Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
Former Senator Chandler Will Repre-.
sent the Heirs
'THER ATTORNEYS CONSULTED
Claim Their Position is Supported by
laws Of Massachusetts,.
FIND ONE OBSTACLE N THE WAY
Lawyers Predict a Battle in the
Courts thst WIN Farni.h .iu-
Eation with a Nosi sensa-
tional Chapter.

NEW TORK. Dec H Special T-lsErarnD
Mary Baker G. EDDY. tie fouadsr Of the
Christian Science church. has left a.
legacy 20 the cult she crestsd. ths Ersvest
crisis in It's histo-y- she did THIS unknou-
i-gly. % course, when 10 re wfn she u1ade
the mother church her resId1sry lsEatss
ana heoUeathei it the bulk % her estate
which conservative estimate nkss AZ close
20 S1ooJW
No doubt remains that the heirs OF M
Eddy her son Glover and her adopted son
Dr. Z J. Poster EDDY. nave reached q
nnAi decision TO nght for possession o.
their fortune.
II IL equally certain that fCrrns- Unitsg
States Senator William 3. Chsndlsr ~
Washington. D. e.. and Other & distinguished
counsel representinE the heirs have De
tsrminsd upon lire % legal articu whlrh
Hlu raise unique issues and arouse inter
national interest
Mr. Chandler. when seen today. eTnpha--
icalIy declined to make any statement OF
either TO admit or deny the accuracy o:
the assertion TO his plan of campaign
IN behalf Of the Eddy heirs
But several other distinguished lawyers
have been consulted in the preparation Of
these plans. and the information is from
absolutely authoTauve sources that not
Only will the Will of Nrs Eddy hs al
Tackled as Illegal under the statutory laws
Of Massachusetts,. blF there 10 every prom
ise Of q separate pTOoeedinE which v-iu bs
directed against Christian Scence Itself as
a movement against puhi.c police.
The Grounds OF Attack.
The lawyers for the Eddy heirs cid no,
have far to look for the keynote OF their
proposed attack upon the Christian SCI
snce leaders viii They found II IN the
revised laws Of Massachusetts,. section :.
chapter e Il reads.
The income Of the gifts. grantn be-
quests and dsvises made % Or FOR the "a.
of sny one church SHAH not exceed Roc a
year. exclusive Of shs iEcome Of any par
lson4se isnd granted 70 or Tor tlse use Of
I he riiuistrv" -rF ~
That is ali there Is TO n-a hrssf. plain
prS vision Of the iaw-that had been hidden
away among the Massachusetts statutes
for more than half a century. but which
vas re-enacted eight years age
Probably not dozen persons resident
Z in the state of Massachusetts, knew of its
existence ObyionsIy ii vas unknown n
Mrs. Eddy and the advisers who aided IN
drs ~-ins her uul.
The heirs see IN thls Law a sure .eeai
/ bar 10 the inhsritanoc BY the Christian
Science church of Mrs Eddy's vast estate
They viii take the position that the uiu
Is Illegal and void that in point of fact
Mrs Eddy made no disposition OF her
2 property and that condition is created
identicsny the same as Il Mrs Eddy died
intestaie
Pound one Obstacle.
Mr.. Chandler and his ass0clate Iauysrs
have had 20 set around onc serious ob-
stscle in preparing their plan Of action
4 This vas the Agresnent % settlement
I izlade last year between Mrs.. EDDY and her
sons, IN which the heirs pledged them
/ selves not 10 contest any win she usiEht
leave B1t close students of the situation
believe thar the resouresfui lawyers have
a safe and sure way out of the difficulty.
AZ. Chandler clearly plans 70 keep his
I clients WiJhin the strict letter Of their en-
gageInenL 50 that no interest," Of theirs
( under the settlement shah be ENDANGERED
This he doubtless proposes 10 aceompHsr
Z by moving in the matter through blg IN
I equity. which. while o1mp-IIius the c,yur.f
70 pass upon the legality Il Mrs Edd q
VIII cannot ~ legally construed as a con
test Of that aIIL
/ Prominent lawyers who have an inkiina
q the campaign plans uncs7 consideration
b. counsel Tor the hsirF predict q legal
battle that vii furnish q record for mod
sTn Itgation With one o. TIE most seass-
tional ckautsrs
! Il Is knoWn that the Plans 20 overrhrsu
the All are suspected IN Boston Although
senator Chandler and his colleagues have
made no open move nor dropped the FAINT
est hint, the directors of tie mother church
are secretly spprehsnsive
Archibald AfcLsnEan. chairman of the
Z mother church directorate, and Henri
Baker, constructor % Mrs- E1dy-s viii p-lv
have discovered the existence q thar starr
Ing statute in the Nzssachusetrs law They
have kept that knowledge to themselves.