Show BILL BUI IN EQUITY FILED III IN Mil COUR Accounting Is Asked of Finan Financial Financial cial cia Affairs of Mrs Mary Baker Glover Eddy EddySON EddySON EddySON SON BEGINS PROCEEDINGS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LEADER IS SAID TO BE INCOMPETENT Concord N H March 1 IA A bill in inequity Inequity equity to secure an accounting of the fi 11 financial financial affairs of Mrs Mary Iary Baker Bakur Bl Glover Eddy Edd head of the Christian Sd Science Science ence once church was filed In Jn the superior court today by b Mrs Eddys son George GeorgeW Georger W r Glover Gloer of Deadwood S D and his hl hi daughter Miss Mary Baker Gi and George Georgc W V Baker of Bangor Maine nephew and next friend of Mrs E Edd ld The bill Is s directed against Alfred Far low and other trustees of ot the Christian fierce S church In Ira Boston Calvin A Fry Frye rc Mrs Eddys secretary Lewis O 0 Strand her assistant secretary and Herman Hcrman Springer first reader of the church In Cone Conor rd Beside Belde demanding an accounting of all transactions regarding Mrs Eddys af fairs airs the bill asks for restitution in cas cask caSan any an wrongdoing appears for Injunction during th thO litigation against interference with her hr property and business and for fora a receiver In Mrs Eddys Interest In a statement st Issued tonight b former United States Senator E Chan special counsel In the action netlon it Is declared Mr Glover Gloer Is te actuated by b no spirit of disrespect to his mother but believes that the proceeding Is in her real interest Mr Glover says that the action Is not directed against the religion of the Chris Christian Christian tian Science church The statement fur further further ther that declares that Mr Glover had long lon thought his mother Ais growing too fee feeble feeble feeble ble in body and mind to attend to taper important Important tant business matters but that for a long ions time he h was Will unable to confirm this sus sue suspicion suspicion because those about her seemed seem d unwilling to allow even eef her nearest rela relatives relatives relatives tives to have hare an Interview long enough to reveal her actual condition Incapable of Doing Business Early Ear in January Januar It H is said Mr Glower Glover during a n visit to Concord was enabled to have hae a short talk with his mother and after alter due consideration he decided on present action as an imperative duty dut too long neglected Specifically the bill al alleges alII alleges leges II es that trat the nominal plaintiff Mrs Eddy Edd who sues by her next friend has for a long lon time been incompetent to todo todo todo do business or understand transactions conducted In her name The next alle allegation allegation gation gatlon is that the defendants have hae pos pod possessed themselves of her personal proper property ty and have hac carried on her business It is also alleged that having hating done this knowing of her infirmity they have be bec c me trustees for nearly all ali of ot her proD proDy y which has come into their possession and are bound to give account thereof and of or all the transactions in her name It is declared that there is reason to tofe fe t the con converted converted converted some of her property to their own use lIS and that there are transactions of or Which an account count a should be given John W V Kelly of Portsmouth and the thO firm of Martin Howe of Concord will appear as counsel in the case for the th plaintiff with former Senator Chandler acting as special counsel counselS Statement S of Counsel Mr Chandlers statement follows fOllow George W Yo Glover Gloer and his daughter Miss Mary Baker Glover Gloer have investigated investigated gated the condition of Mrs Irs Mary Baker Glover Eddy at Concord N H Mr Glower Glover had for some time Inclined to be believe believe believe lieve that Mrs Eddy Edd in her old age K 16 years now has been growing wing too feeble in body and mind to attend to executive and important business matters but per persons persons perSons sons sons living with lith Mrs Eddy as well as asher asher asher her relatives had persistently prevented any an other persons even enn her relatives from having any momentary mo Interview with he that Mr Glover Glower had not been able to test his fears by b any prolonged visit He and his daughter however on oi Jan 2 were permitted to see eO Mrs Eddy Edd for of an hour and the result of that Interview was to confirm con Inn their and to convince them that was not capable of transacting business Her Mind Clouded She was weak bodily and her mm was clouded and enfeebled and possessed by bv strange and erratic notions It was clear to them that it was not insanity but that her mental faculties were so im impaired Impaired impaired paired that she could not attend to finan financial financial cial affairs nor give intelligent direction to any an business of Importance Various incidents connected with their stay sta and facts which they learned from several sources s tended to strengthen these conclusions as to Mrs Eddys Edds incapacity for tor business Mr Ir Glover and his daughter further learned that Mrs Eddys secular business seems to be larger than ever eer She Is still president of the Metaphysical College of Healing and heads a body of practicing healers though she does not personally give treatment The copyright of oC Science and Health Healtha a system of formulas still stands In her name while the other copyrights of Chris Christian Christion tion tian Science books and weekly monthly and quarterly periodicals are fh th her name She retains her place as head of the mother church at Boston with members Entitled to Large Amounts It seemed to Mr Glover certain that the Income from these sources must be vast all gathered In by reason of the use of or Mrs Eddys name raised largely by active movements nominally headed by her and to much of which she must be personally entitled It lt was clear that as Mrs Eddy could coul I Inot not personally do anything about this enormous business carried on by b her au ati authority authority and much of ot it In her name necessarily nO necessarily It was all in charge of th tb the various persons surrounding her in Con Concord Concord on a acord cord and In charge of the affairs at Bos Bee Boston Boston Beeton ton who were not under any an real rca res responsibility rl to her for what they were do doIng doing Ing Therefore Mr Glover Glower after consulting with counsel concluded it was his dut dutto to have his mother take action for th tho the protection of her property He did not make a hasty decision but gave long con consideration to the question At last ne lie was advised that equity Quit courts have au authority authority to take charge of the property of f enfeebled persons pomona like Mrs Eddy and to io see that those having it hi lit their control do not mismanage It or convert any of It to their own use and that an equity suit Bult might be brought against them in Mrs Eddys name by her son her relatives of any degree or by any an good citizen willing willingto to act as her next friend for this purpose Mr Glowers Glovers suit is not conceived in fn any spirit of ot disrespect of or unkindneSS to his mother but Is Intended and be believed b blIe lIe d to be for her real Interest nor Is Ia IsIt IsIt It directed against Science It means only what It professes to mean 5 t Continued on n Page 2 BILL IN EQUITY FILED IN COURT Continued from Page 1 and Mr Glover considers his action the performance e of an Imperative imper tle duty too long neglected Son by First Husband Mr Ir Glover Is a son of Mrs Irs Eddy Edd by her first husband He is now in New Hampshire and it is understood that he and his daughter have returned to their home In hi Dead Deadwood wood G W V Baker is a son of Mrs Irs Eddys Edds brother the late George Sullivan Baker and nd Is her only surviving nephew Frank S Streetor personal counsel for forIr Mrs Ir Eddy Eda gave out the following state statement statement statement ment tonight My Uy attention was first called to this pending suit today toda I 1 have hac not confer conferred conferred conferred red with Mrs Irs Eddy Within two weeks she has consulted me several times on business matters of importance Her cap capacity capacity capacity to manage her business affairs in which she is interested cannot be ques questioned questioned When the things she has done in be behalf behalf half balf of her son sori and her ber four grandchildren grandchildren dren shall be known they the and their counsel cannot but regret taking this action and the publicity they the have given tt It When hen an Associated Press representative r tive went to Pleasant View the home of o Mrs Irs Eddy tonight he was received rece d dby Lewis C Strung Strang her assistant sec see secretary secretarY by rotary Mr Ir Strang trani expressed surprise when the proceedings were ere ed to him Mr Ir Stra said it would be Impossible to interview Mrs Eddy E d tonight Surprise e in Boston Boston March L JEvery Every Christain Science of official in this city the home of arid and place of residence of o all except three of o the defendants In the th suit brought In Concord today expressed astonishment at atthe atthe atthe the action of Mrs Irs Eddys relatives Al AI fred red Farlow chairman of the publication publication tion committee tonight said he lie was sur stir surprised surprised to hear of the suit Ho declined to make any an statement at this time Rev Irving C Tomlinson a defendant said he had not heard of the suit and did not care to express himself on It IL ItIra ItIra Ira C Knapp also one of the defendants said tonight he had heard beard nothing of such action Family Difference Fall River RIve Mass March llarch 1 Stephen A Chace of this city the tilE treasurer of the Christian Science church said tonight I never neer heard of the matter until to tonight tonight night It is I my opinion that the whole matter is one otto of family differences and has church nothing whatever to do with the I |