The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-20
EDDY CASE CALLED.
Adjourned Until Tuesday Owing to
Illness of the Court.

Concord. n. H, May 20--The hear
ing in the Mary Baker G. Eddy case,
ordered for today, was adjourned until
tomorrow on account of the indisposl-
ton of Judge Robert N Chamberlln'
the presiding justice.
Although the celebrated suit in
equity to secure accounting OF the
property of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
has been a matter of record for almost
three months, the first legal battle of
+ counsel engaged in it is scheduled TO
take place in this city when the argu-
ments will be heard on the motion OF
trustees of Mrs Mary Baker G. Eddy s
estate that they be substituted for the
next friends" as compliments in the
original suit.
on March 1. 1907, there was filed in
the court a bill in equity proceeding
signed by George w Glover of Lead
City. S D., the only son of Mrs. Mary
Baker Glover Eddy; his daughter,
Mary Baker Glover and George w Ba-
ker of Bangor, Me, the only surviving
nephew of Mrs. Eddy. These three IS
next friends" in legal parlance, of
Mrs. Eddy complained against Calvin
a Frye, Irving G. Tomlinson, Her
mann E. Herring and Lewis c. Strang
of Concord; Alfred Farlow, Ira o.
Knapp, William B. Johnson and JO-
seph Armstrong of Boston; Stephen A.
Chase of Fall River, Mass; and Ed
ward Kimball of Chicago, alleging that
Mrs. Eddy is and has been for some
time incompetent to do business or to
understand business transactions for
her by others; and that the defendants
have possessed themselves OF her per-
son and property and that there is
reason to fear that they have wrong
fully converted her property to their
own use.
On these grounds the plaintiffs ask
for an accounting on the part of the
defendants and the creation OF re-
ownership for Mrs Eddy's estate. On
March II, Ebenezer J. Foster Eddy of
Waterbury, VT, an adopted son of Mrs.
Eddy. and Fred Walter Baker of Ep-
som, n. H, her nephew were Joined as
plaintiffs.
On April 2, announcement was made
that on March 6, five days after the in
stitution of proceedings, Mrs. Eddy
had conveyed all her property to
board of trustees, Henry NJ. Baker of
Bow. n. H; Archibald Mcclellan of
Boston and Josiah E. Fernald of Con-
cord, n. H. These trustees asked of
the court the right to intervene and be
substituted as compliments in place
of Glover and the other next friends"
in the suit of Eddy VS.. Frye.
Counsel for tse next friends" coun-
tered this step on April 6, by asking
that the trustees be Joined as defen-
dants in the original suit To this on
April 16. the trustees made answer and |
prayed for a speedy hearing on their |
motion. On the same date the original |
defendant filed their answer to the |
" ma OAiAf SiAlCA MS a SCHCl al Qellldl L
of its allegations and charging a lack |
of good faith in the institution of the |
proceedings
Meanwhile voluminous affidavits |
have been filed on both sides, incIud-
ing a letter by Mrs Eddy herself to |
the presiding Judge expressing her dis
belief in the good faith of the original |
proceedings and ascertaining that she
had resolved even before the beginning
of the suit to appoint trustees in
charge and control of her property.
e. Judge Chamberlain has granted al
ready motion made by counsel for
the original complainants asking for
IS days after his decision on today's
proceedings to file supplemental bills /
and eadings. and it is expected that
which ever way his decision is made
the matter will be appealed to the su-
preme court.