The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-11
BROKER HATCH'S DEATH
MIDNIGHT FALL FROM MRS.
SCOFIELD'S WINDOW.

NvW YORK, May S.-New York was
clarified to-day by the tragic death of Ma
+baniel William Taylor Hatch, a we'll
l,no,vn Wall street broker and member of
The firm of w. T. Hatch s. Co., of which
4 his father is the head. His body was found
*I,ine stiff and stark on the pavement of the
ga Of the house, "a West Twentieth street.
- the southeast corner of Sixth avenue.
n Tha topof his head was crushed in, his body
n ,yss badly bruised and his wearing apparel
n ovinced it was thought at first, conclusive
" ovideuce that he had been engaged in strug-
cla with some one and that his death was
the result of that encounter. Subsequent
Investigation, however, sf4vs that his death
N :, the result of undue intimacy with mar
q rad woman customer, and an accident while
a irving to avoid a meeting with an irate and
q ;ninred husband. Tho body was found by
q sayaral nainters who were at work on the
Il bouse and they informed the inmates and
allied the police of the Nineteenth precinct
Il The occupants of the house were Charles W.
n Scoield and his wife, Lillian. When they
n saw the body they identified 1t as that of
n Mr.. Hatch.
MRS. SCoFIELD'S STORY.
81 When detectives arrived, Scofield and his
n wife were Questioned, and their reticence
and the character of the answers to cues
4 tons which they did make aroused the sus-
a melons of the police, and they were both
Il arrested and taken to the Nineteenth pre-
mnct station house. After q time Mrs.
Scofield professed her willingness to tell all
a sbe knew of the affair. She said that dur
inc the past three years she had specialized
\ in stocks and bonds, and in her operations
o ~
Nh & S. Wormser. She became acquainted
with Mr.. Hatch through his father about
4 two and half years ago. They had be-
/ come very fir @ .dly, and whenever she made
3 move in the market she always consulted
him Yesterday morning She met Mr.
Hatch by appointment at IL o'clock, and
/ whea she left him she told him she was
going to the office of her brother-in-law
A Mr.. c. D. Ferris, and that from his office
\ she would 60 to the Hoffman cafe with him
n for lunch. This restaurant is on Beaver
4 street.
At o'clock Hatch met Ferris and the
woman at the Hoffman cafe, where they
had lunch together. When they parted
Mrs ScOfeld made an appointment pri-
vately to meet Hatch at O'Neill's restaurant
at o'clock, and did meet him. She said
that they went from here to Nine. Fanny's
French restaurant, at % West Twenty
seventh street, and had dinner. AS mat
ter of fact, they reached Nine. Fannys
place at 9O'clock, driving up to the door in
coupe. Where they were between and
9 O'Clock the woman does not explain.
AT THE woMANS HOME.
She said that she and Hatch dined and
chatted till HIS o'clock, when they arose
from the table and went to her home,
corner of Sixth avenue and Twentieth street.
She explained that this house mad Just been
leased by her and she desired to show Mr.
Hatch her apartments and invited him in.
They went up to the second floor to her
bedroom, which was the only room in
order. While they were talking her hus-
band, who was asleep in the back parlor,
heard their voices and demanded to know
who was there, and she left the
room and pacified him and got him
to leave the house. When she returned
to her bedroom door she found it locked OH
the inside. She could not open it, and later
called in a policeman to force the door
When it was opened she found the window
of the bath room, from which access was
had to the roof of an extension, was open.
and she supposed that Mr.. Hatch, fearing
to meet her husband, had climbed out on
the extension, and had escaped to the
ground and had gone home. She went to
bed. Her husband came in at $50 and
went to bed, too, and the first they knew of
Mr. Hatch's death was when informed by a
painter.
THE HUSBANDS STORY.
Mr. Scofield's story differs from that of
his wife. He said that he came home at
1880 o'clock, and could not get into his
wltes room. He recognized Hatch's voice,
ard called bis wife out, and demonstrated
with her. She ordered him to leave the
nd ho a q
o'clock to get his clothes
Capt. Reilly was not satisfied with these
stories, and he had Mr. and Mrs. Scofield
sent to Justice Patterson, at jefferson Mar
ket, and he sent them to Coroner Levy,
peIore whom they both made statements
In the meantime Mr.. Hatchs body was
taken in charge by an undertaken
AT noon Coroner Levy took the state
ments Of the prisoners. They both differed
materially in several important points from
what they had said to the police Mrs.
Scoheld said she went to Hatchs office,
NO. IA Nassau street, at II o'clock and
transacted some business. She left to 20 to
the office of ]. & S. Wormser, making an
appointment to meet Hatch with Ferris at
the Hoffman cafe at l o'clock. They met,
!unched and parted, she going with Hatch
10 MS ONCE and remaining with him till
OcIock, when they went to O'Neills restaI-
rant, where they had an appointment to
meet Ferris. Ferris was not there and they
went away, returning at O'clock They
met MN coming out. He said he was going
nome and left them. She and Hatch then
Went to Nine. Fanny'S and had French
dinner. The time from | o'clock till 9
O'Clock IS not well accounted for in this
statement. Proceeding she said they went
nome at AS o'clock, and by her story was
III Jhe restaurant lust four hours ard three-
quarters.
ASKED HIM TO LOOK FOR BURGLARS.
4, ohe said that when she opened the door of
me mousse she called her husband. She
Heara no reply and was alarmed, and asked
VI sur match TO look around for burglars. She
aug aug she told Hatch that they had better
iooN over the house, and they lighted the
IN ana went up stairs together. While
y. nus engaged, she said she heard a step in
me Sne lower hallway and thought it was her
.nIS1D3ahd, and told Hatch so. She said she
u ,,! MN to remain where he was and she
"ouIa 90 and see Scofed. When she left the
d dooll hatch became alarmed an locked the
e 1oor 0l the room. She wont down stairs and
91w her husband, who said he know Hatch
uan upstairs. She refused to say whether
lt.a'gu was there or not and told her hus-
, ruuu 70 step into the paIlor, as the gentle
la Ian wished to get out without meeting
fa ne did so, and she went upstairs and
aouuu the door locked Receiving no
e,Ln,wer, she requested her husband to leave
o olo mouse, which he did. She then returned,
sLa ,,l nVt being able to get the door open,
81 Iaiied III policeman TO break it open.
H. H., iouiid the bath room window open and