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1. The Mystery of the Gardener's Daughter - A Xerox article from Liberty magazine titled: The Mystery of the Gardener's Daughter about the murder of Marion Lambert. A copy from the Illinois Bar Journal, November 1976 about the Orpet - Lambert case. A copy of four pages from the Circuit Court Record for March 16, 1916. College sophomore William Orpet was on trial for the murder of his former girlfriend Marion Lambert. He was suspected of poisoning her when they visited the woods near the Sacred Heart woods in Lake Forest.

   The story as told by tracks in the snow

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2. The Orpet-Lambert Case - 1916 - An excerpt from Chicago Murders by Elizabeth Bullock published in 1945. The article is titled The Orpet-Lambert Case - 1916 by Otto Eisenschiml about the murder of Marion Lambert and the trial in Waukegan. Twenty two pages. College sophomore William Orpet was on trial for the murder of his former girlfriend Marion Lambert. He was suspected of poisoning her when they visited the woods near the Sacred Heart woods In Lake Forest.

   The Orpet-Lambert Case - 1916

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3. William Orpet - Two Xerox copies from the Chicago History Museum website: William Orpet surrounded by several men in Lake Forest. Another is an image of Orpet inside the courtroom with his attorney Leslie Hanna College sophomore William Orpet was on trial for the murder of his former girlfriend Marion Lambert. He was suspected of poisoning her when they visited the woods near the Sacred Heart woods in Lake Forest.

   William Orpet

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