Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-07
POINTS IN FAVOR
ORPET ARE MADE
School Girl Gives Damaging Testi-
mOny for State JOslyn Is Denied
Recall of Defendant.

! Waukegan, H., July THE de
Tense, after introducing documentary
evidence, rested today in the case Of
William H. Orpet, the college student
charged with the murder of Marian
! Lambert.
The evidence offered was a copy OF
the Wisconsin statute governing the
sale of poisons
Attorney David r. JosIyn of the
prosecution said he wanted Orpet re-
| called for further cross examination
with regard to Celestia Youker, the
young woman to whom he was report
! ed engaged. Mr.. JOslyn said that the
| court halted him on this phase of the
| examination when the defendant was
on the stand before. Attorney James
j H. Wilkerson and Ralph F. Potter of
the defense objected.
Judge Donnelly ruled that the de-
PENDANT could not be recalled. Recess
was taken to enable the state to as
Semble its rebuttal witnesses.
The first witness called by the state
was Mrs. Margaret Youker, a sister of
Dorothy Mason, and married to
brother of Celestia Youker
Miss Mason, a school girl, called by
the defense, testified that she learned
from her mother that Orpet was en-
gagged to marry Celestia and that two
or three days before Marian's death
last February, as she and Marian were
looking out of a window at school, she
told her unsuspecting friend the news.
Both noted at the time an old and
crippled woman fighting her hating
way through the snow According to
Dorothy, Marian received the news of
Orpets engagement with the COM
ment:
DO you know what l think? Some
times | think that life isn't worth Iiv-
ing"
On cross examination Attorney JOS
Ign tried to get Miss Mason to admit !
that she had not given the quotation
in full and that Marian had continued: |
For decrepit old woman like
that" She denied that H. J. Carlin, an |
investigator for the defense, had ad-
vised her that the conclusion of the
comment of Marian's remark was of
no Importance.
Mrs. Youker testified that she had Il
acted with counsel for the state in an Il
attempt to obtain damaging admissions
rom Orpet. She admitted, in sub
stance, that Attorney Joslyn wrote a
etter advising Orpet if guilty to make
/ clean breast of it for the sake of all
<C' AACN- his ACLlSi " do ldheH TO
'elestia who copied it with a few
signed her own name and ad-
dressed it to the defendant who was
hen in Jail. Mrs. Youker said she
ook the letter to the Jail to Orpet and
hat he gave her reply for Celestial
Orpet's letter was made public be-
ore the trial began and in il he thank
ID Miss Youker for her interest and
that he was innocent
The familiar green cloak worn bv
1arian with the three powder spots on !
was again brought out as Frank n.
the court stenographer took
he stand.
Il saw the coat and the spots Feb
g." said he.
This was to refute the defense testi-
lony that the spots could not have ap-
cared on the garment for two months
tier Marian's death, Feb. 9.
He said that Attorney Dady, Fred I
'enban. the undertaken. and Chief of
olice MCGUIRE saw the spots lat the
anne time.
Cross examination emphasized the
lct that the stenographer saw the
pat incident TO his employment in the
lse by Mr.. Dady.
witness was unable to recall any-
ling that was said at the time He
ID not recall MIR. Dady calling atten-
on TO smear on the garment.
MIR. Blakslee saw the coat again