The San Francisco call., 1913-09-17
D|GGS AND CAM|NETT|
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WHITE SLAVE CONVICTION

some expected the session would be
over in 10 minutes. The clock went
around while the oratory proceeded
Diggs bit his finger nails. Caminetti
rocked in his straight legged chair
and looked at the clock every FIVE
minutes. The counsel who have played
the game to the limit for months were
on their toes. And when the two
straight young fellows got up out of
their chairs and walked with heads
erect to the little stand where the at
torneys plead, there was a sense of
relief. as well as a sense of pity, in
the shutting feet in the courtroom.
JUDGE DELIVERS SENTENCE
II have given this painful duty
that rests upon me great deal of
consideration" Judge Van Fleet said.
L am not going to recite the cir
cumstances surrounding your acts.
They perhaps rest upon your mind
more indehbly than anything that
I could add. The evidence was such
that L am entirely satisfied with the
verdict rendered.
while the transactions of each OF
YOU vary, / do not think they really
express real distinction between the
onenses of each. am satisfied, Diggs,
YOU are the more dominant of the
two. and had IT not been for your
capacity in the direction of leadership,
7 am not so sure but the trip never
would have been taken. Caminetu Is
not a fool, however. He knew what
he was about at all times.
your crime was essentially one OF
opportunity. As disclosed by the
evidence you probably would not
have been standing here If you had
not been afforded the opportunity by
social conditions The primary cause
is laxity in social conditions. Par
entail control over the two girls was
lacking Drink had its paralyZing
hand upon your consciousness in
these acts For this laxity. the open.
saloon and the easy roadhouse. So
ciety is certainly TO blame. but that
condition does not relieve me of my
duty.
''ReVolting as the circumstances OF
your case are, I must say it does fall
below the deliberate traffic in human
souls and it is only fair to say you
are entirely free from any such i'm
putation for the evidence certainly
sets UP that the idea of profiting
financially from the debauchery of
your companions was farthest from
your minds"
DIGGS' WIFE PRESENT
Chic Mrs Maury Diggs was there.
her pink cheeks surcharged with
blood as her nervousness grew Her
delicate face retained its frown as the
Judge castigated the father of her
baby. and the sentence did not seem
TO cut her any deeper.
Mrs Anthony Caminetti. wife of
the commissioner general of immi-
grafton. heard her son read behind
the bars without a show of the deep
mother love that must have died
with the shock. She was steeled up
to it.
stern. gray haired l. P Diggs of
Berkeley, Maury's father, remained
as taciturn as an Indian.
Mrs. Drew Caminetti was not in
court
She is not even in San Francisco,
il is said.
MRS. DIGGs LOYAL
Drew Caminetti admitted he didn't
know very much about his wife's
whereabouts. The situation between
Diggs and his wife is much different.
The love Of Mrs. Diggs has not fall
tered through all Of the terrible
profigacy of her husband
ITS the straight and narrow for
me. anyway. You can bet one that"
Drew Caminetti said 'T really didn't
expect as much of a sentence as I
got I'm just as good a boy now as
if I had already served 10 years. Sure.
well appeal. Might as well take a
chance as long as there is one"
DIGGs STILL FIGHTING
They haven't got me yet" Diggs
said. with the fight in him that has
marked his every utterance off the
witness stand since he first learned
there is such a law as the Mann law
Il didn't expect any better than I re-
ceived at the hands of Judge Van
Fleet after the position he took all
through the trial. ] am not much in
favor of going to prison as long as
there is chance TO keep out, so If
the attorneys think the better of ap-
pealing, I am for the appeal"
Il believe their are reversible err
rors in the CASE was the opinion of
Robert Devlin, Nate Coghlan and Mar
shall Woodworth of counsel for the
defense.
The special prosecutors had no par
ticular comments to make, save that
they believe the record is entirely
clear and will stand should it reach
the circuit court of appeals.
BONDS READILY GIVEN
Following are the names of the men
who signed the bond of Diggs for
$4,000: l. P. Diggs of Berkeley and
J. A, Marshall, an uncle of Maury
Diggs.
Following are the names of the per-
sons who signed the bonds of $4,000
for Caminetti: A. .sparboro, T. Baci-
galupi. NJ. L. Perasso and C. Loperi.
When Mrs. Anthony Caminetti came
into the courtroom accompanied by a
man who looks so nearly like the vet
eran senator from Amador county that
he might be his brother, there was a
big stir.
NOT FIGHTING SENATOR
It's Senator Caminetti," the word
went around and there was much
gossip about the last minute arrival
OF the commissioner general of immi-
grafton, whose new duties demanding
his attendance at Washington when
his son. Drew. was indicted, led to
the charge that politics had been
brought TO bear to postpone the
trial Of the cases.
One newspaper reporter flashed
his Office that Senator Caminetti was
in the courtroom.
The new face did not fool those
who knew Senator Caminetti per-
sonally for this likeness was 15O
pounds heavier and a foot taller-he
was r. Bacigalupi.
DEvLIN's STRONG PLEA
Robert Devlin made a masterful
plea for mitigation of sentence. He
touched upon every feature Of the
case that might have a bearing for
leniency IN a way that shook Judge
Van Fleets convictions far charf