Evening star., 1927-12-02
Gilbert Patten Brown, For
mer Associate of Dr..
HalIer, Is Accused.
CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD
THROUGH MAILS CHARGED
Officials of Company Said to Have
Offered to Get D. c. Charters
for Schools.


D., LII. D., Ph. c.. president OF the
Central Chiropractic College, 1914 Sew
enth street. was indicted today by the
grand jury of conspiracy to use mails
to defraud.
Included with Brown in the indict-
ment were Ethel G.. Wood, member
OF the faculty of Central Chiropractlc
College, and Edwin B. Henderson.
physical director in the colored schools
of the District.
Brown and the others, the indict-
ment alleges, were guilty of conspir-
acy to use the mails to defraud when
thev solicited the securing of charters
for institutions of learning under the
corporation laws of the District or Co.
lumbia. said institutions to operate in
other states.
Accused of Posing as Attorney.
Brown. it is stated represented him.
self to various prospective clients as
an attorney and asserted that he could
legally charter here Sanitariums. hos
pitfalls and institutions of learning
which could operate in all States and
all foreign countries. He also is al
legged to have represented that consid-
erable sums of money were required
to obtain such charters.
Letters were incorporated in the in
dictment ailegedly sent by Brown to
prof, c. Braganza, G. d. p. O., In
regard to obtaining a charter for the
National Occult College" to be op-
Grated hv Rraganza in Massachusetts
and Offering to attend to all the de-
tails for $50.
Other Letters Included.
.sYou will have a field which will
make you rich and famous" one letter
states, and urges BraganZa to make
this provision for his old age.
Other letters were included in the
Indictment allegedly sent by Brown to
Homer c. Bennett of Lima, Ohio. in
regard to incorporating a medical
school to operate in that State. He
first expressed some doubt as to
whether he would be able to obtain
such a charter. but later wrote Ben
nett, according to the Indictment:
In the words of the immortal
Perry. we have met the enemy and
they are our The papers were OBJ
tanned" he continued. without a
whimper from the powers that are.
Brown for several years has been
associated with various educational
activities in Washington and else
where. mostly concerned with the
teaching Of therapeutic cults.
Letters Are Quoted.
date of December 26. 1924. Brown
wrote:
Most State charters are weak
things and have no academic value
and / am again reminded that there
are lin these United States several
meh in your position. that is to say.
if they knew me. they would at once
nroceed to secure articles of incorpora-
ton under an act of Congress.
Brown suggested the organization
of a class of chiropractors in Brook
lvn and New York City In his letter.
"You could circulariZe these protes
sional people," he wrote. and Wneh
a suficient number is gathered to
cether IN form a class, take the train
for Rrookiyn and conduct the class.
doing good service for huma nifty and
nutting few thousand dollars IN
yo,fr pocket"
Brown mentioned names of people
with whom he could communicate.
and added:
Tell them that you have recently
secured through me congressional ar
ticles of incorporation. that you also
hold a State charter and are tuiiy
prepa red to teach all that you say you
can There Is no reason. my friend.
WHY YOU cannot launch out bigger
than ever i'm this line of business.
Yours is not a diploma mill. There
are men running around the country
selling diplomas"
Feared Passage OF Bills.
At another point in his letter Brown
said he would be unable to procure
more articles of Incorporation should
either of the two bills then before Con-
gress pass.
Brown suggested to Bennett that
SHOULD you care for your spouse or
YOUR son to have an honorary degree
similar to the one you received, as Ben
Franklin told the Englishman. please
hint il to me- Give me the full name
of the person or persons that ii might
be properly engrossed. for, as Keats
SAYS, "a. thing of beauty is JOY
forever"
In a letter to "Dr. Bennett" under
date of January /. 1925, Brown wrote:
Il will see that your son received
degree that will look well upon the
wall, and place him in unique cate
CORY among the statesmen of the coun'
try
er Bennett about circulariZing the
Brooklyn drugless physicians and
added:
Wish 10 aid you in every possible
way, as l ind you worthy and one
who carries on a game clean and
above board"
Son Becomes Doctor"
Another paragraph said:
Relative to your son the matter
will be attended TO in few days"
On January IS Brown wrote to
Bennett:
Enclosed is something that will
cheer him (Bennett's SOM along life's
pathway AS you will see after re.
ceiving this he will be DR.. Bennett.
Tell him most any fool might be
Mister Please address him after this
as Dr. Bennett"
On February 21. 1927, Brown wrote
DR.. Joseph kammermayer of Milwau'
kee, Wis, with respect to purchasing
q charter. and said:
''You are to understand. doctor
that with such a charter you can open
branch institutions anywhere. and
confer degrees on the subjects men
toned and then some. This provi
sion is made, in the law under which
this charter is written In many
ways you viii have more liberty thar
you would through a State charter
The only thing the Government
botbers about in these charters is tha
you do not use sthe mails for &
s'djnloma mill" and Of course YOU ar