South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
CAMINETTI IS
FOUND GUILTY
ON one Count
Conviction Carries With 1t a
Maximum Penalty of Five
Years in the Penitentiary and
q $1,000 Fine.

SAN FRANCISCO. sept 6.-Farley
Drew Camiretti. son OF the commits
sioner general Of immigration. AE.,s
found guilty late FriCay on one count
OF the indictment charging him with
violation of the Mann white slave act.
The jury was out three hours and
took eight ballots. From the first the
vote stood ten 20 two for conviction
and finally the two recalcitrant5
agreed % compromise by finding
verdict Of guilty on one OF the iour
counts charged.
Bail in the sum Of $500 was fur
nished by Frank Freeman Of Willows
Calf. and G.. Bacigalupi OF san Fran
cisco and was ready TO be filed with
the United States marshal when the
verdict was announced.
Sentence Will be pronounced We'd
nesday, Sept 10, the day set for SEN
fencing Maury l. Digs, Jointly indict-
cd with Caminetti and convicted on
four counts. Exceptions to the charge
OF Judge Van Fleet as a whole and IN
part were taken by counsel and a pc
.Ition for an appeal will be filed as
was announced in the case of Diggs
Takes Verdict Lightly.
Caminetd took the verdict lightly.
smiling a forced smile and nudging his
brother jOcularly.
First re lifted his little daughter
Naomi. who was playing at his feet,
and placed her carefully in her
mothers lap. Then he shook hands
with his lawyers and with Digs, who
had been sitting nearby.
His mother and wife showed no
emotion They sat with lowered
heads gazing into their laps.
Caminetti and MaUry /. Diggs, for
mer state architect Of California,
were jointly indicted on six counts,
and Digs was found guilty on four OF
them. the jury being unable TO agree
on the other two. Because or the
special circumstances surrounding
Caminetti's individual part in the
flight from Sacramento, Calf, to
Reno. New. with Marsha Warrington
and Lola Norris, the government
elected in the second trial 10 press
only four counts.
Carries Five Year Penalty.
The first two counts charged that
he transported and aided in trans
porting the two young women from
Sacramento 10 Reno in interstate
commerce. One count applied to each
girl and each count carried a max
imum penalty Of five years in a fed
eraI penitentiary and $4,000 fine.
Thus Diggs is liable TO twenty years
Imprisonment and 100000 fine and
Caminetti to five years and $4,000
fine.
The verdicts correspond with the
contention OF the government which
was that Diggs was the self constt-
tuted boss and major domO of the
party and Caminettj more or less Of
a passive and plant agent.
The second two counts charged that
Caminetti persuaded and aided in
persuading, inducing and entcing"
the two girls 10 go, and here again
one count applied 10 each girl.
Held On One Count.
The finding Of the jury was that
Caminetti was guilty on the single
count of transporting and aiding in
Transporting Lola Norris TO Reno for
immoral purposes. It did not con-
slider him responsible for Marsha
Warringtons elOpement with Diggs
and II refused to believe that Miss
Norris had been entiCed into going.
There remains over the heads of
both Diggs and Caminetti indictments
charging conspiracy 10 violate the act
but in view of the conviction on the
stronger charge of actual violation,
the weaker indictn ents Will not be
pressed. Conspiracy carries a max
imum penalty of two years impris-
onment.