Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-04
CAM|NETT|TELL|NG
HISTORY TO Jury
Denies Evil Intent in Taking
Lola Norris to Reno,
Nevada.
WIFE TAKES THE STAND
AS DEFENSE WITNESS
Eager, Despite Her Wrongs, to Save
Husband From the Peni-
Tertiary.

SAN FRANCISCO, September IF
Drew Caminetti took the stand today
to try to convince the jury that he had
not contributed to white slavery" as
the government charges, in taking
Lola Norris. in company with Maury l.
Dfggs and Marsha Warrington, from
sacramento to Reno. He freely admit
ted his part in the interstate escapade
that has resulted in the conviction of
Dfggs. but he asserted and reiterated
again and again that the trip was not
made for immoral purposes.
L had to get out of Sacramento" he
said, as Diggs had said. and his attor-
neys tried in every possible way to i'm
press upon the jury that the only pur-
pose Caminetti had in mind was to cs-
cape the public scandal all four par
Elephants believed was about to break
over them il they remained. What did
occur. according to the defense. was
accidental and incidental" not will
full
Attorney Marshall Woodworth in out
lining the defense yesterday was sum-
marily checked when he declared an
effort would be made to show that
Caminetti had not transgressed the
section Of the Mann act having to do
with contributing to commercialized
vice.
you must not criticise the law"
warned the court, and Woodwork was
forced to abandon that tack
To the Jury Tomorrow.
Caminetti was expected to end his tes-
timony before noon and the defense to
rest soon afterward The summing up
probably will be BRIEF as 1t was in the
tvfo -
in the jury's hands by tomorrow night
Lola Norris admitted yesterday in the
trial that she had given false testimony
about her relations with Caminetti. Re-
called to the stand to explain her first
efforts to shield Caminetti and Maury /.
Diggs Immediately after their arrest at
Reno, she owned frankly that she had not
told the truth and to that extent her
credibility as a witness and the value of
her story to the government were shaken.
but her explanation was that she had lied
to save the man she loved and whom she
then trusted.
Mrs. Caminetti followed her with tes-
timony, throwing interesting sidelights
on the eternal triangle" but In the main
repetition of what she had previously
told for the benefit Of Diggs at his trial.
She made a willing and even eager wit
ness for her husband.
His Story Read to Jury.
Although Caminetti had expected to
testify in person yesterday. the govern
ment forestalled him, and instead he
listened to his own words as taken
court reporter. in reply to the questions
OF +. A. Atkinson, assistant district at
torney Of Sacramento county, after the
Reno arrest. 1t was to Atkinson that
Lola Norris admitted she had lied.
In the course of the interrOgatory, the
accuracy of which Caminetti does not
question as taken down by Doan. he re-
peatedly admitted that he had promised
to marry Miss Norris after he should
have obtained q divorce from his wife
on the ground Of physical cruelty
Replies by Miss Norris. in part. to
to those he e permitted caminetti to s ask.
also were taken down by Doan at the
same time, and were read by him from
his notes.
With its production of this testimony
the government rested abruptly.
Calls It ''Frame-Up."
Marshall Woodwork, chief counsel for
the defense, in stating his case, an
nounced that 1.-The statement made in the
train by the defendant to District Attor-
ney Atkinson was a frame-up' between
Diggs and Caminetti to protect the
girls
Mrs Caminetti on the witness stand
testified to her husbands nervousness.
sleeplessness and lack of appetite during
the week before he left her and Of her
threats to carry their domestic infelicities
to the juvenile court
It told him 1 had been to see Judge
Hughes" she swore, land he replied:
My God. girl. Haven't worries enough
I had been told he was going around
with these, girls. I told him that Mrs.
Diggs and had had several conversa-
tions about it and had been advised to
bring suit against Mr.. Warrington if
Miss Warrington didn't stop going
around with our husbands She was
boasting 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.