The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-24
FAYNE MOORE'S TRIAL
DEFENDANT IN THE BADGER CASE
AGAIN ON WITNESS STAND.
She Vigorously Denies Charges of linz
beries-Her COunseFs Appeal.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-William A Moore,
convicted of working the badger" game on
Martin Mahon at the Hotel Grenoble, was
to have been sentenced to-day, but the trial
of his alleged wife, Fayne Strahan Moore,
accused of completely in the crime, being
still in progress, Recorder Golf announced
when court convened that the passage of
sentence would be deferred.
The ,cross-examination of Fayne Moore
was continued. Assistant District Attorney
Mcintyre attempted to elicit admissions that
Mrs. Moore came to Atlanta with a man
named Ryan, said to be a professional gam
bier; that she introduced Ryan to Moore,
and that she arranged game of billiards
between the two men, in which Ryan lost
$1,000 to Moore, but to all the questions put
by Mr.. Mcintyre answers were given in the
negative. Mrs. Moore refused to give the
name of the man with whom she went to
Europe. She denied that she had ever trav-
eled from Europe to the United States with
a confectioner from Memphis, Tenn. Mrs.
Moore also denied various allegations of i'm
morality implied by questions of the cross
examiner. An entry from a diary gave evil
dence of her intimacy with Ellis, the Cuban,
who has been frequently referred to during
the trial.
Mrs. Moore said she knew there was a
woman who travelled with Moore, and who
claimed to be his wife. Mrs. Moore stated
that this woman had told her that she was
not Moore's wife. She thought Moore had
left this woman in South Africa. Mrs.
Moore Indignantly denied that she and
Moore "badgered" Jules Alexandrovitch out
of 1900 francs in Paris. She also denied
that Moores papers of appointment to the
consulate at Durham were Cancelled as the
result of any complaints made regarding
their proceedings in Paris. She said Moore
had interests in the great lakes, as well as
she owned a two-story building in Oregon.
Moore had desk in his uncles office in
Cleveland.
Mrs. Moore repeated her story of yester-
day of the details of the meeting with Ma
hon on Nov. A. She again described the de-
tails of her conduct with Mahon previous to
Moore's sudden entry. She was sure that
Moore did not rob Mahon. She averred that
Moore did not strike Mahon with the re-
volver, but. with his fist. After lengthy
cross-examination Mrs. Moore was excused
and the defense rested it's case. A motion
to acquit was denied.
Late in the afternoon Mr.. Hill began sum-
ming up the case for the defense. He told
of his professional services in Georgia, ana
said he had at one time resolved never again
to. take part in criminal proceedings. In
this CASE he said, my sympathy was so
profoundly and deeply aroused that / vol
unteered to come here at the request of her
widowed mother to help defend this girl.
Every fiber of my nature was fired with in
dignation at the treatment received by this
young defendant. The great press Of this
CITY Has EdCeu HSdulOIlS over lHG WOuHueu
and bleeding body of this girl. The de-
tective force of this city has been busy with
her life, and the great powers of the district
attorneys office have been brought into play
against this woman. Scandal and defama-
ton have been allowed to run riot over her,
and | confess that l was appalled, and
thought that the ancient Saxon blood would
have CONCEALED in the veins of the assistant
district attorney before he would make all
the sweeping charges and by, inuendo which
he has made against one of his own race. "
After reviewing the testimony, Mr.. Hill re-
ferred emotionally to the prisoner, whom
he termed "a weeping child" and made an
eloquent plea to the jury to give her the
benefit of the doubt and not send her away
a convict to repine in a prison cell.
After Mr.. Hill concluded, a recess was
taken until half past 8, at which time AS
sistant District Attorney Mcintyre adj
dressed the jury for the prosecution. IT dis
scathingly, from ideal womanhood. She
aside the veil of virtue and honor and is not
above the commission of crime He told the
jury that it was their duty to render a ver-
dict in accordance with the evidence, but
that they might temper their verdict with
a recommendation for mercy. "A minister
of Cod shouted Mr.. Mcintyre, pointing to
Fayne Moore, whose face was suffused with
tears, could be lured and inveigled by de-
signing woman" Mr.. Mcintyre spoke for
fully three hours and at the conclusion Of
his address the recorder said he would not
charge the jury until tomorrow morning