The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-07-07
Documents Showing Attor-
ney General Was Fully
Aware of Attempts to
Tarnper With Jury and
Procure Perjury in Diggs-
Carninetti Case Are Found
SITUATION KNOWN
BEFORE POSTPONING
New Commissioner of Inrni-
grafton Sought to Secure
Delay of Trial From the
u. S. Attorney Both Be
fore and After He Went
to the National Capital
BY IRA BENNETT

BY IRA BENNETT
tSrecial Dispatch TO The Call)
WASHINGTON. July 6.-Despite the
efforts of the department Of justice and
the house committee on the judiciary to
suppress the most vital parts Of the
correspondence in the famous Diggs-
Caminetti white slave" case, the cor
respondent of The Cali today obtained
copies of the impounded McNab report
and all the rest Of the suppressed docu-
ments
The McNab report, which was filed
by the district attorney of San Fran
cisco as short a time ago as May u,
was the final effort of the prosecutor
to convince Attorney General Mercy
nolds that the charges against Diggs
and Caminetti were so serious that a
postponement would result in a ma
ttonal scandal.
In this sensational report and the
kilograms that followed 1t, is revealed.
the depravity involved in the white
slave cases. Inasmuch as this report
was on file with the attorney general
wien he gave his final order for post
poning the cases. yielding to the i'm
portunities of the head of the depart
ment in which the elder Caminetti was
recently appointed commissioner or
.imm grafton. it furnishes complete
evidence that Mr.. McReynolds stopped
the machinery of prosecution.
TELLS OF TAMPERING
Efforts to buy jurors and procure
perjury are set forth by former Dis
trict Attorney McNab in this report
In his telegram of resignation TO
the president. district Attorney Nc
Nab stated that he had made a full
report to Attorney General Mercy
nolds under date OF May 81. giving
resume of the evidence in the Diggs-
Caminetti cases and warning McReyz
nolds Of the danger Of postponement..
Mr.. McNab's report was not made
public at the department of Justice.
The committee on the judiciary Of
the house insisted on getting all the
papers. but finally agreed with Mr..
MeReynolds that this particular phase
of the correspondence. the very heart
Of it, showing the seriousness of the
charges and that the whole story had
been laid before McReynolds before
he ordered the wheels. of justice to
stop moving. should not be made pub
lie, on the ground that it would be
''prejudicial to the interests of JUS
tice"
M'NAB REFUSED TO DELAY
The correspondence before the house
committee shows that before Anthony
Caminetti came to Washington to as
sumo the office as commissioner gen
eraI Of immigration he asked District
Attorney McNab to postpone the trial
of his sons case. Mr.. McNab refused
Upon arrival in Washington on Mas
90, Mr.. Caminetti wrote to Mr.. McNat
again asking for postponement.
After another refusal from McNab
Caminetti telegraphed on May 81. as
follows:
Washington. d. c.. May IS. =
John L. McNab. L. S. District Attorney.
San Francisco, Cal.
BY request of Secretary OF Labor
came to Washington concerning duties
of commissioner, etc, as anticipated in
my letter to you my services necessary
in June and July to inaugurate work
of department. Hence for reasons sug-
gested in said letter I would greatly
appreciate your kindness IL you would
avoid setting my sons case for the
time being and allow same to stand
over until after July for reasons above
set forth. After consultation DEPART
ment of justice has no objection to this.
course. Please answer at earliest con-
venience today, if possible &c
tsigned) A. cAMINETTI.
REFUSAL
On the same day District ATTORNEY
McNab telegraphed his refusal to post
pone the case.
June ] Mr.. Caminetti telegraphed
again. asking postponement. which
was again refused, by letters addressed
to Caminetti and Attorney General
McReynolds.
Then came an order from Attorney
General McReynolds directing McNas
to postpone the case until autups