The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-06
MRS. EDDY'S Cult TO
HAVE NO new HEAD

scrintion Of come occurrences in the
strange house Of sorrow in Newton which
has escaped the rigorous censorship i'm
posed by Archibald Mcclellan. the Su-
preme Archon OF the church directorate.
came to-day from DR.. George l.. West.
medical examiner for all the cluster of
villages about Newton. and the officer of
the ,ach'isstts government. who was
called in to- sign the death certificate.
Although the undertaken who was ON
ployei Ia pr.par. the body for buria
has seals-i lips and every m.mher 81 the
-ho,Hsehold- in I'll" Eddy mansion il
further removed from approach than
the Pontif IN kom. DR. Vest suffers
under no restriction ci-hsr ut conscience
or of policy Al his home al Newton
Centre DR. West gave an outline to-day
II what hs had seen and what he had
heard whom he WIS escorted by an ennis
sasry ~ the Church directors Ia the house
where death WAS on Sunday morning.
Edward F. Woods. an Alderman Of
Newton. a Christian Scientist and ont.
time visitor at the Eddy house. called for
me AZ O'Clock on SUNDAY morning.
DR.. West said He told ma that no had
been sent by Calvin A Frye. one of the
me over there. Mrs Eddy had died the
night before. MIR Woods added and they
wanted me- To view the body and sign the
death certificate. | hurried through my
breakfast and went over to the Eddy
house in Mr.. Woods's automobile.
We PASSED guard at the gat. and APP
preached the big houss. through the
gvenue Of trees. There was nobody in
- Al; f,, III - b.
house were all pulled down. When Va
reached the front door it opened with
out our rinaing and | saw. two men there
I was introc uc.-i TO them: they were. |
think. Adam H Dick.y. whom under
stand to have been Mrs. Eddy's private
secretary. and Mr. Frye. Neither man
spoke word bevoud ack aow iedging
the INTRODUCTION. and they took mo up
\ winding STAIRCASE To the second floor
In the gloom | could see that the house
VIA richly. even magnli!ceutly. fur
nished.
-Th" men preceding me- paused at a
bedroom door somewhat distant from tn"
head of the stairs The door opened from
within and WAS tishsred into bedroom:
quietly. but exclusively furnished The
shades OF all the windows w.r. up and
tIt TOoftl Nsts liN'NA'-h VIVA ehA4hAh
when We entered the room thsra was
only one man there "A" did not look UP
or say anything during all the time
was in the room. In tn. bod Law tho body
of an old woman clad in night clothes
II was Il very slight and fragile body,
The hair was snow white and parted in
tho middle az the forehead. Tho face.
very thin yrt not emacIated out OF pro-
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single line Of distortion upon It. Though
Mrs Eddy's a ge was given az So / should
say that as she Law in death. sh. looked
old. hut not ~ old ~ that
Hero tn. physician interrupted his
narrative TO answer "A Question. lie said
that many times during Mrs Eddv's
residence IN Newton he had PASSED her
carriage ON the road and that IN several
occasions h. had slowed M his machn"
IN orcisr TO gair. better view Of tn.
woman IN the carriage That woman
whom hc had noted so part lculariv. tn"
woman whose pIrtGr" IA" had seen IN
magazines and newspapers MANI times.
and the woman who's. white fac" he saw
piliowed in III. stiffness of death. wer.
the same DR.. West said. There could
bs no mistake about that.
When I drew near tn. bed DIR West
continued MIR. D.cE.y stood at the foot
of the bed and Mr. Frv. directly behind
him 4 woman. the same whom | had
seen many times riding with Mrs. Eddy
mrs. william \. Rathv on came into the
room "A minute or so after VA aud stood
near the door. Frye. who bad not stayed
in the room after accompanying ma
there. returned from the hall outside a
short time after the woman aptersd. and
he. too. stood silent.
MIR Dckny wa- tn" only one who spoke
During the zen minutes or ncra that was
in the room the two OF Der men and .he
woman stood immovable without saying
anything No. they did not appear 10 be
praying: they did NOT show grief in any
way coud read not hing in their faces.
There werr no flowers ia me room.
After n very brief examination Of the
body asked Mr.. Dickcy what Mrs Fddy's
symptoms of Illness had been. MIR
Dickey replied that Mira. Eddy had been
'indisposed' for eight az nine days. and
that although she had been very feeble
she had been able 10 be up and around the
house ~ lat. ~ Friday: sh. bad even gone
out in her earring" ON Thursday MIR.
Eddy had suddenly failed AZ III" end Of the
vpsk ana tlsIti tahrn 10 l-s'i Ds''l on
afternoon.
L began Io inquire for moro specific
symptoms when hr. Dickey said: i
think Mr.. Eddy had pneumonia. That
was a volunteer statement on hIs part and
not. mere assent tn n question Of mine.
When asked i! Mrs. Eddy had coughed
Mr.. Dick"y said that sh. had suffered
from some coughing and he gnvs me TO
understa and hat in the end her bronchial
tubes had bee me cOn9esteh and that the
air passa ses had 20 filed up that she could
no longer breathe"
Did Mr.. Dlcksy say that Mrs Eddy had
suffered any pain" the physician was
asked.
oh. no. he answered with smile
"You know that Christian Scientist
would not admit that there had been any
pain"
After asking few more questions
was satisfied that all of the symptoms
indicated that Mr. Dickey- diagnosis ot
pneumonia was correct. and III filing out