Maury I. Diggs was born 21 May 1886 Woodland, CA to Itrvin Pitt Diggs (1858-1922) & Nora Lasley (1862-1925).
In Feb of 1914 a 17 year old named Ida Perring told her story to a jury. She was standing at an elevator and then wakes up in a bed in a hotel in Reno with Diggs who was using the name Thompson.
Inmate: #2870 McNeil Island
Rec: 4 Apr 1917
Crime: Mann Act
Newspaper articles from 1913-1914 about his arrest and trial and sentencing
Here are some more articles just click on the links to read them.
1917
Maury gets convicted and he takes his case to the Supreme Court, here's the link
He is sent to McNeil Island Federal Prison in Washington
He is paroled 20 Dec 1917 and is discharged from parole on 10 Dec 1918
Not much of a sentence
In 1922 he designs a new Salvation Army House
1925 He was having money problems, he had to sell a house to pay off his criminal fine after being released from prison. His first wife and him had a daughter together. They married in 1906.
His first wife was Lina Kincheloe (1888-1979)
their daughter was Evelyn Diggs (1907-1970) they divorced and she was married twice more.
Photo of Lina below
I would think this would be daunting for her to see. Or look at it as a jab.
He would marry his second wife Marsha L Warrington (1893-1965) 15 Dec 1915 during all he arrest and scandal she stands by her man. She was much younger than him.
Maury was a well known architect, here are some of things he designed
The Fox Theater in Oakland, CA
The inside of the Fox Theater
The Hollywood Park Race Track
Latham Building in Oakland, CA
The Bechtel Building in San Francisco
He designed a few houses and several race tracks
He was to design one in Mexico as well, here is some newspaper articles from 1941
Maury would die Jan 1953
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I imagine his funeral was an event to see, as he knew many people and people liked him.
The right column as you look at this article is not about him only the left side.
This was his last home, facing the lake
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