The San Francisco call., 1913-08-08

ana frightened the SiIiS iHeO iiOCAA5 ?
to Reno
REFERS TO CONSPIRACY INCIDENT
preliminary of the conspiracy trial
to follow against Charles III. Harris.
a Sacramento lawyer. was referred to
when Sullivan said the state will. put
Nellie Parton on the stand to prove
the girl went to Harris Office and was
Instructed by Diggs and Harris to see
her close friend, Miss Warrington, and
tell her to tell the world that the
relations of the two men and two girls
always had been proper, that the girls
had slept in one room and the men
in another and that the girls had
bought the tickets that took them TO
Reno.
The age of the Warrington girl is
90 years and that of the Norris girl
10 years. while Diggs is 2S wears Ola
and Caminetti is 27, Sullivan told the
jury He related the couples had been
good friends for five months and o1ten
were seen together previous 10 the
elopement to Reno
Almost daily for two weeks before
March 10, Diggs told the girls that
there was scandal out about them. tnat
he was trying to suppress the pubhca-
that he had hired a lawyer to halt
the publication" said sullivan. he
told them 1t was necessary for them
to leave the state or Diggs father, l.
p Diggs of Berkeley, intended to come
to Sacramento and prosecute the girls
MAKE TRIP UNDER PROTEST.
.sThey finally consented to go March
8. although both girls fought against
it, Diggs was to meet Marsha War
rington at certain place the next
day In the meantime the girls had
decided to stay in Sacramento ana
face the outcome. Sunday they met
in a restaurant and both girls pro-
tested repeatedly.
Lola Norris pleaded that IT wouid
kill her mother if she left the state
Diggs insisted that warrant Tor the
arrest of the two girls would be issued
and served the following day IL they
remained in Sacramento. DIGS saia
he had had trouble with his wife ano
would go to Reno and get divorce
;and then marry Marsha Warrington
caminetti said he had quarreled with
his wife and would also get divorce
in Reno and marry the Norris girl
.afterward.
After the girls met the men in the
evening Of the day they took the train
Lola Norris again pleaded to be re-
leased, sobbing that 1t would XIII her
mother Caminetti departed to go up
town to get some expense money ana
Diggs bought four tickets.
SLEEPER BERTH FOR EACH COUPLE
Diggs engaged a drawing room in
the Pullman While the porter was
making up the berths the four re-
mained outside. piggs and Marsha
Warrington occupied the lower berth
and Caminetti and Lola Norris the up
per berth.
.At the hotel In Reno the two couples
registered. Diggs signed C. f. En-
right aNd wife of Los Angeles, ana
Caminetti signed IF. F. Ross and wife
of Los Angeles That night the four
had two adjoining rooms. Diggs and
Marsha Warrington occupied one room
and Caminetti and the other girl the
other room. They remained in the
hotel all night.
The next day Diggs rented a
bungalow He introduced Marsha War
rington to the real estate agent as his
wife. He paid months rent down
and said he intended living there some
time He told the clerk he would be
there for six months
There are four rooms in the bunga-
low. Diggs and Miss Warrington occu-
pied the front bedroom and the other
couple the rear bedroom They re-
mained there three nights as husband
and wife.
BUNGALOW FOLK DIsHABILLE
"On the fourth day the Reno chief
Of police called and after repeated
knockings reused Diggs, who came to
the back door in his night clothes and
barefooted. Caminetti was undressed.
The girls were in the bathroom.
..The officer told them all to get
dressed and go with him. Diggs and
Marsha Warrington proceeded to the
front room and Caminetti and Miss
Norris to the rear room, where they
dressed There Diggs said to the War
rington girl, 1t is up to you, girls,
whether we go to the penitentiary.
I'VE shall prove further that shortly
afterward Diggs from Berkeley. wrote
a letter to Marsha Warrington, dis
guisfng his handwriting, telling her. to
remember to wrack her memory, to
remember what he had told her-to
say their relations had been proper.
He used the expression, the clouds will
soon pass by and in endearing terms
pleaded with her not to divulge their
relations.
1--WE shall prove that Nellie Parton
received a telephone call in Sacramento
from Maury /. Diggs asking her to go
to the office of Charles H. Harris.
There she met Diggs and Harris. She
was told to see Marsha Warrington and
tell her to say that all her relations
with Diggs were proper. Miss Parton
called on Marsha, but the girl was
through with Diggs."
Over the Introduction of the mar
riage certificate and official record OPP