The Portland daily press., 1896-07-28
HARRINGTON MouRNED

When the Murdered Captain and His Wife
Were Laid at Rest.
Harrington, July 27.-At midnight
Saturday the bodies of Capt. and Mrs
Nash slain while asleep aboard the bark
entine Hrbert Fuller we're laid side by
side in the double grave prepared for
them in the cemetery here
All places of business were closed after
IL, even the blue berry pickers on the
immense table land four miles from the
city laying aside their pals. and donning
their best out of respect to the couple
whom every body loved.
The church one half hour later was
filed to the doors.
At 1.80 the two hearses, fianked by the
16 pail bearers selected from Harrington,
Milbridge and Cherry field, started for the
home Of the mourning mothers and
brother on the Plains road and at 1. .45
reached the church followed by the I'm
mediate relatives and in carriages and
afoot. The first carriage contained Henry
Nash and his mother. Irving Ray and his
mother. The next carriage contained
Capt. E. L. and W. T. Nash and their
wives. The four carriages following con-
tained near relatives and the 25 or more
persons afoot were all linked to the
family by ties of blood and marriage.
The services were opened promptly at 2
by Rev. Charles L. Rogers of the
Methodist church who offered touching
prayer.
Singing by quartette from Cherry
field followed, after which Rev. Il. K.
Drew, pastor of the Baptist church read
from the scriptures and offered prayer.
Another hymn BEAUTIFULLY rendered, and
Rev. Selden Gilbert of the Unfversalist
church quoted from. Longfellow to show
that nothing dies and followed with an
address suggested by the lines of the
poet. He spoke for half an nour and the
singing when he closed finished the exer-
cises.
The pail bearers with bows of white
Grape on their arms and their hands
gloved IN white moved out and formed
eight on each side of the walk leading
from the church entrance to the side
walk. Here they stood uncovered until
the mourners were seated in their
carriages when they formed on each side
of the two hearses Then the march to
the grave was begun.
The cemetery was only short distance.
The mouIners remained in their,carriages,
brief prayers were read and the victims
of the great sea tragedy lowered into
their graves.
The belief among seafaring men here is
that whoever committed the dead was
crazy. They can see no motive for a man
in his right mind to commit such butch
cry. Any sane man would see at once
that 1t would be useless to commit rob-
berry because of the impossibility of
escape, besides men sailing tho sea know
that captains never carry much money
with them.
Capt Wilbur B. Nash who brought the
bodies home from Halifax was asked
while in the Nova Scotia capital ii he
cared to see any of the crew. He talked
with the steward but would not see the
mate. The steward told him that after
the discovery of the murder the mate told
some of the crew that the second mate
comm tilted the deed.
''H killed the captain frst,'' said
Bran, "then killed the woman, ran on
deck, hit himself with the ak. threw 1t
overheard and ran back into the cabin
and died.
The Nash brothers feel certain that the
murderer was Bran, and as the case de-
yelopes less feeling is manifested against
Brown.