The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-05
RENO BUNGALOW PARTY
COMES BEFORE THE COURT

the girls. according to their stories,
were by degrees persuaded to indulge
in automobile rides that each time
ended a little later, or In theater par
ties that lasted a little longer than
they had at first.
Then when the men had attached
themselves to the lives OF the girls,
they revealed their real identity. |
They admitted they were married, but
told stories OF domestic dnielicity and
plans for divorce. At first resentful
the young women were won over and
looked forward to the time when di-
vorce would permit the men to marry
them. But this plan OF waiting was
upset when the men told them that
their wives had learned OF their plans
and had decided on court action which
would involve the four In scandal
Bewildered, the girls, so they said.
fell into the trap and after much
pleading by the two men, decided to
e1ope to Reno. There the men would
obtain divorces and there would be al
double wedding.
| On the night Of March 10, the four
met at Saddle Rock restaurant and
took the Overland train for Reno. The
girls declare that even on that even,
| ing they begged the men to go to
their parents, confess all and ask
their advice. 1t did no good and once
they we're on the train they ceased
to object to the elopement. The four
occupied one stateroom to Reno
where the four registered at hotel.
On the Trail
The girls fathers that evening, be-
1 coming alarmed at the absence Of
their daughters, investigated and
| learned Of the elopement They swore
Tout warrants. Diggs was charged
i with contributing to the dependency
Of his minor child. Caminetti was
charged with contributing to the de-
pendency OF his second child, a FIVE
i weeks old baby After search of
4 two days the men and girls were
4 found. They had left the hotel and
! were installed In furnished cottage
i Chief OF Police Hilhouse OF Reno
on the morning Of March IA discov,
cred the cottage where the couples
were living. Accompanied by Deputy
4 Sheriff Martin Beasely of Sacramento
] he went to the place. Diggs opened
i the door He denied that he was "Mr,
4 Diggs." MY name is Enright." he
said. Then he was forced to admit
, his identity. The officers entered and
! they say, found all the occupants in
i their nightclothes. The girls begged
| to be taken to their homes. When
: they went back to Sacramento, they
, entered the city secretly for fear OF
an attack on the prisoners. The men
were placed In the county jail. The
/ girls were liberated on bond In the
!, custody Of their parents.
j 1t was decided by the authorities
J that the case was one for the federal
| courts. The men were indicted for
, violating the Mann white slave law
i At the grand jury investigation here
} another angle of the case cropped up
I The then United States District Attor
ney John L. McNab, produced on the
stand Nellie Borton, a nurse, who
u swore that Charles B. Harris, a Sac
ramento attorney retained by Diggs
had, with Diggs, approached her In
: an effort to have her see the Warning
/ ton and Norris girls and induce them
} falsely to relate story that Diggs
. and Caminetti occupied separate quar-
i ters from them in the Reno bungalow
, and that their relations had been en-
J tirely proper. On the story Of Miss
Borton both Diggs and Harris were
: indicted for an attempt to suborn per
Il Jury. This angle of the case was
5 brought by McNab to the attention o
.1U. s. Attorney General McReynolds
i as a reason for the prompt trial of thu
! cases against Diggs and Caminetti
, Because McReynolds ordered the
3 cases delayed until autumn, McNal
!. resigned. McReynolds postponed thu
G cases at the request of Secretary o
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