The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-03
TRINITY UNIVERSITY,
A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY OF THE
STATE OF VERMONT.

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STATE OF VERMONT.
To all to whom these presents may come. greet
ing Since IL has been made an old and honored
custom among all academic bodies established ac-
cording to law to confer great honor upon those
who shall have faithfully given themselves to the
study ofetters, science, and the useful arts, and
who meanwhile shall have demaened themselves
in an upright manner
Therefore, Since Alan II, G. Hapiwicke has
proved 10 us that he has given himself during the
accustomed time and according to law to the art
of medicine and has shown to the examining in
stIuctors that he is well grounded in medicine
and surgery, we, the faculty of this university,
with the authority intrusted to us by the laws OF
the State of Vermont, admit said man to the rank
Of doctor OF medicine, and give and grant to unto
him all rights, freedoms, and honors belonging to
to that station.
In testimony Of which deed. we, the President,
dean and professors of this university. cause
him to be presented with this diploma, under our
common seal,
Dated at Bennington, the twenty seventh day
Of the month Of May, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
g. WILMoT AvERELL, LII D., President.
p. B, BRADBURY, DEAN.
As Mr.. Hardwicke is engaged in the
hardware business, and never studied
medicine at all, the fraudulent nature Of
the whole transaction is emphasized by
this sentence in the bogus diploma :
And has shown to the examining in
structors that he is well grounded in
medicine and surgery, we, the faculty
OF this university, with the authority
instructed to us by the laws Of the State
of Vermont, admit the said man to the
rank of doctor OF medicine and give and
grant unto him all rights, freedoms, and
honors belonging to that station"
Tn ayidapna a0ainat tho nm
spirstors, DIR. d. s. Adams OF Manches-
ter, N. a., President Of the New Hamp-
shire State Board Of Censors, did some
good detective work. He found that
the university business was conducted
mainly at II CornhiIl street, a waiting
room for horss-car passengers. In that
room is a stand Of private letter boxes,
and the mail addressed to DIR" Brad
bury was placed in these boxes. But he
didn't call for it. That work was as
signed to G. Wilmot Averell, lawyer,
whose office was on School street.
Bradbury remained in Nashua and at
tended TO the correspondence. It was
foundhhat negotiations were begun only
with persons who lived 30 far from there
that they were not likely to make q per-
sonal Investigations of the methods en-
ployed. All letters from points near
Boston were ignored. Bradbury lived
at Nashua and held aloof from all the
reputable doctors in the city, although
he swung out professional shinRle. He
had no practice. but nearly every mail
brought number OF letters. Visitors
at the house we're invariably met at the
door by Bradbury himself, and any ref
erence TO the diplomas was met by the
statement that DR.. Bradbury had just
moved to Lowell. He refused to talk
with anybody about the matter, but
wrote unreservedly all the information
that was desired by the correspondents.
The bogus diplomas were printed
somewhere in New York, and the circu-
lars were struck off 1T a small printing
office in Lowell. Tho plate from which
the fraudulent shecpskins were printed
has not yet been found.
Careful arrangements, we're made by
DR.. Adams and others who worked up
the case to secure the arrest Of the
swindlers, but, owing to the slow NOV
ing machinery of the law, they were
enabled to make their escape.