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! expressed a purpose to join her son
at Point Iona and spend the rest
OF her days with him there.
Major Hanson's answer then makes
this statement: I'm pursuit of the
fanatical determination of the mem
bers of his family, who had allied
themselves with theosophy, to prose-
lyte him to their belief, his wife, the
plaintiff, possessed of the same mis-
taken zeal, industr1ously strove to
secure visit of defendant to Point
Iona, the headquarters of the So
clety, by appealing to mutual friends
OF plaintiff and defendant to per-
suade him to go to that place, stat
ing to one of whom this request was
made, that she, the plaintiff, was as
much theosophist as any of them,
and if defendant could be gotten
there they would be successful in
| their efforts to make him one of
them. Defendants refusal to enter
tain the idea even of becoming a the
! osOphist, because he regarded it as
a modern form of paganism, caused
the first change in the feelings of the
plaintiff and the other theosOphist
members of his family toward him.
AS time went on funds were needed,
which defendant refused to supply,
and he also refused to cast off his
adopted son. What was at first in
difference grew into positive antago-
nism and hatred; so much so that
every wish and purpose of defend
ant was opposed and defeated
wherever this was possible When
every effort to force defendant to bear
the burdens of theosophy by putting
up money FOR the universal brother
hood scheme had failed the plaintiff
with one other member of the de-
PENDANTS family, and probably 9TH
ers, resolved to attack him in such
way that public defense would be
| impossible and destroy him. De-
PENDANT has written evidence in his
possession upon which his conclu-
sion is based"
Inspired by Ill VIII.
He then proceeds to show that
Mrs. Hanson's suit was inspired sole
ly by i'll will, because she asks for
no alimony and because he is sure
she will never marry again.
He is convinced, he says, that the
theosophist members of his family
were under some evil influence or
spell, hypnotic or otherwise. Before
they became theosophists they were
kind, cOnsiderate and respectful; af-
forwards they opposed in every con-
ceivable way the wishes of defend
ant of every character, and if the
plaintiff had avowed that her chief
purpose in life was to torment and
harass the defendant and make his
life miserable her conduct could not
have been more consistent with such
purpose"
He attributes this conclusion to
theosophy, and also the fact, as he
charges, that his good name has been
assailed alone by members of his own
family. He says his son believed that
Mrs. Katherine Tingley had super
natural powers, and that everything
she did was right.
The coupling of his name with that
of Mrs. Horner, now. Mrs. James Mac
Wicker of New York, was a mere
incident in the campaign that was be-
ing made against him by the theoso-
phists of his family, because they
could not force him to bow his neck
to the yoke of theosophy. AS mat
ter of fact for year or more before
Mrs. Horner separated from her hus-
band defendant had seen her at rare
intervals while plaintiff visited her
many times.
Major Hanson's answer was filed
by Attorneys Hall & Hall of Macon;
Payne, Little & Jones of Atlanta, and
Roland Ellis of Macon.