The San Francisco call., 1913-08-16
OTHER WOMEN ARE
RESCUED BY POLICE
Defendant in White Slavery
Case Hurls Camera to
Pavement-Ch Charged With
Assault With Deadly
Weapon-Will Answer in
Police Court Today-Lola
Norris Completes Ordeal
on Witness Stand-Her
Frank Story Is Unshaken

In free for all fght that occurred
near Fifth and Stevenson streets yes
terday afternoon after the adjourn
of the United States district court sit
ting in the trial of the Diggs-Cami-
netti white slave cases. Mrs. Anthony
Caminetti of jackson, wife OF Anthony
Caminetti. United States commissioner
general OF immigration. was pushed
down and trampled upon by the mob
that j5ined In the melee.
AS a result OF the riot Maury Il.
Diggss the defendant in the first of
the famous indictments, the trial OF
which is still under way. Is charged
with assault with deadly weapon and
will answer in police court today.
Young Diggs led an assault upon
squad of newspaper photographers and
moving picture men, in which one
camera man, Walter Matthews, was
knocked down and pummeled by at
least 10 men. Diggs tore the camera
from Matthews hand and threw it to
the ground.
CAMINET.rI IN MELEE
F. Drew Caminetti, codefendant In
the white slave cases, Joined In the
battle. So did Anthony Caminetti Jr..
young San Francisco attorney, and
several other relatives and friends of
the young men.
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Maury Diggs, led the protecting band
that shielded Mrs. Caminetti Sr. and
the other women in the party until
squad of policemen. welding their
clubs. broke through the excited crowd.
The other women in the party were
Mrs. Maury I. Diggs and her baby
daughter, Evelyn. 5 years old; sister.
an aunt and the mother of Mrs. Diggs.
and Mrs. F. Drew Caminetti.
When the defense opened it's case.
Immediately after the noon adjourn
ment, all Of the women were in the
courtroom
Photographs OF the principals have
been sought eagerly and the entire
squad waited until the women. with
their escorts, left the building.
DIGGS BECOMES FURIOUS
Diggs became furious and yelled his
demands for courtesy when the pho
tographers attempted to photograph
Mrs. caminetti, his own wife and the
other women, and. following thought
with act, began to fight.
Diggs and Caminetti and their male
relatives, along with several Witnesses.
were packed into police van and
hustled to the central station. The
women took streetcars and disappeared.
Important features OF the case were
brought out in the courtroom.
Lola Norris. the beautiful girl who
accompanied Caminetti on the Reno
elopement completed her ordeal.
The cross examination failed to dent
ber three or four instances she might
have, but any feeting idea that she
was hedging did not last.
STATEMENT UNSHAKEN
Robert Devlin did not try seriously
to shake her statement that she went
through hotel nights and a Pullman
drawing room trip before she sur
rendered to Caminetti on the last night
of their stay in the Reno bungalow.
BY the testimony of Nell Barton of
Oakland, the chubby girl who inter-
ceded for Diggs with Marsha Warning
ton In Sacramento, the prosecution es-
tablished It's case against Charles H.
Harris, the Sacramento attorney. ac-
cused Jointly with Diggs OF suborna-
ton OF perjury.
Miss Barton. who lived in Sacramento
until three months ago. did not hesitate
as she related the events Of her visit
to the ONCE Of Harris. where she met
Diggs and Harris.
According to her testimony, Marsha
Warrington was to tell the world the
relations of the two girls with the
two men were entirely proper; that
the girls bought the tickets that car
ried them to Reno. and to say she