The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-26
BURIED ~TOGErHEx.
A Brooklyn Man FAN. Dead white Orc

AtAU NV
ing n Coffin for Hts wife,
William Mellon, a S~cofchman. tall ana
broad shoDldered, OF powerful build and
rugged features. and who. slti.9uei, more
than sixty years ole. had hardy a streak of
gray in MS thick black hair aud beard callad
at Mrs Hsnry's undertaking roorns. NJ. 1913
Atlsniic avenue. Brooklvn, At IL O'Clock yes.
teToay morning. His wife had died at 9:3O
o'clock. Her lsDg illness had rendered him
almost pennilsss, but John Irving. a boss
mssoD, for whom he had worked for several
years. accompanied him to the shop and
told William Henry, Mrs. Hepry's son. 10
make such an srrar cement 8s might De sat
isfactory 10 Mr. Nelson. The arrangements
having been completed, Mr.. Nelson started
to leave the rooms with Mr.. Irving. Before
reaching the door he dropped into a chair,
and, clutchiDg his srms convalsively. said:
"br Henry. please give me 4 glass of wa
ter-Pm going to faint"
Mr.. Henry ran to The rear OF the store nd
quickly returned with a glass of water. n 81
son had meanwhile become unconscious,
and his teeth we're so firmly clenched that
the water could not be forced into his
mouth. Ii was soon discovered that he was
dead. Mr. Henry said last night:
"Mr. Nelson seemed TO De in good health,
but he was desd in q minute after dropping
into the chair. At first / thought be was in
a swoon, but when / placed q mirror in front
Of his lips there was not the slightest siga OF
moisture en- ii. Re stopped breathing as
suddenly as if q bullet had passed through
his brain. DR. Shepard, who has just msde
a postmortem examination. says he died OF
heart disease. Husband and wife will be
buried together in Evergreen Cemetery TO
morIew.''
The couple lived st No. 1G7 Flatbush ave.
nue.. They had no children. they were con-
slant attendants at DR.. Tslmage's Church
and vhsn Mrs. Nelson was taken sick. about
three months ego, some Of the women of the
congregation MAIDS frequent visits, and az
her illness advanced one or two of them were
daily at her bedside. A reporter called at
the house last night and found one OF these
Women there. She said:
I'VE had al learned to love this couple.
Mrs. Nelson was terribly afflicted, and three
or four weeks ago her csse became hopeless.
She was frequsntyat the pointof death. and
even The physician was surprised at the man
ner in which she seemed TO come back TO
life. Her husband was at her side for 8 week
day and night. The poor fellow was worn
out with constant watching. Ga Sunday
afternoon, when we all supposed she was dy-
ing, she awoke. as If from a trance, and turn
ing to her husband che said:
~ see two funerals going from this
house
On Monday afternoon she made exactly
the came remark while my mother and her
nusoanO SAT- Oy ner Decslue. AFTER ner Cesth
this morning, long expected as it had been,
and great O relief as it was from suffering.
Mr.. Nelson was completely broken down.
/ u oticed that as he left the house to go for
the undertaken he staggered against the
wall.
~ am afraid he said that people will
think I'm intoxicated. am in a dasa'
He was very poor. but proud, and was
much troubled about the arrangements for
the funeral. When Mr.. Irving told him he
need suffer no anxiety Oh that score he
seemed to be greatly relieved"
For ten or twelve years Nelson was o sailor
in the English navy. Aflerward he was
Captain of a trading vessel sailing between
New York and Liverpool. he followed the
sea until seventeen years ago, when he mar
ried.