The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22
FAMOUS SUIT ENDS
NO ACCOUNTING FOR MRS. EDDYs
 PROPERTY.
@The Next Friend" of Head of Christian Science Church File With Court Clerk Motion to
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 Concord, N. H.. August 21-The fam ous suit in equity brought on March 1st last. by George A, Glover. son or Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy and others as next friend" against Calvin s. Frye and others. for an accounting of the property of the aged head of the Christian Science church, came to an. , abrupt end today
 Immediately after the opening Of court in the continued hearing regard ing Mrs. Eddy's competency before Judge Aldrich and his co-masters. Will liam E.s Chandler. senior counsel for thes next friends. had filed with the clerk of the court a motion for the dismissal of the suit. He said that there were many reasons for this action but the pricipal one was the unprofit- ableness of any immediate result or a decision in our favor. upon the exact issue as now framed, compared with the burdens and disadvantages to be endured by us. both before and after such decision"
 This was the second day of the second week = the Masters hearing upon the competency Of Mrs. Eddy. Upon the Masters taking their. seats William E. Chandler. senior counsel for the next friends addressed the court asking the withdrawal
 The suit has been almost wholly altruistic in its nature" said MT: Chandler, and not a single dollar or, the large fortune whose existence IS disclosed, or which might be enlarged in consequence of this suit. canbecome at this time. the property Of the next friends. There are also reasons, sent- mental in their character, over coming the strong desire of the req sons upon which the suit has been based-which, however, is now hereby dismissed"
 IsN- rw ed a motion that the Masters proceed with the hearing and determine her competency to manage her business at- fairs.
 Not one word of testimony has been introduced" said MT. Streeter, to shew that one dollar of her money has ever been misappropriated. The charge of her incompetency has never been adduced. It has been stated Tn the press that the next friends vii! abandon this suit for the purpose or awaiting Mrs. Eddys death and con testing her ~iff. Mrs. Eddy has legal right to find her competency upon the case as If now stands upon further evidence as she may introduce. Mir. Streeter demanded from the Mas ters .findings2to that effect Judge AL drich said the issue submitted to them was purely property question. ne continued The next 1T1eA08 naVine from this hearing and announced that they will withdraw the suit from the superior court, there Is nothing lefF for us to hear and we do not think we should be justified in going forward with an ex parte hearing.
 we shall make a report to Judge Chamberlain containing all the evil dence and the happenings of today. Judge Chamberlain can require us to resume the case.
 swithout such order we do not think we would be justified In going for- wdfd with this hearing"
 In reply to question by Judge AL drich. Mir. Streeter said he would take exception to this ruling.
 Alfred Barlow of the Christian Sci ence Publication Committee. one of the defendants, after the dismissal of the suit today, gave out statement in which he characterized the suit as gigantic farce, an effort to annoy and discredit Mrs. Eddy and stigmatize the religion of which she Is the founder"
 The Christian Science Publication comrnittee made public a statement from Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton of New York, the alienist who at the re- | quest of counsel examined Mrs. Eddy recently at her home in this city In which Dr. Hamilton said of Mrs Eddy: q am firmly of the opinion that she IS competent to take care or nerselI anu manage her affairs and that she is not coerced in any way. In fact, 1t would appear as though she takes the initia- tive upon all occasions"
 The suit withdrawn today was brought in the Merrimac County Supe- rior Court on March 1 last by George W. Glover of Lead, S. D., Mrs. Eddy's son and his daughter, Mary Baker Clover, and other relatives of the Christian Science leader, as next friends against Calvin A. Frye. Sec retary of Mrs. Eddy; Lewis strang. Assistant Secretary; Herman Herring and Irving c. Tomlinson of Concord, Alfred Barlow, Ira c. Knapp and Jo- seph Armstrong of Boston; stephen A. | Chase of Fall River and Edward w.
 Kimball of Chicago, all prominent in l Christian Science circles.
 The plaintiffs asked for an account
 ing of Mrs Eddy's property to deter mine whether she had been for some time past and was at present compe- tent to manage her estate and whsther a receiver should be appointed to take charge of her financial affairs for her benent.