The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-27
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al interest
MI. Chandler hen seen and squssss
toned yesterday by q World reporter.
emphatically declined to make amy
statement or either to admit or deny
the accuracy Of the facts in possession
OF The World as 10 his plan Of cam.
paign in behalf ofsthes Eddy 5helrs. u
) But seyeraiy other distinguished law
yers have been consulted In the prep.
aration Of these plans and The World
has It's Information from absolutely
authoritative sources. Not only VIII
the! will; OF Mrs. Eddy be attacked as
illegal under the statutory laws s>ot
Massachusetts, but there is Seyery
promise Of separate proceeding
which will oesdirected against Chris
tian Science itself as a movement
against pubic policy.
HERE is BASIS OF, THE ATTACK
TO BE MADE; ON THE WILL.
The lawyers for the Eddy heirs did
not have far to look for the keynote
of their proposed attack upon the
Christian Science leaders WILL They
found 1t in the revised laws OF Massa-
chusetts for the year 1902, in section
. OF chapter 81. threads:
THE income Of the gifts, grants, be-
quests and devises made to or for the
use of any one church shall not ex-
coed two Thousand dollars a year, ex-
elusive. Of the income Of any parson-
age land granted to or for the use of
Ithc ministry
That is all there is to tia brief,
plain, unclouied provision OF law
that had been hidden away among the
Massachusetts statutes for more than
half century, but which was re-cn-,
noted eight years ago.
Probably not a dozen persons resi-
dent in the State OF Massachusetts
knew of Its existence. Obviously 1t
was unknown 10 Mrs. Eddy and tile
advisers who aided in the drawing of
i her will. wi,i,h was executed only one
short year after the re.enactmcnt of
the statute.
The heirs see in this Ia a sure legal
bar to the inheritance by the Chris
tian Science Church Of Mrs Eddy's
vast estate. t.i
l~They will lake the position that the
will is illegal and void that in point
OF fact Mrs. Eddy made no disposition
of her property and that condition
is created ,dentically the same as II
Mrs. Eddy Gied intestate.
ATTACKING LAWYERS ENcoUN-
TER VERY SERIOUS OBSTACLE.
Mr.. Chandler and his associate law
yers have had to getcaround one seri-
Gus obstacle inGpreparing their plan
of action5.2T This was the agreement
of settlement made9last year between
Mrs. Eddy and her sons, in which the
heirs pledged themselves not to con-
test any viii she might leave. But
close students OF the situation believe
that the resourceful lawyers have
safe and sure way out of the diff
Guilty.
Mr.. Chandler clearly plans to keep
his clients within the strict letter of
their agreement, so that no interest
OF theirs under the. settlement shall
be endangered. This he doubtless pro.
poses to accomplish by moving in the
matter through bill in equity, which,
while compelling the courts to pass
upon the legality of Mrs. Eddy's will,
cannot be legally construed as con
test of tlrat will.
Prominent lawyers who have had an
inkling OF the campaign plans under
consideration by counsel for the heirs
predict legal battle that will furnish
the record u modern litigation with
its most sensational chapter. 1
If this statute in the laws OF Massa-
chusetts hollis good the will of Mrs.
Eddy will become as so much waste
paper; the millions OF dollars In the
residuary estate will slip from the
fingers of tho. directors OF the mother
church: Mrs, Augusta Stetson. the ex-
~ "a.
communicated. will not get her dta-
mond crown. nor Calvin Fry, the lnys-
tcrious footman,seoretary, his COM
Portable legacy and free board and
lodgings for life.
1t is known that the plans to over
throw tho will arc suspected in Dos
ton. Although Senator, Chandler and
his colleagues have made no open
move nor cropped the faintest hint,
the directors Of the mother church
arc secrctely apprchcnsivc.
Archibald Mcclellan. chairman Of
tho mother church directorate and
Henry NJ. BAKER the executor Of Mrs.
.Eddy's Will have discovered the ex-
Stance of Fiat startling statute In the