Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-17
THEY DENY
 EVERYTHING Mary Baker Glover Eddy's Advisers Have Filed Answer
 to Allegations
\ CELEBRATED CASE
''Next Friends" oi the Famous Christ Ian Scientists Want 10 Onst the People Who Have Surround.
 cd Mrs Eddy.

Concord, N, H., April 17.-A gen.
 eral denial of all the allegations of
 the complainants in the suit for an
 accounting of the property of Mrs
 Mary Baker Glover Eddy filed March
 l was the legal answer made to-day
 by the Boston defendants named in
 the original action These defend
 ants include Alfred Barlow. William
 B. Johnson, Stephen A. Chase. Joseph
 Armstrong and Edward A. Kimball.
 The complainants are George w.
 Glover. Mary Baker Glover and
 George w. Baker, relatives of Mrs
 Eddy who sued as her next
 friends"
 The specifications in the original
 bill are that Mrs Eddy is and for a
 long time has been incompetent to do
 business or to understand transac-
 tions conducted in ner name; that
 the defendants whose answer was filed to-day with other leaders of the Christian Science church who were
 named in the original bill have pos sessed themselves of tha person and property of Mrs Eddy and have car ried on her business; that on account of Mrs Eddy's infirmity, these per- sons are bound to give account of all transactions undertaken in her name and that the defendants have wrong fully converted property to their own use.
 To these representations the de- fendants, Barlow, Knapp. Johnson, Chase, Armstrong and Kimball filed specific and detailed denial. declar- ing also that they have no knowledge of many of the allegations of the complainants and demanding that the complainants furnish proof thereof.
 They also declare that they have reason to believe that the bill of complaint was not brought by the plaintiffs in good faith but that "the so-called next friends have been induced to loan their names at the instigation and at the expense of cer- tain evil minded persons who are furnishing money for the prosecution of the bill of complaint for their own evil purposes and to advocate their own selfish interests.
 The following is the answer:
 State of New Hampshire. superior court, April term, 1907. Merrimack, s. S., Mary Baker G. Eddy, By her next friends, George w. Glover, Mary Baker Glover. George ". Baker vs Calvin A. Frye. Alfred Barlow, Irv- ing C. Tomlinson, Ira O. Knapp, Will liam B. Johnson, Stephen A. Chase, Joseph Armstrong, Edward A. Kim ball. Herman s. Herring. Lewis c. Strang.
 Answer of Alfred Barlow, Ira O. | William B. Johnson. Stephen | A. Chase. Joseph Armstrong and Ed ward A. Kimball.
 These defendants admit that | Mary Baker G. Eddy is resident of | Concord. New Hampshire. and that, ! so far as they are informed, the | names and places of residences of the | other parties named in the first para graph of the plaintiffs bill are cor rectly stated, except that the defend- ant Chase is a resident of Fall River, Mass.
 ? These defendants believe that Mary Baker G. Eddy is eighty-five years old hut deny that her mind now Is. Or ever was, so impaired by the infirmities of age. or otherwise. as to render her incapable in any way of so understanding her property rights as to be unable to exercise her free and unbiased will with respect thereto. and they deny that she Is, pr ever has been incapable of man. aging her affairs and protecting her property against the undue influence. or fraud of others; Or that she is incapable of taking charge of and managing the present or any other legal proceedings.
 2 These defendants admit that Mary Baker c. Eddy lives in her own house in Concord but upon informa- ton and belief deny that she is in .harge and custody of the defend- ,nts Frye and Strang. or of anyone slse. and say that the allegations of he third paragraph of the plaintiffs Jill are immaterial and irrelevant md upon this question ask the judg- nent of the court; but as to such of aid allegations as may be found to 1 ,e material. the defendants hereby deny the same and call ipon the plaintiffs to mack such ,roof thereof as they may be advised.
 The same declaration is made by he defendants as to the allegations n the fourth and fifth paragraphs of , he bil of complain, proof thereof be- l; ng left to the complainants.
 G. These defendants say as to the Allegations in the sixth paragraph of aid bill that they have no knowledge { f the property of Mary Baker c. sddy except as is hereinafter speci- | Ieally set forth. and leave these laintifs to make such proof of these Legations concerning the same as hey may be advised: but they deny that she is unfitted n wnr rnr->rx f,r <ho ~.~~~~<F~- -s I