The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-13
Marsha Warrington Tells on
the Witness Stand
How She Was Induced to
EIOpe With Diggs.
EXPOSURE WAS IMPENDING
He Said They Must Leave and
Promised Marriage.
They Had Been Acquainted
Only Since Last September.

San Francisco, Aug. 13.-Marsha
Warrington was the states first wit
ness today in the trial of Maury 1.
Diggs, charged with violation of the
Mann act She continued her story of
yesterday of how she in company with
Lola Norris, Drew Caminetti and Diggs,
slipped away from Sacramento to Reno
one night in hopes of avoiding local
notoriety and stirred up a scandal
which has developed into an affair
of nation wide interest and entered the
halls of congress. The customary hun
dreds gathered in the corridors before
United States District Judge Van
Fleets court and trailed in long wait
ing line onto the street where they took
the sunny wall of the federal building
it being rather chilly in the shade.
1t was not alone for Miss Warning
ton that the crowd took its slender
chance Oh admission to the small court
room The next witness ready to be
called was Lola Norris, whose school
girl ribbons and smoothly moulded face
gave the impression that she was con-
siderably the younger of the two. Her
story in essentials, it was expected
would be much like that of Miss War
ringtons, although the latter testified
that Digs was the more active in
some of the quartette's preparation
which she described. than Caminett'
with whom the Norris girl fed
What did Caminetti say?" asked
an attorney once, when Miss Warning
ton, was explaining how the men had
labored to persuade the girls to leave
home.
He did not say much" she replied.
He just agreed"
The girl swore that Diggs bought the
railway tickets and paid for the sleep
ing car drawing room which they oc-
cupied. She swore she saw the tickets
delivered to the conductor.
Counsel for the defense objected to
the introduction of the tickets as evil
dence, on the ground that the witness
could not identify them as the tickets
that had been given.
Objection Set Aside.
The objection is overruled,'' the
court said. The witness has testified
that the defendant bought the tickets
and later gave them to the conductor
of the train. That's as near as you
can trace them. No closer Identified
ton could be made unless someone had
been present at the purchase of the
tickets for the purpose of keeping their
numbers. Let this matter go to the
jury
Questions and answers preliminary
to and following this point dealt
with the Introduction upon the scene
ter to be tried later on a similar
charge-both of whom were arrested
with them at bungalow in Reno.
The witness swore that she had left
Sacramento under threats of eX-
posture and only on promise of mar
riage. The narrative of the early ac-
quaintance was traced in detail and
the trip to Reno was described
infinitely. She and Diggs had occu-
pied the lower berth and their COM
panions the upper berth.
The only indication thus far of the
tactics to be taken by the defense
have been attempts to introduce tes-
timony which Judge VanF'leet has re-
peatedly ruled out.
All evidence tending to show that
the girls went to Reno willingly and
were under no duress while there he
holds is immaterial and irrelevant. |
Whether their behavior showed them |
carefree and happy or detected is a |
matter as to which the court is in |
different.
Marsha Warrington is a strikingly |
pretty blond of twenty.
AS she walked slowly up the aisle |
of the court room it was necessary |
for her almost to brush Digs Shout !
der. He did not raise his head and |
she did not finch.
During the hour and twenty min
utes she was on the stand Diggs |
never took his eyes from her face. |
Not once did she allow her gaze to |
meet his and she was soon quite mis- |
tress of herself. Miss Warrington !
was 20 years of age, and lived with |
her father and stepmother. Her |
mother had died when she was 5
years old.
Miss Warrington's Story.
IT nave known Maury I, Digs
since last September and we were
very close friends" she continued !
Two weeks before we left for Reno, |
while Drew Caminetti. Miss Norris |
and 1 were riding with Digs in his |
machine he told me that there was a =!
scandal about to be published about !
the four of US and that we would
have to leave town. 1 was surprised, |
but he said we would have to go.
Miss Norris was told, and Can't !
netti Joined Diggs in urging that we |
leave Immediately. They told US that
we would be arrested and subjected |
to the third degree"
Did you know that Diggs and Cam |
inetti were married at that time ?"
Yes, and Miss Norris knew it, too. |
Diggs told me his relations with his !
wife were unpleasant; that he was I'M |
happy and wanted me to leave town. |
He said he had an affection for me /
cared for me more than he did for his /
wife. 1 believed him. ar
He manifested affection for me; |
me and said he would get a divorce |
and marry me. Caminetti told Lola |
the same thing"
Did you have an affection for
him % !
Yes, I had a strong affection for |
him. We discussed leaving town to- |
gether several times when the four of
us We're on automobile trips and in |
Diggs' office. The men told us Digs
father and Caminetti'S father were
going to prosecute us two and that
Diggs. senior, was giving an attorney |
named Harris large sums of money to |
keep the story out of the papers. They
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