The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-26
d" Dean" Buchanan.

/ THE CHIEF OF THE DIPLOMA MANUFACTURERS
DIsCLOScS the SECRETS OF THE TRADE.
PHILADELPHIA. March 24.-The RecOrd
tomorrow will publish the confession Of the
bogus diploma-vender. "Dean" John Bu-
chanau. who is now undergoing imprisOn-
ment in consequence OF the exposure some
time ago Of the character OF the different
mcdca, colleges with which he was assOcl-
atcd. II will say: He has given up all the
books he had-tbe matrcuIation books,
the minutes Of faculty, minutes OF trus-
tees, accOunt-bOokS, alumni minuteS-aDd
a mass of valuable information, including
lI>t OF foreign diplomas sold and a
catalogue Of addresses, including over five
thousand names Of persons who had corre-
snonded with him. He give. the names Of
wholesale druggists in Philadelphia who
have sold his diplomas. and he gives the
names OF the parties 10 whom the Diplomas
were issued. He relates how diplomas were
signed by the fJcully: how in one instance
three professors, for S5 elcp, signPG 800
diplomas for blm, aud how, for SO 30. the
diplomas which were TO 90 abroad were ccr-
lIhed TO by a Spanish consul. ln all about
ten thousand names are tangled up in his
disclosures.
He tells Of the tricks OF his trade. the
quack no>trumS that are advertised 10 cure
all diseases and of the imposlers who prey
on public cr.dulity. He TCcites incidents
wherein he robbed graves, aud how on one
Saturday morning he stole five dead bodies
from Blocklcy AmShOu>e. He tells how
he kept him> II clear Of the courts and
their penalties. He tells OF twenty five
concerns in this country and in Europe by
which degrees are sJld. He figures that
fully twenty thousand bogus Diplomas are
current in America and forty thousand
more in Europe. He gives The authorities
lever by which they can uproot every
diploma-dealcr in America.
BUCHANAN'S BOGUS SUICIDE.
From Buchanan's papers are gathered the
following details OF his attempt 10 lead the
public TO believe that he had committed
suicide Dy jumping from ferry boat into
the Delaware river in August last: GA the
night in question Buchanan went 10 the
Market.S:reet ferry. whete Vandu>cr ani a
man named Sheppard, Better known rs
Shcp." were in waiting. Buchanan gave
hi, coat TO bis double and then drove of in
a carriage 10 the connecting railroad juno
tion. and "Shep" passed on to the ferry
boat, to he >aluted by Hoton u "Doc
and to be pointed out by Vanduser rs DR..
( Buchanan. "Shep" had nothing to say 10
slflN one Oh Tue UDtts duO tIlN lIOibl N'~ u>'u
/ by Nandu>er 10 impress on the deck-hands
/ the fact that 1.-THE Doctor i acting strangely
| tonight" AS the farry.boa turned 10 en-
( ter the canal separating Ridgway Park
! lrom Windmill Island ska crossed IT.
bow ard 'ay close in under the shadow of
the piles. "Shep" stripped himself OF
/ Buchanan'S coat and plunged oyerboaid d.,
and with q few strokes caught hold of his
partners xiii. and clutchng highly 10 the
stern, was hauled down the river TO below
! POin; Airy, where he cambeTed in and
was rowed along the jersey side OF the
river. thence across to his home in Ken
>mgton.
bogus COLLEGES BROKEN Up.
As result OF The eTpOS6 Of Buchanan's s
! business the charters # the American Uni
yer>i;y, Of Phil1delphia; the Eclectic Medi-
/ cal College. OF Pennsylvania the Phiiadel-
phla University OF Medicine ana surgery,
and tue Livingstone University OF America,
I at Charleston, West Va. have been annu'led.
and bills have been Introduced iutothe Slatc
! LEGISLATURE 10 repeal the charters OF the
J Quaker Civ Business College. tue Penn
! Medical University, TIE Phiade,phil Elec-
/ tropa,hic Institution, and the Philadelphia
, College OF Medicine.