Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-08-21
.D|GGS DEFENSE
DRAWS TO CLOSE
Defense Says Exposure Was
Cause Of FIight-State
Says Law Was
Broken.

San Francisco. Aug. 21.-Theodore j.
Roche, representing the United States
government, began the closing afgu-
ment for the state. in che Diggs white
slave case this afternoon. Robert Dew
lin is closing for the defendant. Roche
was severe in his treatment of Diggs
He closed with the remark:
Remember, gentlemen of the jury
that 90.0O0,000 people are watching you
this day; watching you to be informed
whether Justice shall triumph or lust
Tor the protection of girls and women
are to be enforced in this far western
land"
San Francisco. Aug. 21.-The case
against Maury l. Diggs. charged with
violation of the Mann white slave act
was expected to go to the jury today
counsel.
The defense contends that Digg.
made the much talked Of trip to Reno
with Marsha Warrington, Drew Cami-
netti and Lola Norris because he was
afraid Of a threatened exposure in his
home city, Sacramento. The state con-
tends that the evidence shows that the
federal law was broken.
San Francisco. Aug. 2O.-Who will
limit the devotion of a wife? Mrs
Maury l. Diggs sat today in the court
room, where her husband stands
charged as a white SLAYER, heard hin,
testify under hostile questions that he
had been unfaithful to her with Marsha
and 20 minutes later herself took the
witness stand to testify in his behalf
With her evidence the defense and the
government began its arguments to the
jury. BY stipulation of Judge Van
Fleet each side has two hours and &c
minutes in which to convince the jury
Caminetu will be prosecuted, the
has made up its mind about Diggs, and
regardless of whether 1t finds him In
nocent or guilty or disagrees.
Three witnesses held the stand yes
terday. Maury l. Diggs occupied the
forenoon with his own account of the
words. deeds and fears that led up tc
his final flight to Reno with Marsha
Caminetti and Lola Norris. their close
friends. They were arrested in Reno
New. brought back to Sacramento and
the two men charged by the federal
government with violation of the Mann
act. which makes it felony to trans
port women from one state to another
for immoral purposes.
Wives on Stand.
The other two witnesses were Mrs
Caminetti and Mrs. Diggs Both were
questioned briefly. and the substance
of their discourse was Of the sleepless
ness. erratfc. nervous behavior and al,
of worriment that characterized their
husbands for the week beginning
March and ending in Reno
Mrs. Diggs told how she had gone
with her trouble to her fatherinlaw
M~o Nnr <,rs1 -
had threatened to interview Judge
Hughes. Of the Juvenile court. but in
asmuch as she did not go until after
the arrests in Reno the Judge held her
testimony immaterial.
Diggs wan the center of interest
during the day. Handsomely gowned
women stood two hours without lunch
building to hear his concluding testi-
mony in the afternoon. For the first
time since the trial began there were
more women in attendance than men
The men were in the majority during
the forenoon, but they capitulatcd to
hunger, and when they returned the
women had their seats. z
No Denials Made. e
When Daggs was done, the story he
and Marsha Warrington and Lola
Norris have in turn set out had beer
told inside out and upside down, back
ward and forward. Chiefly his account
was notable for its commissions. His
lawyers did not attempt to have him
deny that he got the transportation fol-
Reno, paid for the Pullman berths and
was intimate with Marsha Warning
ton in Nevada. All the stress was not
laid on what he did, but what he in
tended to do. Not a word was said
of what happened at Reno.
The testimony closed with no char
!acter witnesses introduced and nc at
tempt to blacken the regulations OF