, 1879-06-14

WI,at mn Administrator Discovered.
1saac J. Hatfield, who rrctn.y died In this
city, appears to lIare brcn II, Aume respccte 4
rather eccentric character. tfe died ut tic u.c
OF -, and lsa,l lived In til" t,y nf Chirago co,,.
tinupuely since lHE. Fur tnnfe yrlrs trior III
hts death he appeared to have hrtn II, ycry rnor
circumstances financially, n,nl Wis entirely ais
tuiucd by the Masonic md tle Old .Fci!nws' s,,-
cicties, Of which Oruers hc wns n nlrtnhrr. l1o
was bachelor, "ns' Iye,' ty h'n,sc1t In rt,,,,s
prnslfctl for The purpose by tlic Mason!c fri.
tcrnty. He had no frrtN1.. utn! 1iyc In r"lrr.
mcfIt mud !s0attott. Af.rr tlts t3r,ll, Mr. {;sntee
F. slnclafr. Of tic itsm ut 'rtst. 1ulien ~ Gu,
tumhcrtnrn 1T Tits city, "as unt,onttst 4atltuin-
ittrntoe, n,l ns R,tcIt, III SuiIt'any with cD1n-
niittcc 0f thu Orcr Of NaaOns, yi.ItrIt 11n'
apartments ri tho dttratrd inr .in t,,lrtsa': af
ri property, contlstliIg of clothing n,,tl 4 few
utllcr articles, wns fund INT 10 exceed IN value
over s:9 in ti!e aeErcga,c; hut, 10
the a.toulslnent Of everybody, 'he sum Of
sf,iV1. ~ Wns i0unt IN M Utl trunk. This xI,n
wns ,iiytdctt into little lots, anu distributed
alnnnG tic cintlnE In sNsinus narts u the
trunk. Tie character md denominations u the
money presented tho frugal character of t'lr'
rencr, stu bill VIVA fonn'i m the State f3ank
of Ohio, dated 1874 iesucd nvcr thirty ycars
aCu. 1t is altogether. probable that Hatfield
placcd It IF, hts trunk nlare thaii twcntr.ve
=
existence. n1ul the hil1 was worth It's face In
gold. Il ST bill on Memphis bank dated
1854 was alan fund. a ~ bill on u Michigan
State bank Issued IN 183N Was found In one Of
bill had been placed ihese oyrr twenty years
ago, no State bnAk bills Of Michigan having
bern III circulation slnce 1871. These bitl6 hear
strnnE evidence Of lIatslcid's 'lab!tual mud per-
numbers To nlt nh ordinary cigar.box wcrn
found Ia different pnrt. of tie trunk.
As n,auy small une.ccnt pieces ~ sTouil ill
cignr-box, were al*" uncart!'eti., dozen
suuft.!,ox. Eact' piece If gold was wrapped III
a separate ptecc Of papcr. Solne olG West Edo
car tickets. which used 10 circulate as change
during thu War, wcre found, of il'c faca value
.lerclothug covered viii, the grIme ri ngo we're
brought to light, which Ind never been worn by
the owner. Taken altogether, probably Mr..
stlc1uir lonnd the ol!est lot Of staff ever dis
money was used TO dcfray the expenses of tho
funeral and to purchase Il cenrtGry lot. 4
number Of bills hare bern filed against the
estute amounting fn ull to about S1,31l. After
all claims have been settled, i'lcre VIII yet re-
hands Of the administrator, to be disposed
Of under the direction ot the Probate
Court, Hatticld died intes.atc and has
~ 1.c. v1E w , f'atsss sssson nt ncos soud sew ss
York. The whereabouts OF this pesson WAS Oh
taiucd from an old letter found In the trunk uf
the deceased written ten years a.o. This fcln-
tnanifc.t no conccrn about iflc dctuisr VI ibis
unple., Hatfield originally came ts,ul New York,
as,1 at rnc time held il Lscuiena,lt-C Colonel's
commission In tic militia o that State fIrwas
at one time Firc.Warden of the City of Chicago.
At the ttnle Of his death hc was Tyler OF the
Clcrrlalnl Lodge VI Masons. Iic also tyicd for
the Chicago Cofnmart!ery 1T kntellis Tu,nfar; !;
nIso tie Washington Chantcr, f1rsperln Lodge,
md the National Lulgc. Fronl ts,ctu Lodges lo
obtained tllc pittancc upon which lie lived. 1t
ft tai1 bis reason fur ncycrill:t Ills connection
with his family was that hn conceived he had
suffered soTie greut wFOtlg ut Tic hasn!s OF an
gnrd to ali faln,1y u,a.sr!s, md lived u life Of
severity and voluntary priyallon.