Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-16
.Heldf6r the GrandJuEy
Mrs. Scofield and Ferris Iured
 Hatch to His Death.
VERDICT OF THE C0RONER's JURY

One Witness Says the Woman at One
 Time Passed as Mrs. Ferris-Mrs. soo-
 field Denounces Him and Is Disorderly.
 Her Husband Discharged.
 NEW YORK, May 16.-The following yer dict was rendered by the jury at the Hatch Inquest.
 "We, the coroner's jury, selected to ascer- tain the cause of death of Mr. N W. T. Hatch, having carefully reviewed the facts n the case and the evidence brought forward, nave come to the unanimous conclusion that the said Mir. N. W. T. Hatch, who was found lead in the rear yard of No. I64 West Twen- heth street, in this city, on the morning of May s, 1888, met his death by accidentally falling or jumping from the rear extension of the said premises, impelled, through his lear of exposure or violence, having been en- aced to the said premises by David c. Ferris and Mrs. L. B. Scofield-"
 A sob and a moan arose from the corner in which Mrs. Scofield was sitting. Mr. Ferris imply easped, his jaw fell and his eyes looked as though they would pop out of his head Imperturable Mir. Scofield manifested neither emotion nor ordinary interest
 Coroner Levy held MT. Ferris and Mrs Scofield for the gsand jury and continued the s, 900 bail asked in the case of Ferris, and cancelled the bail bond of s2, 800 fur nished for Mrs. Scofield by MT. Ferris, ask ing for new bail in the same amount. Both parties will be committed to the house of detention if bail is not furnished Scofield was discharged from custody.
 The action of the coroner in discharging Scofield has caused great surprise, the opinion of many being that he is perhaps the most guilty of the trio.
 Malvin Seixas, the adopted son of Mr. Fer ris, testified before the coroner at yesterdays session Of the inquest. He had been adopted by Mir. and Mrs. Ferris, he said, ten years ago, and was treated by them precisely as though they were his parents. It is his habit whenever he spends an evening out to make sure on his return to the house whether Mir Ferris is in or out. in order that he may either turn out the gas or leave it burning. This be usually does by listening at the foot of the stairs for the sound of snoring. The Monday night of MT. Hatch's death the witness reached home at S:45. The light was burning in the hall, and be listened in vain for the familiar snore He then went up stairs, his room being on the third floor. As he passed the chamber of bis adopted father and mother, finding the door open he thought he would make quite sure that MT. Ferris was not at home, and therefore entered the room, and saw ! no mistake about this; he saw him, and at once went down stairs and turned out the ! gas. No amount of cross questioning shook the testimony of this young man in the least Had MT. Ferris gone out again that night he ! is positive he would have heard him leave the house. He keeps pistol in his room, and mad there been any noise on the stairs he
 would have been after the maker of it with a pistol shot. He went down town the next morning, as usual, with his adopted father. There WAS nothing in the latter's actions diff ferent from usual. The witness knew Mrs. Scofeld. She used to be frequent visitor upon MT. and Mrs. Ferris when they lived in i East Fifty ninth street.
 T. Hooper, a little old man who sells pic lures on Nassau street, voluntarily presented himself as @ witness, and said he knew Mrs. Scofield in 1880 and that she was then known as Mrs Ferris.
 Mrs. Scofield then marched over and took the witness chair, giving as an explanation of this story the statement that MT. Ferris had rented a fiat for her and had taken it in his own nano. She was to keep it but a few weeks ard was willing to have it remain so, She had never pretendcd that her name was Ferris. She said that Hopper had once ! called on her and insulted her, and that she then smashed her umbrella over his head She raised her voice to a high pitch and 1 saidi
 "This man is simply venomous He comes here to defame me because I treated his in solent overtures as they deserved Hell knows no fury like a man scorned." The session was very sensational, Mrs. Sco- ! field several times becoming so disorderly that the coroner vas obliged to reprimand