Article April 13, 1899 Issue

Editorial Comment

The Waltham (Mass.) Evening News

Regarding the death of the wife of Col. Charles C. Rivers, which occurred in Chelsea, Dist. Atty. Stevens says his office will take no action in the case. Mrs. Rivers was stricken with paralysis last Thursday. Dr. Hawes was called and prescribed for her and she made good progress. Subsequently Mrs. Alden G. Alley of Chelsea, a Christian Scientist, was brought to attend Mrs. Rivers, Dr. Hawes being notified to that effect. His medicines were not applied. Saturday morning, however, Dr. Hawes was again summoned, and he found the patient in a critical condition. She died Saturday evening. The attention of the district attorney was called to the matter but he sees no reason to act. He says the woman and her husband knew of the treatment a Christian Scientist would prescribe, and they had a right to permit such treatment if they chose. Inasmuch as the district attorney has stated the logic of the subject in a nutshell the Evening News desires to no more than express its approval of his position and its disapproval of the "regular school" of legalized man killers who are eternally claiming a monopoly in the kill-or-cure business. The News is not a Christian Scientist but it believes in a fair deal all round, and this persecution of "faith curists" by the "regulars" is not a fair deal by any means.

The Waltham (Mass.) Evening News.

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