Evening journal., 1907-03-02
EDDY SUIT
LIKE A BOMB
Shakes Up Leaders Of the
Christian Science Cult in
Great Fashion
WANTS MOTHERS WEALTH
By our own Wire. Pubushors' Press.

By Our own Wire, Publishers Press.
BY our own Wire. Publishers Press.
CONCORD N. H., March "A bomb cx-
ploded In the parlors OF the home Of Mary
Baker c. Eddy, founder and head Of the
Christian Science cult would not have
created more of a furor than the nlinE Of
the suite ate yesterday evening in tho
SUPERIOR Court here 10 compel an ar-
counting Of the affairs OF Mrs. EDDY, the
plaintiffs IN the action being George w.
Glover. the son and only child of Mrs.
Eddy, his daughter, Mary Baker Glover.
and George w. Baker. a nephew Of Mrs.
Eddy.
At Pleasant View to-day THE defendants
in the action, Calvin A. Frye. Mrs Eddys
footman-secretary; Alfred Farlow. execu-
tive head Of the cult: Joeeph Armstrong.
publisher Of Mrs. Eddys works; Irving
+. Thompson. Farlow's agent: Ira C..
Knapp, director of the Mother Church In
)stoni Stephen A. Chase, treasurer; Ed
ward A. Kimball, lecturer and copyright
expert, and Herman s. Herring, reader,
have drawn themselves into their shells
Louis G. Strang, assistant secretary Of
Pleasant View, and press agent Of Mrs
Eddy's little court, was the only one ac-
cesslble early to-day TO newspaper men.
and the extent OF the information he gave
out was we have nothing to say at this
time"
What has apparently added most 10 the
CONSERVATION Of Mrs. Eddy's cabinet Is
the fact that the aged woman herself is
made the plaintiff in the suit. which Il
Thought by tho others as her next
friends" Every action Of the plaintiff
to-day shows that 1t Is their purpose 10
steer clear Of any attack on Mrs. Eddy
or Christian science. on the contrary. the
aged head OF the cult Is placed on a
! high plan. and the entire course Of events
IS so shaped as 20 make it clear that the
attack which promises TO develop into ono
OF the most sensational ntgatlons in the
history Of the country. Is aimed not az
Mrs. Eddy, but az the men surrounding
her who have according to the allegations
Of thep lainuffs taken advantage OF her
extreme age and indrmitiea. to secure con-
troll Of the vast wealth she is known 70
possess.
A hurried council was called at Pleasant
View early to-day, and It Is expected that
a formal denial OF the charges brought
will be issued later In the day by FRYE.
Farlow, Thompson and the others of tho
clique, alleged 10 be in control In Mrs.
Eddy's home. All efforts TO get 10 see the
aged woman were rebpifed. and It is ex-
cecdingly doubtful If She even knows of
the litigation which is pending.
The storm which broke over Pleasant
View yesterday is directly traceable 10 the
expose Of a few months back. when IL was
practically proven that substitute dress
ed and made up TO represent Mrs. Eddy
was driven for daily carriage rides
through the streets of Concord with a
view Of concealing from the public the
real decline in which the head Of tho cult
has sunken. Stin further back Of this.
however. lies the grievance Of George W.
Glover, the son and only child Of Mrs.
Eddy Glover is himself an old man. His
home is in Lead City. s. 81. where forr
years he has elSod out a miserable exist
ence. nursing a grudge against the men
who. he says, control the destiny Of his
mother and denied him even a pittaDce
from her grelt fortune. estimated al from
five to fifteen millions. Grover has long
sought 70 bring about an expose Of the
real state Of affairs which he says exists
al Pleasant View but his own poverty
has prevented him making any fight
against the Frye-Farlow combination, and
their skilled and high-salaried legal forces.
Tho expose OF a few months back. how
ever gave Glover the chance nc has long
sought He stated his case ana aroused
sufficient interest 70 marshall a legal
force headed by William Chandler. former
United States Senator from New Hamn-
shire, who will seek 20 break down tho
barriers which have fenced on Mrs Eddy
from the outer world and created an air
Of mystery about tho aged woman and her
home