Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-20
| DIPLOMAS
May be Rescinded.
Claimed They We're Gotten
by Fraud.
It Is Charged That the
List Of Questions
Was Furnished Students In Ad.
vance of Examina ton.
PrebabIe That New Examination viii
be Ordered.
Special Correspondence.)

Columbus, June 20.-Startling EVIL
dence of fraud upon the part of some
Of the students who recently submit
ted to examination for admission to
the bar has been developed and 1t Is
not improbable that the court will
deem it advisable to examine each can
didate a second time before issuing
the certificate emitting him to practice
In Ohio. 1t is charged that copies of
the list of eAnminutl ton questions were
obtained and distributed among the
candidates prior to the date OF the eS.
animation. The testimony taken by
the committee Of examiners, under or
der from the Supreme court, does not
as yet clearly prove such to have
been the case, but the examiners are
thoroughly satisfied that money was
contributed by certain students to be
used in the effort to obtain the ques-
tions IN advance. After q protracted
session mt the Nell house on Tuesday
evening, the committee aJjourned to
meet again today.
The morning of the examination, an
applicant for admission TO the bar in
formed one OF the examiners that the
list of questions was Oh sale. Later,
lJ. l.. Hampton Of this city, told the
same story to one Of the deputies in
4 the Office of the clerk OF the supreme
court and other similar reports were
made. The court finally ordered an
investigation and the committee at
once began the work of securing eTi-
dence. Many OF the students and
some outsiders have been examined
land the members of the committee are
convinced that there was at least an
attempt at fraud. The testimony is
conflicting and only one man has been
found who has made definite state
ment to the effect that, in his belief.
the examination papers were secured
In advance. Mr.. Hampton, when call
cd before the committee, refused to
make any statement whatsoever. He
will probably be summoned again and,
lie he persists In his refusal to talk, 1t
lis believed that he will lay himself
Liable to suit for contempt of court.
The examiners feel sure that the on
liz way in which the papers could pos
sibly hnyc been obtained was through
the printer. They were published In
this city four days before the cxamina-
tion in the presence Of one OF the
committee, who believed at the time
that the forms were destroyed. The
lists were locked Ia a safe TO which
no one save the proper authorities had
access.
1t is possible and there is consider
able evidence TO support the theory
that an attempt to deceive some of the
students was made by certain persons
who may have claimed to possess tli'
papers while in wealthy intending Il
palm of upon them lists OF the ques
tons OF former years. A well knowi
lawyer said last evening that prop
osition TO enter into such scheme
had been made to him three months
ago. In view OF the fact that onl,
three of the students received Il grade
OF 90 or more is pretty good eyidenc'
that the genuine papers were no
| very freely distributed prior to thu
discrimination. There would surely hay,
been some stupid enough to pass per
tfectIy. The matter will be probed t.
the bottom.
ROBERT y. RYDER.
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