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Show SURPRISES CAMINETTI San Francisco, Aug. 29. Tho surprise sur-prise of tho Cam'nettl trial camo this morning when Thomas H. Warrington War-rington of Sacramento, father of Marsha Warrington, took tho stnnd In place of his daughter. Whlto haired, hair-ed, clean shaven, kindly faced, ho testified that F. Drew Camlnettl, the defendant, charged with violating tho Mann white slave trafllc act called frequently nt his house for his daughter, daugh-ter, under tho name of Mr. Whitman. Mr. Warrington supposed "Whitman" was an honorable suitor for his daugh ter's hand nnd did not suspect him of being an emissary for Maury I Dlggs. Tho government wns perm'tted to Interrupt the narrative of Marsha Warrington, begun yesterdny, byvIn-troduclng byvIn-troduclng her father's testimony, ''n order that he might not bo nbsent longer than necessary from his business. There was n return In tbo cross-examination cross-examination of Marsha Warrington's father by Marshal Woodworth to the earl'er tactics of the Diggs trial. A disposition to attack tho girl's character char-acter began to show. M. J. Sullivan probation officer of Sacramento rounty, testified that there had been no complnlnt made to him about either Lola Norrls or Marsha Warrington, previous to tholr flight on March 10. On cross examination examin-ation Marshall Woodworth began to bring out evldenco directly damaging to tho character of Camtnottl. Complaints about both Dlggs and I , Camlnettl had been brought to Sulll- 1 van, about a week beforo tho elope- I ment to Reno. Two young girls -were I Involved nnd ono of them wbb now I I'n St. Catherine's bomo In this city. An nttempt to draw out their names were rebuked by Judge Van Fleet. Marsha Warrington concluded her direct testimony beforo tho noon adjournment ad-journment was taken, and the defense de-fense began Its cross examination. Her mnnnor wns m.oro confident and her nswers moro IncUlve and prompt than nt the Dlggs trial, Tho government did not take her Into her story wfth so much- minuteness minute-ness as when first It wastpld. Th? strain on her was oultffsovero hnd there wns every disposition to caso her ordeal. I Camlnettl had first given Lola Nor-I Nor-I i . ' ' rls 20 to pay hor passage to Reno, tho witness said. It was his Idea that they ought to travel eparately, but Dlggs had decided otherwise. It was agreed that the party must have a leader, and when Dlggs had nominated nomi-nated himself for tho position, Camlnettl Cam-lnettl acquiesced and D'ggs ordered that they keep together'. Tho wltnesB said she had been n puro girl until sho niet Dggs. Her fall had taken placo ln'Dlggs suite of ofllces, after champagne had been served tb'dre. Camlnettl and Miss Norr.'B were In an adjoining room nt tho time. |