Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-29

husband died, she asked her son to come
home, saying: You are all have; come
home and stay with mother and 1 will
let you have all my property, all my real
estate. Here is a home up here and
mother waiting for you, if you will come
and live with me-; but he refused. She
referred to the condition In her trust deed
that George Washington Glover and An
drew Jackson were to have different forms
of education. She declared that the trus-
tees of the deed were Mr.. Baker, Mr. Nc
Lellan and Mr.. Fernald; that she had
chosen Mr.. Baker because he was a good
and successful man to be trusted, and
that the others would dispose of her
money conscientiously.
Mostly in Bonds
Then she said that her property was
mostly in bonds; that she could not be
tempted to invest in stocks, not even in
preferred stocks, and that upon one occa-
sion she had taken the advice of one of
her students and had lost ten thousand
dollars, and that she has never bought
stocks since. When asked if she has
been interested in mining stocks she said:
No, l despise mining stocks When
asked Has any one tried to make you
buy mining stocks? she replied Yes, in
deed When asked who she replied My
son. She said that when she bought
bonds she always picked out just those
she wanted government or municipal
bonds, and that when she selected any
she had a book which she consulted in
regard to the population of the chief
cities and that she would find out what
that population was before she would
take any interest in them because it
was safe to know If the community was
responsible. When asked If it made any
difference about the size of the cities she
said Yes, she found it did, and that she
always formed an estimate of their
wealth.
Throughout the entire conversation
she showed no evidence whatever of any
mental disease. She did not manifest any
delusions. which she probably would
have done had she been a paranoiac, as
1t has been asserted she was, nor did she
once refer to malicious animal magnet
ism, which, l understand, was alleged to
be an evidence of her state of mind.
"In person she was neat and clean, and
am informed is most careful about the
condition of her house, quickly noting
any changes that may be made in the
arrangement of the furniture, books or
decoration; that she gives her own ORDERS
| manages her own servants and suggests
| the selection of food. During my visit
heard the sound of electric bells repeat
being made, and 1 was informed that this
was In accordance with the code she had
established for summoning to her the diff
ferent members of her household. She
pays h,r own bills, sometimes questions
the use of provisions, comments upon the
change in menu, takes an intelligent in
terest in the affairs of her native town
and the events of the day.
Before leaving she sent for a copy of
her hook Science and Haalfh a NJ in
scribed her autograph, apologizing for her
nervousness in signing her name.
Can Take Care of Herself
From my knowledge of the case, from
careful study of all the letters and doc
uments submitted to me, and from my
examination of Mrs Eddy, 1 am firmly
of the opinion that she is competent to
take care of herself and manage her af-
fairs and that she is not coerced in any
way. In fact, it would appear as If she
takes the initiative upon all occasions.
''The allegations concerning Mrs. Eddy's
belief in malicious animal magnetism
are ridiculous. l am convinced that the
words are only used anonymously with
'malign influence Malignant or men
dacious animal magnetism is therefore
facon parler, as the French say. She
certainly has been subject to sufficient
annoyance to entertain the fear that she
is to be subject to further disturbance.
False reports that she was dead are
among these, and her home has been
broken into and valuable documents dis
appeared. Tha&she has delusions regard
ing her son is an absurdity for only a
few days before he brought the suit to
have her declared incompetent she had
without suggestion, made the trust deed
to have him and his family provided for
Mrs. Eddy has no insane delusions, and
in print and elsewhere simply enunciates
the conventional part of her creed which
she and 100000 believe in. No matter how
improbable or unacceptable it may prove
to be- to the community generally, it is
no more remarkable than others that
have been before or that exist today, and
her alleged delusion regarding mesmer-
ism, the non-existence of matter and the
power of healing form an integral part
of very many religious beliefs"
DR.. Allan McLane Hamilton has had
probabl. the largest experience of any
alienlst in this country in court having
commenced his career about thirty-f1ve
years ago. He has appeared in all the
important cases in his own state in New
York, both civil and criminal. He was
selected by the United States as one of
the special commission to determine the
insanity of Snider in the District of Co
lumbia; was one of the four chief ex-
perts in the Guiteau case. and was also
consulted in the case of CzoIgosz, the
assassin OF President Mckinley
Is Prominent Student of Mentality
Doctor Hamilton has the proud dis
tinction of being the only expert in the
Thaw murder case who expressed an
absolute and unqualified opinion about
Thaws mental condition. which was sub
| seouently adopted by both the defense