The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-03
IS MRS. EDDY DYING?
HEAD OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SAID TO HAVE CANCER.
DENIED BY HER FOLLOWERS
Mrs. PAMELA j. Leonard Denies I'm.
personating Her on Daily
Carriage Rides.

boston, Mass, Oct 29.-The state
ment In a New York paper that Mrs
Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder and head
OF the Christian Science Church, was
dying of cancer and is practical
prisoner at her home in Concord, n. H.
and that Mrs. PAMELA Leonard, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, is impersonating her
on the daily drives about Concord,
stirred Christian Science followers,
and resulted in chrous of denials.
Calvin Frye, who is accused Of keep
{ ing Mrs. Eddy virtually a prisoner,
denied the charge in toto. and said he
was simply a paid employe of Mrs.
Eddy.
Frank S. Streeter, lawyer, of Con
cord, and a Christian Scientist. with
the Mayor of that city, drove to Mrs
Eddy's home, and he and the Mayor,
who is not a Christian Scientist, state
they found her looking in good health
for her age and with no external trace
of any disease.
Boston Physicians Tells Story.
On the other hand, leading Boston
physician, whose office is in the Back
Bay, said tonight that three years
ago he was approached by leading
Christian Scientists and asked to go To
Concord and perform an operation for
the removal of a cancer upon Mrs
Eddy.
The physician, who will not permit
the use of his name, said the proposl
ton was ACCOMPANIED by the tender
of a munificent fee, but coupled with
the condition that he must never re-
veal to anyone that he had performed
such an operation. This he refused to
accede to and the matter was dropped.
He is not aware that any Boston
physician performed the operation, but
thought it queer that a sect which
does not recognize the existence of dis
ease should seek an operation on the
person of its head.
No direct statement, has been OBJ
tanned from Mrs. Eddy herself, which
is considered by some to lend conflr-
nation to the report of her illness.
However she issued a statement
week ago denying her reported death,
and no one questioned the genulneness
of her signature. She may consider 1t
beneath her dignity as head OF the
church to expose her sacred person TO
the view of heretics.
The Allegations.
Following are the charges alleged:
Mary Baker Eddy, head and founder
of the Christian Science church Is SUI
fering from cancer and near deaths
door
Her grasp of the control Of the Or
eanization of which she is the head.
has relaxed and the power is now held
by a small coterie Of designing men,
her former servants.
Mrs. Parmelia ]. Leonard, head OF
the Christian Science church OF
Brooklyn, is now impersOnating Mrs.
Eddy and taking the famous daily car
riage ride through the streets of Con-
cord to keep up the deception that
Mrs. Eddy is In normal health.
Mrs. Eddy is powerless in the hands
of the designing persons and 1t Is no
fault of hers that her followers are be-
ing hoodwinked into believing that she
still leads them.
Millions of dollars that have passed
into Mrs. Eddy's hands-how many is
not known are unaccounted for.
Calvin A. Frye, Mrs. Eddy's footman
and secretary, stands between her and
the outside world, and refuses to al
low any one to talk with her.
The county record at Concord
shows that a few years ago Mrs.
Eddy's home, with it's furnishings and
ali her jewelry were transferred to
Frye. Later when an expose seemed
inevitable they were transferred back