Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-25

TnE ArTORNEY GENERALs o
. LIVELY CORPSE.

Dr. Buesap.. relis Of An Els Resssnaes.
The Philadelphia Record prints to-day =
full and interesting resume of its discOv-
cries as to DR.. Buchanan's famous bogus
diploma and bogus doctor factory, to.
gether with the confession of DR.. Buchan-
an as given to Mr.. John Norris, tho enter
prising journalist through whose zeal,
backed by the Records liberality, the dis
closure was made. Following is an ab-
stract of the Records story
When Buchanan was sentrapped, and the
trick of his alleged drowning was com.
pletely exposed by his arrest in Michigan
last September, the old man saw that his
last hope of escape had vanished-so he
accepted the inevitable and bowed to the
supremacy of the Law: On returning to
this city he promised to do all that man
mitted. He confessed Judgment of custer
in the two suits brought by the common
wealth to annul the charter of the Eclectic
medical college Of Pennsylvania and the
American university of Philadelphia.
He also gave . power of attorney
to confess Judgment of custer for him
against the Livingston University Of
america, chartered by the state of West
Virginia, which charter has been annulled
by the Legislature of West Virginia. He
has given up all the books he had-the
matriculatiOn books, the minutes of fac
ulty, minutes of trustees, account books,
alumni minutes-and a mass of valuable
information, including list of foreign di
plomas sold, and catalogue of addresses
including over 5, ,O00names Of persons who
had corresponded with him. He gives the
names of wholesale druggists in Philadel-
phia who have sold his diplomas, and he
gives the names of the parties to whom
tho diplomas We're issued. He re-
lates how diplomas we're signed by the
faculty how in one instance three pro-
fessors, for IS each signed 500 diplomas
for him, and how, for $3.50 the diplomas
which were to 20 abroad were certified to
by Spanish consul. In all, about 10000
names are tangled up in his disclosures.
He has given the names of many profess
sional abortionists and the means whereby
they destroy life. He tells Of the tricks Of
his trade, the quack nostrums that are ad-
| vertised to cure all diseases, and of the
mpostors who prey on public crcdulity.
He tells of faith in the supernatural Of a
fortune teller in Philadelphia who
reads destiny under the light of candles
made of human fat. He relates how one
doctor goes to Europe annually and brings
back love powders which he represented
were compounded at the shrine of Cupid
in Minerva's Temple. He describes how
ono concern sells the pulverized gizzard Of
chicken as compound to produce arti-
fetal digestion. He recites incidents
wherein he robbed graves, and how, on
one Saturday morning, stole five dead
bodies from Blockley Almshouse. He
tells how he kept himself clear Of the courts
and their penalties. He tells of twenty
five concerns in this country and in
Europe by which degrees are sold. He
figures that fully 10000 bogus deplomas
are current in America and 10000
more in Europe. He gives the authorities
a lever by which they can uproot
every diploma dealer in America. As
a result of the expose of Buch.
anan's business the charters of the Ameri-
can University of Pennsylvania, the Phila-
delphia University Of Medicine and Surgery
and the Livingstone University..of America
Cat Charleston, W. Va.,) have been an:
nulled, and bills have been introduced
into the state Legislature. to repeal the
charters of the Quaker City Business Col
Philadelphia Electropathic Institution and
| GuO L SOlASeSO Va NASAAOAtAOs n
law has been framed for approval by the
state Legislature regulating the practice
of medicine, protecting the people from
incompetent practitioners, aud elevating
the standard Of medical education.
To protect the college from Legislative
interference, Buchanan says lie paid S5(
to each of thirteen members of the educa
ton committee Of the state Legislature in
1871, and So, GOO to the legislative investi-
eating committee of 1872.
1t noted in one place that on the 18th
Of March, 1858, DR.. Simon Lands, of Eph.
rata, sent letter announcing his inten.
ton of paying the full fees. 500, aud sub.
mitting himself as a candidate for an lille.
gal diploma.
After Buchauan's detection in Canada
and his return to Philadelphia public cur
iosity was satisfied upon every point of the
deans strange doings except as to the
identy of the man who had personated him
and had jumped from a ferry boat into the
Delaware river. It is now possible to
clear up that phase Of the case and to re
veal the ingenious details of the whole
proceeding. The idea was prompted in
the minds of the conspirators by recollection
Of former pupil OF Buchanan's college
named Foster. This man married Pine
street widow, and within month
after the marriage ceremony he
disappeared. At the same time
the lady's money also vanished. No
trace of the man was obtained until one
day news was brought of tho finding ofhis
hat, coat and diplomas in . skif which
was adrift in the st. Lawrence river. His
wife never heard of him afterward but
Buchanan and his friends received word
| from the fu ,ltiv.. in California and they
often chuckled over Fosters smart dodge.
| Again, in 1865 d.. William HARRISON, an
intimate acquaintance of Buchanan, vas
cIo>ely pressed by the officers OF the law,
and it was proposed that he shoul d
be personated in jumping from a
ferryboat into the river. A good
swimmer had been engaged and every
thing was in readiness, but some unex-
pectcd slip occurred in the arrangements
and the scheme was abandoned to be re-
vived six years later, when Dean Buchan-
an found himself in danger of the law.
Buchahna saysVanduserwas at the bottom
of it and that Vanduser engaged the man
| who was to dress in resemblance of the
pudgy little doctor. On the night of
10th of August last, Buchanan went
to the Market street ferry, where
Vanduser and man named Shep-
pard, better known as Shep," were in
waiting. Buchanan gave his coat to his
double and then drove off'in carriage to
the Connecticut railroad junction, and
"Shep" passed on to the ferry boat, to be
saluted by Helton as g Doc,'' and to be
pointed out by Vanduser as-Dr. Buchanan.
OF course "SheD" had nothing to saw