Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-22
United States District Alior-
ney Resigns Because At
tomey General PoStpoOes
Trial Of Important Cases,
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
SUGGESTED AS CAUSE
Sons Of Two Prominent Men
Of San Francisco Are lndIct-
ed for Taking Young Girls
TO Reno for Illegal Purposes,

luy noansa IoupAst SPECIAL laAaro Wissi
sun Francisco. June .t Charging
that United sth,es Attorney General
MeRcynolds had ordered what he con-
siderod fatal delays in tho proseeu.
tion OF four men indicted by federal
grand lufies. United states District
Attorney John l.. MrNah. OF this riN
rendered his resignation Is telegraph
to President Wilson last night, win
u request that IL he accepted hy the
same quick mctuo0 of eommunlga-
tlon Mr. McNnh made public today
tho text of bis Telegram 90 the presi-
cent together with message sent q
the attorney general The toiesrphic
resignation 90 the president was a.
fellows.
Woodrow Wilson. President of the
United states. Washington. ID. G..
Il have tho honor Go tender mf
resignation as United states attorney
Tor the northern district of California
90 take effect Immediately. l am or
dorod by thu attorney general. over
mx protest. TO pustRunr until autumn
thp trials at MnufN Digs and Drew
Caminctu. Indicted for hideous
crime which has ruined two gita ana
shocked the moral SENSE ul the people
of California, and this afternoon !
have advised The department of JUS
tife attempts have been made 10 cor
rupt some of the government VII
nessrs. and friends ol the defendants
are pul Idly boastne that the wealth.
and political Influence of the defend
ants viii cause my hand to Zoe stayed
hy Influence az Washington.
sfn thege cascs two girls were taken
from cultured homes, bullicd anu
frightened In the face OF their pro-
tests into going 90 foreign state.
where they were ruined ana dc
bauchcd by the defendants who ahah-
dnncd their wives and infants Go com
NIT the crime.
ION receipt Of the attorney genef-
ais telegram ! prepared my resiHha-
ton to take effect at conclusion ol
the trial of the Western Fuel difec'
tors and the j. &. Wilson stock hrok-
crs eases. botn uf which | had insll-
tuted and which I wished TO bfins 70
a successful conclusion. Before
could send my resignation | received
another telegram from the department
ordering me 10 postpone the case
against certain defendants OF the
Western Fuel company and not to
try them unless ordered by the de-
partment
In bitter humiliation of spirit ]
am compelled 10 acknowledge what
have heretofore Indignantly refused
70 believe. namely. that the depart
ment of justice is Yielding TO infla-
cncc which viii cripple and destroy
the usefulness of this office. can
not consent to occupy this position as
.ftff a ttt
or Innocence of rich and powerful
defendants, who have been Indicted
by unbiased grand juries ON over
whelminp evidence. determined IN
Washington on representations on be-
half of the defendants without notice
to rae
II seem unable to convey to the de-
paftment tho understanding Of tho
serious situation in which this action
will leave this office. If the depart
ment In the future has lo review the
finding Of grand jurics ana INJURY
their indictments, then this oIilee
might as well be abolished tor It's
functions will have ceased 10 exist
"Neither my sonec of honor nor
public duty can permit me thua 10
destroy The prestige of this office
"Wuh profound respect and regret
that such a step IS necessary have
the honor. I'm view y my absolute In
ability to agree with the department
to ask That / pe. uy Wro immediate
ly relieved from duty in order that
the department OF justice may De per
mtted 10 carry out its policy In these
cases without future obstruction By
me
Csignedl John H. M'NAB
The message to Attorney General
McRcyuolds is the same in import.
II am profoundly convinced II
says. "that the action taken viii de
stroy the prestige ana ruin the use
fulness Of this office and result in the
ultimate escape from punishment OF
certain of these defendants, have
notified vou that it s publicly charged
in this state thot the prosecution Of
the Digss-Caminett cases would be
stopped bH appeals 10 Washington
IN tho meantime corruption ana sub
ordination of perjury viii weaken and
destroy the eases long before autumn
g hcre.
The white slavery cases against
Drew Caminctti and Maury J. Diggs
have attracted widespread attention
because Of the prominence of the de
itfddlllNf iHlllnAAll ~ - sun VI ~
recently appointed com
missioner general Of immigration by
President Wilson. Diggs is a nephew
OF Former state senator Marshall
Diges, Of this state, and Is a man Of
wealth ana strong political conner-
items. The two are charged with hav-
ing violated the Mann white slave ACT
In clipping TO Reno, Nevada, with two
Sacramento girls Of the high school
age. Both piges and Caminetti have
wives and families.
Robert Bruce and sidney B. Smith,
Of San Francisco, are the Western
Fuel company directors whom Dis
trict Attorney MeNab sought TO bring
to trial without delay. They and 9TH
ers OF the Western Fuel company are
with having defrauded the
Of customs duties on lm-
ported coal, through conspiracy en-