Ogden Sun | 1905-12-12 | Page 3 | Dentist is Sentenced

DENTIST IS SENTENCED germany first called attention to his frauds chicago dec 8 convicted of forging and belling dental certificates admitting incompetent students to practice dr jacob H smyser a dentist with offices in the masonic temple yesterday yeste iday was sentenced aby judge smyth to pay a alna nud to go to the penitentiary under the indeterminate act dr smyser was secretary of the state board of dental examiners under governor tanner and used his office according to the evidence to defraud the state he was assisted by edward flynn who was formerly an investigator employed by tho dental board who also was sentenced to the penitentiary tent iary and to pay a fine the two men were indicted in 1301 for conspiracy to defraud tho state A year after dr smyser had from the board the discovery wai made that a laige number of dental students who had pot pent the requisite number of years tt a dental college were securing certificates ser bial of the incompetent students located in germany their cy atti acted the attention ot that gov complaint was mada to the illinois send 1 ing the products of mills there