The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-13
Defense Objects

She swore she saw the tickets delivered
to the conductor.
Defense Objects
Counsel for the defense objected to
the Introduction of the tickets as evi-
dence on the ground that the witness
could not Identify them as the tickets
that had been given.
The court overruled the objection.
Questions and answers preliminary
to and following this point dealt with
the introduction upon the scene of Lola
Norris and Caminetti, the latter to be
tried later on a similar charge, both
of whom We're arrested with Diggs and
Miss Warrington at a bungalow in
Reno. The witness swore that she had
left Sacramento under threats OF ex-
posure and only on promise of mar
rlage The narrative of the early ac-
quaintance was traced in detail and the
trip to Reno was described minutely
She and Diggs had occupied the lower
berth and their companions the upper
berth
Other witnesses told of the arrest
at Reno and the conditions of the bun
galow Is found by Chief Hillhouse of
the, Reno police department.
Tomorrow Miss Warrington will con-
elude her testimony and after she has
been cross examined Lola Norris will fol-
low her.
The only indication thus far of the tac-
ties to be taken by the defense have been
attempts to produce testimony which
Judge Van Vleet has repeatedly ruled out
All evidence tending to show that the
girls went to Reno willingly and were
under no duress while there he holds Is
lnmaterial and irrelevant Whether their.
behavior showed them care free and
happy or detected. is a matter as to which
the court is Indifferent.
Is Strikingly Pretty
Marsha Warrington is a strikinglv
pretty blonde of 90 As she walked SLOWLY
up the aisle of the court room today it
was necessary for her almost to brush
Diggs' shoulder. He did not raise his head
and she did not finch. During the hour
ana 20 minutes she was on the stand
Diggs never took his eyes from her face
Not once did she allow her gaze to meet
his.
MISS Warrington said, in beginning her
testimony that she was 20 years old and
lived with her father and stepmother
Her mother had died when she was !
years old.
Il have known Maury l. Diggs since
last September, and we We're very close
friends, she continued. 1.-TWO weeks be-
fore we left for Reno, while Drew Cami-
netti, Miss Norris and / We're riding with
Digs in his machine. he told me that
there was scandal about to be published
about the four of us and that we would
have to leave town I was surprised. but
he said he would have to go.
Miss Norris was told and Caminetti
joined in urging that we leave Immediate
ly. They told us that we would be ar
rested and subjected to the third de-
gree"
Did YOU know that Diggs and Caminetti
were married at that timer"
Knew They Were Married
Yes, and Miss Norris knew it, too.
Digs told me his relations with his wife
were unpleasant; that he was unhappy
and wanted to leave town. He said ne
had an affection for me-cared for me
more than he did for his wife. believed
him. He manifested affection for me; ne
kissed me, discussed marriage with me,
and said he would get a divorce and marry
me. Caminetti told Lola the same thing"
did you have an affection for him?"
Eyes, 1 had a strong affection for him.
We discussed leaving town together sew
eral times, when the four of us were on
men told us Diggs father and Caminettis s
father were going TO prosecute us two
and that Diggs senior was giving an at
torney named Harris large sums of money
to keep the story out of the papers. They
said there would be warrants fer us and
that we would be given the third degree.
we said we couldn't go. / said L could
not go away from father; that it would
kill him. Diggs said it would all come out
i'm the papers anyway, and that my father
would know sooner or later, and that
we had better go.
Soon Get Over II
Miss Norris told them it would kill her
mother, and Caminetti and Diggs told us
that our parents would soon get over it.
They kept urging us to go o.immediately.
ION Saturday, March 5, Diggs re-
turned from San Francisco from a
business trip. He called Lola, Can't
netti and me to a cafe, told us his
father was coming up from Berkeley
the following Monday to put Caminctti
in Jail and have us prosecuted. He
said that he had cleaned up his busi-
ness and that we would have to leave
right away. We protested, out after
three or four hours consented to go.
"The next day we met again and
the men finally decided on Reno after
considering Salt Lake City and Los
Angeles We tried to back out. We
said we would just as soon stay and
take chances on the scandal. They told
us We could not back out
THAT nigA we met in cafe. Cami-
netti went out to get some money.
We went to the railroad station and
while there train for Reno was pull
ing out. | told Diggs ] would stay
in Sacramento. He said he cared too
much for me and 1 would have to go
'caminetti did not come with the
money and we missed that train. Later
we met Caminetti at the cafe and at
midnigh went TO the station again.
When we got there Diggs told us to
wait where we were and he went over
and bought the four tickets.
we got into Pullman ear and
Digs engaged drawing room. He
paid the Pullman conductor. I saw
him give the railroad conductor the