The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-01
nucuANAN,s CONFESSION

Lne DOctOre twenty hhV"s""" ~"
xus-DipIsmss-H How He Ran Msdi'
cal Colleges and Bribed the LeGis'
lnture.
Chicago Times.
When DR.. Buchanan, the bogus-diploms'
man, was entrspped and the trick OF hia al
legged drowning WAS completely exposed by
his arrest in Michigan, last September, the
old man raw that his last hope of escape hat
vanished, so he accepted the inevitable snt
bowed to the supremacy Of the law. Tht
Record will tomorrow devote severa
columns TO resume Of his work, cons
tanning confession. On returning tc
this city be promised to do all that mar
could do TO right the wrongs that he had
committed. He confessed judgment Of
custer in two suits brought by the common
wealth to annul tho charters OF the Eclectic
Medical College of Pennsylvania, and the
American University Of Philadelphia. lie
also gave power of attorney to comics;
judgment of ouster for him against tho Liv-
ingston University of America, chartered by
the etate of West Virginia, which charter has
been annnlled by the Legislature of West Vir-
ginia. He has given up all the books
he had-the matricua.iou book, the
minutes of the faculty, minutes of trustees,
account books, alumni minutes and . mass
of valuable information, including list of
foreign diplomas sold, and a catalogue of
addresses, including over 1000 names Of
persons who had cor0spondad with him.
From Buchanan's confession and the
books which accompany ii, is condensed
what the Dean has 10 say about medical col
leges: "Tho American University was char.
tered in 1867 William Clark, of Cape May
courthouse, and myself got up the charter.
One-half the incorporators were his friends,
chosen by him, one-hslf were mine. II was
a hslf-arrAngemen oil tho way through.
Tho college WAS designed for tho education
Of the colored man, patronage and financial
aid being promised by Congressman VIM. ID,
Kelley, Bishop Simpson and others.
wrote out the charter, and called enc Sabbath
morning at the house Of a state legislator,
who thought would be I'M available man
for my purpose He told mo would secure
tho charter for mo. and think | gave him
some money that day. At any ratio tho con-
sideration WAS $a00 Tho charter went
through rapidly" To protect the col
lego from legislative interference
Buchanan says he paid $50 TO
each Of the thirteen mcmbcrs OF the educa.
ton commi.ee oftho state legislature in
1871, and $4,000 to tho legislative investigs-
ting committees of 1872. 'From tho year
1870 overy student OF tho eclectic college
received an American university diploma rs
well as the eclectic, and when the National
Eclectic Medical Association WAS formed in
January, 1870, each student got diploma
of that society also. This was done to pleaae
tho students. They wanted more sail.
Fully fifteen thousand diplomas of this uni
versity nre scattered over Europe. One man,
DR.. Rumler, now in Now York tell0 mo that
no sold ten thousand OF our diplomas in
Germany. have given you list OF sixteen
hundred names OF persons who were regis
tered by us between ISL and 1874. These
were in addition e 10 ten thQus ,..,
In addition 10 N Tires Ch'lier which
Buchanan owned, thcro were quit nun aer
of adjunct concerns, IN which as control
was supreme. He owned .he diploma plates
Of the alumni society oe tho Eclectic Medical
college Of Pennsylvania, Of the National
Eclectic Medical association, and of tho
Pennsylvania State Eclectic society, Buch.
anan organized in western New York tho
Middle States Eclectic society, in opposition
10 Robert Newton, of the Eclectic College
Of Now YORK. He organized society 10
opposition to tho Brooklyn Academy of
Medicine also department of dentistry 60
his college, and tho University College OF
Pharmacy. Buchanan also furnished dlplo-
mas to an English graduation board, which
had 400 names on its Lists. Buchanan also
issued diplomas upon the recommendation of
tho Maino Eclectic society, and upon tho
recommendation of the Maine Eclectic tocio-
ty, and upon the recommendation Of tho
president of the eclectic society in Boston.
DR.. Buchanan says: "a doctor named
TO one of tho St. Louis
medical colleges, n refugee whom | met last
August at tho sulphur springs of Windsor,
Canada, told me that In the past fvo years
5000 diplomas of tho college In which he
was professor had been cold in tho west.
Ho gave mo the address of u party on Walnut
street, Kansas City, whore no had made a
sale. In his baggage no had eleven foreign
diplomas in blank. With the exception of
Fields, tho dean Of the st. Louis Eclectic
Medical, l think all tho professors in the
American Eclectic and ST. Louis Eclectic aro
our graduates. Rev. George Sexton, OF
London who was prominent in the British
Medical Reform association, to whom sold
diplomas in 1874, Is an European agent for
Fields. Sexton commenced his career rs n
missionary, then became lecturer for Kahn,
and Is now the agent for tho anthropolcgioal
university Of St. Louis. They have an organ.
ization as perfect as the Catholic church, ard
have penetrated every city OF America and
Great Britain with thor agencies The
Eclectic Is not popular and does not sell well,
but tho University of Anthropology goes oil
like hot cakes. ] have understood could
buy 500 OF Its diplomas In bulk ut any time.
They deal largely. Afford and Sturnam have
approached me, but never answered their
communications. The Scotch minister's take
tothcso university degrees like n SGT OF hungry
wolves. They will not investigate, They
have the degree mania badly. Fully 10000
diplomas Of this university have been sold IL
Europe 10 ministers, doctors and toachtrs.'
Buchanan says no bought diploma las
year from w. H. Nicely, doan Of tho Eclecti,
college Of Cincinnati, md dean of tho Pyeio
Eclectic of tho same city. IL was offered ,h,
chair Of surgery in tho Eclectic college o
keokuk, Iowa" says Buchanan, land the,
frankly told mo how they did business. Thol
make no secret of Il. They sell lil,o
grocer's shop. There arc several ,housan,
oftheir diplomas on, in tho wce,."
school Tax.
To tho Editor OF tho Herald,
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