The Washington times., 1913-07-02
Letter From Mr., McNab.

Letter From Mr.. McNab.
The letter of June from District At
torney McNab urging immediate actiol
In the white slave cases. the suggestion
later being set aside by order of tn
Attorney General, reads as follows:
The Attorney General, washington.
d. c.
Sir: On May 1s, 1913, / received YOU
wire directing me to submit report
of the evidence in the cases against
Caminetti and Diggs and instructing
me to take no further action until
notified by you.
On May Il, 1913, l forwarded You
full report, accompanied by recon-
mendation. and asked for instruc-
tons
On May q. 1918, received your tel
egram approving my report and di-
recting me to proceed with the triai.
am In receipt of kilograms from
Senator. Caminetti requesting that
the cases go over until after July or
August. / had letter, written prior
to his departure for. Washington
asking this. -
have the utmost sympathy for
Senator Caminetti and for his good
wife in this matter, but feel It my
grams. to state that I believe your
direction wired to me Is the only
proper course to pursue. / have set
the cases for trial July IS, 1913. /
have no hesitancy in saying that the
Governments case will be impaired
by long delay. Witnesses whom 1t
Is material that the Government
should use may not be available II
long postponements are granted. Evi-
dence which Is at hand may be DIM
cult to secure at later period. Fur
thermore, I have written to Senator
Caminetti with the utmost candor
and frankness. informing him Of the
condition Of the public mind and say
ing to him that both he and this
ONCE will be subjected to the bitter
est criticism II the cases are again
postponed. think the good Of the
service demands that / proceed In ac-
cordance with your directions.
would be only too glad to do any
thing in the way Of accommodating
view OF the fact that his present
duties may require his presence In
Washington, but I am forced to the
conclusion from my knowledge OF the
case that another postponement Will
make 1t increasingly more difhcult
for the Government to proceed.
This letter is written not in refer
enCe 10 any HlcBSd6cS IcCCisco AAoii
you, but because I believe II to be
my duty to keep you informed as to
the progress Of a cause concerning
which you have inquired and relating
to which have your instructions.
J. L. McNAB.
United States Attorney.
Letter From McNab.
While the correspondence was Il
progress between District Attorney Nc
Nab and the department. and prior t
the order to postpone the Caminetti
Diggs white slave cases. the San. Fran
cisco district attorney revealed tn
feeling In California regarding thes
cases In a letter dated May 2s. 1t wa
letters of this character which tn
district attorney said he acquainted IN
Department Of Justice with the ma
turs Of the e.sss and hcn Tbs msae ietse,
In part, reads:
II did not feel ae liberty, In the
report on the evidence. to express
too strongly my views In regard TO
the local situation. Owing. however.
to. the peculiarly aggravated char
acter of the offense. public opinion
throughout che State hae been burn
INK AT Wn1te meat. uiu eiC PAScc
watches with scrutinizing eye every
action that is taken in court in re-
gard to these cases The comment
has been freely INDUCED In and
ehink this is due to certain fndiscreet
remarks of certain men In Sacra-
mento = that unlimited influence
would b brought to bear at Wash
ington ad here to indefinitely defer
the cases, II not dismiss them. I
know how absolutely futile such ef-
forts are. bue am extremely jealous
of the high regard in which your
department Is held throughout the
country. and was particularly anx-
ious to have the cases promptly dis
posed Of. along with all other cases
Of similar character. Your telegram
is encouraging to every one IN the
office, and on behalf Of the entire
force I thank you for your prompt
and vigorous action The case Will
be presented Just as every other case
Is presented. without bias or feeling.