Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-08-20
Mother Of Defendants Chill
dren Hears How Marsha
Warrington Was Taken Into
llol Apartments by Husband
ARGUMENTS BEGIN ON
CLOSE OF TESTIMONY
Government viii Prosecute
Caminetti Regardless Of
What Juy'S Verdict May
Be in Case ON Trial.


isy roapiss lcunss, sreetAl laAu'u winul
san Francisco. Aug. l9,-Who viii
limit the devotion of wife, Mrs
Maury T. Digs sat today in the court
room vhcre her husband stands
charged as a white SLAYER, heard him
testify under Hostile questions that he
had been unlglthful 70 her with Mar
sha Warrington Ia their own apart
ments and, twenty minutes Inter her
self took the witness stand TO testlc
lon his behalf
with her evidence. the defense and
the government alike rested and the
government began rs arguments 10
the jury lly stipulation Of Judge Van
Fleet each side has two hours and
twenty minutes In which 10 convince
the jury ana tho case VIII be- in ils
hands late tomorrow afternoon
Three witnesses held the stand to-
day Maury ! Dlggs occupied tho
forenoon with his own account OF the
words. deeds, and fears that led up
70 his finll flight 90 Reno with
Marsha Warrington. accompanied by
GthN NNhNNAAhAN NAAh AaNtA NNNl AtAt AAANil
close friends They were arerstcd in
Rene New brought back 60 sacra-
mcnto, with the Two men charged by
the federal government with Viola
tion of the Mann act. which makes Il
a felony To transport women from one
state TO another for Immoral pur-
poses
Canlnatu Nlli Be proseclucd. an-
uounccd the government to-day. whom
the jury has made up It's mind about
Digs. regardless Of whether It fihds
him innocent or guilty. or dlsagrees.
The other two witnesses we're Mrs.
Camluetll and Mrs, Digs Both we're
questioned briefly and tho substance
OF their discourse was Of the sleep
lcssncss, crratlc, nervous behavior and
air of worrlmtnt that characterized
their husbands beginning with the
week Of March Q. aud ending in Reno
Mrs Digs told how she had gone
with her troubles 10 her fHther-in law.
Mrs. Cumlnctt tried to tell how she
had threatened 20 ntcn lew Judge
Hughes Of tho Juvenile court but IN.
asmuch us she ala not 90 until after
tho arrests mndc IN Reno. the Judge
held her testimony immutcrlal.
Diggs was the center Of tie day
Handsomely gownod women Houd two
hours without luncheon in the cor
ridors of the federal building to hear
his concluding testimony For the
first time since the trial began there
were more women in attendance than
men liy early attendance the men
were in the minority during the foro-
noon but they capilulatcd to hunger
and when they returned the women
had their seats
When Diggs was douc. the story ho
and Marsha Warrington and Lola
Norris have Iu turn set out had boon
told inside on ana upside down. back
wards and forward Chiefly his ac-
count was notable for iis omissions
Ills lawyers did not attempt to have
him deny thm hc sot the lrunsportu-
lion 90 Reno, paid for the Pullman
Jerths. aud WAS intimate With Marsha
Warrington in Nevada. Al the stress
'us laid not on what he dld hut what
ic intended TO DO. Not a word was
pld of what happened AT Reno.
The case closed with no character
Witness introduced and no attempt
vas made to blachcn tho reputation Of
he girls before thel met Dlggs ana
mniuctu Undor the rulings OF
Judge Van Fleet evidence OF that ua-
ure was immatcrill Tho Jury was
here merely 10 determines Dld Dlggs
ross tho state line with Marshu War
ngton. dld he psy her way, and did
lc so for immoral purposes.
What blachening Of character was
one Dggs did himself He esti-
led freely to the plight Into which
.c had worked husclf and there was
his bit OF testimony about his COM
unou VI his errors
'Rell &C. the facts concerning lho
isit Of Lola Norris. Caminett. Miss
Warrington aud yourself to your home
n that night eary in January during
he absence Of your wife, Did you
AXE Miss Warrington into your wire's
edruom ,'
Miss Warrington tuoll me in"
Thoreupon Digs, testifylng with
ispuy Of rcluetance, told of Miss
iarrngton's alleged gloatng over her
'iumph over the absent Wife
Mrs, Diggs was not forced to listen
all these details. Part OF the time
ic stood outside the door. waiting
be called But there was an ordeal
store for her. She had TO submit
tie curious comparison by the
omen spectators between herself uud
arsha Warrington. who sat for forty
inutes at the governments counsel
bic, while the court room stared
rst at the mistress and then at the
ife,
Mrs Digre is Strikinglv nrttlr