The San Francisco call., 1899-09-26
Charged by a Fresno Dentist of
Seeking a Big Bribe.
Scandal Reaches Wide Proportions, and Dr..
Cranz Will File Charges With the
Governor To-Day.

wait for something to develop and then
choose a course of action Directly upon
this assertion he declared that as
matter of necessity there could be no dis
cussion of the affair without a meeting OF
the board and such meeting will be
called.
DIR. Bachnan admits that week ago he
authorized the secretary to call a meet
ing for October and since then he has
withdrawn the call because of the charges
preferred against DR.. Tebbets The presi-
dent declared that he knew nothing more
CT the charges than what he had read
in The Call and he then admitted that on
Sunday he discussed the accusations with
Dr. Cranz The president also asserted
that he had been asked for testimony by
no one, and then he declared that he knew
nothing.
AS far as any activity on his part is
concerned he said that there would be no
investigation by the State board. That
the State board should not rest quietly in
the face of such serious charges against
one of its members and suspicious against
others did not occur to the president in
the slightest degree unusual. DR.. Bach
man said that he had not heard of any
formal charges and did not intend to
make a demand for any. With that he
closed the interview.
There is an abundance of testimony to
prove the charges against 16DDetS.
DR.. w H. King of this city will testify
that Tebbets admitted to him that he
had been doing crooked work as a mem
Der of the State Board for four or five
wears, and that his illicit traffic had
yielded on an average of $500 a year.
DR.. Metcalf of Sacramento and Dr.
King will be relied upon TO prove that
Tebbets demanded pay for a dental GER
tificate from DR.. G. H. GaZarian of Fres-
statement.
DR.. ]. L. Assay of the faculty of the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons will
swear that he had to pay Tebbets for
securing a certificate for a young lady
student.
DR.. l.. NJ Finnigan of San Jose will give
evidence against the accused to the effect
that Tebbets demanded and was paid $50
for securing a certificate for Dr. Finni-
gan's stepson.
This is briefly what will be set forth
in the formal charges which are being
prepared for DR.. Cranz by Attorney
Thomas D. Riordan. and which will be
forwarded to the Governor to-day. No
later than yesterday DR.. Cranz received
reassurances from DR.. Assay and DR.. Met
calf that they would be ready to tell
all they knew when called upon to testify
The Finnigan case is one in which Teb-
bets d1SpIayed unusual DOIdneSS. FInnl-
gan's stepson was in the midst of the ex-
aminations when Tebbets approached
Finnigan with the statement that the
stepson was a little deficient in some
branches; that a certain member of
the board objected to giving him u GER
tifcate, but that for $50 he could FIX
the objecting member. Finnigan paid $25
on account and in due course of time
the stepson received his credentials. A
short time afterward Tebbets sent a let
ter to Finnigan requesting him to pay up
the balance due.
A somewhat similar case is that of DR..
Asay. young lady dental student who
studied under him went before the State
Board for certificate. She was un-
usually bright and passed a most credit
able examination. No one thought that
there would be any question of her pass
ing, and DIR. Assay was astounded when
Tebbets called upon him and impaired
the information that several members of
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