The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
COUNSEL FOR NEXT FRIENDS"
STOPS BATTLE AGAINST CHRIS.
TiAN SCIENCE LEADER.
COURT GRANTS The REQUEST
Fight Was Started by Son and Other
Relatives Against Churchmen-
Sought a Receiver.
ship.

Concord, N. H.-Gen. Streeter, at
torney for Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
leader of the Christian Science church
In the suit by next friends" to com-
pei an accounting of her property and
estate, announced to the court, that
by agreement with ex-senator Chand-
Ter, COUNSEL for the plaintiffs, the suits
have been withdrawn,
This action rrecipitately ends, just
as it reached the critical stage, a legal
contest which has attracted world
wide attention. The suits were insti'
tuted at the behest of Mrs. Eddy's son,
George w. Glover, himself an aged
man. He, with other plaintiffs, among
them his daughter, alleged that the
estate of Mrs. Eddy, said to be sew
eral millions of dollars, was being
dissipated through the %connivance OF
those high in authority in the Chris.
tian Science church.
Suit Based on SeniIity.
1t was alleged in the petition that
Mrs. Eddy, who is 81 years of
age, is infirm and mentally impaired
and that she has been the plant tool
of those who sought to gain control
and direction of her estate.
The fight up to this point has been
bitterly waged. Several days ago, fol-
lowing an appointment of masters to
ascertain and report upon Mrs. Eddy's
mental condition, a visit was paid to
her home at Pleasant View, on tho
outskirts of Concord. There Mrs.
Eddy was subjected to a somewhat
vigorous examination by the attorneys
and masters. 1t was announced at
that time hat Mrs. Eddy answered all
questions propounded and that she
gave strong proof that the assertion
as to her mental and physical condi-
ton is impaired was untrue.
AIienists Appointed.
Following this visit, a demand was
made that alienists be appointed by
the court to visit Mrs. Eddy. This
was done, and Gen. Streeter, her at
torney. agreed to arrange for the
visit.
The case had reached this stage
when the announcement came
Wednesday that the suits had been
abandoned. The motion to withdraw
was made and granted.
Mr.. Chandler Explains.
Mr.. Chandler said, in notifying the
court of the withdrawal of the case:
There are many reasons for this
action, and the principal n results
from the consideration of the unprof-
i~tableness of any immediate results
upon the issues as now framed, COM
pared with the burdens and d~isadvan-
tages to be incurred nv us. both De.
fore and after the decision. The suit
has been almost altruistic in its ma
ture, and not a single dollar of the
large fortune, whose existence is dis
closed, or which may be accumulated
as a consequence of this suit, a
become, at this time, the property of
the next friends.
There are also reasons, sentimental
in their character, overcoming the
strong desire of the next friends to
prove the fact and vindicate the rea.
sons upon which this suit is based,
which sun, however, is hereby dis
missed"
Frank S. Streeter, counsel for Mrs.
Eddy, adore ssed the masters in re-
ply to Senator Chambers motion. and
said:
I'm behalf of Mrs. Eddy, we demand
that the masters proceed with this
hearing and determine the questions
submitted, namely, that Mrs. Eddy
was incompetent to manage her bust
ness affairs on March 1, 1907. The
motion Of the counsel for the next
friend proves that their case has col
lapsed, and they are now running to
cover. This is their legal right, but
/ am thinking of the legal rights Of
Mrs. Eddy. She is entitled to the pro-
lection of the court.