The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-12
College Student to Go Into
Court, Accused Of Poisoning
His Fiancee.
ONLY TWO KNOW THE TRUTH
Prisoner Himself and Chum C:
Marian Lambert Alone Can
\ Solve Mystery.

wAUKEGAN. ILL.,, March 12.-Willianl
". Orpet will 20 into court tomorrow
TO answer to the charge OF numbering
Marian Lambert.
Tho States case Is ready. AMI n
Judge Edwards denies the defense's
rotion to quash the indictment, the
trial is expected to proceed without de-
lay.
Murder or suicide? That Is the uues-
tion. Was the fatal dose of cyanide Of
potassium given to this flower OF young
womanhood by her former fiance or
die she swallow the deadly draught OF
her own volltion and fall dead at his
feet-for unrequited love?
Strangely enough, there are only two
persons in this world who can tell how
little Marian Lambert died.
One Is William orpet. The other lie
Josephine Davis.
Marian Lambert's Chum.
Miss Davis was the "chum' of Mar
ian Lambert.
To~her Marian Lambert told all the
story of her love and the consequences
sho dreaded. These two spent the night
together. the last night Marian ever
spent on earth. Far into the night. you
may be quite sure, these chums talked
things over.
They talked Of VIII orpet. OF Celestia
Youker. the girl he said he meant TO
msrry. They talked of September and
the great fear they had both faced to-
gether then for Marian's sake.
A letter had just come from orpet
asking Marian to meet him In the
woods the next morning, and OF course
tho girls talked that all over. Why nc
was coming what he wanted and what
Marian should say to him. Very likely
they even rehearsed together just how
Marian should say 1t! So little Old
either girl dream of the tragedy that
hung over this last confidence. with
It's whispered secrets In the dark and
= It's stumbling. girlish plans of the way
to fix things!'
And all this confidence today--no
longer Just high school "sccrets' CT
two young girls. but stark tragedy
with boys life hanging In The bal
. ance-lies IN the keeping of this non
est, strong-mindcd. girl. whose RESPONSE
biIty and loyalty to her dead friend
must stand the worst test girl ever
NJ" 'f feel certain that VIII orpet killed
Marian" -
So Josephine Davis declared in the
first statement she has made since her
friend died Miss Davis will evidently
I've the most important witness for the
state.
"Now | am willing for VIII TO con-
feRs, so that we will be spared the
pain OF a long trial." the girl con-
iinucd.
Another Important Witness.
Another very important witness for
the state wilr- be the drug clerk who
sold Orpct an empty phial the day be-
fore tho girls death or course. tho de-
Tense can say that Orpet bought this
empty bottle for his shaving lotion, be-
cause he had cracked his old one on
tho wash stand. SO the defense will
strive to prove that this purchase has
no Significance.
but tho state considers this bottle tho
brittle link that will ultimately connect
Orpct directly with the crime. Marian
Lambert died of deadly poison,
cyanide OF potassium. Where is tho
bottle that contained this poison? II
has not yet been found. 90
Charles Hassinger, a student in phar-
macy and drug clerk at Madison,
Wis, recently ampliiied his original
statement I'm which he admitted selling
an ounce of ergot to William keick. a
mutual friend.
Hassinger declared he had not only
sold this medicine to Orpet, but that
on or about last Thanksgiving Day he
had sold him two more ounces OF n
drug which Is pronounced fatal II used
In quantities of more than sixty drops.