The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-04
.CAM|NETT|H HAS
VERY SLIM CHANCE
Faint Hope of Being Saved Dis
grace of white Slave"
Brand.
GOES ON STAND TO-DAY
His Intention Is to Put Blame Of
Escapadc on Maury
l. Diggs.
GOES ON STAND TO-DAY
Especial to The Times.Dispa,ch.l

morrow +. Drew Caminctti Is to take
the stand in the last despairing effort
to keep his name from the stain OF
white SLAYER and his feet from the
floor of an achoing cell. His chance
seems on making Maury I. Diggs the
goat"
The young man has n thin and
mcaErc case at best, but even this he is
forced to strain through a close woven
mesh IF technical objcctions
Miss Lola Norris made a brief re-
appearance to-day and was 1ulzZcd
over statements she had made at Reno
just after the officers descended on the
bungalow. These statements had been
taken down In official shorthand In the
presence of the Sacramento officers.
They made up part of tho secret
transcript that Juror Bliss in the
Digs case thought should in fairness
be opened TO the defense.
In her Reno statement Lola had said
she and Miss Warrington had occupied
the same berth on the train and the
same room at the Riverside Hotel and
at the bungalow. She was then try
ing to shield her good name and en-
dcavoring to aid Caminctti. There
manifestly had been an agreement all
around TO make the best possible story
OF the elopement
Agreed to Glib"
But the only way the defense was
able to get at this secret interview.
was through the prosecution putting
the official shorthand reporter en- the
stand to bring out part of the agreed
''fibbing."
There was another woman on the
stand In addition to Miss Norris. This
was Mrs. Drew Caminetti. the injured
wife. She flushed a bit once when
asked IL she had told her husband that
she was going into court against the
young woman who was trying to steal
his love away.
Il told him I'd shoot any young wo-
man / caught running around with
him." she said snappily
The day opened with volley from
ambush by the prosecution. They put
on the stand Official Reporter. w. L.
Court and through him opened part of
the secret archives-the statements
and supposed confessions made when
truants.. through at least the second
came as surprise 10 the defense.
to Caminetti: Did you tell her be-
marry herr"
didn't then it was beforc-away long
before. | made the promise in good
faith. I intended to leave my wife
and get Il divorce and marry her. Our
marry these girls"
Expected To Marry Him
Atkinson to Miss Norris: 1T was on
the strength of that promise TO marry
YOU that you went away from Sacra
mento and lived at Reno?"
Miss Norris: Yes: he wouldn't eX-
pect me to 20 away from home unless
he intended TO marry me-"
Did YOU really think Mr.. Caminetti
would marry YOU
Yes. | knew he would"
do YOU think he would marry YOU
now IL he could?"
Yes. know he would"
Would YOU to Caminett.
Yes. | would; was the reply.
Then Marshall Woodwork started
said they would show that Caminetti
had not transgressed the act called by
Congress the white slave" traffic act.
because he had not been guilty of
white slavery or any act OF CONNER
cialiZed vice.
criticize the law" promptly interrupt
ed Judge Van Fleet
The lawyer also declared that Can't
netti had nothing to do with getting
Marsha Warrington TO go with Digs.
Then he ran over how the relations of
the two married men and the two
girls grew towards scandal; how
Caminetti had been threatened by
Diggs's father. and how his wife had
told him she had reported him TO Judge
Hughes and the Juvenile court.
Mr.. Woodwork wound up by plead
ing with the jury to give his client the
benefit of a reasonable doubt.