Evening journal., 1919-12-18
ACCUSED AGAIN
AS SWINDLER
Police Say w. A. E. Moore,
Arrested, Got Religion"
Years Ago
WILMINGTONIANS
AMONG ACCUSERS

Scores OF Delawareans. who are al
legged to have been swlndled In stock
transactions by William A. E. Moore,
who was held under $4,000 bail In
Philadelphia yesterday. on charge OF
conducting an insurance swindle, In all
probability will lodge complaints
against him with the attorney-generals
office. That Moore operated here was
admitted today by Deputy Attorney
General Percy Wa" Green. although
Mr.. Green refus liscuss the case
Back OF the arr Moore, called by
the police one OF .0st noted Of "in-
ternational connd n,o men," In a story
OF an effort TO reform. which for a time
looked as though Il would be success
ful.
Moore, who Is In Moyamenslng Prison,
Philadelphia. on a charge OF swindling.
announced his determination to lead a
new life when he received a pardon
which freed him from sing Sing Prison.
New York, in 1905. lie had been con-
Vlcted In 1898 and sentenced 10 nine
teen years Imprisonment fo~ his part
in a badger game" with his wife,
Fayne Strahan Moore, a beautiful ac-
iress. Martin Mahon, proprietor Of the
Nsw Amsterdam Hotel, New YorS.
made the charge on which Moore was
convicted.
In 1901, while Moore was behind
prison wallis. he received an inherl-
tance OF 100000 from his uncle. Cap
tain j. w. Moore, OF Cleveland At
the same time he lost his wife, who
obtained a,d vOrce III Sioux Falls.
s D. Moore charged her with having
used him as a tool" in the whole az
fair with Mahon In order TO obtain her
freedom to marry an English noble
man.
Since his return to rreedom-ihe last
step In his restoration TO citizensh p
having been taken by Governor Horace
White, OF New York. In i9i0-Moore
has apparently been following as he
swore he would the life Of q normal.
industrious. upright man. He moved
70 Philadelph a soon after his release in
1875, began TO write a book OF his
prison experiences was seized with Sc
riousc Illness. and recovering, estab-
l'shed himself N business.
10 came out when the petition was
presented TO Governor White TO restore
h m to citizenship that several p~omi-
nent Philade 'phia- bus ness men had in
,erested themselves IN his behalf. tes-
tifylng that 10 their best knowledge
Moore separated definitely from his bad
habits. When he left Sing Sing he an
nounced that he chad got religion"
Ten months ago Il was charged that
Moore had returned to his old ways and
search was begun for him. lie was
able to elude pursuers until yesterday,
when he was captured in the home Of
his second wife. at SiXty-ihird and Cal
lOwhill streets. Ph ladelphia.
The warrant upon which Moore was
arrested was sworn out by August II.
502 Newhall street. German
town. The charge was obtaining money
under false pretcnsc. Besides the de-
.ectives, Frederlcks was the only wit
ness.
An unconquerable fascination for The
fight ring was responsible
or MOOre's capture. He was safe in
south America several months ago. but
,nx'ety 10 see the W'llard-Dempscy
,out. I'm Toledo. overcame his precau-
ION. lie intended TO return TO South
\merica soon after the fight. but his
amily persuaded him TO remain for the
Christmas holidays.
Moore's present arrest is for alleged
legal operations in the conduct OF an
insurance brokerage bus ness lin Phila-
Ielphia. Thomas o Haydock. Jr., an at .
orney who represented Frcdericks at
he hearing, said he a so represented 2o9
,ther persons alleged to have been
leeced by MoOre's transactions.