The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-16
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wooded bluffs along the west shore Of
Lake Michigan from Chicago to Wan
kegan, for Frank Lambert, father Of
Marion, was superintendent Of the
Kuppenheimer estate. and Edward o.
Orpet. father Of the defendant, super
intendcnt of the estate Of Cyrus Nc
Cormick both at Lake Forest.
Last summer young Orpct then a
pallid, slender youth Of nineteen, OF
sharply regular features. somewhat
vain Of his college opportunities and
undisciplincd as to character, return
cd from the University Of Wisconsin
at Madison for a vacation at home, lie
fell madly in love with Marion, accord
ing TO his letters. She had completed
her Junior year at the Dceriield high
school and was then seventeen and
known for her gaity and laughter
"the life Of the party" as one witness
put it.
Girl In Fear.
When Orpct returned to college in
the fall Of 1915 frequent letters were
exchanged. Orpet destroyed hers;
she saved his and they remained after
her death to speak Of the great fear
Of exposure that came upon her. Or
pct. in tcstifying. said that he was
certain that these fears were ground
less. Once he mailed her bottle OF
molasses and water ito ease her
mind" and he brought a similar COM
pound with him for the same purpose
when he entered Helms woods, near
Lake Forest, with her on the morning
Of Wednesday, February ., last.
Orpet testified that he made the trip
to allay her fears and to explain a
story which had reached Marion that
he was engaged to one Celcstia Youk-
err. but the elaborate efforts which he
made to keep tho trip secret, and
his subsequent conflicting stateCmnts
OF it to officers OF the law developed
into the most damaging evidence
against him. 1t led to the menacing
question Of Mr.. Joslyn, reiterated
again and again-"Why? Why? Why?
Why did you come? You brought no
relief; you brought no medicine; you
brought no tendcrness-nO words OF
love, Why did you Gomez"
@Alibl" Letters.
On February Orpet at Madison left
three letters, post-dated February .,
with his friend, Otto Peterson, to be
mailed on the latter date. One was
TO his mother. one to Marion. and the
third to Marion's friend, Josephine
Davis. They were wordcd TO make 1t
appear that the writer was in Madi-
son on February 9, the day he kept his
tryst in the woods with Marion, and
she came to her death.
Orpet explained on the stand that the
alibi letters, as they came to be
known, were written so that If by ac-
cident he were seen at Lake Forest
and word OF the fact reached Marion's
parents, who objected to him, or his
own parents, who expected him to
remain faithful to college duties at
Madison, they would accept the letters
as conclusive evidence to the contrary.
The letter to Josephine was to cor
roborate that to Marion. Josephine
testified that she never received it,
Sleeps In Garage.
On the afternoon Of the eighth, in a
dark oyercoat which he said he had
borrowed to wear with a dress suit
10 a party which he expected to attend
on the twelfth, carrying the bottle OF
moalsses and water in his pocket and
leaving behind him the alibi letters
and bed rumpled to deceive his land
lady, the student proceeded by way OF
| Milwaukee. where he spent half hour
or so between trains, to Lake Forest.
Arriving there he arranged by tele-
phone to meet Marion on her way to
school the next morning, walked about
for a while to make certain that his
parents had retired. and entered the
/ Mccormick garage where he spent the
night on a cot.
In the morning he and Marion met
and walked through the snow into the
woods. Orpet testified that there was
little conversation, and he could recol-
lect only the purport Of it. He offered
her the medicine" and she refused
it. He started to leave but she called
him back and asked il he was going
to write to her any more. He said
there seemed to be no use OF it, and
started away again.
Tells OF Moist Powder.
Something made me look around
| don't know what-and | saw Marion
lying in the snow" related the defend
4 ant on the stand. Il returned, kneeled
over her for maybe a minute. no.
tced the moist powder in the lines
Of her hand. Her eyes were glazed
I Then a kind Of fog came on my brain
and | don't remember much after that
except that on reaching the road
threw away the medicine and made
my way on foot TO Highland Park
caught a train, and that evening ar