The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-12-23
OREGON GIRL
in DISGRACE
Fayne Strahan Moore Now
on Trial In New York
for Robbery.
JUDGE MOORE'S DAUGHTER
The WOman'S Father Was Form
e1y on the Supreme Bench
10 This State.
BADGER SCHEME ALLEGED
Accused Of Having consplred 10 Ex-
tract Money From Merton Mshon
Testimony In the Case.

I aNasNf NV N~s-A nc taxing VI
evidence in the case Of Fayne strahan
Moore. accused Of robbery In the irst de-
gree. was resumed today before Recorder
Con. Three witnesses gave testimony
confirming that Of Merton Mahon. an
alleged victim Of tho badger game. Then
Mrs. Fannie z. Johnson. who lives in
! Wos, Ffiy-seycnth street. where Il Is
alleged Mahon took MrH Moore. said she
knew Mahon and also the defendant. but
did not know william +. Moore. She
testified that she had asked Fayne Moore
In tho Tombs why she DID not turn states
evidence. Mrs. johnson broke down At
this point and shed tears. In reply to
question. sho said Fayno Moore said she
would not turn states evidence because
she was afraid Moore would Kill her. A
walter from tho Metropole. who served
dinner 20 Mahon and AIRS. Moore. was
put on thlo stand. This ended the case
for the prosecution and Levy. attorney
for the defendant. moved for a'dlsmissal
OF the complaint on the ground that the
prosecution had failed to establish It's
case, The motion was denied.
Anne Fitzgerald matron OF the city
prison, was called as the next witness
for the defense She denied having heard
Mrs. johnson advise Mrs. Moore to turn
states evidence. and also denied other
parts OF Mn. Johnson's evidence. Rev.
ogden Homas. rector OF 81. Mathews
Protestant Episcopal church. in West
Eighty.fourth street testified that. on
April I. 1897. he performed marriage
ceremony between William A. f. Moore
and Fayne Strahan He said the defend-
ant was the woman. Moore was brought
into court and Mr. HomAs Identified him
as the man.
Fayne Moore was then called to the
stand and examined by Mr.. HILL She
said that she was born Non February q.
iSII Her father was judge OF the supreme
court OF oregon when he died, In July.
1897. She then removed to Atlanta, Ga,
and came to New York In the spring Of
1895. She came here as she said, with
the intention OF completing her musical
studies. She went to Europe returning
in July, 1896. She said thar she first met
Mahon In August, 1896, on the occasion
OF musicale AZ the Amsterdam hotel.
She said that Mahon had uninvited,
called upon her when she was living al
Grlmery Park. Mahon, she said, told her
that he was q married man, but was not
living with his wife. He frequently took
her carriage riding and to the theater,
She then went to Atlanta, and, on return
ing took a room az Mrs Johnson's house,
at Mahons suggestion, She said the last
time she had seen Mahon previous to her
marriage 10 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 she re-
celved q telephone message from Mahon.
asking her TO take supper at the Metro
pole. The rest OF her testimony re-
counted the supper in the rooms OF the
Grenoble, to which hotel they had later
gone, and the one in which Moore ap-
peared and demanded money from Ma
hon. She also spoke Of scene between
Moore and Detectives Gun and Nc
Naught, but denied knowing that Mahon
had given any money to Moore. when
asked by Hill II she knew of any scheme
Of Moore's to extort money from Mahop.,
or whether she had entered into any cJn-
spiracy for the purpose she answered
emphatically in the negative.
Hill then announced that the defense
rested,
Mcintyre win cross-eXamine Fayne
Moore tomorrow.