The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-08
MRS. EDDY'S SPOUSE WAS
HELD AS PRISONER HERE
Captured by Mosby Guerlas, Dr. Daniel Patterson Served
Time in Richmond Base Until Wife Procured His
Release After Determined Efforts

In Daniel Patterson, the second
| husband III Mrs. staFS ifakeE .. EDDY
founder OF the Christian Science
ennfcn. VINO aiea several days ago,
vas Il prisoner ot war iu l@ipDH Prison.
Hiehmoua. wnen has vile began 10
aeltss INTO the mysteries Of tns faith
cure after being neaiea Of 4. chrome
spinal trouble through hypnotic treat
aana.
" aen the war between the North
ana south broke out. Dr. Patterson.
iinpuisise. oUINutic ana deso3eu 10
aaa enture, wanted 10 get into action
and ne lost no time doing So. once
nostilities Were declared. lie went 10
Washington, Witnessed the nTst battle
II Egn Run as enc ot tile throng
which pressed out from the national
capital ana VAS tnaae prisoner 10y
Mosby's sueT1iIias. Tie Was accused
ol being a spy and sent to Libby
prison. His WaGe received word from
MIN, and helpless aS she WAS, for sae
Was poor OF purse ana poor IN ply
steal strength. she tried To obtain ais
release,
Aniie reading a bundle OF old let
tiers from HIM one Gay she came upon
one IN @nico she Mas urged IL consult
"Dr." fhineaN l.. Quincy. Whu was
thou advertising himself at Portland.
aif., It's ~ iti'SiEstsi * .iHti ny Bfitift btd4~
er CT the SICK. When Dr. Patterson
Was With her he had once even asked
the practitioner 20 come down To Con
cord Ia treat his wife. but the nego-
tiatiouS had been Iruitless.
Had ADtainx raiu,,
She deciued 10 do AS her husband
mad wished. and thus she came 10
what might be called the turning point
al her life. She WAS then forty-oge
years of age, an Invalid So fraiI ~
physique that she could scarcely walk
and Set she had an abiding faith tina.
In some manner she would he healed
through divine agency.
Phineas +. Quincy WAS a black
smith IN Portland when he witnessed
the demonstration of a travelling
French ahypnotist. Charles Peyen BY
name He took lessons of him ana
had learned something Of what he
called electrical psychology" from
another dabbler into scientific mystic
ri-s named bod His own theory
WAS a hodge-podge In which his own
ignorance was a predominating in
gredient. Nevertheless. this man had
hypnotic power. and after a brief Sc
ries of treatments he was able COM
pleteiy TO restore Mrs. Eddy to health.
She celebrated her recovery by climb
ing UP l23 steps at the State House
and returned to her New Hampshire
home IN ls6. with the glory Of life In
her cheeks.
Restored Ia Health.
Mrs. Eddy believed that God had
wrought this cure and was surprised
to find that Qutmhy was practically
an agnostic. She had lost fear and
the foreboding sense which hung over
her. With confidence was renewed.
she took up the battle for her hus-
bands release. went to Washington
and won 1t. Then she devoted her
self to trying TO account for the cure
which had been accomplished in her
case by the man who had been de-
nounced by many as an imposter and
u charlatan.
She studied Quimby's crude and en-
pirical methods and wrote about them
In lengthy papers. This Is on con-
troversial ground. for the lowers OF
Mrs. Eddy maintain that she furnish
ed writings which were later ascribed
to DIR. Quimhy, while. on the other
hand. 1t has been asserted that Quinn
by himself was the source of the in
spiration. The evidence seems clear,
however. that Mrs. Eddy was the au-
thor Of certain metaphysical writ
ings OF this period. In which appear
spelled interlineations by
the blacksmith hypnotist.