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

was wrong about the time; she was not
telling the truth in saying that Ferris
was her brotherinlaw, but that was
about ALL
Then you are certain that Mr..
Ferris is in no way connected with the
affair "
Eyes; he has no connection with Mr..
Hatch's death beyond the fact that he
was an old and very intimat9 friend Of
Mrs. Scofeld. Her statements of the
affair are virtually correct"
"Was there q lounge on the parlor
floor, and were you asleep on it when
Mr.. Hatch and Mrs. Scofield came IN
on tn. fatal nigbt2"
'There was a lounge on the parlor
floor. The furniture WIS pied up in
the middle of the back parlor. / can
not understand how those two police
officers testified to not seeing any fur
niture in the rooms. After that sup
pose they are capable of connecting me
with murder. | expect it; in fact,
expect anything after whad has al
ready occurred"
ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIS WIFE.
"Your wife has made the statement
that you have been supported by her,
and that she pays the house rent and
buys her own clothes?"
st is absolutely false. She cannot
show voucher for any money l have
received from her, or that she mas paid
Tor me. On the other hand, | have the
stubs of my check book for the money
| have paid out for and co her She has
never maid a cent for me-
"Whas isyour opinion of Mr.. Ferris ~
Ferris is bad one;' that's all care
to say about him."
1T is said that he brought you and
Mrs Scoheld together?"
That is not true; | first met her
when she was living in the Paris fats,
which owned, and she was negotiating
with Morris B. Baer for the purchase of
some of my property. My first wife
was then alive. No, Ferris is simply as
l said before, an extremely intl-
mate friend of hers. She has been
in the habit of staying out late, until
one or TWO in the morning, with him 4,
[ have documents to prove all | say
about their relations. can prove that
she has purchased goods as AIRS. Fer
ris,' and that she has passed as Mrs.
Ferris"
HOW MR.. HATCH DIED.
"How, in your opinion, cid Mr..
Hatch die?"
"Hr. Hatch was full: he hal been
dissipating a great deal during the past
two months. He was very nervous; he
heard my voice, got out on the extern
sion, and trying to climb down the tree
he fell.
Poor Hatch! wanted to warn him
for mon.n past. There is nobody to
blame out his own follies. I don't want
to 60 back On the dead, for the family
must suffer. l am nearly alone in the
world, it is true; only my poor old
mother remains. Bat it would kill her
il she should near of this business. She
is my only friend.
At this point Mr.. Scofeld was much
agitated, but his attention was changed
by the question:
You say that Mr.. Hatch had been
dissipating recently?"
Yes; and so has my wife. But she
knows how to take care of herself. At
ter drink ng she will take bath and
dose of medicine, so as not to keep the
alcohol in her system, and then she
feels all right. But 1t must tell on her
in the long run. Yes-she knows how
to take care of herself"
do you know anything of the report
that she offered you $4,000 to agree to
divorce, but that you wanted more?"
GALL LIES"
''All lies! And so is the story that
she married me thinking had money.
l was a bankrupt when she married
me. 1 failed in 1890, and we were not
married until 1884. She has made
statement TO the effect that she has
child II years old. being brought up in
Stuttgart. Now q Captain Stowell is
said to have dieo twenty years ago, or
when she was about IS who is the
father of the child in Stutteart? She
always told me that she had child,
but that it vas dead.
Il hope that the Developments in the
Winchester flats, for Mrs. Ratch's sake,
Will not b. made public.
What do you meanP
"Mr. Hatch and nv wife were very
frequently out together at night"
''Do you mean that they were ev7r
out all night in each others company 2"
IN ~ you are asking me too many
Questions. It is satisfaction to know
that she has been trsye ing under false
colors so tar IS an concerned. She is
capable of almost anything. Yes, am
satisfied that Ferris had nothing to do
with Mr.. Hslch death"
A DETECTIVES ANALYSIS.
at is very interesting case" re-
an experienced and prominent
member OF the detective force yester-
day. "The mystery may never be
solved, though it is within the range of
possibility that the inside facts may
come out. The most curious feature is
the sudden alarm taken by Hatch (if
we are to believe Mrs. Scoield) at her
announcement of the husbands pres
ence and approach, According to the
eyidence taken and the statements
made by Scoield and others. the wife
had repeatedly received Hatch in her
apartments, yet, though he must have
known that the husband objected to
these visits, he does not appear to have
eeer Before attempted to avoid him or
to leap from WINDOWS or roofs. No, it
was not altogether fear Of the husband
that led Hatch TO go out on the extern
sion building and blindiy leap for