Evening journal., 1907-08-26
EDDY CASE
COLLAPSES
The SO-CaIIed Next Friends
Admit Inability to Pro-
duCe Evidence
CASE DISMISSED
BY THEIR MOTION
Alfred Earlow Revlems the &C.


Glover and his daughter, Mary b. Glover,
and others, charging that Rev Mary
Baker q. Eddy. dscOverer and founder II
Christian Science, has been incompetent
70 manage her business affairs and that
she has been controlled and dominated
by certain OF her followers. has suddenly
collapsed by a motion Of the plaintiffs.
For months glaring charges concerning
the condition OF Mrs. Eddy and the con-
duct of her near supporters have bson
/ blazOned forth to the public. and couns
] for the so-callcd next friends have given
! out the imprcs ssion that startling dis
closures were TO be made that they would
be able 20 prove that Mrs. Eddy Is in a
! helpless state and In the hands of des gu-
| ing men who We're not giving proper ac-
count Of her income.
After months of noisy b9astng Il now
! turns out that the sO-cailed next friends
and their counsel are not able to produce
q sclntilla Of evidence in favor Of their al
] legations but that they have made their
charges without the slightest provocation;
! that they never have had the slightest
! evidence, but have manufactured their
charges out Of whole cloth.
The Suit Gigantic Farce.
/ There has been and is much speculation
| as 10 the real plaintiffs In the case. az to
! who originated this gigantic farce, and IL
/ now appears TO have been simp an-ef1rt
to annoy and discredit Mrs Eddy ara
/ stigmatze the religion of which she is
! The founder and that probably the 20
/ called next friends" were themselves
| the tools Of designing men," and that
| they probably never would have insti-
| tuted this suit Of their own voltlon had
they not been solicited and misled
fow days ago, IN the course Of the
! hearing which has Just closed. the three
masters who had been appo onted by Judge
| Chamberlain TO determine the question OF
/ Mrs. Eddy's business capacity on the
/ second Of March last WHOM she executed
q deed OF trust together with the leading
/ counsel on both SIDES of the case, visited
! Mrs. Eddy mt her home and Il was found
] that Mrs Eddy was not only thoroughly
! competent but exceedingly alert and quite
/ a match for the gentlemen who visited
| her Even tho counsel who was seeking TO
/ prove her incompetency was heard TO re-
mark that 'she was as sharp as a steel
| trap"
The result Of this interview. which has
! been published all over the country. has
established beyond any doubt the fact
! that Mrs Eddy Is not only physically
! strong for one Of her years but one Of
i the most alert Womon OF her age who
| lives az this period
Boasts Of "Next Friends"
Ever since the filing Of the bill. the
next friends" through their counsel
| have made repeated statements 10 the
puglic press as to what they expected
/ to prove and the evidence they claimed TO
| have I'm hand but which they asserted
/ could not be disclosed at that time but
] MAAil NlDNIlNnNN NN arrived WNulN nf NUtI-
| ed and would sustain and prove each and
| all OF the allegations in their bill relating
! TO the incompetenCy Of Mrs. Eddy and the
| imposition and restraint that was i'm
posed upon her by all those that were sur
| rounding her
Since tho beginning OF the hearing by
| the masters appointed by the court the
| fullest opportunity has been given them
and the greatest latitude and indulgence
/ has been shown them by the masters and
I Vh Hua -Iu ft..fs
| Inability To produce any material or COM
! petent evidence that would tend to show
! IN any degree that Mrs Eddy was not
| fully competent and able TO manage her
affairs, or as matter of feet, that thage
was any ground or foundation Whatever
! for any Of the charges that they so auda-
| ciously set forth. And after days Of re-
! Iteration and repetition OF what they In
/ tended TO show. they have finally admit
| ted. by their own motion 10 dismiss the
! proceedings, Their utter inability % rrO-
/ duce the SLIGHTEST evidence IN support Of
! these grave, unjust and unfonnded
charges that they 80 emphqs zod and pro-
] claimed az every opportun tv through the
! press and in all other public ways.
Mrs. Eddy and the Defendants Vindi-
cation.
There could be no more complete and
/ higher vindicaton OF Mrs. Eddy and no
| stronger admission OF failure on their own
/ part than their voluntary act of asking
! selves Instituted Such "a disposition Of tie
! case must have greater weight In the
| minds of all fair-mindcd persons than
even a finding of the masters IN favor of
| Mrs. Eddy could possibly have--to con-
cedc that the evidence they had offered
was so slight that they themselves recog-
nized that IL was not even sufficient 10
submit 70 the masters for their consdea-
| ton.
During the time which has elapsed since
the institution Of this suit. IT ras de-
velOped IN various ways that with the eN-
| cepton OF Mr.. Calvin A. Frye, Mrs.
Eddy's faithful secretary none Of the ten
| defendants had the slUhfcst knowledge of
! Mrs. Eddy's business Affairs nor had ever
| handled q dollar of her money. IL was
| also shown by the afidavits Of expert ac-
| countants that Mr. Frye had very ca e.
! fully given account of Mrs. fgdd,is af-
fairs and that when he closed them up he
| had made errors against himself 80 that
| there was due him something over six
! hundred dollars.
IT was also discovered that Mrs Tddv
had manifested shrewdness IN her n
| vestments and IN the general manree-
| mont OF her affairs which is seldom
| equaled even by the most painstaklng ard
| careful business men.
| Another roint of Interest n the pubiic
| IS the disclosure that Mrs Eddy IS sntr-
| rounded by trusted friends OF her own
! choosing, who are unusually attentive ard
careful regarding her wants.
The case was defended by Gen Franl,
5. Streeter. his partner. Allen Hous Gen.
Edmund G. Eastman samuel J. elder ard
Hon. VIM. a. Morse. Great credit Is due
these men for the calm. consideratc In.
dulgent and jude al manner IN which the,
conducted their ccse.
During the proeress Of tho case IL had
been thought advisable by Mr. Streeter
counsel for Mrs. Eddy, that an expert
alienist, whose honesty, reputation and
competency could not he questioned mako
q thorough study OF the case and be pre.
pared 10 pass Judgment thereupon IL n
became necessary. IL was thought advis.
anle that this alienist should be The very
pest which this country affords. In orde,
20 make the testimony as strong As pos
sinle according 20 the justification wh'cl
ne misht find and 20 this end DR.. Aulr
McLane Hamilton was chosen.
Doctor Hamilton had formerly test ses
against Christian Science IN "a New Yorl
case nut his sterling character ahf
Neracity Is of such q nature that n wa.
believed by Mr. Streeter and the Chrietie,
scientists whom he consulted that th.
doctors disbelief In some Of the teach
lhss OF chr stan Science would moi in IN,
way interfere with his making a lust ans
t4r estimate of Mrs. Eddys condition
IN Nistea Mrs Eddy and has decided I,
submit s findings for pubIcat'on.y
The Findings Of Or. Hamilton.
The following is Doctor Hamilton,
Il have informed myself in regard 4,
tne mental condition Of Mrs. Mary Bake
-. hddy and. for this purpose, have ev
amined large number of documents an,
letters, perhaps one hundred IN all art
have examined her at her home picasan
View. I'm this citv. 7 have also read M.
original bin filed by her next friends.
Seorse w. Glover et as. and the afh