Evening journal., 1907-08-26

court, and their requests were grantee
against her protests. .,
You were appointed masters to pas
on the question submitted IN your Gum
mission.
Left to Masters Decision.
Knowing that upon the evidence tneIe
could be but one outcome of this neaIliis'
she did not hesitate TO submit TO your os-
cisi0n. She has co-operated with YOU -
obtain a full Investigation, and has as-
sented to every susgeston made py 'ne
masters 70 enable them to arrive at
just decision. She has submitted heiaeA
20 your personal examination, IN lne ptc.
ence OF counsel for the alleged 49,
friends. and the stenographers report
thereof Inaccurate in many respects mas
been given to the world. She has peeh
asked to submit herself to the eNamlna-
ton OF hostile aliensts and, for tho puI-
pose Of enabling you TO reach JUST ue'
cison In your own way. she has assented.
Nothing that Your HOnOrs thought wouiu
aid in the ascertainmcnt OF the truth mas
been objected 20 by her or her counsel
This trial has been proceed ng nNe
days, and with the exception Of her own
examination before you, the only evidence
submitted is "a few letters selected out OF
Thousands written by her, and Few iras-
ments of her other writings Upon the
charge that her money has been mlSappfo-
priated. that her property was not SAFE
guarded not one word Of testimony mas
been introduced. The charge that she IS
these altru'sts. who pretended ana repre-
scented TO the court that they brought this
suit as her friends for her protection and
in her interests have made their public
confession to the world 1t will be found
IN the columns of "a Boston newspaper
published this morning. wherein 1t ap-
pears that they regard the success in the
present proceedings as hopeless that they
cannot succeed in demonstrating Mrs.
1ddy's incompetency while she is living
but u ouote) It is now proposed TO await
Mrs Eddy's DEATH and when she can no
longer speak to contest her last will and
testament.
1T is there stated that these eminent
attorneys have G quote agreed that the
shrewdest plan was TO suddenly and unex-
pectedly do away with the lawsuit now in
progress and to have I'm store as reserve
ammunition all the evidence as to Mrs.
Eddy's alleged delusions VIII ch they have
thus far succeeded I'm placing on the court
records during the masters hearing and
they withdraw for the admitted purpose
Of preventing a finding by you that Mrs.
Eddy is competent-a finding which they
think would be harmful in their will con-
test.
Demands a Finding.
"Under these circumstances, we submit
that Mrs. Eddy has legal right to a
finding Of her cOmpetencyLto such finding
on the case as II now stands If you think
otherwise. then to a finding on such fur
ther evidence as she may produce.
ANY other result will bring reproach in
tho ewes Of the world. upon the admnls-
tration Of justice here
Il speak not only for Mrs. Eddy but for
every other aged citizen Of this state
whose property. persons and rel gious con-
Victior.s are now endangered.
"Tn their name and IN the name of this
aged and honorable and honcred woman
we respectfully demand that a finding Of
competency be made by Your Honors
upon this issue thrust upon her and SUBJ
mitted to your decision by the court"