Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
IN
HER SUDDEN
DEPARTURE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LEADER
CLOSELY GUARDED
PILOT ENGINE RUNS AHEAD OF
SPECIAL TRAIN
Head of Sect Is Carried from Cab to
Her Rooms in Mansion-Pri-
vate Watchmen Clear
Grounds

BY Associated Press
BOSTON, Jan. 26--Guarded by the
utmost secrecy Mrs Mary Baker G.
Eddy, founder and head of the Chris.
ian Science church, was removed by
special train today, with all her house
hold attendants. from Pleasant View.
in Concord. N. H, where she has lived
for nineteen years, to new house III
the fashionable Chestnut Hill section
of Brookline.
The coming was unheralded and only
a few members of the Christian Science
church had been aware of the contem-
plated change. Even the train crew
which early took the private car of the
vice president of the Boston g. Maine
railroad to Concord was commanded to
maintain absolute secrecy as to the trip
they were to make and the best men in
the service of the road were assigned to
the duty.
Danger of Wreck Avoided
Preceded by a pilot engine to clear
the way the special train of three cars
left Concord at o'clock and proceeded
over three railroads by a circuitous
route to the Chestnut Hill station on
the Boston e. Albany road. In the rear
of the train to guard against collision,
trailed a third engine.
Arriving at Brookline at o'clock
the party was taken to the late A. A.
Lawrence estate. one of the most beau
tiful in all Brookline, even before $780,
600 had been spent in the past four
months to remodel it. and here Mrs.
Eddy was settled in her new home
A most unusual scene attended the
arrival of the special train at Chestnut
HID station. There were seven closed
carriages to meet the party and convey
them to the Lawrence estate. The fifth
carriage in tbs line, the smallest of all
and the least conspicuous, was occupied
by Mrs Eddy Calvin A. Frye, her sec
retary and another man, apparently
groom. All were warmly wrapped in
furs, and the women all carried bou-
quets of beautiful flowers.
The Lawrence home was reached at
just $50 o'clock. One by one the men
and women of the party alighted and,
gathering about the massive porch at
the massive front entrance, stood on
either side from the carriage steps to
the house
Carries Mrs. Eddy
When the carriage of Mrs. Eddy
drove up to the porch, Calvin A. Frye
was the first to leave it, and following
him came the other man. Leaning
hack into the carriage. the big man,
powerful Of limb, gathered up the fraiI
form of Mrs. Eddy
Wrapped in a long sealslxin cape.
with a black bonnet trimmed with vio-
let's on her head. and with her hands
protected by white gloves, she was
aaY ~feaI I IL
mans arms, through the long line of
people who murmured softly as she
passed. Then she was taken upstairs
in the house and placed in what will
be her own private room, on the front
or Commonwealth avenue side
Immediately the whole great house
burst forth into light, and from every
window cams the rays where before
the few lights had burned dimly.
Trunks and satchels were passed in,
and soon all but one of the party had
passed into the house. Calvin A. Frye
remained behind and was closely
pressed for information by newspaper
men and others.
Guards Clear Grounds
Absolutely refusing to give any
names of those in the party, or to
make any statement, he turned to SIX
tall. powerful men who stood near him
and ordered that every person be at
once put off the grounds. Then he
turned and entered the house.
And his orders were obeyed without
delay.
At o'clock the light in Mrs. Eddys
room was extinguished; a little later
the servants passed from the house to
their quarters, and the first night In
her new home had begun for Mrs.
Eddy.
Six men remained on guard through
the night, and tomorrow six others will
take their places for the day guard.
Within a week. permits have been is
sued by the Brookline police force for
the men to carry arms, and 1t is be-
lieved the watch of six at night and
six by day will be continued for some
time.
The names of most of those who
comprised Mrs Eddy's party were la
ter learned to be as follows; Calvin
A. Frye, secretary; John Lathrop, as,
sistant secretary; Arthur Bosburgh. re-
cording secretary; John Salchow, per-
sonal groom for Mrs. Eddy; Misses
Sarah Sargent and Sarah Clark,
maids to Mrs. Eddy: Mrs Mary Scott,
housekeeper, ard three servants; Rev.
Irving c. Tomlinson, formerly reader
in the First Church. Boston; Dr. A.
2. Morrill,. Boston, and Archibald Nc
Lelian
Early last october Robert p Walker.
prominent Christian Scientist OF
Chicago, who is also a real estate
broker came to Boston and bought
from the widow of r. Ashton Lawrence
the estate in Brookline. 1t is UNDER
stood the price paid was in the neigh
borhood of 100000. Plans of a Chicago
architect were sent on and the work OF
remodeling the big stone house in the
center of the estate was begun The
(ContInued on Pare Two.)