Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
DUMMY 70 TIL STORY.
! Man Who Alleges Mrs. Eddy
Stole Her Ideas to Be Called
in Heirs Suit
MRS. BAKER EDDY A "PIRATE"
Strong Evidence Has Been Produced
to Show That Christian Science Was
Discovered by Some One Else and
4 That She Approprjated the Ideas N
Letters az Proof Of Assertion.

y Letters az Proof OF Assertions
New York, May 20.--Ex- senator Will
liam e. Chandler and his legal assoc
ciates, representing the relatives ot
Mary Baker G. Eddy in their suit to
obtain an accounting Of her estate and
rescue her from the alleged control OF
the Pleasant View Cabinet" have de-
cided upon an important move.
This is TO place George A. Quimhy,
D Of Belfast, Me-, upon the witness
stand in the coming trial of the ac-
ton at Concord, n. n.
Mr. Quirnby is the son Of iPhineas
P. Quimby. long since dead, who
founded school OF mental healing
I and numbered Mrs. Eddy then Mrs
Patterson among his favorite stu
dents.
/, 1t is now fatty asserted by all In
1 yestigators that Mrs. Eddy deliberv
ately pirated tl1e theories OF her
teacher and reared upon them the
structure Of so-called Christian Sci
& ence, defining the source Of her In
SEPARATION as "a revelation from God. I
All the manuscript writings Of
Phineas P. Quimby are In the keep
ing OF his son George, locked in the
q inner compa Of q huges safe
and well guarded. Nj
Every effort to purch base these pa
pers has called and attempts to steal
them have been thwarted. IA
George Quianhy has openly declared
that these writings Of his father flr-s
nish conclusive proof that Mrs. Eddy
\ appropriated the science OF mental
+ Healing and used it as the foundation
and active principle OF her new creed.
Letters From Mrs. Eddy.
1 But these old manuscripts are not
E the documents Of greatest value In Mr..
Quimby's keeping. In q secret com :
partmert of the big office safe he
treasures a bundle of letters, yellowed
with axe, but as legible as II penned
but yesterday.
These letters, fourteen OF them. bear
I the signature of Mrs. Patterson. the
present Mary Baken g. Eddy. They
>were written during the years, 1924,
and throw clear light upon the uncon-
scious part played by Pllineas Quimby
In aiding Mrs. Eddy to her alleged
discovery" of Christian Science. 81
AT any time within the last twenty
years Mr.. Quimby could have sold these
y Invaluable records to the cabinet in
control at Pleasant View, naming his
own price. But money could not buy
them. Thruout tire years the son OF
Phineas p. Quimby has stood pat upon
the declaration: III
Il would not surrender the manu-
scripts and letters Of my father to win
q fortune. These documents prove abb
solutely that Mrs. Eddyss only .reve-
ssiation' was the teaching OF my father;
that Christian Science would not now
exist IL Mrs. Eddy had NOT filched the
] healing idea from him; that she stole
Il his theories, and. waiting until after his
death. hitched them to a religious troll
ley and brought out the thing she calls
\ her science
shall make public every >docu-
nent in my possession after Mrs.
1 Eddy's death, and not before. MY rea-
son for this is absolutely sound and
|. sane, but shall not reveal it." +
Friends Of Mr. Quimby say that he
h Is holding back his evidence believing
1 that little can be accompl ished in es-
stablishing the truth until the death OF
\ Mrs. Eddy. whose strange and strong
4 personality has been the keystone OF
the Christian Science arch But Sena-
tor Chandler has received definite AS
/ surances that Mr. Quiniby will not
4 hesitate to tell all he knows and pro-
duce his invaluable documentary evil
dence e called as a witness and COM
PEELED to testify by process OF law.
To Keep His Word.
He will not consent to testify volun-
tarily, as that would amount to a
deliberate violation Of the oft-repeated
vow never to spread the facts before
the, public until after Mrs. Eddy's
death. But II duly subpoenaed, he will
tell the truth in full with no attempt
I at evasion or concealment.
s Assured on this important point,
senator Chandler will take Mn Quinn
by's deposition, and the public will
then, atHlast, learn the full Significance
I of these Quimby manuscripts and lets.
ters. SO long concealed and so widely
discussed.
. George A. Quimbysis one Of the solid
citizens of Belfast, Me-. popular and
highly respected. He is a prosperous
insurance broker and a witty writer
of recognized talent. Thruout Maine
he is affectionately known as Our
George" and his quaint humorous say
ings are household quotations In the
Pine Tree state.
."our Georges after-dinner speeches
have been widely published as master
pieces of dry hunor. At the recent
annual banquet of the Maine society in
fhis. city Mr.. Qutnby WAS orator Of the
evening. His wife is a social leader,
noted for her Inequalities, and his two
daughters are students at Weileaey
college.
& To World reporter who saw him at
his Belfast home few days ago Mr..
sQuinrby unhesitatingly displayed the
priceless documents in his keeping. He
had been hotly attacked insthe current
number OF a monthly magazine by
woman writer, who had Interviewed
him in a fruitless attenupt to get
glimpse at the original Quin1by manu-
scripts.