The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-20

lOt6I.' Inc Se"OO0 HOOI, WulCu Was
the only one furnished. was locked and
l had the keys. Mr.. Hatch wanted to
go to the bath room and told him to
go to it, But he found it locked, and l
went up stairs and unlo ;ked 1t. opened
the back room and went through that
into the bath room. struck match
and opened the door leading out into
the hall and through that he entered.
l then went through my apartments
md lighted all the gas. Meanwhile Mr..
Hatch had come out OF the bathroom
and was about to leave when heard a
noise below. | never mentioned that
thought it was my husband until l had
gone to see who 1t was. l went out
through the back room and down stairs
met Mr.. Scodeld. He was about to
ascend and l asked him to go into the
parlor for a moment. | thought could
get Mr.. Hatch out, but Scofeld said:
"Who have you got up stairs? l
have heard you talking with Mr..
Hatch
II reque ,tei him to remain in the
parlor, and after much entreaty he
acceded to my wish. 1 went up stairs
again and Mr.. Hatch said:
INV gracious = taking out his watch,
look at this hour of the night. What
will he think OF me?'
Il said it would b. all right, and that
as soon as | went down stairs he should
pass right out l went down and Mr..
Scofeld said he would go out, and
went to go up stairs for his overcoat. L
told him not to go out, but to remain
He spoke IN a loud voice and then he
did go out. He first said he would see
foir hn Oh |
heard Mr.. Hatch's footsteps suddenly
AvACANT CHAMBER.
when my husband had gone out l
went up stairs to make Mr.. Hatch go
out. All the doors were locked. They
had all been locked except the door
of the back room, through which l
had entered. The keys were all
on the inside. l struck match and
saw thsm. Then l rattled thu knobs for
Mr.. Hatch to come out, but [ was talk
ing to the empty air. There was no re-
Spouse. l concluded that Mr.. Hatch
had followed me down stairs and gone
out of the front door. 1t was on this
belief that called in The policeman and
mad the door burst open. The rest OF
the story about the finding of the body
has been already correctly published"
Ia refutation of the badger" game
story-that Mrs. Scofield had induced
Mr.. Hatch TO go to her rooms to be
blackmailed by her husband-Mrs.
Scofeld showed two statements of her
financial accounts with W. L. Hatch &
Sons. They were printed and well
authenticated documents and dated
April 80. One of them showed that
she had a balance with the firm of $l9,-
633, and the other described the posses
sion OF 200 shares Manhattan stock, 200
shares of Pacific Mail and 100 shares of
Western Union.
MR.. SCOFIELD SPEAKS.
Mr.. Scofald did not give his version
OF the story for several days. Brother
in-law" Ferris had gone bail for Mrs
co6eld and had gone off in his
from the courtroom. He
had also rendered himself as
security for Mr.. ScCfeId's appearance,
bat that gentleman had spurned the
offer remarking that he would prefer to
rot in Jail than to owe his freedom to
that man. To the house of detention
be accordingly went and there finally
be consented to talk TO Herald re-
porter.
LONG SUFFERING MAN.
Mr.. Scofield does not appear to be
the weak-minded man public opinion
has judged him to be-but blindIy-
owing man, who, even when his wife
s shown up in the worst possible light.
finds words of praise and sympathy for
her.
One fact seems to be clearly estab
ished by Mr.. Sco6el0's statements-and
hat is: Mr.. Hatch was not murdered,
and bis death was not the result OF any
attempt to play the badger" game.
When Mr.. Sco6eld was told that q
Mr.. w. Comyns had called on Coroner
Levy and stated positively that
Mrs. Scofeld had not been
married to Captain Stowell and
had not navigated the snip Isaac Webb
IN to port, Mr.. Scofeld was much inter
ested, for he took careful notes of all
that Mr.. Comyns had said, remark
ing
"This is strange. 1 never believe
she says, for she cannot tell
the truth. But she certainly has gold
watch and chain, the former inscribed
with Captain StoweIl's name (and eVi-
IDENTIFY presented to him), in the Man
haitian safe Deposit vaults, for she
offered it to ne. That was before she
had snstched away nay own watch"
"Snatched away your watch?"
Yes; she snatched it away aud has
il now, together with that of my first
wife. Speaking of her connection with
Captain Stowell, must confess that
have never seen any papers which
proved ner marriage to him, though
have seen n photograph which she salo
was that of the captain. Then again,
| have soma recollection Of hearing her
saw that she lived in Brooklyn and had
a child there, also that gentleman
who visited her gave house to the cap
tain 1 sister.
STACK OF LOVE LETTERS.
"She is very strange woman.
woman OF terrible temper, and has only
deceived me as she has deceived forty
other men. Previous to marrying nae
she was engaged to General James
Barton, OF Miles & Barton; | have seen
a stack of letters sent TO her by the
general. She was also engaged to e.