Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-09-04
ARGUMENTS IN
CAM|NETTl
CASE
START TODAY defense FINISHES
ITS CASE THIS FORENOON
IT WILL PROBABLY GO TO THE
JURY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, |
IT IS NOW THOUGHT.
CAMINETTI ON STAND
IN HIS own DEFENSE

HIS UWN DtftNSt
San Francisco, Calf, Sept, 1.-The 4
defense rested this morning in its eff
fort to prove that F. Drew Caminetti
did not violate the Mann white slave
act when he left his wife and babies
at home and fed across the Califor-
ria line from Sacramento to Reno,
New with Lola Norris, Maury |, Diggs
and Marsha Warrington. The govern
ment began it's arguments to the jury
which will be followed by those of the
defense, and the case probably will
60 to the jury tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Caminetti on the witness
stand, testified to her husbands ner-
sleeplessness and lack OF
during the week before he
eft her, and of her threats to carry
heir domestic infelicities to the juve-
nile court.
II told him I'd been to see Judge
Hughes she swore, and he replied;
My God, girl, haven't | worries
enough | had been told he was go
ing around with these girls. lold
him that Mrs. Diggs and | had had
several conversations about 1t, ana
had been advised to bring suit against
Mr.. Warrington, if Miss Warrington
didn't stop going around with our
husbands She was boastng of it, we
were told, and both the girls said they
didn't care if the men were married.
They should worry was what they
said
d 7. Letch, Sacramento chauf-
feur. Mortified Judge Van Fleet by
telling him bluntly how he had heard
Diggs' landlord Diepenbrock, give
him hell" with sulphurous embellish-
ments.
Don't express your opinion OF Mr.
conversation warned
the judge, giving a furious tug at his
Tell us in his exact words
if YOU can, what Mr.. DiepenbrocH
said"
No doubt Judge Van Fleet meant
we'll, but the literal quotation that fol
lowed nearly blew him out Of his
chair.
The testimony of Caminetti in his
own behalf was brief The government
aid not think it necessary to cross
examine him.
He told how OBrien, a saloon keep
Pr, had frightened him with an ac-
count of the anger shown by l. r.
Diggs, Maury's father.
"These two girls and Caminetti are
running my SON." O'Brien reported
Diggs' father to have said.
Shortly after Mrs Diggs had called
,im at O'Brien's on the telephone. I'm
going to tell the girls parents ana
YOU know what they'll do to you,
Mrs. Diggs had said.
81 begged her not to talk that way
IN the telephone and asked permls-
ZION TO talk it over with her. She gave
ne permission and went to see her
hat evening"" Caminetti said.
What happened in that interview
vas told by Mrs. Diggs, who followed
raminett on the stand.
81 told him." she said, that these
,irls were nothing but homebreakers
md that knew he was the cause OF
nv husbands being out so much.
"Caminetti just hung his head.
81 told him ! didn't ever want to
lear of him speaking to Mr.. Diggs
gain. | said I'd shoot Marsha war
ipgton like a dog if | ever saw her
With my husband | said, I'm going to
make those girls suffer just what
AVE suffered
''He tried to make me promise to
vait. said, ri promise you nothing
Iiss Warrington has come to my
,ouse. I've treated her like lady.
;he has held my baby on her lap and
he's just got to stop
"Caminett said: All you've said is
rue
Mrs. Diggs' testimony, seemingly so
amaging to the defendant, was intro
uced in line with the policy OF the
efense both in this and the Diggs |
rial--to lay stress at any cost on the .
tate of mind of the fugitives
Mrs. Diggs was not cross examined ,
First, that the testimony of w. f. I
Joan the Sacramento court reporter,
tho read yesterday from his notes of
he deposition taken down by him on
he way back from Reno as given by !
'aminetti and Lola Norris, be eXclud- (,
d.
Second, he asked the court to IN |
truct the jury to render verdict OF
cquittal on the ground that there was !
c evidence to show the Mann white !
lave traffic act had been violated, be- /
ause no intent to profit commercially |
ad been shown.
Judge Van Fleet refused to entertain |
ither motion and allowed counsel for /,
ach side two hours in which to make
heir arguments which would place |
he case with the jury by noon tomor- !
ow.
In opening for the government !
'heodore Roche, based his argument !
argely on the failure of the defense |
D attack any of the evidence offered !
y the government.