Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
ACCEPT EDDY PAPERS
DEFENDANTS WILL NOT OBJECT
TO FORMAL NOTICE.

CONCORD, N. H., March 9.-Papers in
the equity suit brought against the man.
ayers of the interest of Mrs. Mary Baker
G. Eddy will be served today on the four
defendants in Concord and the six in Bos-
ton. 1t had been planned to serve them
today, but the duplicates were not finished
by the printer and postponement had to be
made.
Sheriff Kimball will go to the Eddy home
at Pleasant View to make personal service
upon Calvin A. Frye, secretary to Mrs.
Eddy, and Lewis C. Strang, assistant sec
rotary. Prof Hermann s. Herring and Rev.
Irving G. Tomlinson will De served subse-
quenty. No difficulty will be encountered
by the sheriff. General Streeter, chief coun-
sci for Mrs. Eddy, although not represent
ing the defendants to the suit, has sug-
gested that the notice be accepted. 1t is
merely Formally and has no significance.
1t Is when an attempt is made to serve
a subpoena on Mrs. Eddy and others to ap-
pear before magistrate and submit to an
examination that the counsel for the de-
Tense will take the first real steps in its
fight to block the litigation. The lawyers,
it may be stated, have every confidence that
Mrs. Eddy will never have to leave Pleasant
View to make deposition before magis-
trate.
Allen Hollis. associate counsel with Gen.
Streeter. went to Boston yesterday morn
Ing, supposedly IOT COultTcACc Will odLluSi
]. Elder, who has been retained by the
Boston defendants. He returned to Con-
cord last night.
For two days the air has been filled with
ruIhors that a sensation was about to be
sprung by the attorneys for Mrs Eddy and
the defendants. When run down all these
rumors vanished into thin air. Until a
move is made to rout Mrs. Eddy out of her
home the Defense it may be authoritatlvely
stated, will not show its hand. At that
time move will be made which will draw
the lines sharply and show exactly where
the defense stands.
1t is believed among legal practitioners
in Concord, who are familiar with the
methods of Gen. Streeter, that the entire
proceedings will be blocked temporarily
when he gets into action. Should the law
yers for the plaintiff attempt merely to see
Mrs Eddy and to have brief conversation
with her for the purpose of satisfying
themselves whether she is helpless, as 1t
has been alleged, or mentally sound. as con-
made, but if there Is apparent disposition
to put her through a severe cross exami-
nation all the legal obstacles that can be
raked up will be brought into play.
Concord's sympathey is strongly with
Mrs Eddy, although there are many resi-
dents who are outspoken in their dislike or
the persons she has about her. Older resi-
dents declare that the effectiveness Of Mr..
Frye to the aged healer has been a. sub
ject of comment for years. 1t is recalled
that not once during her twenty years resi-
dence in Concord has she taken a drive
when he was not on the drivers box.
He does not, as rule, do the driving.
The coachman who has been in Mrs.
Eddy's employ for many years handles the
reins. Frye sits on the box like a statue.
He maps out the route the coach is to
traverse, and gives the orders when he
wishes it to stop. That he never permits
the coach to go out without him, no mat
ter what the weather may be, is generally
regarded here as meaning that he does
not wish Mrs. Eddy to be out of his sight
for half an hour. --'-.-. ...
Within a week or ten days, it is expect
ed, former Senator William E. Chandler,
senior counsel for the plaintiffs in the suit,
will come to Concord to aid in the taking
of dispositions from the dozen or more per-
sons who are to be served with subpoenas.
He has not been here since the suit was
begun.