Evening journal., 1907-08-26
manage The present legal proceedings,

'Trhe Inspection and examination, OF
autographic letters written by her show
inherent evidences Of mental vigor. Her
mode OF expression Us logical and con-
nectcd. Her construction Is admirable, and
these as well as the typewritten com.
municatOns emanating from her are the
products Of an unusually intelligent m nd.
Not only are Their contents responsive
but they show concentration and the eX-
erc'se OF a normal memory. Ia several OF
them are there interlinca ms, corrections
and additions. which convey more fully
what she has already sad. In her letters
10 her counsel. which / have read with
some care, find that she has returned 10
him certain ones with explanatory n err
lneatiQns, and there has becn prompt
ness and visor IN her replies 10 his wn
letters. The handwrt ng Itself is remark
ably firm for person Of her age and
there are no mistakes rcither are there
omissions. Her words are well formed and
although there Is a slight trcmcr net u1-
common In old people and possibly b =
cause her mind travels faster than her
pen, ] do not regard this in any way as
pathological. From the large number OF
letters appended, VIII ch have ref d. there
Is no mental defect ind C tied In those
written 20 Mr.. Farow there Is a keel anN-
lely regarding her copyright. desire TO
avoid the violation of The copyright laws
an appreciation OF what has been done for
her by him. certain directions In regard
20 the preparation of the literature Of the
Church and other matters connected with
her daly life and her position as the hea d
OF the Church ] find in the letters adj
dressed 60 Mr. Mcclellan the same End OF
intellectual good order. and IN fact there
rs nowhere the remotest suggestion OF
mental feehlonoss
MY particular interest IS with the
papers written by her In the per cd b.
ginning March. 1906 and extending down
almost 10 the present time These papers
which | understand have been prepared
and drafted by her. indicate either alone
or together "a good deal of infellccitlai
strength and consistency. and IN this con-
nection ! would draw attention to the
draft OF a trust deed prepared in March.
l9Q5' ana another In February. 1907 one Of
Which was the basis for the establishment
Glover and his family
Il have also read the Instructions con-
Neyed IN the letter Of February 12 1907
Wmch was sent enclosed IN letter writ
zen py Mrs Eddy TO her pers nal counsel
4 Mr. stfeeter' aud which led to an extend
ed correspondence. All these things prove
tnat she possessed n continuity Of in
tentlon and much elaboration: which IS.
or course antlgonistc TO anything inn
pusve' that she had good and sufdc ont
reasons In the pre- lration Of this trust
deed; that there was tenacious purpose in
continuing 10 elaborate ard carry out her
| ORIGINAL idea Of provid ng for her next
or kin and IN advancing the interests of
]
'She showed an ability 10 direct ana
criucise others as to her aff iirs ana In
/ everything a normal amount of will p-wer
| winch was exercised In a proper direc-
lon. She had the capacity to appreciate
details, to correct mistakes. and 10 80
that others were put right, which implied
/ a power Of attention which would NOT rx-
/ ist I'm an individual OF woak mind She
| possessed perfect knowledge of her sur
roundlngs and the duties and obligation
/ of those who were serving her.
Dr.. Hamiltons Visit TO Pleasant View.
/ My visit TO her house was made on the
! afternoon Of August -. at two p. m !
! found her 20 be an elderly woman, of
/ delicate frame, and evidently someWl al
/ aHected by the heat There was, however
no visible indication Of any motor symp-
] toms or insanity or nervous disease Her
/ expression was intelligent and IN conson.
ance with what she said and did. She was
! dignihed though cordial, and possessed a
certain sense Of humor which led her Ia
| perpetrate a Joke about the so-callec
/ next friends whom she referred 10
as 'neXters.' There was no tremor. no al.
| recitation Of speech and bes des a certafr
! amount of slight deafness, I found moth
! ing the matter with her She fully under.
stood the nature and object OF my vsi
! ana was willing. as long as she could tf
! answer my questions. In doing 20 she dif
! not manifest any excess Of feeling bul
/ responded quickly and INTEL gently whtr
she heard what was asked her
The interview was opened by her DIS
avowal Of any prejudice against physi-
! clans. In fact, she said that her oousir
was a regular doctor who had become I
| homeopath and that her father had he.
heVed he was getting crazy hocsuse D.,
adopted this method Of practice; but thai
! ne, however, had taken care Of Mrs Eddy
who had gotten better. and then she her.
| self had commenced a ser'es OF cxppr.
| ments' gradually giving more and NOR,
feeble medicines until she gave those Will
no potency whatever, but her ratient,
got well just the same She then referred
/ 10 her exposures Of spir tual'sm. VIII 'cf
! for time she became Interested in She
said that she had afterwards investigated
various religions, at q fferent times crit,
cisns the older minister's and hnaIl
| adopted the idea that Infinite love and sal
walton we're universal; IN other word
that she adopted her present faith and
that II was the evolution from her carrier
experiences.
''she referred to the fact that she has
done and was performing an enormous
amount Of work. which ! knew to be true
! She said that she had no doubt she wa
! going TO win I'm this matter, and that hel
! followers had done much to help her. an,
that she would Ike TO have me on he
side
MRS. Eddy talks OF her business affairs
TN answer to questions about her at
fairs, she said that she had put her prop
erty into the hands Of three trustees.
| Henry NJ Baker Arch bald Mcclellan an,
Mr.. Fornals, Of Concord; that it wal
chiefly in bonds but that she had othe
| property, and that she did this because 0
was IN conformity with her faith and tina
! no man could serve two masters, God ans
Mammon. She said that she would do TIM
] 10 see that her money would eVentunli,
| 80 whore she wanted 10 to go, that Is, 4
| the church she had established. She state,
that She had taken care Of her son, bull
| him a house and furnished II from top q
/ bottom and had done everything for him
| that IN February last she had put monei
In trust Tor him; that he had not paid hi.
insurance nor his poll tax nor his othe
] taxes and that she felt he was running
IN debt and that she had made trust OF
one hundred and twenty-five thous inl
! dollars and had put II into The hands C.
that honest man (pointing TO Mr. Street
err and two others She referred 60 th
fact that many years before, when he
husband died she asked her son to com
homo, saving: You are all I have; com
home ard stay with mother and 1 viii ie
YOU have All my property all my real es
tate. Here Is home up here and mothe
waiting for YOU If you will come and liv
with me- but he refused. She referred q
,, Che condition ifi her trust deed that Ge1rg
Washington Glover and Andrew JaclxsO
We're to have different forms of educa
ton. She declared that the trustees OF Ia
deed were Mr.. Baker. Mr. McIellcn ant
Mr. Fernald; that she had chosen MI
. Baker because he was a good and success
| ful man TO be trusted. and that the other
would dispose of her money consc ent
ously
"Then she said that her property wa
mostly in bonds; that she could not b
tempted 20 invest in stocks, not even
preferred stocks. and that upon one 0ccl
sor she had taken the advice Of cne q
, her students and had lost ten thousan
collars and that she has never bough