The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-04
GOT HIS DIPLOMA
BY FRAUD MEANS
DR.. Vladimir Jindra Comes
to AmerGa and Lands
in Heap of Trouble.
NET IS TIGHT AROUND QUACK
Says It Is Easy to Come Into In
diana and Put One Over the
Legitimate Physician.

The startling fact that DR.. Vladimir
Jindra. who recently practiced medicine
in Hammond, had secured his diploma
and his right to practice in this country
by fraud was brought out by Acting
Lieutenant James Scully of the Lawn
dale police station in Chicago, yester-
day.
The experience OF Jindra in this state
showes that in spite of which are in
tended to exclude quacks they can
find ways to evade them and practice
unmolested
Tells His Story.
Jindra's own admission shows how
easy it is for faker to come into
Indiana and put one over on the legit-
innate physician. Jindra's confession
had to be told several times before it's
numerous complications were unravel-
ed.
II studied medicine from my boy
hood" he said when I grew up a
doctor in Prague sold me a diploma. I
do not know where he got it. I brought
it to America and got a certificate to
practice in New York on the strength
of it. Then 1 took my New York
tificate back to Prague and obtained
true certificate there because Of my
American papers.
One of the serious offenses with
which the two Hammond doctors will
be charged will be that of selling
surgical instruments which they had
purchased on credit.
Found in Jindra's Rooms.
The instruments were found in jim
dra's rooms at Trumbull avenue and
Thirteenth street, and Jindra admitted
he bought them from Sharp & Smith.
surgical instrument dealers, on thirty
days time. This, he says, he did at
French's direction.
French, Jindra asserted, had a hyp-
motto influence over him. Jindra also
lexplained the history of leather case
full of medical certificates made out
20 him and told the police French had
sold other Andrew Carnegie" diplomas
to persons whose names Jindra says
he does not know.
A first examination, made when jim
dra and French were together, brought
small results because Jindra looked at
French before answering, and would
stop talking in the midst of sentence
lif French scowled at him. French was
taken to the West Thirteenth street
police station.
One of the schemes which DR.. French
worked to get the confidence of his ig
norant patients was to secure member
ship to as many orders as he could get
into.
/ He was admitted to the Masonic order
/ at Brook, Ind. George AIDES town, he
became a Knight of Pythias in some
town or another and he became an Elk
in Hammond. He would point to his
membership in these orders as evi-
dences of his standing.
Asked about two certificates, in which
his name was forged and which were
issued to some one in Oaklahoma, jim
ORA said French gave them to him. He
told me they would impress the Bohe-
mians," explained Jindra. He never
would explain things to me, but once
he paid me some money which he said
he got from selling a diploma. 1 bought
ar operating table, also from Sharp &
Smith, which was to cost s51. and he
took charge Of that. 1 do not know
where 1t is"
ScuIIy Calls Jindra Dupe.
I'VE have information that French
and Jindra between them obtained and
sold a physicians microscope in this
neighborhood for $50" said Lieut.. Soul
Ily TT is listed by Sharp & Smith, from
whom they got it, at s1.2o The investi-
cation, apparently. Is only just begin
ming. I believe Jindra has been duped
by several persons successfully, and
hs admits he is easily Influenced"
French refused to talk to the police
Il will do my talking in court" he said
The case will be heard in the Maxwell
street branch of the Municipal cour;
this morning.
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