Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-25
Counsel for The Plaintiffs and De.
PENDANTS Conclude the Ver.
bal Part Of ThsIr Cases.
MUST SUBMIT PAPERS ON TUESDAY
Presiding Justice Expresses the opIn.
Ion that He Should Not be Asked to
Determine the Question Involved
Without a TrlaI-pefense Claims
It Has Evidence In Plenty.
(By Associated Press. /,

CONCORD, N. H., May 24.-Arg,l.
menta were completed today I'm tho
hlcli imac County Superior Court on
inc motion of the trustees of the es-
tate OF Mary Baker G, Ery, head OF
tho Christian Science church, to In
tervcnc and be submitted as plant
Ills In the suit brought by her son
George w. Glover and others, to com.
pelt an accounting of her property.
Judge II. N. Chamberlain, the presld.
ing Justice, issued an order that all
atfidavits and citations In tho case
DC filed by next Tuesday and his dc.
cision ON the motion Will be given
later. All day an Interested crowd,
made up In large part. of members
or tho Christian Science church, filled
the court room. Most of the time was
occupied by counsel for the petition
ors, but late this afternoon General
i. 5, Strceter, counsel for the three
trustees, who presented his main Iir.
gument In favor of the motion yes-
terday. made n brief closing plea.
Both Dewitt c. Howe and Former
Senator William Il. Chandler, of the
counsel for petitioners. characterized
! the motion ,of the trustees vfor leave
! ia interfere, as absurd md declared
5tifht The attitude of the trusees was
rather that of defendants than plaint-
lifts. -
Tho point was made also that the
deed of trust transferring the prop.
erty OF Mrs. Eddy to the three trus-
tees was executed after notice of the
present suit had bccn rccivd. In
answer to this General Streeter said
that no legal notice of the suit was
served on the defendants until after
the execution of the deed of trust He
denied that there was anything in the
evidence to show that the trustees
had projudiccd the case or that MS
the trustees would dismiss the suit
! If admitted as plaintiffs.
Judge Chamberlain Wanted to Know.
/ During the closing argument OF
General Streeter. Judge Chamberlain
interjected several questions He
asked how the question of Mrs Ed
ldy's competency could be determined
without n trial, and remarked later
that IT seemed strange proposition
to him that the court should deter
nina the question involved without a
trial
Mr.. Strceter In reply said the judge
coul.! determine the question of Mrs.
Eddy's competency by visit to her,
and ho thoreupon extended an invi.
tnlion TO Judge Chamberlain and Mr..
Chandler to visit Mrs. Eddy with him
and discuss the case with her. Mr..
Strcetcr added, however, that before
this question of competency was set
tied, two other questions should be
decided. He said. "If your honor
has become satisfied that Mrs. Eddy's
property is in good hands and needs
lno protection, then there will be no
occasion to go further"
Mr.. Streeter said the second ques.
ton to be determined was whether
the suit was carried on for Mrs.
lGddy's benefit. IF this court should
determine that this case is not for
Mrs. Eddy's benefit he must dismiss
the action"
Mre. Eddy TOO Old to Be Annoyed.
Mr.. Streeter further said that 1t
was not right to subject woman of
Mrs. Eddy's advanced years to
trial until there is something to base
this trial upon. He denied that coun-
sci for the plaintiff had thus far