Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-10-11

Note company LOOK the matter up
with some st. Louis physicians who
Immediately brought the case to the
attentio nof DR.. Goodwin. In the
meantime, the company wrote non
committal letter to Page stating that
it could no advise him on the matter
until copy of what was desired had
been submitted and suggesting that
Page send sample Of the diplomas
he wanted. A few days later there
came from Page diploma of the
American Medical college signed by
the college secretary, president and
vice-president mad by all the various
professors and dated March %, 1902.
The diploma (Which together with all
the correspondence, was sent to The
Journal office and photographer
showed evidence of an attempt to
erase the name of the person for
whom it was originally issued, and
the attempt failing, that part of the
parchment containing the name had
been crudely cut out. We reproduce
the diploma in facsimile; tn emutila-
ton does not show in the reproduc-
ton as it does in the original photo
graph.
Page Becomes Secretary
Accompanying this diploma was a
letter from Page in which he signed
himself Secretary of the American
Medical College, In it he stated,
we desire 4 coppys to give me prices
on 4 and g. The Cast Bank Note
company Immediately wrote Page
that it had received the sample copy,
but did not have the plate from which
the diploma was made and that the
cost of making a new engraving
would be approximately $75 with $25
additional for making the diploma.
To this Page replied-still signing
himself 'Secty'-that he wanted six
diplomas like sample and insisted
that they must be just like it with
the names of all the Professors as
some are now Dead and we cannot
get an exact Duplicate unless you
follow Instructions Page stated
further that he would furnish the
company with the names that we
wish to Appear on these Diplomas
and enclosed a check for $25 part
payment in advance.
"In the meantime, DR.. Goodwin
had written to DR.. ]. j. Link, of St.
Louis, apprising him of Pages ac-
ton. DR.. Link was for some years
treasurer and, for period, both
president and treasurer of the Amer
lean Medical college. In reply, DR..
Link said that Page was not known
to the board of trustees of the Amer
lean Medical college and had no au-
thority to have diplomas of the Am
erican Medical college engraved or
printed. He pointed out that a du-
plicate diploma was rarely issued by
that school and then only by vote
of the board of trustees on receipt of
an affidavit from an applicant who
was known to be graduate of the
school, to the effect that his diploma
had been destroyed. In such cases
the duplicate diploma was imprinted
with the word Duplicate
The Forged Telegram.
'In answer to Pages letter accom-
panying the check the Cast Bank
Note company wrote that they would
have to have authority from the pres
ident of the college before proceed
ing with the work. To this Page re-
Piled
Gentlemen: l sent your letter
of Sept. 1st to Dr. Younkin Dean at
Orlando, Fla. he is confined there
with Dengue fever asking him to In
struct you just what he wanted to
appear upon these Diplomas. Kind
ly communicate with me upon advise
from him..
'The facts are DR.. Edwin Younkin,
of the old American Medical college,
was not at Orlando, Fla, but was in
Chicago! Nevertheless, a Western
Union might letter came to the Cast
Bank Note company from Orlando,
Fla, signed Edwin Younkin, M. D.,
Dean 1t read:
"'Give authority to make six di-
plomas as specimen per DIR. Page. No
wanted. Proceed with work.
Write DIR. Page the secty.'
"The company again wrote Page
stating that it had received a tele-
gram purporting to be signed by Ed
win Younkin, MD, Dean but that
it could not proceed on such an order,
but would need written signed ro-
der. Page Immediately replied that