The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-11
EENNING ROBBED WAR VETS,
RANKIN SAYS in BRIEF
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helpless wards Of the Government. Z
Jennings practice III bonding him
SELF as guardian, and paying the
premium out of his Wafdg estates
while secretly fl the service Of the
bonding company, u = fraud and
! breach of public morals that the
law viii not permit Rankin charges.
He said fleming, himself knew
the practices was ILLEGAL 4 Tar hack
q 1918. but that he never atkennpt-
"a q make restif tuition or 20 ctrtail
hip. practice.
Represent Rankin cited yes
terdayss court decision BY Justice
Frederick il, SiddOns, 81 the LIS
fFfct Supreme Court ag being nd
veEee - Fenning and Is direct
rebnlre FOR bis llagrant nllscon-
duct.
sTb IS not unfair t0 say tint all
1 enllilii siDlls ncQnired w AAr, ems
ming DrfOr to 1915, which he ap-
penetrated 10 his own use and
never has returned 90 the - -
of his ards. have been 4,
Rankin STATES
Rudolph Assallsd
N dealing with COMMITS oner RsI.
dolnh. Representa- We Rankin makes
The following statements:
Testimony has been given before
this COMMITTEES relating to PUT.
chaseS By the District q Coluna5ia
from Rudolph = West GO. Of an
enormous quantity Of supplies
which matter is relevant. because
Re fhese purchases are In violation
IS Calnable as COMMISSIONS Rt-
doIoh. from whose firm the pur-
cIiases have been made.
COmmissiOner Rudolph no
more guilty Of violating the law ln
this respect than COm1llasl0
Fennfng. who Is necessarily parta-
ceps criminis ii approving pay.
naenfs - Rudolph and West Conn
the statute. e
The mississippi nember reviews
charges Of collision between Fen.
ming and DR.. William A WHITE
ssiperintendent OF st. Eli1abeth.s
Hospital. declaring that the PROOF
80 30 strong as to remove any
able man"
PFeCe0eng - ClBeU
In holding Fenning guilty OF ena-
bezzlenent, Representative Rankin
cited an almost identical case In
which the defendant was repre-
scented by Frank j. Hogan, Fen.
ning's chief counsel. In this case
che defendant was convicted and
eentenced to five years In the
benitentiary.
Rankin declared that fleming
never has disputed the fact that
he benefits from his wards, estates
in the bonding practice. He does
not deny that he conceded this
fact from all the judges of the
court, from all his wards, and from
the auditor who examined and
stated al his accounts, Rankin de-
clared.
lated case, but Il was his secret
years. He always bore a good rep
ntation until he was discovered.
His counsel says that aSsassins
Of his reputation have attempted to
tear down a character that had
taken him 40 years to build up.
Men have built up such q char
acter In b day, and are serving
terms OF imprisonment now for q
less Lengthy character and for
smaller offenses that are shown to
have been committed BY Fenning
In these cases.
AS has been said, Mr.. fleming
built up fortune out Of misfortune.
He did not put on any character
testimony because the whole com.
munity would have overwhelmed
him.
UNFORTUNATELY for 1Gr. Fenning,
he seems to have sent q good rep.
utatfOn to join q bad character.
1T Ii pathetic that Mr.. Fenning,
who has plundered the estates OF
30 many insane veterans, should
feel q. pang Of conscience In return
ing 70 their estate monies that he
has Mnlawfully taken out Of pre-.
rniuns on, bonds that his wards
naid Tor.
Conspiracy Charged
s'The testimony brings US to ths
unacceptable conclusion that there
Is 4, collision or D conspiracy be,
tween DR.. White and Mr.. fleming
The poycEoIOgicaI side Of diet
a discussed thoroughly By KatIl.
leen Norris In 3 timely article fn
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