The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-10
MAUD BABCOCK IS MENTALLY
 ASSASSINATED
Blames Mrs. Stetson for Her Affliction Because She
 Opposed Her Sway Former Student of New York Scientist Relates Graphic Story of Her Cold Deal.
Special from United Press.0

NSpcCAdA ATOih OuAAE4 EISSSJ New York. Nov. 10.-Mrs. Maud Kissam Babcoclz, a former student and Christian Science practitioner under Mrs. Augusta Stetson of this city, in sists that Mrs. Stetson tried to men tally assassinate'' her because she op- posed Mrs. Stetson's swaysin this city. She declare that Mrs. Stetson used every means in her power to destroy her evidence against the New York leader which is now in the possession of the authorities of the First Church in Boston
 Mrs. Babcock insists that she gave all of an independent fortune to. be donated to the organ fund of the Christ church in Manhattan. She re- signed from the local church a year ago and appealed to the Boston au- thorities. She was summoned to Bos- ton and there she delivered her expfan- ation- Following a quarrel with Mrs Stetson. she declared, the latter op- told the following graphic story of her mental assassination:
 After an interview with Mrs. Stet- son returned to my home in Cedar hurst knew that my husband would not return to New York until very late and I went to bed and to sleep. At midnight wasf awakened by an icy blast sweeping through the open win dow from New York. My teeth chat tered. My heart fluttered. Lumin- ous waves rolled toward me covered with the faces of the dead felt just like a man being electrocuted- It seemed indeed that my soul went out from my body. that saw through the walls of the house. And in this hour of agony I saw Mrs Stetson's blue eyes all around the room
 "I tottered from the bed. lighted all the lights and took out a copy of the on the 18th chapter of St John. begin ming T am the vine. ye are the branches, and falling upon my knees began to read 1t aloud
 staggering to the bathroom drew a tub of steaming hot water and got into it. could not feel the temper ature of the water. I was as cold in 1t as at the first moment the icy blast of the death treatment enveloped me I realized that no human arm or agency could defend me. I was wrestling not against flesh and blood. but against principalities. against pow CTS. aFainst the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wicked ness in high places impersonai. eyer present. omnipotent, midnight mental assassination. the human stretch of truth. mad ambition for personal place and rower.
 bath groped about for the most elab- crate piece of crocheting could find, and sitting up in bed, pushed the nee de to and fro while my parched lips murmured God is all God Is yoodt Nothing can harm me-
 And I sat there until my husband staggered up the stairs and into the room- My God! he exclaimed, what is the matter with mel Coming out on the train I felt as though I was going to die I am sufferingI' We sustained ourselves through the night by reading the Bible.
 When some time afterward I asked Mrs Stetson why this dreadful thing had happened to me. she said:
 God smote you because you lifted your voice against the Holy One in Israeli meaning Mrs. Eddy. but had never cone this as I reverence and love Mrs Eddy beyond all human be- ;ngs."
 Mrs. Babcock alleges that though she gave everything she possessed to Mrs. Stetson she was refused when she asked for aid She declares that she had to go four days one time with out food and she had impoverished herself to give to the leaders of the church. She is now a science practi- toner in this city.
 New York. Nov. IDA legal demand for the books. papers and vouchers of the First Church Of Christ. Scientist. made today by the anti-Stetson clan in the church, will be discussed tonight by the board of trustees of the church The demand will probably be refused and immediate court action will result to the end that the entire internal dis sention in the church will be laid bare