New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-24
EDDY Defendants
ANSWER Charges
DENY ALL ALLEGATIONS OF
COMPLAINTS IN SUITS FOR Ac-
COUNTING OF PROPERTY.
Assert Leader of Christian Science
Faith Is Perfectly Able to Manage
Own Affairs and That She Is Not
Ruled by Anyone.

Concord, N. H, April 18.-A gen
eral denial of all the allegations of
the complaints in the suits for an
accounting of the property of Mrs.
Harry Glover Baker filed March 1
was the legal answer made Wednes-
day by the defendants named in the
original action.
The specifications in the original
bill are that Mrs. Eddy is and for a
long time has been incompetent to
do business or to understand transac-
tons conducted in her name; that
the defendants whose answer was
filed Wednesday with other leaders OF
the Christian Science church who
were named in the original bill, have
possessed themselves Of the person
and property of Mrs. Eddy and have
carried on her business; that on &C
count Of Mrs. Eddy's infirmity these
persons are bound to give account Of
all transactions undertaken in her
name and that the defendants have
wrongfully converted property to
their own use.
Plot is Hnted At.
To these representations the de-
PENDANTS filed specific and detailed de-
malls, declaring also that they have no
knowledge of many of the allegations
of the complainants and demanding
that the compliments furnish proof
thereof. They also declare that they
have reason to believe that the bill
of complaint was not brought by the
plaintiffs in good faith, but that "the
so-called next friends have been in
duced to loan their names at the in
stigation and at the expense of GER
tain evil-minded persons who are fur
nishing money for the prosecution Of
the bill of complaint for their own
evil purposes and to advocate their
own selfish interests"
Besides the Boston defendants, Cal.
win Frye, Irving c.. Tomlinson, Her
mann S. Herring and Lewis S. Strang,
of Concord, the New Hampshire resi-
dents among the defendants named
in the original bill in equity on be-
half of Mrs. Eddy, filed their answer
in the superior court for Merrimac
county.
Mrs. Eddy Absolute Ruler.
Mr.. Frye says he has been in the
employ of Mrs. Eddy for about 25
years, for considerable part of the
time as private secretary. During all
that time, her house at Concord and
all other houses in which she has re-
sided, together with all persons en-
ployed OR connected Herewith, have
always been under the absolute con-
troll and direction of Mrs. Eddy. Mrs
Eddy determines for herself whom
she will see, and the length of time
that will be given for that purpose,
according to Mr.. Frye's answer, and
the defendant denies that he ever
personally or in conjunction with
Strang or others of the defendants re-
fused to allow any person or persons
to see Mrs. Eddy, or that he has
prescribed or limited the time to be
allowed to persons desiring to con-
fer with her except in accordance with
the rules prescribed by Mrs. Mary B.
&. Eddy, for the conduct of her house
hold and business
The defendant denies also that Mrs
Eddy is and has been for many years
not legally responsible for acts done
by her, and unfit to manage and con-
troll her business and property, but
on the contrary, he AYERS that she
always has directed and managed her
business affairs
The answer of Strang is practically
the same as that of Frye, while the
answers of Tomlinson and Herring
vary in so far as their relations with
Mrs. Eddy differ from those of Frye
and Strang.
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