The Washington herald., 1913-09-05
CAMINETTI Will
KNOW FATE TODAY
Younger Brother Startles S
Court by Impassioned =
Plea for Defendant.
MRS. DIGGS ON STAND
Flags Two Girls in Bitter Words and
Threatens to Shoot Marsha War
rington if Seen with Husband.

rington if Seen with Husband.
San Francisco, Sept. L-The case OF
F. Drew Caminetti tomorrow will be
given to the jury. A verdict is expect
ed before night.
the talking has been done. There re-
mains the merciless fiaying, Unconditional
summing up of Special Prosecutor Sui
livan and the charge of Judge Van Fleet
| The dramatic incident of today's hours
I of closing testimony and OF oratory was
the appearance of Anthony Caminetti
| jr., before the jury in an impassioned
plea for hic elder brother. His appear
ance was a surprise, and when he had
concluded his twenty ive-minute speech
that mother-one of the widely known
mothers of the State-staggered shriekins
from the courtroom. Her hysteria was
comforted in the marshafs office.
Beyond the appeal of brother fol
/ brother, there was one other intense epi-
sode of the day. 1t was when Mrs. Maury
l. Diggs, her wrongs all upon her, took
the stand and blazed out what she had
| told Caminetu of the efforts of Marsha
| Warrington to steal her husband from
her home.
Threatens to shoot Girl.
The words flowed kissing hot from be-
tween her teeth she said:
II told Mr.. Caminetti those girls, Lola
Norris and Marsha Warrington, were not
good girls. They were home wreckers.
treated Marsha Warrington like lady.
She had been at my home and held my
baby on her lap. II I ever hear Of her
being with my husband again I'll shoot
her like a dog"
The appearance Of Caminetti, the de-
fendant, on the witness stand in his own
behalf was disappointing from a thea
trical point OF view. His testim 1ny WAS
heId down to the things told that made
him fear arrest. exposure, death, and so
caused him to fee Sacramento. And
when he had concluded Mr.. Sullivan
merely said automatically, mo Ques-
tons"
Caminetti began by saying that the
first he ever heard of a threatened pub
| lication in the Sacramento Bee was from
Marsha Warrington, who said that Put
nam, the sporting editor, had told her
of it.
Next he spoke of how Miss Warning
toms uncle, Baumgarten, had told Monty
Austin that IL Mr.. Warrington caught his
daughter with Diggs, he'd kill both Of
them.
Tells of Fathers Threat.
After this came the threats of Digs
ST., to have his son, with Caminetti and
the two girls, arrested.
He further related how the elder Diggs
had threa tened him over the telephone
how Lasley, the uncle of Diggs, had said
the latter's father was to have the party
of four arrested. and put on probation;
and how Mrs. Maury Diggs had berated
him over the phone and threatened to
tell all to the parents of the girls.
Il knew she had found out the facts,
and she acted as if she'd go to any
lengths" he said.
The rest was more intimate. At the
meeting of the four at the Peerless Res
taurant, Diggs had said his father was
coming to have him and Caminetti ar
rested.
Then am going" the witness said
he exclaimed.
What did you mean by that"
81 meant that when Mr.. Diggs came
I'd not be there.%
Marsha Warrington had said that II
Caminetti went Maury Diggs must go,
too. She declared she would go along,
too.
"Lolo said sne could not go, where
upon Miss Warrington insisted I'm 60
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titled.
Prosecutor Gets Busy.
Then the case was ready for argu-
ment Mr.. Woodwork first made a
technical motion to strike out the tes-
timony and to instruct the jury to ac-
quit. These were denied, as they were
expected to be.
Then Mr.. Roche began for the prose-
danlarad that FRIGHT nd
agitation, the only defense in the case,
were not an excuse, let alone a de-
fense at law, for the offences COM
mitted.
Then it was that the younger Cami-
netti came up for his brotherly effort,
saying he was a youth but recently ad-
mitted to practice in the court, but
he felt he must make an appeal for
the liberty of his brother.
II feel that he is entirely innocent of
any infraction of the white slave act"
he said forcefully. He is accused
under that act of the most henious. the
most loathsome crime ever created by
man. 1t is a good law, and should be
enforced impartially. I hold in super
lative contempt those who live on the
earnings of fallen women. But this is
no such case as theirs"
Young Caminettf concluded with the
following outburst:
You are not concerned that 100000
persons are waiting 1or your verdict.
And I will not say that q mother Is
waiting for your verdict; that a wife
and children are waiting for your YER
dict; that an old father who has served
his State and his country well is waiting
for your verdict: The prosecution is
asking for a conviction on an inference:
and all ask Is that you do your honest
duty"
Robert T. Devlin had not concluded his
closing argument for the defense when
court adjourned.
Girls on Patrol.
When policewomen may be found
With halrpafs ~ 1ko&,. -,,-f-