The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-18
CHARGE BAD FAITH
 IN THE EDDY SUIT Defendants File Answer and
 Deny All Allegations ARE EVIL MINDED PERSONS Leaders of Christian Science Church Also Deny That They Have Con-
 verted Mrs. Eddy's Property
 to Their Own Use.

Concord, N. IT., April 1.-The charge that the suit for an accounting of the property of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy filed March l. was not brought in good faith by the so-called next friends named in the suit, Is contained in the answer of the defendants in the ac- tion, which was filed in the Merrimac county superior court today.
 The defendants charge that these next friends" have been induced to lend their names for use in the suit "at the in- stigation and at the expense of certain ev.l-minded persons, not related in any way to said Mary Baker c. Eddy or having any interest in her, or in her estate"
 The answer of the defendants is a general denial of all the allegations made by the compliments in the original ac- tion who sued as Mrs. Eddy's next friends"
 Today's proceedings furnished the latest chapter in the story of the litigation which already has become involved by the trsnsfer on the part of Mrs. Eddy of all her property to three trustees, who have petitioned the court to be sub stituted as plaintiffs instead of the orig inal parties, and answer to this petition filed by the latter, declaring that the deed of trust was Illegal on account of the alleged incompetency of the grantor to create the trust.
 General Denial.
 A general denial of all the allegations of the complaints in the suits for an accounting of the property of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy. filed March 1, was the legal answer made today by the defend ants named in the original action.
 The specifications in the original bill A. that Mrs. Eddy is and for a long time ha, been incompetent to transact busi- ness sor to undertake transactions con q cted in her name; that the defendants whose answer was filed today. with other lead ITS of the Christian Science church, who were named in the original bill, have possessed themselves of the person and property of Mrs. Eddy and have car red on her business; that on account of Mrs. Eddy's infirmit., these persons are bo md to give account of all transactions under her name, and that the defendants have wrongfully eonvey ed property to their own use.
 TO these reports the defendants filed specific and detailed denial, declaring also that they have no knowledge of many of the allegations of the complain- ants and demand that the complainants furnish proof thereof.
 Defendants.
 Tae defendants, Alfred Barlow, Ira O. Knapp. William D. Johnson, Stephen A Chase. Joseph Armstrong and Edward A. Kimbail in their answer to the bill of compalnt deny that Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy's mental faculties are so i'm paired by the infirmities of age, or other wiss. as to render her incapable of man aging her affairs and protecting her prop erty against the undue influence, contro or fraud of others, or that she Is in capable of taking charge and manag ing the present or any other legal pro ceedine. They also deny that she is 1T charge and custody of the defendants Frye and Strang. or of anyone else.
 The defendants say that allegations 1T the bill of complaint are in large par immaterial. scanda ous and irrelevant ant that they ought not to be called on tt m ike answer thereto and pray the judg ment of the court thereon and Defendant Armstrong denies mat he is the pub fisher of all of Mrs. Eddy's Christian Science works. as alleged, but says tha he is and has been for a number of year. the publisher of Mrs Eddy's persona writings, and that he had periodicall, ful.J turned over to her all royalties ant profits from such publications and thu other defendants, admitting their respec tive connection with the Christian Science