The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
FAYNE sTRAHAN MOORE
CAREER OF THE WOMAN WHO Is
SAID TO HYPNOTIZE JURORS.
Daughter of an Oregon Supreme
Court Justice Who Was Tried for
"Badgering'' a New Yorker,

| account of the publicity given her career.
/ She was accused of assisting her husband
1 (who has been convicted) of working the
! badger game" on Martin Mahon, a New
/ York millionaire, for $780, She is said to
be- fascinating woman, and her eyes were
| used with effect on the jurors The story of
| her life is thus given in the Chicago Times
| Herald: The career of Fayne Moore, brief
| as it is possesses an element of human in
terest which is all the more subtle because
| it is by no means uncommon There are
| other women like Fayne Strahan Moore,
| perhaps not so generously endowed with
natural gifts and innate charm of manner,
and consequently less dangerous, but they
exist and are rapidly becoming a class,
| type.
There are men in New York-men of
wealth and position-who know more about
Fayne Strahan Moore than they would care
| to admit There have been human flies who
| have walked into the spiders parlor and
who have paid the price demanded for their
| release. They did not want the other flies to
| know of their folly. They were thin-skinned
| flies
| 1t took three years to land Martin Mahon
| in the web. He was a wary old fly, and had
| done considerable buzzing around, but he
| was caught at last And when he emerged
with his wings disabled he proceeded to
make things lively for the spider He had
hot Hibernian blood in his veins, had this
| fly, and he wasn't so fearful of public opin-
| ion as his predecessors had been. And that
| is why William E. Moore has been con-
victed and why Fayne StrahaE Moore has
been in the dock all week and will be there
| again.
HER FATHER A JURIST,
| When she was a little girl Fayne Strahan
Moore was called Pet This was out on
| the Pacific coast, in Oregon. Her father
| was man of prominence, a justice of the
Supreme Court. She was his only child, and
| he idolized her. His whole affection was
| centered on his child. But the mother and
| father separated. Judge Strahan died, some
| say of a broken heart. In the meantime
Mrs. Strahan had come East with her
| daughter and settled in Atlanta. Here they
| lived together until about five years ago,
| when the daughter came to New York. os-
tensbly to complete her musical studies.
| Pet Strahan was eight years old when
her mother took her to Atlanta. She at
tended the public schools, and finally en-
| came great favorte with teachers and
| pupils alike. She not studious, but her
natural natural wit and 9ui,ckneSss carried her
girl in the school and the prettieSt. Private
| theatrcalS became a passion with her, and
| on many occasions she played prominent
| parts in amateur performances. Everybody
said she was born actress and for once
everybody was right: But the mimic stage
was too restricted for her talents. She
agreed with Shakespeare that "all the
worlds stage" and her debut was made
1t has been said that she was a leader
in the younger set of Atlanta's most exclu-
sive society, but this is not true. Anyone
| who knows anything about that lively
Southern city knows that it's social lines are
very decidedly drawn. Either one is in the
swim or out of it. There is no middle
| ground. Mrs. Strahan, the mother, not
recognized by the dictators. and Pet" al
though greatly admired, was not invited into
| the exclusive circles. The mothers means
We're limited, but they lived in fairly good
| style.
After while pet" became conspicuous
as the girl with the roses" She was very
fond of flowers, and by reason of the pc
| culiar infatuation of an eccentric but re-
spected old gentleman who had formerly
been judge she was never seen on the
| street without an immense bunch of roses
fastened at her corsage.
| Five years ago, when Pet was nineteen.
Mrs. Strahan went on visit to Oregon
Since then the daughter has not returned
to Atlanta except as q visitor 1t is said
however, that her elderly admirer from the
South has visited her in New York. She is
the sort of woman who would attract at
s aealUa az WI Broadway in Fifth
ism figure is neat and trim. Her manners are
those f1o. OF one accustomed to good society
| H..
are naturally attracted to her.
GUEST ON A YACHT
There was a rich young man who owned
yacht. He took a fancy to Fayne Stra-
han, and she took fancy to the yacht She
owned 1t for three days. Then she con-
| cluded that there are other things in the
world besides yachts. There were horses,
for instance. So she cast her spell upon an
other rich young man who was the possessor
of numero- high steppers. He was very
much to her liking for awhile, and she cut
a great dash. The horses lasted longer than
the. yacht, but they grew monotonous after
a time, and the horsey young man was not
as liberal as he had been
Three years ago she met Martin Mahon,
the man who is directly responsible for her
troubles. He was contractor and builder,
man who had made much money by honest
toll. The first meeting was casual She
was introduced by common friend, and
sought him out the very next day Her
powers of fascination We're turned on at full
head, but things progressed slowly. One
day he met her on Broadway. She told him
where she was living, naming a fashionable
MOTEL Come with me" she said. It's
nicely l am fixed
He went. He was ushered into a luxuri-
Gus suite. But he noticed articles of mems
apparel about. There were hats and UNI
brellas and walking sticks. Presently man
entered the room. He was colored-a Cuban
negro; The woman introduced him as my
friend Mr. Ellis" Mahon was astonished,
and when the black man began to act the
most his establishment gave way to indigna-
| ton. He quickly withdrew, and did not see
| Fayne again for a long time Ellis who is
broker in Wall street, seemed to be well
| supplied with money, and despite his color
is man of fashionable appearance But
| nnalIy there came parting, and Fayne Stra-
| han, with silks and satins and sealskins and
| diamonds, took up with Aurel Batony He is
| said to be count 1t is known that he is a
riding Instructor Like most counts in New
| York, he had little to commend him aside
| from his title. He was unable to feather the
nest OF the woman who had charmed him,
| and after awhile she threw him over.
| just when Fayne Strahan first met Will
| liam A. e. Moore and under what circum-
stances is a matter of doubt. But they did
meet, and each discovered an affinity. Moore
is the son of wealthy parents, and but for
| MS WayWardness might now be an ornament
| TO the best society of Cleveland O., his ma
tive city.
| PUNISHED BY HIS SIRE
His father was Smith Moore, who was al
ways looked upon as a man of affairs But
| he became involved in an ENHANCEMENT
with woman and his wife was granted a
! divorce. Billy" as he was Familiarity
called by his associates, was a wild youth,
and when his father died he was cut off
| without an inheritance. But he had been
| through Oberlin College, was naturally
| shrewd, and was in every way capable of
going out into the world and making a name
for himself. He chose to live by his wits
| and if the police officials of Buffalo, whittier
| he drifted from Cleveland are to be cred
! TIED, he chose the very lowest way of doing
| 1t. 1t was while in Buffalo that he played
his first successful game of blackmail.