The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-02
LAW TO SOLVE
EDDY MYSTERY
DOUBTlNG SCIENTISTS WANT AN
ACCOUNTING OF THE MOTH
ER'S" FORTUNE.
NOW AT DEATHS DOOR
And Action to Settle Authoritatively
Reports of Her Breakdown May
Be Taken as a Result of
Long interview.

New York, Nov H. Under date OF
Boston, Mass, the World printed the
following this evening
NO doubt remains that Mrs, Mary
Baker G. Eddy is a physical wreck,
senile ana close to death. and that the
doors of Pleasant View have closed
upon her never to be reopened unless
drastic legal measures be taken TO
solve the secrets Of the house Of mys-
ter.
THE World is in position 10 say
positively that lawyers were today
consulted in Boston by fair minded
members Of the Christian Science cult
who are now convinced of Mrs Eddy's
ptiful collapse and OF the fraud and
trickery that surround her.
calvin A. Frye and others Of his all
powerful coterie, in actual physical
possession and control of old Mrs,
Eddy, will be forced to tell what has
become of her great fortune, esttmat-
ed by those who should know as close
to $15,000,000
Existence Of Cult Menaced.
THE gravity ofthe situation is fully
realized by the executive heads OF the
cult and they were in session for
hours today at headquarters. For the
first time in the history of the cult its
very existence is menaced. Christian
Scientists throughout the world are
beginning to doubt and the hard
pressed ringleaders are at their wits
ends to stem the rising tide of mis-
trust
Admittedly the carefully staged
interview at Concord yesterday proved
only one thing, namely the literal
truth OF the Worlds exposure Of Mrs,
Eddy's pitiablo condition.
This was SO apparent even to the
most fanatical Of the cult that Alfred
Farlow, head of the national Christian
Science publicity burean was forced
to this remarkable statement today;
~ regard the interview of yester.
day as a mistake said he. The report
ers did not see Mrs. Eddy long enough
TO form an accurate idea Of her condi-
ticn.
"If they could have visited her an
hour they would have found her re-
markably well preserved and intelli-
gent woman for one of her years.
But Mr. Farlow had no explanation
to offer when confronted with the fact
that every detail of his SO called in
teryiew was arranged by Calvin A.
Frye ard himself, that only friendly
reporters were admitted that Frye
dictated the questions TO be asked,
and thai Mrs. Eddy collapsed after
fftyfve seconds, leaving two of the
questions unanswered.
Strang Tries to Hedge.
There will be no more mistakes
OF this kind, however, and no power
short of a legal mandate will serve
to uncover the senilc and almost life
less founder of Christian Science %
public view. IA7
This was clearly foreshadowed to-
day by Louis c. StranE, press agent a.
Pleasant View, ana Calvin A. Frye'5
trusted lieutenant in an attempt TO
modify his statement or the preceding
day.
"He had said: AT I o'clock today
the gates of Pleasant View are closed
to the world. Mrs. Eddy will never
be seen again.
To-day Strang tried to notify his
indiscretion. doubtless by order of his
alarmed superiors.
MY utterance Of yesterday said
he. was a bit-ah-melodrama
What | meant was that 10 the future
Mrs. Eddy would rigidly enforce her
rule against newspaper interviews.
-FOf course she viii take her daily
drives just as before.
All attempts made today TO OBJ
tain any statement as TO the size ami
disposition of Mrs Eddy's fortune
or Of her annual revenues were un-
Successful.
"Onicials Of the cult fatty refused
to give any information making cie77
the fact that legal measure. m 81 b'
taken If the truth is to bc uuearthed.
Christian Scicncedom wakes Up 30
the fact that the Concord demonstra-
ton made nothing az al in reiu'1-
iiou OF the Worlds exposure of last
Sunday.
The single allegation of the
Worlds comprehensive exposition ol
Mrs. Eddy's condition. which was not
proven by the aged w0man's appear
auce. was that she is afflicted with an
incurable cancer
The World offered to substautia'e
its statement as thoe csncerous ar
fection. and proposed 10 Calvin A.
Frye that Mrs Eddy submit To an eX-
animation al the hands Cf two or more
famous physicians in which the gen
ersl public and Christian Scientists
would have full confdence. This was
HatlT refused