Arizona republican., 1913-08-21
In EIoping With Marsha Warrington from Sacra- mento to Reno Maury |, Diggs Violated Provisions of the Mann Act
CONVICTED ON
 FOUR COUNTS
Closing Hours of Famous Case Brings Sensational Charge from Prosecutor and Stirring Appeal from Counsel for Defense
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 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2O.-In eIoping with Marsha Warrington ot
 Sacramento to Reno. Maury I. Diggs, former state architect of California, was guilty of violating the Mann white slave act which makes it a felony to transport women for immoral purposes from one state to another. This was the verdict tonight of the jury that tried him. Five years in the federal penitentiary is the maximum penalty.
 Diggs' wife father, mother and three aunts were in court waiting for the verdict. Diggs was as pale as paper and his wife showed the tension by the twitching of her lips. The tension about her eyes lessened the bloom of her rich color. There was no demonstration when the blow fell
 F. Drew Caminneti, cO-defendant with Diggs, will be placed on trial be- fore Judge Van Fleet tomorrow.
 Diggs was convicted on four of the counts of the seventeen indictment. Nine ballots were taken and from the first the jury was unanimous for con viction on the first four counts, but on the fifth charging the defendant with persuading. advising and inducing Mar sha Warrington to go to Reno for inn moral purposes. and on the sixth charg- ing the same offense with respect to Lola Norris and her companion Drew Caminetti they obstinately disagreed.
 With reference to Marsha Warning ton. the vote stood even for acquittal ! and five for conviction for nine con | secutive ballots. With reference to Lo- i la Norris. the vote stood ten for con- l victfon and two for acquittal The l differences in the attitude toward the | two girls was explained by the fact that the jury considered Marsha War ! rington the more forward of the two
 Sentence will be pronounced on Sep i tember 2, one week from Tuesday i Judge Van Fleet set bail at s5000 on l each count making it $20,000 in all. | I. P. Diggs, the defendants father and | Marshall Diggs, the uncle, were both 1 ready with bonds. Counsel for the de- | fense announced he would appeal to 1 the highest court in the land and asked 1 for ten days in which to petition for a 1 writ of error in the United States cir ! cult court of appeals.
 When the case went to the jury | TO evidence had been adduced by the l defense to show that Diggs did not | transport Marsha Warrington across | the state line rom lO Reno and that he did not live with 1 her there three days as man and wife
 These acts, it was admitted, had l been committed but they did not con- l stitute a violation of the Mann white slave traffic act because they were ] not done with immoral intention, ac- cording to the defense. The trip to ReDO had been half an accident If l Diggs and Miss Warrington, with F. Drew Caminetti and Lola Norris, their companions, had not missed an ] early train they would have re mained within the state, and all though the offense against morality would have remained the same it would not have transgressed the fed eral statute
 Diggs counsel in summing up the evidence, did not pa1liate these acts.
 Paint the defendant as you will monster, if you please" argued Rob ert DevIin, senior attorney, but tell me what motive he would have had in going out of the state for the purpose of accomplishing those things he had already accomplished. Counsel may characterize him as they please and I may not differ with them. They may say his act was
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