Buda Godman (née Helen Julia Godman; 4 December 1888 — 1944) was an American actress, singer. From 1907 to 1910, she was married to the popular songwriter and music publisher Tell Taylor. But six years after Taylor divorced her, Godman was arrested and convicted for participating in a scheme to blackmail a wealthy business executive widower. Godman attempted a scheme, known as a "badger game," of framing a victim in an embarrassing and illegal situation that resulted in a staged arrest by fake law enforcement officials. Godman, who was strikingly beautiful, posed as an unmarried woman being held against her will in a hotel room across state lines, which, if true, would have been a violation of the Mann Act. The ensuing fake arrest went awry when the victim, a prominent and wealthy widower,