New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
D|GGS DEFENCE PLANS
BARBARY COAST COUP
Character of Girls To Be At
tackled by FrequenterS
of Underworld.
tBy telegraph to The Tribune. J

San Francisco. Aug. 5.--The defence
20 be entered by Maury I. Diggs In
! the so-called white slave" case, which
was made a national issue and cost
United States Attorney John L. McNab
/ his job, became known to-day, when
the former State Architect was placed
on trial in the United States Court
| here.
The defendant, who is accused. with
Drew Caminetti, son Of the United
! States Immigration Commissioner. Of
having taken Marcia Warrington and
Lola Norris. two high school girls, TO
Reno and then living with them in a
bungalow for several days, will bring
| from the Barbary Coast and various
unsavory districts of both Sacramento
and san Francisco a number of young
men who are ready TO swear that the
two girls were frequently seen at va
rious places TO which respectable young
women do not go.
II Diggs establishes this fact, il will
not be necessary for Caminetti TO make
me Sdltlt dNNASdltOlts anu AiAlS NAll 10
point in his favor, with the public.
at least, for popular feeling is running
high against the young men. especially
in Sacramento, where the girls lived.
and were generally respected.
Judge Van Fleet denied motion for
change of venue made by counsel for
Diggs. The courtroom was crowded.
and many from Sacramento. where the
girls lived. were present. Both of the
accused young men were in court.
Caminetti is scarcely more than twen-
ty-five years old. and looks younger
The faces Of both the accused paled
perceptibly when the Judge decided
that the trial of Diggs must proceed.
for they have begun to appreciate the
gravity Of their position. Until their
arrest they were inclined 10 regard the
expedition TO Nevada as a great lark.
but now they foresee the possibility Of
years in a federal penitentiary. Cami-
nettrs father is himself a shrewd law
yer. and in some quarters he is cred
tied with having been calculating
enough 10 have Diggs tried first.
Eleven venremen had been tenn
porarily accepted by both prosecution
and defence at the close of the first day.
The case is being handled for the gov
ernment by Matt |. Sullivan and Theo-
dore Roche. appointed special prosecu-
tors by President Wilson when McNab
resigned after charging the Depart
ment of Justice with delaying the case
IN oblige the senior Caminetti. Two OF
the counsel for the defence Robert T.
Deylin and Marshall Woodwork, are
former United States attorneys.
OF the eleven men in the jury box to-
night seven are married and have chill
drcn. one is married but is not father.
and the remaining three are single
men, living with their parents. All are
subject 10 peremptory challenge. and
at least one, Phillip Woolsey, is likely
TO be relieved from jury service on
challenge When examined Woolsey
expressed a prejudice against any
married man who will abandon his wife
and babies and run off on spree with
another woman for the reason that
such actions as have been reported In
this case strike at the very foundation
of the home" The juror said that he
could Judge the guilt or innocence of
Diggs, however, solely on the evidence
Woolsey is unmarried.
Diggs 1t behind his attorneys dur
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