The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-25
DOCTOR" BUCHANAN,
THE DEALER IN BOGUS DIPLOMAS.
An Incident Believed 80 Explain How
Buchanan EIuded His Legal Inquis-
itors-A Noted Swimmer I'm the
Case Tells how n Man Tried 10
Engage Him 10 "Play that
He was Drowned" of.
fering Him $50

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been turned on Buchanan's death. Mr..
Thomas Coyle, the noted swimmer, who
achieved an international reputation few
years ago by his match with johnson, the
English champion, residing near Linwood,
on the line of the Philadelphia Wilmington
q Baltimore railroad, little under two
miles from Chester, tells his story;
"Last Wednesday evening. soon after
dark, a closed carriage drove up to our door.
My son IA boy of six years. was in this room
ia parlor opening into the street. and my
went to the do n, which was open, and Jim
Longbottom, who keeps a saloon down by
the Chester depot, got out of the carriage.
SO far as he could sec it looked as though
there were two or three other people in the
carriage-a driver was on the seat. Mr..
Longbottom came to the door and asked for
me. The boy told him had
GONE AWAY,
and would not be back for couple Of days
Then the boy asked Longbottom what he
wanted, and he said he wanted to know what
county in Ireland | was born in, as he was
going to correspond with paper in the place.
II was funny, wasn't it, that he was going to
write tor paper when he didn't know the
place it was in? Then he got into the car
ri ge and went away. My boy told me of
these things when | got home, and made up
my mind to 90 and see Longbottom; but l
couldn't get chance to do SO until Saturday
night. ! went down to his place ana found
\ hol c,u,
moments he called me aside and said to me:
"Tom, could you jump otfa terryboat or q
steamer while it was going and get out all
right
THAT could" said l.
"Well," he said, ''then there's q job for
you"
Gall right" said 1; "pm your msn-where
is it to be-"
I'm the Delaware near Philadelphia" he
said. | am not certain whether he said near
or at Philadelphia.
"All right" said again, Then | aaked :
"How MUCH is THERE IN IT ?"
"Fifty dollars" was his answer,
"All right" l says once more,
Then he waited moment or two. Pres
emily he said Couldn't you put Oh a pair
of corporations clubbing his hand over his
stomaoh) to make you look
stout, YOU know 2"
said supposed | could.
"And pair of short side whiskers ?" he
went on, stroking down his cheeks with bis
fingers. MR. Coyle has cean.shaven face,
with slight mustache.)
"Yes," answered.
"Then, that will be all right" be respond
ed. "Pll let you know when it is to be done,
and when I'll want YOU"
"When | Get home" continued Coyle, ~
told my wife what had been said to me-.
When turning it over in my mind on the
way began to think there was something
crooked at the bottom of the thing. My
wife thought SO too, and advised me not to
have anything 10 do with it. The next day
we talked it over again, and ! got the idea
into nv head that somebody was going to
be murdered, and that | was wanted to Jump
off II boat in order to make it appear that
he had committed suicide. | knew man
who
JUST ANSWERED THE DESCRIPTION
of the make up that was to assume. and I
went to him and tcl hi n to be on his guard.
He is Chester man, but | would rather not
bring his name into this business at present.
I aid not hear ANYTHING more about the affair
from Iopgbottom. and on Monday night I
went down to his place. They told me he
was not at home. but his mother called me
eside and said.