girl ran to the man and CrAspcd
Us arm, according TO James = story. Thou
the two walked toward three OAK ;yce~
which lowered over the others IL the
wood.
S~hruhherv prevented James from
seeing what occurred next. soon, hoN-
ever, in an open space he saw q quick
embrace. the man holding tho girl tightly
In his arms. Then, distinctly. = motion
Of 'hc mans right hand To- M" girls
lips. The girl fell. and the youth ran
quickly away fifteen or twenty ruC, IL.
stopped and returned. Such is TIL
Transfers story.