Daily Republican., 1880-08-02
FOURTH EDITION.
DEAN slILLEK's LUUK.
The Bogus Diploma man Arrester
for FOrgeFIes.

The Bogus Diploma man ArFester.
for FOrgeries.
PHILADKLPHrA, Aug. dean diiler
Of bogus diploma fame, whose 'o.se WIS
tried by the NJ. E. judicial Conference
In Wilmington last sprRc. and referred
back TO the Philadslrjaia Conference
slept last night in . ali Of the Central
Station. A warrant. was issued last
Monday for his arr est upon the charge
OF forgery, prefe, red by John Norris,
oi'y ealtor OF ae Record but Miller was
When Cf lief Of Police Givin was told
that MIL Il was away, and would not
return IOr week, he Immediately de-
tale" an officer to watch Miller's office,
a. 52S Fairmount avenue. Another
o Acer he stationed before Miller's
thouse, s44 West Lahigh avenue. Last
night the Dean appeared.
As Miller started out Of the house
with his wife, intending to 60 to
church, Officer Robertson walked up to
the side of the Dean and placed him un-
der arrest. The instructions Of the Of
fcer were to bring Miller to the Central
Station, and to the Central Miller was
brought. The Dean protested against
going into q cell. He wanted to 60 ont
and hunt ball. he wanted to sit in the
corridor; but 1t was Of no avail. He
was put under lock and key behind .
grating, and remained there all night.
This morning at 10 o'clock he will have
a hearing before Magistrate Lennon.
| MILLER's OFFENCE.
Miller was the head Of the diploma
mill on Tenth street, above Race, which
was operated under a charter granted
to the Philadelphia University Of Med
icine and Surgery. In February last
the city editor Of the Record called
upon Miller and represented that he
was anxious to enter medical college.
During a two-hour talk that ensued
Miller told how degrees Of D. D. were
issued by him under the charter Of a
business college which he owned; that
in all he owned three charters, and the
students might take their pick as to
which. institution should issue the di-
ploms. A. BIS, A. MS, N. DIS, D..
IDS and LII. DIS were issued by them.
| Although the prospective sawbones
told Miller that he had never studied
medicine and never attended lectures,
Miller equipped him with q certificate
authorizing him as Miller expressed II
"to hang ont his shingle Immediately"
Miller told him to 60 to the School of
Midwifery, on Thirteenth street, and
take out cases. "If you get into any
trouble I'll see you through"
| This was in consideration Of the pay
ment of $25. To make the thing look
more complete, Miller gave q certificate
of scholarship TO which he signed the
name Of W. J. P. Ingraham, and eight
lecture tickets, dated October 6, 1879.
purporting to show that Norris had
attended lect ures during the session Of
J 1879 so, whereas the course had closed
two weeks previous.
The writing Of these tickets is for
lgery under the law. The fraudulent
making or issuing Ofa writing is for
|. gerry. An affidavit was submitted to
: Magistrate Lennon. 1t read Is follows:
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania,
City and County Of Philadelphia ss {:
"John Norris, being duly sworn,
says that Thomas B. Miller, heretofore,
to wit, on the twenty. seventh day Of
February, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty,
and within the county aforesaid, fraud.
ulently made, published and issued to
him eight tickets, one of them pur-
porting to entitle him to matricu .ation
in the Philadelphia University OF Medi-
cine Surgery at the session Of lS79-S0,
and the remaining seven purporting
10 entitle him to attend seven series Of
lectures in said university during the
course of session of 1879 and 1880, and
did fraudulently antedate said seven
tickets so that they should bear date
October 6, 1879, before the beginning
of said course, when in truth and fact
said session or course of 1879 aud 1880
had then expired that said tickets
we're thus frandulently antedated in
order that after attending one
other course Of lectures 1t would
appear that this deponent had at
tended two full courses, and that he
might then graduate from the said uni
versity and receive the degree Of doctor
of medicine, the charter Of said uni.
versity requiring as a condition for re-
| ceiving said degree that the person re-.
ceiving it should attend two full courses
and deponent further says that the
names of W. .Hargrayes, John Kaye and
Z. e. Wooster respectively, signed to
three Of said tickets, were signed by
said Miller in their absence and as this
dsponent believes, without the consent
of said Hargraves, Kaye and Wooster,
or either of them"
!. A warrant was issued on Monday
last, and the arrest followed yesterday.