Arizona republican., 1913-08-30
Willing to Besmirch His Own Reputation at Any Length to Show Motive for Trip to Reno With Diggs and Two Girls
LOLA NORRIS IS
 NEXT WITN ESS
So Far Testimony Has Been Practically Identical With That Brought Out in the Proceedings Bringing Con viction of Diggs
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 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.-The trial of F. Drew Caminetti rolled
 swiftly today in the groove worn for
 it by the trial immediately preceding of Maury F. Diggs, convicted of the same charge. The witnesses and evil dence of the government were with i few exceptions identically the same, 1 the testimony was almost the same and so far as could be seen the tactics of the defense will be the same.
 Marsha Warrington had the stand the greater part of the day and her testimony on direct examination went to show Caminetti was guilty of as- sisting in transporting her and Lola Norris from Sacramento to Reno in violation of the Mann white slave act and that he persuaded, induced and enticed them to go.
 The effort of the defense is to
 show that Caminetti played a passive
 part in the whole affair One pass age on the cross examination was representative of the whole trend.
 At the meeting between Diggs, Caminetti Miss Norris and your self on the Saturday before you left for Reno. the meeting at which you 
 all the talking, and Caminetti sat by and agreed to everything by keeping quiet-is that the way you wish It to be upderstood?'' was asked.
 "Caminetti agreed to everything, was the answer.
 "But he agreed passively, did he2"
 Here the court interrupted. Tt is your theory MT. Howe asked Judge Van Fleet. that Caminetti was taken along aIso?"
 "Our theory. is your honr, that Caminetti had nothing to do in talk ing these girls to Reno. The party went and he went along with it. We don't contend that he abducted, but we hold that because of certain con ditions that party of four found it 1 necessary to leave Sacramento with l out delay and they took the first train leaving the city without regard l to it's destination"
 Against this contention was the 1 testimony of Miss Warrington today. 1 that Caminetti got the money for the trip. that he had given $20 of it to | Lola Norris, out of which she should 1 buy her passage. In this statement | and in her repeated affirmation that 1 Caminetti agreed to everything DiSgs l had proposed, the witness was net shaken On the whole story drawn 1 from her today she went less into de- tail than when told the first time Counsel for the government was more and counsel for the de- fense was finally cut short by the iudge who gave him until adjourn ment this afternoon to finish the cross examination. Tomorrow there will be no session of court and when the brief redirect examination shall have been finished next Tuesday the girls ordeal will be over and Lola Norris will follow her on the stand. Failing to <shake Marsha Warning tons testimony in it's essentials, the defense went as far as it could 10 attack her character before she met Diggs. The girl showed in the hot sharp answers she gave that she realized what was being attempted and that she resented it. Her testl- nonv today was decidedly more con fident and fiery in the first two trials Caminetti positively announc- ad today he would take the witness stand in his own defense next week. Like Diggs he will admit his mis- conduct. but will not try to besmirch Miss Norris.
 There was no attempt today to shield him from other errors in which ne admitted he had been involved with other young girls, though thelr names were withheld. In an attempt 10 show he had good cause to De anxious to leave Sacramento and that ,n the representations to the girls n the impending scandal were founu- d in truth, his counsel was Wiling O bring out anything that mlSht end to throw light on his state or l mind however much it might blacken lie oaneral character. Mrs. Caminetti I will also testify in his behalf as sine $ lid for Diggs. Mrs. Diggs will not .stify nor will her husband. In ( .ourt today with Caminetti was his ,nly brother, A. Caminetti, Jr ana lis mother With Marsha Warning on was her sister and cousin.