The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-15
rs MOORE A BIGAMIsT2
New Allegation Against the Man
Who Played the aBadger" Game.

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New York, Dec. 15-District Attorney
Gardiner, through one of his assistants,
made a statement at the Democratic
club last night, to the effect that Mrs.
F. E. johnson, who keeps q, boarding
house at 1868 West Fifty-seventh street,
where Fayne Strahan Moore, the al
legged wife of w. A. E. Moore, who was
recently tried on a, charge of blackma1l.
formerly lived, had confessed to him
that three of the jurors in the case had
called at her home recently to see one of
the boarders, a Mrs. Watson, who is
friend of Mrs. Moore. The district at
torney's representative also made
statement to the effect that woman,
who has indisputable evidence that she
is AIoOre's wife, had been found, and
that she had put the authorities in pos
session of important information about
Moore.
Colonel Gardeners representative
could not say positively whether the
jurors called during the trial or after 1t.
Here is his statement:
Colonel Gardiner has authorized me
to say for publication that he summon
ed Mrs. Johnson, whose name was fire.
quently mentioned during the trial, to
his Office today, and that she there con-
fessed to him that Juror Zachary I.
Aldrich had called at her residence, &C
companied by two other jurors in the
Moore case, to see one Of her bOarderS,
a Mrs. Watson. Aldrich explained to
her that Mrs. Watson was a friend or
his wife and that he thought at that
time that his wife was with Mrs. Wat
son. The three jurors were taken to
Mrs. Watson's room, where they re-
NAMED most of the evening drinking
wine. That was the only call that they
made. At no time, Mrs. Johnson said,
did Mrs. Aldrich call at the house to
see Mrs. Watson or anybody else. The
names of the two jurors who accom-
panied Aldrich will not be made public
at this time
Mrs. johnson admitted last night that
ha hgaa Ena To Nn1 nj
she said that the call of Juror Aldrich
and his companions had been made on
Thursday last, two days after the jury
disagreed. Mrs. Watson cOrrobOrated
this, but neither woman would discuss
the matter further.
When this information was conveyed
to Cob Gardeners representative, he
said:
Il don't know anything about the
date of the call, but the fact that the
jurors went there and drank wine with
a friend Of Mrs. Moore is highly suspic-
iCus, and the matter will be thoroughly
investigated. We have it from Mrs.
Johnson that Juror AIdrich said to Mrs.
Watson on the night that he called:
It's good thing Mrs. Moore was in
court during the trial; I couldn't keep
my eyes off of her, -
Juror Aldrich was one of those who
voted to acquit Moore. He lives at 1874
West Fifty-ninth street.
District Attorney Gardiner had a wO-
man in his office yesterday, who, he de-
clares, is Moore's wife. He refused to
tell the Woman's full name or where
she lives, save that it Is somewhere in
Connecticut. He declared that Moore
has never been divorced from her, and
although she knew of MOOre'S relations
with Fayne Strahan, she never knew
that he had really married her until
Col. Gardiner showed her the marriage
certificate yesterday. When she saw
1t, Col. Gardner said, she broke down
and wept Following is part of the
statement made by the alleged Mrs.
Moore to the district attorney:
Il was married to William A. E.
Moore on June 8, 1896, and on that day
We sailed on the steamer st. Louis and
went to Southampton. We registered
as Mr. and Mrs. William A E. Moore
After three days stay in London we
went by steamer DunnOttar Castle to
Cape Town; went to the Grand hotel
and then to Johannesburg. We left
Johannesburg in February, 1897, and
went to London, and lived there as Mr..
and Mrs. Moore in the Hotel Cecil.
He sailed from there on March 49,
1897. My husband abandoned me on
that day and came to America leaving
me in London without means. In June
1897, he returned to London with Fayne
Strahan. was in London at the time
of his return He came to the Hotel
Victoria and asked me to return to him.
1 refused, because of his treatment Of
me in Cape Town. He left me there
and the American consul raised money
from American gentlemen there and
MY mother cabled me money to re-
turn to America in July, 1897, and in
the same month he returned on the
TeutOnic to America with Fayne Stra-
han. I went to the steamer and was
heavily yelled He came to me and
said he did not want to be seen talking
to me, and added that if I said any
thing about being his wife he would
go to the grave for it. He said if I
did not away, he would call an officer;
he did so, I declared that he was my
husband, and the officer declined to ar
rest me.
He never worked at anything that I
know of. He always had plenty of
money, but never knew how he got it,.
He always played cards. He met me in
Cleveland first eight or ten years ago.
He denied to me that he was married
to Fayne Strahan, and I never knew
it until I saw the marriage certificate.
His uncle is John Moore, a Million
aire in Cleveland, who owns transports
on the lakes. His uncle is very promi-
nent and a near friend of Mark Hanna,
and it was through the 1atter's inf1u-
ence that Moore secured his appoint
ment as consular agent at Durham.
While in Johannesburg Moore got into
serious trouble which I will not men
ton"
Col GARDENERS representative said
last night that it had not been decided
yet whether Moore would be prOsecu-
ted for bigamy.