The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

TIE Eyfaenee OF he Proseeusssn-,rAe
state closes lss Case

| The Eyfaence Of he ProseeusIen-The
state Cleses Gss Case
New York. December 22-The TAX
ing Of evidence In the case Of Fayne
Strahan Moore. accused of robbery In
the first degree, was resumed today be-
fore Recorder Con. Three witnesses
gave testimony. confirming that OF
Martin Mahon. the alleged victim OF
the badger game" Then Mrs Fan
ME 4. Johnson. who lives In West
F. ty-seventh street. where 1t Is alleg-
ed Mahon took Fayne Strahan Moore.
said she knew Mahon and also the de-
PENDANT: but did not know William A.
E. Moore. She testified that she had
assed Fayne Moore in the Tombs why
III did not turn states evidence. Mrs
Johnson broke down at this point and
shed tears. In reply TO n question he
said Fayne Moore said she would not
turn states evidence because Moore
said he would Kill her. The rest of her
testimony was given up to arguing
questions more II less relevant 10 the
case.
A waiter from the Metropole, who
served dinner Il Mr.. Mahon and the al
legged Mrs. Moore, was put upon the
stand. This ended the case for the
prosecution and Mr.. Levy. the attor-
ney for the defendant. moved for a
dismissal of the complaint on the
ground that the prosecution had failed
TO establish its case. This motion was
denied.
Annie Fitzgerald, matron OF the city
prison, was called as the first witness
for the defence. She denied having
heard Mrs. Johnson advise Mrs. Moore
to turn states evidence and also de-
MED other parts OF Mrs. Johnson's evil
dence. At this point the court adjourn
ed.
Later in the day the court was again
called and the time was devoted TO the
continued testimony OF Mrs. Fitzgerald.
After her came Rev. Ogden Homas. rec
tor of st. Matthews Protestant Episco-
pal church in West Eighty-fourth
street, who testified that on April 4.
1897. he performed a marriage cere-
mony between VIM. A. L. Moore and
Fayne Strahan. He said the defendant
was the woman Moore was brought
into the court and DR.. Homas identi-
fed him as the man.
Fayne Strahan Moore was then call
ed to the stand aud examined by Mr..
Hill. She said she was born on Feb
ruary %, 1877. Her father was judge
OF the supreme court OF Oregon when
he died in July, LOST. She then removed
to Atlanta, Ca. and came to New York
In the spring Of 1896. She came here,
she said. with the intention OF COM
pleting her musical studies. She
went to Europe, returning in July 1896.
She said that she first met Mahon, In
August, 1896, on the occasion OF a must
Gale at the Amsterdam hotel. She said
that Mahon had, unlimited, called upon
her when she was living at Gramercy
park. Mahon, she said. old her he
was a married man, but was not living
with his wife. He frequently took her
carriage riding n TO the theatre. She
then went to Atlanta and on returning
took a room at Mrs. Johnson's house
at Mr.. Mahon's suggestion. She said
the last time she had seen Mahon pre-
Vlous to her marriage to Moore, was
in January, 1897. She told of her trips
with Moore in this country and abroad.
She then said that on the morning of
November 4, she received a telephone
message from Mahon asking her TO
take supper at the Metropole. The rest
OF her testimony ~recounted the supper
In the rooms of the Grenoble, to which
hotel they had later gone and the one
IN which Moore appeared and demand
ed the money from Mahon. She also
spoke Of the scene between Moore and
Dectives Cuff and Mcknight. but de-
MED knowing that Mahon had given
any money to Moore. When asked by
Mr.. Hill If she knew OF any scheme
OF Moore's TO extort money from Ma
hon, or whether she had entered into
any conspiracy for the purpose she an
swered emphatically In the negative.
Mr.. Hill then announced that the de-
Tense rested.
necorder Golf announced that the
case would be continued tomorrow
when Mr.. Mcintyre would cross ex-
anime Fayne Moore.