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CAMINETTI DOESN'T WANT TO
BE BRANDED A WHITE SLAVER
San Francisco, Aug. 27. From
present indications, the jury that will
try F. Drew Caminetti will be com
posed of millionaire society and club
men, and two candidates for jury
duty were scored heavily by Judge
Van Fleet when they declared them
selves prejudiced against the Mann
federal white slave act on the ground
that it was an interference with "per
sonal liberty."
"There is no such thing as per
sonal liberty to commit crime," the
judge said sternly. "The sooner peo
ple find this out the better it will be
for society."
Though Caminetti will not plead
guilty, as has been rumored, he ex
pects to be convicted, but says he
intends to fight being branded a white
slaver.
"I sinned, it is true," he said, earn
estly, "but so have many others. I
was caught. I didn't persuade Miss
Norris to go to Reno for immoral
purposes. She fled from Sacramento
to. escape scandal. She was a good
girl. I wronged her, but I am not a
white slaver."
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THE HOLSTEIN MURDER
Louis Swanson, who claims he is a
farmhand from Clifton, HI., was ar
rested last night at South Bend, Ind.,
by officers from the detective bureau.
Capt. Halpin says the arrest may
have some connection with the mur
der of Benny Holstein.
With Swanson at. the time of his
arrest was Leonard Matschke, 15,
who has been missing from his home,
1524 Clybourne avenue, since last
Saturday.
The similarity between the luring
of the Holstein boy, who was mur
dered in a deserted weed patch last
month, and the way in which the
Matschke boy was induced to follow
Swanson lead the police to believe he
may know something of the Holstein
affair.
Holstein was concluded yesterday.
The jury returned an open verdict.
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DETECTIVES GO TO MICHIGAN
FOR NABBING TRIBUNE MAN
Officers James Carlin and Michael
Flannigan, attached to State's Attor
ney Hoyne's staff, who are wanted
in Macatawa, Mich., for bringing
Charles Schartenberg, Tribune em
ploye, back to Chicago to'testify in
Annenberg shooting case, surrender
ed today.
After a mysterious delay of two
weeks, Gov. Dunne's warrant honor
ing the requisition from Michigan
was delivered to the sheriff and the
men immediately surrendered.
Schartenberg got out of town as
soon as he could after Annenberg,
his boss, shot down Alexander Bel
ford, a young electrician, in Maxwell
street when a crowd of Tribune em
ployes were after a flashlight picture
of an alleged gambling house. When
the officers located him, they went
over to Michigan and brought him
here. A warrant for their arrest fol
lowed. Ass't State's Attornev EYnnir
Johnston, Jr., after commenting on
the delay attached to the servine nf
the warrant, announced he would ap
ply ror a writ ot habeas corpus.
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BITS OF NEWS
Albert J. Keefe. 3717 Pine Gmva
av., certified to position of asst city
treasurer by civil service commission.
Uetective W. A. Co e3. Schuettlfir5
office, claims to have secured new
evidence against Harold Schnelrtsr
indicted for murder of Jeweler Joseph
Logue, while on vacation in Jackson,
Mich.
Beorinniner next Mondav Rhinf
Justice Brentano, Criminal Court,
will have charge of grand lurors and
assignment of cases.
Lucv Paee uaston sent- ettar to
American Humorists' convention in
Peoria telline them .thev'd he a In-
funnier if they'd stop smoking cigar
The inquest over the body of young 1
ettes.
