Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-15
POISON is FOUND IN
THE HOME OF ORPET
County Officials Say Other Arrests
Possible in Connection with
Girls Death.
HER FRIENDS ARE QUESTIONED

CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-Discovery of
a quantity of poison in the basement
of the home of Will H. Orpet, col
legian, accused of the murder of his
former sweetheart, Marian Frances
Lambert. and the announcement by
Lake county officials that other ar
rests were possible we're develop
ments late today in the inquiry into
the death of Miss Lambert.
The poison was found by States
Attorney Dody and Chief of Police
Mcclure and, according to the states
attorney, it was identical with that
which is believed to have ended the
life OF the Lake. Forest nigh school
girl.
Word came from Madison that a drug
clerk had admitted selling a bottle OF
medicine to orpet Tuesday morning be-
fore the young man made his secret trip
to Lake Forest to meet the girl in the
lonely woods where her body was found.
Another report which was listened to by
the authorities was that the young man
had bought an empty two ounce bottle in
Madison which might have been the
poison contained for which diligent searcn
has ben made.
Release Not Asked For.
No move seeking the release of 0rpet
was made by counsel retained by his
father and it was said that no attempt
to obtain his release would be made until
after the inquest
School girl friends of Miss Lambert
were questioned by the states attorney
Of their knowledge OF the relations which
had existed between orpet and the school
girl.
In describing his meeting with his
sweetheart in the woods near her home
last Wednesday, orpet several times said
that he went TO his fathers home efte~
midnight Tuesday while he was waiting
to keep his tryst and that his parents
did not know that he was in Lake For
est.
release of Orpet and that they favored
leniency in his case we're denied today
by Frank Lambert. father of the girl.
speaking for himself and Mrs. Lambert.
"On the contrary" said Mr.. Lambert,
both my wife and myself believe Orpet
guilty OF causing our girls death,
whether he actually poured the poison
down her throat or. not. and we want
justice to be done"
Letters Tell.
Sixty letters exchanged between orpet
6Sd the 1s-year-old school girl are in
possession Of the authorities Thirty
five Of them were written by Orpet and
the remainder by Miss Lambert to him.
They u9fold, step by step the love af-
fair which eliminated In the young
woman's death The letters trace the
romance from its inception when the tive
were friends at the Deerfield High school
at Highland Park until 1t came within the
shadow Of the girls unhappy condition
which was the direct cause Of the
tragedy.
Orpet's letters to Miss Lambert in the
first phases OF the affair when he was a
freshman at Madison. are filled with
tender sentiment From the beginning to
the end hers to him were all ador and
devotion.
Che letters are said to indicate that
the girls condition alarmed them last
His letters become cooler an
less frequent Finally came the letter
in which Orpet told OF his love for Miss
Celestia Youker. a normal school teacher
of Dekalb. III. Miss Lambert wrote sew
erai letters after that. begging not to be
cast off. The last OF his letters made
arrangements for the fatal tryst at Lake
Forest.
MADISON. Wis. Feb. H-Admission
that last August he sold william Orpet
a drug 10 be used In connection with the
condition Miss Lambert was believed 10
be in, was made here today by w. Has
singer. clerk in a local drug store. ac-
cording to a private detective agency
that is investigating the case Detec-
lives assert also that last Tuesday, a
few hours before going TO Lake Forest
10 see Miss Lambert OrDt purchased
from Hassinger bottle Of medicine
TIA a-singer denied selling Orpet any
poison at that time.