, 1880-10-20
CAPT. NAPIER,

AAA'A AEOh HGtlWNlIkCA WILL Lilut. NIplGT
forty ycars." satd Capt. Charles Harding,
himself veteran OF tho hikes. In converse.
tlon With reporter for THE Tribune, "ni1,i
c"'t tell yon this much: tl,oro wasn't q
bolter lnan smiling the lakes thnn Ncs .Na~
pier. lle was absolutely fearless of anything
III tho s'lhpe OF storm, md stool y No.
oll over tllo lakes. Ills cl,nrncterq Ile wns
one OF tho most temperate, exemplary ,nctl
That ovor ltvoti. III short, lla wns n Ey,oi
nian. told lin tho last tmu saw him l,o
had no bnsiness sailing my longer,-tiat,
whllo he could stand up and bravo storm
Just rs well rs EVER, yet It punished lin,,--
yol1 SEQ he was q this month"; -
md llo oughtn't to ito It; wasn't any
need ut Ills doing It, Well, to said he
didn't knew. 1Ia had got SO used to It, and
could sall Just MS we'll rs ho ever could; aud
go lle could. The fact Is, l,a Just wouldn't
give ur. II ho had kent awny from tic west
Shore when tl'ls Rale struck lin. why, rs far
as NO ca'' set. It might have been better for
hlia. Blit then We don't know Just how II
was out there. Wlinevcr wns aboard that
boAt SAW one who did everything t,e could to
save llcr and tllel,. 1Io wo,,l,l leave uotlli,,g
unonc. The probability IL sl,u broke down,
and when II boat breaks tl0wn Iii n Ratu pf
wlnd It's something terrible. It's batl enough
w''c't there mint any galr, but In n guile It's n
thousand tiines worse. don't know of II
seaman hero wflo will ho moro missed than
NeIs Napier. Everybody likod hi,n,-]lo
was SO EoD'l, 40 true. and So brave, man
WItli kindly smile, and n pleasant word fur
eycrybody,-anl anybody who went to st.
Joe always waited 10 90 with Can't Napier,
Passengers and crews alike loved him. Tloy
couldn't help It,"
And from tllIs kindly, generous biogrnp),er
the reporter obtained
THE sTOltY or THE DEAD CAPTAINS LIFE,
lln wis born near Ashtabnla, O., where
Ills mother and n sister-Afrs. Doardma1,--
Sill, I've. When quito yolltg le moved 10
st. Joe, md when Capt. lIari,e first knew
him, IN lsa', hewas already tho Stnte of a ves-
SCI In 1872 he WIS tho A[ntc Of tho little brig
Richard Winslow, and III 1872 went ashore nj
South lln'et. It was n terrible gale, nn,l
TIC schooner !Io was then saIllng-Cnpl. 1Iur-
ding wAs unablu to recall her llal,lu-went all
fo pieces. though Naptgr mid Ills crew, OF
most most gf thou, suceGetlcd til getting oil.
l Sapn 5l"rdi1T was oIt u te sav Storm.
70 around ly, the lleall OF tho lake, meeting
Napler md his ,nel, nt South Haven. Cart.
EEnpMlrF Ep M M next sniled tho brig Scott out Of ST.
1s q ?s Nassns Xa'ss bill s a nsxt sE E wa1 IL
tI tlle Baltic. Tllen lie wcnt into tho Western
tran translaatai9a Gft 9 company mn! sailed t!!o
5exs nsSs sahs saing f0r s 0GE ~ coaay Sf ye"5 1s
E9rsst % Qasen, 1T Buaio' iE'a1m oMo o. of ts us
Western transportation Company's honts.
y,s% e w. ans ssufSsTEsyey ,a caH"in Of tho one
ChicaEo jcwelry firm OF Ettwurs ljros,, mil
after tllat went Into tho employ of Tic Cioot.
Tlcli TRANSFORMATION Company, With Which
te o ms n9sefsn, 5aIleti ny actlyely conected, with
last year lis salcd tho Corona, but nj Tic
opening OF tile present sea6oll Ito was
tut IN COMMAND OF TIE r.ArEn ALrESA,
Dutlng 1854 antl for ono Or two years tnere-
1;el aiter Gant; Napier wns engaged here IN tho
tiy s%s'Ss anas ,Ss Ess Z cy " G"y.
ernnlcMt.., or late years. however, io
lias lias lIseh f,I, at Ifs o.I home ii st.
f"milv oS s,1ryivo nIS Im Wfe nld n!,merGs
nv y tue wife, Of Dr. McLlnll, Of ST. Joe,
Ell Napier, Arthur Na,,ier, aj,d Jack Saniur
IT, tan.ao to tqss q y arsnn cnwfot and
slstsr si;I1 Of Capt. Nnp1cr Is Tho wife Of sir.
ntl!!an K Mlsestl, tho Insurance a!tuster, living
hr riher n@ " Gs'fS nsos stIeet II ths city, ons
9ai SassP roans Snn!e 5ri a!sS Saps yss
still ltvll!g. < tilri 6rt,t|,er, Chill IJ Jacis
Napior, wis killed abont tificrIi ycars n aeo ye at
g. 81 J9e by tllo bursting Of can,!oy while a
~ ~ - SHiAN+ III pHIHDn lHR{~ NGflIGr !
Wns tali, lleayy.bnllt, well-prulortioned.
with q kindly genial face, tinrk eyes, md
!iatr nlrcHdy frosted with tho SHOWS Of nEe.-
III Hlinrt, 4 tille-l0nk1ng, wlole-su,l!ctl, welt
preserved illa!i, still good for many ysnrs Of
contnct with tho elements 0f wIntl iliitl wnyc
amongst wllich 50 fnrge Il part of Ills hlisy'
felntea nitDtllor of Ills "lnIr.hrcuttth 'sripes.
Which occurred some twenty-five years tlg,,.
"l,tfl no was sailing 1Ont out from Buffalo
tremendous gn]u sprang III on Lake Erie.
af!d Tor sno lyAs0! nr either tlle vessel t,hink
;, hantlu" right, aNl lle had 10 nit bNck Into
lt!ita'o. lie tried long, but III vain, to
1aek lier tlowI, close to the piers. it 70.
llFeu careful sen,.lnltsl!ip ip 10 tin this, md do
y successfully. but Nnptcr WAS culiuj To the
Lhsk, and trtNmpheh oyer tile tlI11cltIties |
which prs.Sentet! themselves. LII Ills INV
career 9n tfie lakes lle liud many n nnrrow
esfnM from thu fury Of tho clements, Ilit, II,
s9ile or HIS frequent contact with tha dangers
Ply y tac 'ieap, ha Scarccly knaw whit tlaiiEsr
Sas. And yet !lt VIA not Uf tho tlare-,luyij
t snrt, but simply fearless, thDuRh nj
!ho ssllsle tiil,e pritlu1tt nnl mindful Uf tic
TesInnSlblllty which reste, lDn1t him. I
1InoaplS no hetle tribute could Iii, lm1l him
ln1l th0ss, snpl1 words ut his like c0,n,ni- :
oh tof hlail years, lie WIS II good manu., !
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