The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-23
TRIAL on mrs. MOORE
Charged With Working tho bad
ger Game" on Martin Mshon.
THE DEFENDANT ON THE STAND.

The Adventures Tells the Story OF
Her Life-The Daughter OF q Judge
ofShs Supreme Court Of Oregoh-Hsr
Marriage with Moore Established.
New York, Dec. 2S.-The taking Of
evidence In the case Of Fayne Strahan
Moore, accused OF robbery In the first
degree. was resumed yesterday before
Recorder Goff. Three witnesses gave
testimony confirming that of Martin
Mahon, the alleged victim Of the badger
game. Then Mrs. Fannie r. Johnson,
who lives In West Fifty-seventh street,
where 1t Ia alleged Mahon took Fayne
Strahan Moore, said she knew Mahon
and also the defendant. but did not
know William A. e. Moore. She ties.
titled that she had asked Fayne Moore
in the Tombs why she did not turn
states evidence. Mrs. johnson broke
down at this point and shed many
tears. In reply to a question she said
Fayne Moore said she would not turn
states evidence, because Moore said
he would XIII her The rest Of her tes-
timony was given up to answering
questions more or less relevant to the
case. and then the waiter from the Net
ropole. who served dinner to Mr.. Mahon
and the alleged Mrs. Moore, was put
upon the stand:
This ended the case for the prosecu-
tIon and Mr.. Levy, the attorney for the
defendant, moved for a dismissal of
the complaint on the ground that the
prosecution failed to establish It's case.
This motion was denied.
Annie Fitzgerald. matron Of the city
prison. was called as the first witness
for the defense. 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 ad-
journed.
Later in the evening the court was
again called to order and the opening
was devoted to continued testimony Of
Mrs. Fitzgerald. After her came Rev.
Ogden d. Romans, rector Of st. Mat
thew's Protestant Episcopal church in
West Eighty fourth street. who testi-
fed that on April 8. 1897, he performed
a marriage ceremony between William
A. E. Moore and Fayne Strahan. He
said the defendant was the woman.
Moore was brought into court and DR..
Romans identified him as the man.
Fayne Strahan Moore was then called
to the stand and examined by Mr.. Hill.
She said that she was born on Feb. 20,
1877. Her father was judge Of the su-
rrerne court OF Oregon when he died in
July, 1887. She then removed to At
lanta, Ga, and came to New York in
the spring of 1896. She came here, she
said with the intention Of completing
her musical studies. She went to Eu-
rope, returning In July, 1896. She said
that she FIRST met Mahon in August
1896, on the occasion Of a musicale at
the Amsterdam hotel. She said that
Mahon had. unlimited. called upon her
when she was living at Gramercy Park.
Mahon, she said. told her he was a
married man, hut was not living with
his wife. He frequently took her car
riage riding and to the theater. She
then went to Atlanta, and on returning
took room at Mrs. Johnson's house,
at Mahon's suggestion. She said the
last time she had seen Mahon previ-
GUS 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 Nov. she re-
ceived a telephone message from
Mahon asking her to take supper at
the Metropole. The rest of her testi-
mony recounted the supper in the
rooms Of the Grenoble. to which hotel
they had gone later, and the scene In
which Moore appeared and demanded
the money from Mahon. She also spoke
of the scene between Moore and De-
tectives Cuff and Mcknight, but de-
MED knowing that Mahon had given
any money to Moore. When asked by
Mr.. Hill II she knew OF any scheme Of
Moore's to extort money from Mahon.
or whether she had entered into any
conspiracy for the purpose. she answer
ed emphatically in the negative.
Mr.. Hill then announced that the de-
Tense rested.
Recorder Golf announced that the
case, would be continued today, when
Mr.. Mcintyre will cross examine Fayne
Moore,