Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-03-28
MAY NOT GO INTO COURT.
Mrs. Eddy Has No sympathy with LIE
igation started In Her Behalf.


minds of many who have been in close
touch with the matter Of the suit in
equity brought in the name of Mrs
Mary Baker G. Eddy head of the Chris
tian Scientists, by her son, George w.
| Glover, his daughter. Mary Baker Glov-
! err nephew, George w. Baker Of Ban
gor, Me. with whom DR. j. Foster Eddy.
the leaders adopted son. and a second
cousin Of Epson, y. H.. have since
| Joined, the belief that the suit never will
be heard in open court is deepening into
| almost conviction.
Although Mrs. Eddy is. as matter Of
record. the actual plaintiff in the suit
In equity. which demands an accounting
of her property among other things
she Is a most unwilling plaintiff and II
| can be said with positvcness that she
has no sympathy with the litigation
| started by her next friends"
Now. although Gen. Streeter repre-
sents the plaintiff Of record and does
| not represent any Of tho defenda nts
named In tho bill in equity. and will not
go into court as the attorney for any
defendant, it IS known from his own
| lips that he is to file some sort of a docu-
rnent in the superior court when II comes
| IN week from Tuesday or on April .
Zen Streetcr declines to say what the
nature OF this document will he. but he
| is known 10 lfave said TO friend that
II VIII be highly entertaining.
| 1t Is said that Gen. Strceter. not he
ing the attorney for any of the defend
| anus cannot. as matter of law. go
INTO the superior court with an answer
on their behalf. 1t is said that what
Cen Streeter is most likely to do Is to
file in the court an application for the
dismissal Of the suit in equity
This information, which certainly "a
! entitled to some consideration is TO th,.
effect that the first objection TO he
raised to the superior courts entertain
ing the suit is that there is no law nm
der which such an action can be main
| tanned, under the circumstances. In
| this State.
In the second place, It is understood
| that Gen. Streeter, as Mrs Eddvs
| counsel, will contend that the suit. be-
sides being unwarrantcd by anv law
Of the State Of New Hampshire. was not
brought in good faith, and that, there
| fore, the petitioners have no honest
standing in this court
In this connection it Is expected that
he will maintain that the next friends"
are not acting of their own rrce will.
and their declarations to that effect
and they are not seeking anv portion
of Mrs. Eddy's fortune, and desire ONLY
to be assured that she is capable Of
managing her own affairs ana that her
| property is not being sequestered or
| diverted from her uses, do not fairly
describe the motives underlying the
action. He will, 1t is intimatod, set
| forth that an Interior motive prompted
| the beginning of the action, and that
| 1t was inspired from n source hostile
to Mrs Eddy and to Christian Science
and for an object which will be made
plain by the counsel.
| SENSATIONAL FEATURES.
| Certain events which, 1t Is claimed by
friends of Mrs. Eddy, led up to the filing
of the suit in equity. will be dealt with
in rather free and frank fashion, it
| is expected, and this phase of the case
Is expected to be sufficiently sensational
to cause various persons to sit up and
take notice.
/ 1t is understood moreover, that as a
further reason why the dismissal of the
suit will be asked, is that it will be
represented that Mrs. Eddy is now and
has been in a condition OF mental sound
ness such as has enabled her to fully
understand her affairs and to control
them In every material particular.
II is said by lawyers that with docu-
ment OF this general nature filed in the
superior court. there would, providing
recently been securing out of the way
places in this State. and in Maine and
| Massachusetts as well, inquring into
every incident of Mrs. Eddy's career
with the minutest care.
| Tho attorneys for the petitioners In
tend it Is understood to go into court
with the contention that not only is
! Mrs. Eddy now mentally incompetent,
but also that throughout her life she has
| been mentally deficient.
One of the objects Of this contention
1t is understood, Is for the purpose of
| opening the way for the introduction OF
| testimony as TO Incidents In the AGED
woman's life. If they were allowed to
| go into court with this contention there
is scarcely anything in the way of re-
vealing all of Mrs. Bddy's life history.
1t is said, which the plaintiffs lawyers
could be estopped from Offering