The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-08
FAKIR MOORE TAKEN AWAY.
Commissioner Connolly Turns Hin Over
10 Judge SpeeI.

ID JuisC Opttl.
He Will Be Carried 70 Indianapolis BY
Postoface Inspector Vickery- Moore
Pleads His Own Case and Seats the
Lawyers Out Of g Teo and the City Out
ola License-He Eas Plenty Of Wives
and Is Hummer in the CIairvoya ant
Business.
DIT. Frank Is. Moore. the so-coIled clair
voyant. with half dozen aliases. left
last night for Macon. accompanied by
Deputy Marshall Walter Dayton and
PostofHce Inspector Nick-ry OF Cincin-
natl. He will be- taken before Jl4se speer
who will be requested 20 grant an order
transferring him 10 The jurisdiction Of the
Cincinnati and Louisville circuit
This was the result OF the hearing before
United states Commissioner Connolly yes
terday afternoon. Moore stated his will
inguess TO 90 back TO Cincinnati with the
inspector, but as the case is a peculiar one
and the commissioner was not quite sure
Of his ground he thought the best plan
would be 20 refer the matter 20 Judge
Speer.
Moore was his own lawyer at the hear
ing. II was understood that DE had en-
gagged counsel 10 represent him. but he
probably concluded that this was am un-
necessary expense The 1850 bail de-
posted with Commissioner Connolly Is
still in the possession Of the officials. In
spector Vickery stated his willingness that
Moore should be released on this bail 20
appear at the next term OF the United
States court at indianapolis, but Moore
. had reasons for preferring TO leave Savan-
nah in company with the officers. Detec-
tives Bossen and Kavanaugh have been
keeping close watch upon his movements
of late and were present at the hearing,
with the intention of arresting him on
the charge OF doing business as clair
voyant without a license. Moore had no
desire to leave 500 of his money i'm Savan-
nah which is what ne would have had 10
pay for a clairvoyant's license. He made
a kick before the commissioner 20 have
the amount Of bail reduced to $1,000 in
which he would probably have been sue
cessful, but he was sharp enough 10 per-
ceive that the money might be attached
by the city marshal for the license and
withdrew his request The detectives
have a belief that clairvoyancy Is only
side issue with Moore and that he has
some deeper game and they would prob
ably have held him for an investigation
had he been released here.
Inspector Vickerys report does not bear
out this opinion, however. Mr.. Nickery
says that Moore did a clairvoyancy bust
ness on a wholesale basis and that he made
II exceedingly profitable. Moore has three
or four and perhaps half a dozen com
mon law wives and mistresses, he says,
who act as his agents at different places.
There are three women now under arrest
for using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses, and there is said to be proof to show
that all three are confederates of Moore.
They are Mrs. Frank T. Moore at New
port, Ky. who claims to be Moore's law
full wife. Nine. Jabiri. alias Mrs. Or. Cas-
tor at Louisville, ana Nine. Jubber Al New
Albany, Ind. Inspector Nickery says that
all three are as nice and innocent looking
as school girls, but they are all dead game,
so far as giving up anything that would
incriminate Moore. They all tell the same
story, to the effect that Moore or Castor
deserted them, and that they are now
merely making "a living as trance
mediums Nine. Jubber is now at the In
diana reformatory.
The slickest game that Moore ever
played, the inspector says was when he
went into the advertising agency business
at Louisville. He opened up an Office as
Frank Paul, advertising agent. at Louis
willie. He had a suite of rooms in promi-
nent office building and had eighteen
girls employed to attend TO the CORE
spondence. He only ran "A month and
then closed up, paying all bills due by him
in Louisville. He only sent out one adj
vertisement, and that was a notice Of
Nine Jabiri. He secured the insertion of
this advertisement in hundreds of news
papers, none of which ever received
cent of pay.
Moore's scheme demonstrated that adj
vertising pays. Madame Jabiri's bust
ness Increased so greatly that printing
Office was opened up with two large
presses to print the circulars and fake
typewriter letters. Inspector Nickery has
a stock of this literature on hand and
some of il is very interesting reading mat
ter. Columns might be taken in describ
ing how the process of bleeding the vie
Tins was carried on. That the business
was on the Increase is evidenced by the
fact that Moore had purchased two more
presses in Philadelphia when the bust
ness was broken up by the inspectors.
Moores case is certain to attarct a great
deal of attention, both on account Of his
extensive operations and the fact that no
similar case has ever been tried in a
United States court. Moore viii make the
defense that he is a spiritualist; that this
is his religion; that he is not an inn
postor, but does everything he claims to
do. and that he is entitled to practice his
religious belief without interference. un-
der the constitution of the United States.
Moore has a number of people in Sa-
Vannah firmly convinced that there is
something in clairVOyancy, and that he
really aecomplishes what he appears to do
by supernatural means. Some of these
are people of prominence and intelli-
gence. Several of Moores confed-
crates are believed TO have turned
up in Savannah since his arrest. In
spector Nickery pointed out one man yes
terday whom he said he was satisfied as
sisted Moore in his operations in Louis
vile.
WILL BE CLERK M'INTIRE.