Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-10
She Is an Adventures.
Strange Developments Follow
 the Hatch Tragedy.
MRS. SCOFIELD'S EyENTFUL LIFE
She Was Dabbler in Stocks and Was Very Fond of Wine and the Society of Men Other Than Her Husband-Hatch's Funeral to Be Held To-day.

Men Other Than Her Husband-Hatch's
 Funeral to Be Held To-day.
 NEW YORK, May 10-Police detectives were at work all day yesterday in the en- deavor to determine the exact manner of Broker Nathaniel Hatch's death and the causes that led to it. They were by no means willing to accept the general verdict that the tragedy was the result of an accident while MT. Hatch was trying to escape from the house of Charles w. Scofeld.
 Several men were found who were familiar with Mrs. Scofeld's history. The stories they told established the following facts:
 She first appeared in New York about the New York from San Francisco, in 1883. MT. D. c. Ferris. her "brother-in-law," had an office in the Boreel building at that time, and Mrs Scofeld was a daily caller there. She was then known as a single woman, and many brokers in the building were attracted to her by reason of her fine appearance, splendid dress, and energetic business methods. It was through Ferris that Scofield became acquainted with her. She said at one time that she had re- ceived two offers of marriage, one from a young man and anotherfrom rich old man. Two weeks later she announced her marriage to the rich old man, MT. Scofield It was generally believed that she married Scofeld for his supposed fortune.
 Besides the name Stowell she was known at one time as Mccormack. She, with her hus- band, MT. Scofeld, moved into a flat on Broadway about a year ago. The neighbors noticed that the wife ran the household to suit herself, and when she received gentlemen calls MT. Scofield usually went away or paced up and down the corridors until the calls terminated. The husband and wife quarreled frequently, and the janitor is certain that their differences always arose from her predilection for the society of other men than her husband. The attaches of the building are positive that a frequent visitor to Mrs Scofield during her husbands absence was the unfortunate Nathaniel w. T. Hatch. MT. Hatch called at all hours of the after noon and night.
 From all accounts it appears that Mrs. Scofield once passed as the wife of sea cap tain, and when he died aboard ship she navi- gated his vessel into this port and received q formal recognition of her service from the Maritime Exchange; and that among numer- ous financial ventures she was associated as the principal backer of Salmi Morse in his Passion Play" scheme of 1883.
 MT. Scofeld's record is interesting as per- sonal history, but it has little bearing upon the death of MT. Hatch.
 The facts relative to the records of Mr. and Mrs. Scofeld led the police and others inter- ested to conjecture that @ swindling game might have been practised on Mir. Hatch by the Sco6elds. One of the most ancient and successful of swindling operations is known as the tbadger game" It consists in getting Q man. into a compromising situation with a married woman, with the immediate appear ance of an enraged husband, who will be satisfied with nothing less than large pay ment of money.
 The theory of homicide had been abandoned yesterday in favor of some such scheme as this It was believed that MT. Scoield, who had known of MT. Hatch's intimacy with his I wife, had consented to it with view to com promising MT. Hatch, and then extorting a large sum of hush money from his victim. The result, according to this theory, was that MT. Hatch, realizing the situation, at tempted to escape by the back yard, and met his death by accident while climbing down l from the extension.
 l Tuesday night Mrs Scofeld and Brother. | in-Law" Ferris dined at Mme Fannles French restaurant, and left the place at a very late hour They drove to tho Thirtieth street police station, and Mrs. Scofeld talked some time to the sergeant. He said she was some l be about to make a confession of some sort saying:
 s'Oh, sergeant, if you only knew what wa. | here!" touching her heart in dramatic way Just then the fire bell rang, and she said nc more after the sergeant returned from dis patching men to answer the alarm.