The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-05
MOORE IS FREED.
Man Convicted of Working Badger"
Game Has Been Pardoned.

New York. Aug. civilian A. E
Moore. ex-United States consul. to Dur
ban, South Africa, and the former hus-
band of Fayne Moore, will walk out
Of Sing Sing prison free man. Gov
ernor Higgins has pardoned Moore, and
the official papers are expected at Sing
Sing.
Moore who has been one OF the best
behaved prisoners, was at work on the
farm when Principal Keeper Connaugh-
ton told him of the pardon.
Billy" said Mr.. Connaughton, I
have good news for you. 1t is not Of
fetal, but friend of your has told US
by phone that Governor Higgins has
pardoned you"
Tears streamed down Moore's face
and for a time he was unable to speak
Il am so glad" he said after a while
Il knew all the time that justice would
be done, for / never committed the
crime for which / was sentenced. Whlle
shall be glad to be free 1 cannot help
saying that even in place like this
man is treated right if he only lives
up TO the rules.
LAS to my future 1 do not care to
talk. I want to assure all who have
interested themselves in my behalf that
they win never regret it. bear no ill
feeling toward those who testified
against me-
moore was StHtGliNtu ny ACNOANSA
Golf to nineteen years, having been
convicted of robbery in the first degree
for working the badger game upon
Martin MahOn. the late proprietor OF
the New Amsterdam hotel, on Fourth
avenue together with his wife, Fayne
Moore. Moore was tried twice. The
jury first disagreed. District Attorney
Asa Bird Gardiner summed up the case.
The Wife Was Discharged.
Mrs. Moore was tried once. The jury
disagreed.
After her second trial had commenced
Martin Mahon, the complainant ran
away to California, where he died from
consumption. Mrs. Moore was dis
charged on her own recognizance, went
to Europe and appeared on the stage
in London. Returning, she went to
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and obtain
ed a divorce on the ground that her
husband failed to support her and was
a convict.
Mrs. Moore is said to be living in
England, and it is reported that she
married very rich man there.
Moore's lawyers offered no defense,
telling him that. he could not be con-
victed. The case was carried to the
court of appeals and application for d
new trial was dismissed By Recording
Golf
When President Roosevelt was COVER
nor of New York, he received an appli-
cation for Moore's pardon. Moore had
been sentenced in December, 1898, and
Mr.. Roosevelt said the sentence was too
severe; that Moore should not be i'm
prisoned more than five years. Moore
has served over six years which, with
the allowance of good behavior, makes
more than half of the original sentence
Senator Mark Hanna and Governor
Herrick of Ohio, with other prominent
Ohioans, appealed for Moore's freedom,
and last spring President Roosevelt
wrote to Governor Higgins in his behalf
Moore's uncle was a partner of Senator
Hanna in the steamboat business.
1t was charged that Mrs. Moore lured
Martin Mahou to the Hotel Grenob1e
and that Moore had burst into the
room, and at the point of a revolver
demanded. $4,000 from sMahon. Moore
compelled his wife and Mahon to sign
a confession that they had been found
together. Three days later Moore and
his wife were arrested by Detective
Cuff, who broke into their room at the
Grenoble. Moore thrashed Cuff, who
was rescued by Sergeant McNaughton.
Moore denied that he got money from
Mahon.
Ex-Assistant District Attorney John
F. Mcintyre, who was in charge of
the case, has since filed with the gov
ernor a statement that he believed from
subsequent investigation that no "badg-
err crime was committed.