The Washington times., 1907-03-02

lecturer and copyright expert. and Her
man s. Herring. reader. have drawn
themselves into their shells.
What has apparently added most TO
the CONSERVATION Of Mrs. Eddys cab
met is the fact that the aged woman
herself is made the plaintiff IN The suit,
which Is brought 10y the others as her
next friends
The storm which broke over Pleasant
View yesterday is directly traceable 10
the exposure of a few months back
when it was practically proved that a
substitute, dressed and made up to rep
resent Mrs. Eddy. was driven for daily
carriage rides through the streets OF
Concord with a view of concealing from
tie public the real decline in which the
head Of the cult has sunken.
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Still further back of this. however. lies
the grievance Of George W. Glover. the
son and only child OF Mrs. Eddy Glover
is himself an old man. His home is in
Lead City. 5. D., where for years he
has eked out a miserable existence.
nursing a grudge against the men who,
he says, control the destiny Of his moth
l n from
her great fortune, estimated at from
SJ,O00,0OO to S15.OO0.OOO.
Glover has long sought to bring about
an exposure Of the real state OF affairs
which he says exists at Pleasant View.
but his own poverty has prevented him
making any fight against the FariOw
combination and their skilled and high
salaried legal forces. The exposure OF a
few months back, however. gave Glover
the chance he has long sought lie
stated his case and aroused sufficient
| interest to marshal the legal force
which, headed by William E. Chandler.
former United States Senator from New
Hampshire. will seek to break down the
| barriers which have fenced off Mrs
/ Eddy from the outer world and created
an air OF mystery about the aged woman
ard her home.
Feared for His Life.
Glover's story Of how he has struggled
for years to secure sufficient funds to
| attack the cabinet surrounding his
mother is a dramatic one He declares
that he not only was Kept from his
mother and not allowed to communi-
cate with her, but that he had even rea-
sons to fear for his life, owing to the
fact that so long as he lives he was
bound 10 be a menace to all others who
/ might expect to profit by Mrs. Eddy's
death.
feature revealed today, and which
promises to have an important bearing
when the case comes to a hearing. re-
wolves about sixty-odd letters written
by Mrs. Eddy to her son several years
ago. II is said these letters viii prove
/ her love for her son and her intentions
70 make him the beneficiary under her
will, intentions which were later, ac-
cordlng TO his belief, Overruled BY the
men who seem 10 sway Mrs Eddy
Just what the course Of the plaintiffs
/ in the case viii be from this time on
| cannot be stated definitely today as
: Senator Chandler and his associate
counsel are guarding their plans with
/ the utmost secrecy. It is very probabls.
/ however. that within the next few days
/ a motion will be made in the superior
! court asking for an examination of Mrs.
/ Eddy by physicians selected by the
| court No claim of insanity is raised
| by the plaintiffs, who merely contend
| MRS. Eddy is a victim of the infirmiJies
TO be expected in one of her advanced
age, and, being unable to attend to her
own affairs has fallen under the power
\ OF the men named as defendants in the
suit, who are not administering her
ahairs TO her best interests.