Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-25
Bogus Medical piplomax.

S7AXTI!NG c.. gESSI0S o. pE." EUtHASA.
ae .hilale 'phia R'onrf publishes to-day the
,phitSSion OF the bogus diploma vCr6er. "nean'
SOM buchanan. who = hOw undergoing imprls.
OLIAt III ~ eoiSIt aeLCe OF The eNpcsGgC by TIA,
,aLsI some tllnc aEo o. the character OF toe iit-
ltttbt heciC9l colleges with which be WAS asso-
Ciated. IL Says:-"lIe has gIven I'm All the
suNhs % haG Tie matTiC IA ion bOoLs tie Rin-
, sots ot tae1!ty, minutes OF trustees. account
UCNhs, alumni minutes. ana mass n valuahla
nio!matlon. Including a list OF forplcn n nan1os
500, apd catalogue OF addresses. tnr,r5iDF
Dogf 2Vyy ~, names mes O. persons who had CORES
wholesale druggists In Phusdelphis yyh1 6aza
sold hts diplomas. and he -iECS the 4 sroa- ~
the PARTIES 20 whom the diplomas were issuet
lie Iclstcs how diplomas we're signed by the
faculty: how IN one instance. three professors
for s. each. signed 500 diplomas FOR hin, aud
how, for $3.50. the diplomas, Nhich were 70 go
abroad were certified TO by q spanish consul
In Ali about ten thousand names are tangled
up In his disclosures lie has given the names
Of many professiona aeoruonlsts, ana tbs
means whereby they destroy life. lie tells or
tIe Tricks of bis t;ade. the qu8cl nos runs that
are advertised 10 cure al diseases, and OF tho
ilnpostoIS Who Prey on putuc creduiiiy. ne
ItCNSS incidents wherein be robbed graves AMI
how Oh one saturday morning he stole I've dead
FOOTE'S from Blockiey Alrnshousc. lie tells how
Re Kept himself clear CT The courts and their
this country ana Ia Europe by watea degrees
Ne sod. lie ngUres that rully ~ 900 bogus
olpLgmas are current IN America. and 1o.)os
more IN Europe. lie gives she authorities /.
lever by which they can Gprcot ey6ry ilploms
c6a.er IL America.
lib PRETENDED SUICIDE
From BUchananS papers the Rre1~f gets the
fCAoWing details OF his attempt 10 lead The pub
lie 10 believe that he hal committed suicide by
jumping from ferry boat into the DGiawars
llyer III August last; 'Os the night In ucstIon
Buchanan went 10 tae Market street ferry.
Hltfe Nandu5Cr and man named Sheppard
better known as sep were IA waiting. BgCh-
ansn gave his coat 10 his double aud n IN
Grove on in 4 carriage 10 the connecting raj
road junction. and 'Shep passed on 10 the
ielTE boal, 10 bc salUted Dy HUltoG as Doc. and
10 be pointed out by Nanduser as DR. Burh-
anan. 'Shep.' had nothing 10 say to any one on
The Loaf, AID this point Was used Dy Nanluser
10 impress on the deck hands t.e tact that
the doctor is acting strangely 10 night A.
the ferry boat turned 10 enter the canal seps-
rating Rdgway PARK from Windmill island 4
skin crossed its bow and lay close IL IN Ter the
shadow Of the plies. 'Sbep.' stripped himSel!
or Huchanan's coat and punge1 ororb1ara
and with few strokes caught mold or his part
nel 5 Skitf, and, clutching sight ID fha stern
was hauled down the river TO b low Point Airy
" mere he clambered In. ana was roWed along
lhe Jersey side ot the river thence across -
his hone In keusingtoG."
CHARTERS OF SO.CAIIED MEDICAL COLLEGES A..
NUIIED.
As q result OF the RtCsydS expose OF Buch-
9nans business the charters OF the American
University or Philadelphia. the Eclectic Neil
cal college OF Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia
University or Medicine aud surgery aud the
Livingstone University OF America az Charles
ton. W. Va have been annulled and bills have
repeal the charters or the Quaker Cify business
COLI &c, the Penn Medical University, the phIla-
delpDia ElectTOpathic Institution and the
Philadelphia College OF Medicine.