The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-13
ALIEeE DOUBLE DEALING
In Effort to Get a Druggists Certificate
from Vermont Board.


During lhe last few days. the Vermont
state pharmacy board has ferretod oui
what 10 believes 10 Be case of fraud
on the part Of one Of the candidates
for druggists licente at the examination
in Montpelier last week Tuesday, By
having someone else. schooled IN The
knowledoe Of drugs, take the examine
tion in his name
The cHse. al given out to-day BY The
board, q that about a month ago D II
Davis. secretary Of the board received
letter from +. J.. Dougherty of Bangor
Me-. who wrote that NJ wished to take
the examination before the Vermont
board. His letter was answered and an
application blank was sent for him to fil
out and return to tho secretary On the
day Of the examination man supposed
70 bs Mr. Dougherty appeared and took
the examination. and later II was found
that he had passed a creditable examina.
tion.
n the application blank he had stated
that he bad been ia tile drug business
in Maine for n years and had never
taken, OF tried to take, the examination
before TIE Maine board This statement
aroused the suspicion Of w. F Root Of
the board that there must be something
wrong and he decided 10 start an inyes-
tigatiOn as to why the man had never
before tried to get registered druggists
license.
On the day Of the examinations Dough
erty, or the man giving his name as
Doughertys was called before the board
and questioned as 10 the reasons he bad
not taken the examination before. He
told the board that he bad intended 20
take them before this. but never got
around 70 II, and he finally decided to
come over 70 Vermont and take the ex-
animation. where II he failed, his friends
on the Maine board would not know Of il.
Vermont exchanges license certificates
with Maine. and if Dougherty had re,
ceived his diploma from this board he
could have exchanged il for . license in
Maine without having TO take the exam
nation.
bis answers 10 the questions aroused
the suspicious 81 the board still more,
aud it-was thouqht best to write to the
Maine board and find out # this man
was known by them Secretary Davis
then wrote 70 President Charles Davis
of tho Maine board who lives il Bangor.
President Davis wrote back that he
knew Dongberty and told some facts
about him. President Davis also wrote
that Dougherty had recently left the
city in company with another man By
the name If ]. r. Riley, who was q
college graduate and had passed the ex.
aminatious before the Maine board.
He sent a description Of the two men,
and Bis description of Riley. Sire Yer.
mont board SAY answered identlcally the
desefiptinn az 81 man Who had taken
the examination here under the name az
Do0ahertY with the exception that he
had q smooth face and President Davis
described him as having mnstaahe.
President Davis was communicated with
and Ia found that Eiley had returned
there without bis mnstaehe,
To still further prove their case the
Vermont board compared the han3writ-
ing 6f the two men and found that tha
writing Of the man who had taken the
examination and the one who had signed
the application were presumably the
same and that Tie writing o. J. r. Riley
who took tie examination before the
Maine board was the same as that of The
man who took It here Handwriting Of
was also secured and it was
found to he entirely different than that
Of the writer Of the examination. The
hotel registers ia Montpelier were inyes
tigated BY Secretary Davis, and Il wap
found that Riley and Dougherty both
reg sered Al hotel there that day
Secretary Dayis said chat tbe board
was now certain that they had estab-
lished q true case, but they could not
dn anything ID the way of prosecuting
the men here. as the latter we're now
in Maine. If the Maine board wishes to
take ii up. the Vermont board will give
them an the assistance they can.