Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
ATTORNEY FOR D|CGS
OUTLINES THE DEFENSE
Clash With Camera Men Fea-
lures White Slave Case.
Adjourns Till Tuesday.

Adjourns Till Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO. August lG.-The
government rested yesterday in the case
Of Maury I. Diggs. charged. with r.
Drew Caminctti. with violation of the
Mann act. and the defense began it's ef-
forts to- prove that Diggs and Caminetti
did not transport Marsha Warrington
|. and Lola Norris from Sacramento to
, Reno for immoral purposes unlawfully.
After court adjourned Diggs got into
fresh trouble. Leaving the federal build
ing by a side entrance to shield his wife.
his mother, his father and three aunts
from public curiosity. he was amDushed
by a squad Of newspaper photographers.
Tic women tried TO run, but the pho
tographcrs kept pace with them. snap
ming their cameras as they gave chase
Somebody snatched at q camera. some
, body punched photographer In the face,
bystandcrs Joined in and in an instant
there was a free-for-.,;i ilgnt at the CEN
ter Of Il sWirling crowd. Drew Caminettl
was swept into the vortex and began to
struggle with the rest. 1t became 50
complicated that the squad of police
which came running to the spot bundled
the whole party Of principals into pa
troll wagon and took them to the nearest
station
There it developed that one photogra-
pher had been hammered OH the head
with something hard. what or by whom
he could not be sure. \ reporter said
that the photographer had been smashed
in the face with his own camera. AS
the upshot Of the whole affair Diggs was
released and friend or his, law clerk,
| was charged with assault and battery.
So far as the opening statement of At
torney Dcvlin for the defense indicated.
no attempt will be made to show that
the two girls did not accompany the two
young married men to Reno, that Digs
did not buy the tickets and Caminetti
drew the money, or that their relations
did not fall within the language Of the
statute
Intention of Defendants.
I'VE shall show" said Attorney Devlin
to the jury. that the purpose of this
trip was not as stated in the indictment:
that it was the intention of the defend
ants only to leave Sacramento for a
short time to avoid notoriety; that they
had first intended to go to some place
within the state: that it never was their
intention to leave the state, but simply
to get out of Sacramento: that they
missed train for Los Angeles and took
This crirne-if 1T is a crime-is such
only because the Incidents are SUPPOSED
to have happened between two states.
II they had happened within the boun-
diaries of California these two young
men would not have been charged with
the violation of this statute.
Two weeks previously Digs had said
he was going to Los Angeles. we will
show that Miss Warrington SAID he was
going, too, and that he could not leave
her IN Sacramento" q
Other testimony which the defense
promised to introduce would SO to show
that the men had told what they believed
to be the truth about the reasons for
to explode would cover them ali with
shame and involve them all in prose-
cutiOns.~
The two defendants had the moral sup
port today OF their wives and mothers.
who appeared in court after the noon
ticularly unpleasant testimony. While
Mrs. Diggs hold her pretty. little daugh-
ter Evelyn. four years DID, on her knees,
she heard NJ. II. Diepenbrook testify TO
the character of her husband as Il
tenant.
1.-The janitor OF my office building he
testified. land the policeman OIL the ben I
told me that Diggs was entertaining
young girls in his Office. | cautioned
,, him and told him that l could not have
him continue such conduct. The janitor
had told me that the juvenile authori-
ties were after Digs and told
Digs So"
The purpose Of this testimony was to
and desire to fee. Corroborative testi-
mony was given.
Diggs' Father on the Stand.
The last witness was Diggs' father, l.
P. Diggs, a contractor and builder OF
Berkeley. He seemed bowed under the
weight of sorrow. but told straightfor-
ward story of all the town talk surround
ing his son and the efforts he made to
induce him to mend his ways.
II told him l wanted him to come and
see me and round the whole thing up
His uncle. Marshall Diggs, and his young
wife had told me that he was running
wild with other women. l told him
didn't want the family broken up; that
the situation was pretty serious and that
/ was going to prosecute Caminetti, Miss
WARRINGTON Miss Norris and himself If
the thing didn't end right away.
SHORTY before lie went away 1 tele-
| phoned to him at Sacramento and told
him to bring his automobile to Berkeley
| to me. l was going to take 1t away from
him because he was running around with
women in it. Then ] won't bring it, he
said. I told him that l would go up there
and settle with him.
The morning session was given over to
| the cross-examination Of Lola Norris,
| which left her narrative mistaken. and
| the testimony Of Nellie Barton, friend
of Marsha Warrington, with which the
government rested.
Miss Barton related her part in the
| episode which resulted In the collateral
| indictments charging Diggs and his at
! torney, Charles 8. Harris OF sacramento.
| with conspiracy to suborn perjury.
There will be no sessions of the court
| in this case today or Monday.
that Mrs. Digs and Mrs. Caminetti, the
two injured wives. would take the stand
for their husbands and that Disgs
would testify in his own behalf With
these three witnesses the defense plans
TO close its case. NOT later than Wed
nesday.