New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-28
NINETEEN YEARS FOR MOORE
RECORDER GOFF SENTENCES THE BAD
GER" WITHOUT COMMENT.
Mr.. LEVY AT ONCE SECURES A STAY OF EXECU-
TON AND TAKES STEPS FOR AN APPEAL
ACTIONS OF THE JURY IN THE FIRST

TRIAL TO BE INVESTIGATED.
In Part " Of TIE Court of General Sessions yes
terday morning Recorder Goff sentenced William A.
j. Moore. who was convicted of 'badgerng" Mar
tin Mahon, proprietor OF the New-Amsterdam
Hotel. at the Grenoble Hotel November I. to
nineteen years n Sing Sing. The trials under
gone by Moore and the one undergone h. his wife.
Fayne Strahan Moore who is now awaiting a Sec
end trial, the jury having once disagreed in her
case. have been among the most sensational in
General Sessions In many years. Countcrcharees of
corruption have been made over the first trial of
Moore. and yesterday Assistant District Attornev
Mcintyre announced that investigation would be
relative the disagreement OF the jury In
that trial
Moore was perceptibly pa;er than at any time dur
ing his trial When he called 10 the bar yes
terday his face was deep sallow and his skin was
tightly drawn over the cheekbones He was dressed
IN black and overcoat In moving for
sentence upon him District-Auorney Gardiner said:
II Your Homer pleases. the State moves the SEN
tence Of this defendant He has been convicted Of
a most kenous crime. This crime has been known
as the badger game since the days OF Queen Anne:
and is diabocal and insidous and one of the most
annals Of the crime there few convictions re-
corded The reason for this Is given That the crime rhine
persons Of light character complainants are
therefore hard 10 get and there are cases Of which
we know where insanity and suicide have followed
such charges where backmail has been levied
AT this point Moore. who had been swaying
backward and forward and getting red In the face,
shouted: DO you call Mahon !nnocent?'
Court officers rushed to the side Of the prisoner
and quieted him Colonel Gardiner continued his
address 70 the Court, and urged that the Court
must stamp this crime with such a sentence as
would deter others from committing like offences
in this city. .
Abraham Levy. counsel for Moore presented 70
the Court seven reasons for n new trial and
TWO legal reasons for an arrest or ludgmeN.
Both OF his applications were denied. MT Levy
made no reference to the testimony but asked that
the defendant instead Of being Immediately sent 10
Sing Sing might be kept in the rombs for two
or three hours that ne might apply 10 the supreme
Court for writ Of habeas corpus and certihca'e
OF req sonable doubt. -
Contrary TO expectation. Recorder CON, IN pass
Ing sentence made comment upon the character
Of the crime He merely said In a low voice: me
sentence OF the Court Is that YOU be contne e IN
Sing Sing Prison for the term OF nineteen years
Immediately court officers led Moore away, lie
turned around frequently and looked al the Court
and the representatives OF the District Atiorhe! ;
,.nce sitting insido OF the railing. He was taken
10 the Torbs across the Bridge of Signs -
Jlsiice Dalv in the Supreme Court. on the appil,
cstiou Of one Of Mr. Ievys assistants later granted
q STAY Of execution of sentence passed on MooIe
mill a motion could be argued for the granting OF
q certificate Of reasonable doubt IN ORDER 70 enaD
2 n appeal be taken. The lnouon VIII nc "'s'-'
before Justice DAILY this morning