The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-23
FAYNE TELLS HER STORY.
DENIED ALL KNOWLEDGE OF
MOORE's SCHEME OF ROBBERY.

Her First Meeting with MahOn.
Gives an Account of the Hotel
GrenObIe AGair-Said MahOn Invit-
ed Her to Supper-Mrs. johnson
said She Advised Her to Turn
States Evidence-Defense Rested.
New York, Dec 22-The taking of evil
dence an the case Of Fayne Strahan Moore,
accused of robbery in the first degree, was
resumed to-day before Recorder Golf.
Three witnesses gave testimony confirm
ing that of Martin Mahon, the alleged
victim of the badger game
Then Mrs. Fannie e. Johnson, who lives
in West FifIy-seventh street, where il is
alleged 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 asked
Fayne Moore in the Toombs why she did
not turn states evidence. Mrs. Johnson
broke down at this point and shed tears.
In reply to a question, she 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 answering questions more or less rele-
want TO the case, and waiter from the
Mahon, and the alleged Mrs. Moore, was
put upon the stand.
This ended the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Levy, the attorney for the defendant
moved for a dismissal of the complaint
on the ground that the prosecution had
failed TO establish it's case. This motion
was denied.
Annie Fitzgerald, matron of the city
prison, was called as the first witness for
hax
Mrs johnson advise Mrs. Moore to turn
states evidence, and also denied other
parts of Mrs. Johnson's evidence. At this
point the court adjourned.
Testified She Was Married.
Later in the evening the court was call
ed to order and the time was devoted to
the continued testimony of Mrs. Fftzger-
aid
After her came Rev. Ogden Homas, rec
tor of ST. Matthews Protestant Episcopal
Church in West Eighty-fourth street, who
testified that on April A. 1897, he perform
ed 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.. Homas
identified him as the man.
Fayne Strahan Moore was then called
to the stand and examined by Mr. Hill.
She said she was born on Feb. %, 1877.
Her father was Judge OF the Supreme
Court of Oregon when he died in July,
1887 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 completing her musical stud
les. She went to Europe, returning in
July, 1886.
Her Meeting With Mahon.
She said that she first met Mahon In
August, 1896, on the occasion of a musi-
Gale at the New Amsterdam Hotel She
said that Mahon had. invited, called on
her when she was living at Gramercy
Park. Mahon. she said. told her he was
a married man, but was not living with
his wife He frequently took her car
rage riding and TO the theater
She then went TO Atlanta and on return
ing took room at Mrs. Johnsons house,
al Mr. Mahons suggestion. She said the
last time she had seen Mahon previous
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. 4, she received a telephone message
from Mahon asking her 10 take supper at
The Metropole The rest Of her testimony
recounted the supper in the rooms Of the
GrenObls, 20 which hotel they had later
gone, and the one IN which Moore ap-
peared and demanded che money from
g hon.
SIZE also EDeks Of ths scene beiseen