Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
FOUND BY OFFICERS
Accused Young Man Talks
of the Case in Spite Of
Caution by Attorneys
Admits Now That He Saw
Marion Lambert Die.

Waukegan, nj, Feb. 12.-Lake coun-.
ty authorities announced tonight they
had practically cleared the mystery
surrounding the death of pretty Harlan
Lambert, IS years old, whose body was
found Thursday in the woods near
fashionable Lake Forest.
Prosecutor Ralph Dadie, who lats
this afternoon swore to warrant
charging murder against William H.
Orpet, University of Wisconsin stud
ent tonight, said
"Orpet. in talking to me this after
noon. said that his relations with Miss
Lambert had been improper and that
she believed she was in delicate con-
dition. Although the autopsy failed to
reveal such a condition, Orpet has ad-
mitted to me that previous to his last
meeting with Miss Lambert he has
given her abortive medicine and that
she had taken it."
TeII-tale Letter Is Found.
Dadie, in addition. gave out the
following letter which he said Orpet
had written to the girl prior to his
meeting with herein the lonely woods
where the body was found:
Dear Marian: 10 told me that
you've been pretty sick. Just got word
yesterday morning. hence the delay.
Il hope that everything is all right
now and that you will soon be up and
around.
"I'll try to get down to see you, prob
ably the ninth of February, and will
call you up the evening of the eighth.
1t will be under the same conditions
as last time. Remember, IL every
thing is not all right by the time
see you. it will be then. Leave it to
me. What has happened since l saw
you is encouraging, although you may
not know it. I'll explain when l see
you. Above all. keep quiet and every
thing will be all right. If you start
going around too soon, you may have
relapse or something. l don't like
to write any more. You know why.
l guess, but remember what told you.
Also don't tell anyone about the
eighth, for l am not supposed to come
home.
Remember. Sincerely.
BILL"
Still Protests His lnnocenee.
Orpet still protested his innocence
of any connection with the girls death.
His counsel tonight refused to per-
init him to speak further and said
there would be no attempt made to
free him until early next week The
lawyers said they had nothing to say
regarding the line of defense they
would take.
Orpet this evening disregarded his
attorneys advice not to talk so far as
to state that he believed he was be-
ing framed" and to give out a brief
interview materially changing his
statements of earlier in the day.
He revealed that he had seen Marian
Lambert fall. dying, to the ground and
that he had remained with her until
she died
Il met Marian by appointment in the
woods" he said
Il told her not to tell anyone that
was coming. I mussed up my bed in
the boarding house at Madison so that
the landlady would think 1 had been
there.
when l arrived at Lake Forest late
Thursday night l called Marian by
telephone at her home and told her
would be waiting the next morning at
the Sacred Heart trolley station.
81 saw her when she passed toward
the station with her chum, Josephine
Davis. was hiding behind tree and
beckoned to her. Soon she came back
and we started walking. I told her
was through with her She cried and
begged me not to give her up.
walked and talked in the woods about
two hours.
Finally l told her there was no
use talking any longer; that I had
made up my mind was going to marry
Miss Celestine Youker. | started
away.
Knew She Was Dying.
81 heard her cry for me to come
back. ! kept on walking. / was quite