The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-23
TRIAL OF MRS. MOORE.
Charged With Working the bad
ger Game" on Martin Mahon.
TIE DEFENDANT ON THE STAND.

The Adventures Tells the story of
Her Lifc--The Daughter of n Judge
ofthe supreme Court of fOrCgon-Her
Marriage with Moore Established.
New York. Dec. 23.-The taking of
evidence i'm 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 Il. Johnson,
who lives in West Ffty-seventh street,
where 1t is alleged Mahon took Fayne
Strahan Moore, said she knew MahOn
and also the defendant but did not
know William A. h. Moore. She tes~
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 kill 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 Met
ropole, who served dinner to Mr.. Mahon
and the alleged Mrs. Moore, was put
upon the stand.
This ended the case for the prosecu-
ton and Mr.. Levy, the attorney for the
defendant, moved for a dismissal of
the complaint on the ground that the
prosecution failed to establish its 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 cvi-
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. Homans. rector of St Mat
thew's Protestant Episcopal church in
West Eighty-fourth street. who testi-
fled that on April ., 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..
Homans 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. %,
1877. Her father was Judge of the su-
creme 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
ber 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 al
the Amsterdam hotel. She said that
Mahon had. unlimited, called upon hei
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
| riage riding and to the theater. She
| then went to Atlanta, and on returning
took a room at Mrs. Johnson's house
| at Mahons suggestion. She said the
! last time she had seen Mahon previ
Gus to her marriage to Moore was II
January, 1897.
She told of her trips with Moore II
this country and abroad. She then saiC
that on the morning Of Nov she re-
ceiVed a telephone message from
Mahon asking her to take supper a
the Metropole. The rest of her testi
mony recounted the supper In th'
rooms of the GrenOble, to which hote
they had gone later, and the scene II
which Moore appeared and demanded
the money from Mahon. She also spok
of the scene between Moore and De
tectives Cuff and McNaught, but de
MED knowing that Mahon had givel
any money to Moore. When asked b.
Mr.. Hill If she knew Of any scheme o
Moore's to extort money from Mahon
or whether she had entered into an.
conspiracy for the purpose, she answer
ed emphatically in the negative.
Mr.. Hill then announced that the de
fense rested
Recorder GOff announced that tn
case would be continued today, whel
Mr.. Mcintyre win cross examine Fayn
| Moore.