Evening journal., 1913-08-05
DICGS WHITE
SLAVE CASE
IS CALLED
Young Californian Faces Jury
after EIOpement That
Stirred State
CAMINETTI TRIAL
WILL OPEN LATER
Br The rnited Press

idClnct lnFOlNe0 the washington dd- :
ministration; caused bitter diatribes /
in Congress. and cost John L. MoNab. I
OF San Francisco his position as
United States district attorney. Maury
]. Diggs. of Sacramento, faced trial
here today charged with violation OF
the Mann white slave act
Diggs. who with f. Drew Caminetti.
deserted his wife in Sacramento and
fled to Reno, with two pretty school
girls. Martha Warrington and Lola
Norris. appeared before United States
District Judge William C. Van Fleet
with Matti l.. Sullivan and Theodore
Roche, special assistants to Attorney
General McReynolds as his pro-
seculOrs.
Both the Warrington girl with
whom Diggs fed, and Miss Norris and
her former friend Caminetti will be in
court. II is expected. because of the
great publicity Of the case, some diff
Guilty viii be encountered in getting
an unbiased jury. When this is oh
tanned, however, il is probable both
girls VIII be placed on the stand al
most Immediately tU tell their stories
Of the Reno adventure and what &C
CURED at that time.
II had been the intention of John
L. McNab the then district attorney,
to try both Diggs and Cominetti for
conspiracy to violate Mann act.
This plan, however. vas abandoned
when Sullivan aud Roche were nam
ed TO act, and Diggs. the first TO be
tried will face a charge of actual viO-
latiOn of the law. The maximum
penalty is FIVE years in prison on
conviction on each or any Of the sev-
eral counts but il is probable thlt
hye-years' sentence viii be the max
imum imposed in asy case.
Immediately upon tho conclusion Of
the Diggs trial, which lis expected To
last about a week Caminctti viii be
placed on trial on the same charge
wiih Miss Norris as the principal Wit
ness Upon the conclusion OF the
Caminstt trial. Diggs and his attOr-
ney, Charles b. Harris. of Sacramcn-
to. will face a jury on a charge of
attempting 20 suborn perjury In con
nection with the case.
When Judge Van Fleet took his
scat at 1910 ooloot former United
States District Attorney Marshall
Wordsworth appeared '-~ Diggs. as
sisted by Nathan Ian. Robert !.
Devlin aud = Luke Howe Both Diggs
y
The olopement 20 Reno Of Caminetti
and Diegs with Lola Norris. 49, and
Martha Warrington, 20. aroused 500
cial aud pUliticaf circles OF California
ae they have not been aroused in
years. Frank Drew Caminetti is the
son OF United States Commissioner
General OF immigration Anthony
Caminetti. Marry !. Diggs was FOR
merly State Architect Tho men. pos
ing as bachelors. met the two young
girls az a social function given by
the sorority to which the girls be-
longcd They called and were well
received by the parents of the girls.
who were natlered with tho attentions
of these men who were able to enter
tain th2m more lavishly than the
Youths more nearly their own ages.
There were theatre parties. automo-
bile rides. frequent presents OF
flowers and like gifts. Because. the
ATTENTIONS Of the men had always been
conventional. the girls. according TO
their stories. were by degrees per-
suaded TO indulge in automobile rides
that each time ended little later. or
I'm theatre parties that lasted a little
longer than they had at first.
Then when the men bad attached
themselves TO the lives of the girls.
they revealed their real identity. They
admitted they were married, but told
stories of domestic infelicity and plans
for divorce At first rescntlul. the
Young women we're won over and
looked forward to the time when di-
voTce would permit the men TO marry
them. But this plan OF waiting WAS
upset when the men told them that
tfb,fr ,trivoe had Iouruod nf fbCfrf ta1a,l
and had decided on court action which
would involve the four in a scandal.
Bewildered, the girls, so they said,
fell into the trap. aud after much
pleading by the two men. decided TO
elope TO Reno. There the men would
obtain divorces and there would be a
double wedding.
On tho night Of March TO- 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 ad-
vice II did no good and once they
we're on the train they ceased TO OBJ
ject TO the elOpement The four oc-
cupied one staterOOm to Reno. where
the four registered at hotel.
The girls fathers that evening. be-
coming alarmed at the absence of
their daughters. investigated, and
learned of the elOpement. They swOre
out warrants. Diggs was charged
with contributing to the dependency
Of his minor child Camineti was
charged with contributing 30 the de-
pendency of his second child, five
weeks old baby. After search of
two days. the men and girls we're
found. They had left the hotel and
we're installed in a furnished cottage.
Chief of Police Hillhouse, OF Reno,
on the morning of March IA. discover
ed the cottage where the couples we're
living. Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Martin Beasley of Sacramento. he
went TO the place Dlggs opened the
door. He denied that he was "Mr
Diges." MY name is Enright." he
said. Then he was forced 10 admit
his identity. Tho officers entered
and. they say. found all the occupants
In their nightclothes. The girls begged
TO he taken TO their homes. When they
went back TO Sacramento. they enter
cd the city secretly for fear Of an at
tack on the prisoners The men were
placed in the county Jail. Tho girls
we're liberated on bonds in the custody
Of their parents.
u WAC decided bv the authorities
that the ease WAS one for ihc Federal
Courts The men we're indicted fol
pielsiipE tho Mann white sllco Law
At the grand jury investigation here
another, lnElc cf the c1ec crcnped up
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