Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-29
Well-KnOwn San Francisco
Men Will Appear and An
swer Serious Charge.
cAMINETTI IN COURT
Makes Mistake as to Date and Appears
Today to Enter His Plea in United
States Court,
luNrrED PRsss LEASED wIRn.l

San Francisco, July 29.-Maury I.
Diggs and F. Drew Caminetti will plead
here tomorrow in the United States dis
trict court, division No. l, to the charge
of violating the Mann white slave act.
The attorneys for the defense will be
Robert Devlin, Ned Coughlan, NJ. B.
WoOdwOrth and Luke Howe, Of Sacra-
mento.
Caminetti and his counsel appeared
in court today to plead, but were ad.
vised that he had made a mistake in
the date.
The defendants tomorrow will plead
to the specific charge of transporting
Marsha Warrington and Lola Norris
out Of the state for immoral purposes.
August 5 they will plead to the charge
Of conspiracy to violate the Mann act.
The charges of attempting to suborn
to perjury against Diggs and his attor-
ney, Charles B. Harris, and the two
charges Of violating the Mann white
slave act will all be tried together.
History of the Case.
The, ,elopement to Reno, of Caminet-
ii and Diggs with Lola Norris, 10, and
Marsha Warrington, 90, aroused social
and political circles of California as
they have not been aroused in years.
Frank Drew Caminetti is the son Of
United States Commissioner General Of
immigration Anthony Caminetti. Mau-
ry I. Diggs was formerly state archi.
tect. The men, posing as bachelors,
met the two young girls at social
function given by the sorority to which
the girls belonged. They called and
were well received by the parents of
the girls, who were flattered with the
attentions of these mn who were able
to entertain them more lavishly than
the youths more nearly their own ages.
There were theater parties, automobile
ridse, frequent presents Of flowers and
like gifts, Because the attentions Of
the men had always been conventional
the girls, according to their stories,
were by degrees persuaded to indulge
in automobile rides that each time end.
ed little later or in theater parties
that lasted little longer than they
had at first.
Then when the men had attached
themselves to the lives Of the girls,
they revealed their real identity. They
admitted they were married, but told
stories Of domestic infelicity and plans
for divorces. At first resentful the
young women were won over and look.
ed forward to the time when divorce
would permit the men to marry them.
But this plan Of waiting was upset
when the men told them that their
wives had learned Of their plans and
had decided on court action which
involve the four in a scandal. Bewil.
dered, the girls, 50 they said, fell into
the trap and after much pleading by
the two men, decided to elope to Reno.
There the men would obtain divorces
and there would be double wedding.
On the night Of March 10, the four
NIT at a Saddle Rock restaurant and
took the Overland train for Reno. The
girls declare that even on that even.
ing they begged the men to 20 to their
parents, confess all and ask their ad.
vice. II did no good and once they
were on the train they ceased to OBJ.
iect to the elopement. The four oc.
I cupied one stateroom to Reno, where
the four registered at hotel.
The girls fathers that evening, be
coming alarmed at the absence Of Their
daughters, investigated and learned Of
the elopment. They swore OUT warrants
Diggs was charged with contributing
to the dependency Of his minor clCld
Caminetti was charged with contribut
ing to the dependency Of his secont
child, five weeks old baby. Afte
a search Of two days the men and girl
were found. They had left the hote
and were installed in a furnished cot
taRe
Chief of Police Hillhouse, of Reno
on the morning Of March Ia diseovere,
the cottage where the couples were liy