Evening journal., 1907-03-02
EDDY SUIT
LIKE A BOMB
Shakes Up Leaders Of the
Christian Science Cult in
Great Fashion
WANTS MOTHERS WEALTH

BY Our own Wire. Publishers Press.
CONCORD N. H.. March "A bomb ex-
ploded in the parlors Of the home Of Mary
Baker G.. Eddy. founder and head Of the
Christian Science cult. would not have
created more Of furor than the hling Of
the suite hate yesterday evening In the
SUPERIOR Court here to compel an ar
counting Of the Affairs Of Mrs. Eddy. the
plaintiffs in the action being George w
Glover, the son ana only child Of Mrs.
Eddy. has daughter, Mary Baker Glover.
and George w. Baker, a nephew Of Mrs.
Eddy
AT Pleasant View to-day the defendants
I'm the action, Calvin A. Frye, Mrs Eddy's
footman-secrctary; Alfred Farlow. oxecu-
tive head Of the cult; Jooeph Armstrong.
publisher Of Mrs. Eddys works; Irving
r.. Thompson, Farlow's agent; Ira G..
Knapp. director of the Mother Church in
Boston; Stephen a. Chase. treasurer; Ed-
ward A. lSimball. lecturer and copyright
expert, and Herman s. Herring. reader,
have drawn themselves into their shells.
Louis C.. strang. assistant secretary Of
Pleasant View and press agent Of Mrs
Eddys little court, was the only one ac-
cessible early to-day to newspaper men,
and the extent Of the information he gave
iout was I'VE have nothing to say at this
time"
What has apparently added most to tho
CONSERVATION of Mrs. Eddy's cabinet Is
! the fact that the aged woman herself Is
made the plaintiff in the suit which is
thought by the others as her next
friends" Every action Of the plainum' 3
/ to-day shows that il is their purpose TO
steer clear OF any attack on Mrs. Eddy
or Christian science. on the contrary. the
aged head Of the cult IS pnced on a
high plan. and the entire course Of events
is so shaped as to make it clear that the
attack which promises TO develop into one
of the most sensational litigations In the
history OF the country. IS aimed not at
Mrs. Eddy, but az the men surrounding
her, who have according to the allegatlons
Of thep laintiffs taken advantage of her
extreme ago and inhrmitics. to secure con-
troll Of the vast wealth she is known TO
possess.
hurried council was called at Pleasant
View early to-day. and It is expected that
a formal denial OF the charges brought
viii be issued later IN the day by FRYE.
Farlow. Thompson and the others of the
clique. alleged to be in control In Mrs.
Eddy's home. All efforts to got to see the
aged woman we're rebuned. and It is ex-
ceedinsly doubtful il she even knows OF
the litigation which is pending
The storm which broke over Pleasant
View yesterday is directly traceable 10 the
expose Of a few months back. when II was
practically proven that substitute dress
ed and made up 20 represent Mrs. Eddy
was driven for daily carriage rides
/ through the streets Of Concord with a
view Of concealing from the public The
real decline in which the head OF the cult
has sunken. SIN 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 S. e. where forr
years he has elled ont miserable exist
ence, nursing a grudge against the men
who, he says, control the destiny of his
mother and denied him even a pittance
from her great fortune. estimated al from
five to fifteen millions. Grover has long
sought TO bring about an expose of tho
real state of affairs which ne says exists
az Pleasant View. but his own poverty
has prevented him making any fight
against the Frye-Farlow combination. and
their skilled and high-salaried legal forces.
The expose Of few months back. how
ever, gave Glover the chance he has long
sought. lie stated his case and aroused
sufficient interest 10 marshall legal
force headed by William Chandler former
United states Senator from Now Hamn-
shire. who will seek 70 break down tho
barriers which have fenced on Mrs Eddy
from the outer world and created an air
Of mystery about ;ho aged woman and her
home