Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09
Must Face Magistrate or Present
Certificate, Which as Christian
Scientist She Could Not.
ALL COM 'RaAsE TALK SECUTED
Attorneys for Plaintiff Assert Examl.
nation of Aged Leader viii Con-
slime Whole pay-Rclatiycs and
Friends Declare That the Aged
Leader is Perfectly Normal.

CONCORD, N. H., March S.--With
lawyers for Mrs. Eddy delving into
legal records for some way to pre-
vent the appearance Of tho Christian
Scientist leader before n magistrate
and the lawyers opposed to them de.
termincd to force her to come out of
her scclusion and subject herself to n
rigid cross examination. tho battle
over the now celebrated equity suit
may no said to he well under way
Attorneys for the plaintiffs In the
action assert that there is no way OF
dcfcrrlng or preventing the appear.
ance of the aged healer except by the
filing OF doctors certificate of i'll
ness, and this Mrs. Eddy, through
counsel, could not of course do with.
out regulating her own religious
teachings. Over tho prospect the
attorneys for tho defendants in the
action are deeply .porturbcd. For three
days. II was learned today. two of the
most astutc legal experts In Merrimac
county have been searching the rec
Ords In the State Library for, some
loopbole through which to escape.
II became known today also that
Mrs. Eddy will he questioned concern
ing her life for thirty years back. She
Will be asked all about the founding
OF her Church and the teachings that
first made her convert to Christian
Science.
Coincidcnt with the taking OF depo.
sltions In Concord and Boston. affida-
Wits VIII also he taken In Lynn, Mass.
where the healer many years ago
conducted "A boarding house. There
are In Lynn half dozen persons who
were intimately associated with her
during her residence In Lynn, and
they are to be asked about her mental
attitude toward religious matters dur
ing her earlier days.
Former Mental state.
When asked, in view of their deter.
mination to so far hack into the life
history OF, Mrs. Eddy, IL they are GO
Ing to try TO show that she was men.
tally unbalanced years before SHE be-
came surrounded With the persons al
whom tho present action Is directed,
lawyers for the plaintiffs declined to
reply except to say that tho action
VIII DO sclf-explanutory Suggestions
OF a compromise were met today with
emphatic denials. Attorneys for tho
plaintiffs assert that no overlures for
=" ''t.iShtSht MAYO COIlc from the 9TH
or side and that none would be con.
sidered unless they provided for the
production of Mrs. Eddy before a com
mission 10 lie named by IA court.
Interest IN the litigation has quick.
ehed IN Concord lN tho apparent Ger.
ainty That Mrs, Eddy, who has for so
long Kept herself In scclusion must
let the veil be lifted and submit ia
examination by attorneys and possibly
+ nhSsicians II is tho plan now To
serve her with 4 subpoena about the
9th or 18th OF this month, RECURRING
her. appearance before magistrate
within a day or. two. Should her at.
torpey ask for an adjournment on the
ground that she is i'll and unable 10
appear In court attorneys for the
plaintitfs' counsel viii ask that a
nhysician's certificate be produced
Snonl1 no such certificate be furnisb
ou, 1t is said, the court will order on,
or two physicians of good standing tc
Visit hor and to report OH her condI
non. There will be no way of escap
ing service of subpoena. IL is do
cared, and no way Of avoiding a puh
TIC appearance unless IL is shown tina