Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-10
FENN|NG WARRANT
NOT YET SERVED
Officer Who Tagged" Car
for Seldom Enforced Rule
Was Opposed by Him.

Frederick A. FenninG, former Dis
trict Commissioner. was at his office
in the Rust building today awaiting
service of q warrant sworn out yes
terday by Policeman Orville Staples
Of the third precinct for alleged VIC
lation of two rarely invoked traffic
regulations.
Mr. Fenning is charged with an in
fraction of the seldom enforced rule
against parking less than feet
away from another automobile and
disregard of the regulation against
obstructing private drivewaNS.
BY an interesting coincidence. the
officer who obtained the warrant for
his deposed chiefs arrest is the same
man whose transfer to the MetrOpo1I-
tan Police Department from the park
police force a year ago resulted in n
controversy between Representative
Blanton and District officials in which
the Representative was ruled the
victor by Controller General McCarl.
F'enning Opposed Appointment.
Mr.. Fenning. then police Commits
sioner. stood back of District Auditor
Donovan in opposing Staples APP
pointment as a. private, second class,
instead Of private, first class. a lower
grade Representative Bla ntOn rush
Gus protests against the reduction
led ~ presentation Of the matter to
the controller general for an opinion,
which was favorable to the police
man.
I-nperturhed over the news that
warrant had been sworn out for him.
Mr. Fenning said that until he was
served with the proper papers he
would make no move. He has made
no effort 10 depOSite collateral at the
third precinct station. holding that So
far as he knows at present the mat
ter is closed incident.
He insisted today that If his car
was blocking the entrance to the
apartment house at 1900 X street. as
alleged in the warrant, somebody
other than himself pushed ii there.
Car Where lie Left Ii.
IL drove my car last Saturday to
the curbing I'm front OF the apartment
house and parked 1t behind Il car with
an out -of-tOwn tag. entirely clear Of
the circular driveway which leads to
the apartment building. When
came out sometime later I found my
car still in the position | had left it .
Policeman Staples had put a card in
it. however. asserting had, parked
too close to another car and had
blocked egress and insress to the
| apartment house. ! knew then that
while ! was in the building some one
must have pushed my car hack into
| the driveway entrance in order to get
| his own car out. and then left me
| there | suppose the policeman push
ed it hack.
Il called the station house on the
| telephone and explained the whole
| matter to them at that time and pre-
summed that the case was closed. n a
warrant has been issued for me, 7
don't know of II officially
In obtaining the warrant from the
corporation counsel at Police Court
Policeman Staples is said to have
stated that Mrs W. ID. Smith of
25iO = street complained to him that
| Mr.. Jennings ear was showed 80 close
| to her own that she could not get
| out of her parking space IN front ur
| the apartment house. At the q street
| address. which Is that Of an apart
ment house it was said that no one
! of that name resides there.
"RuIe Seldom. II Ever" Enforced.
! Arrests for violation Of the traffic
rule against parking too close To
Il not her vehicle are seldom. IF ever. y
made unless some one makes forma |
complaint 1t was explained today by
! Lieut.. Ben Lamb. acting head Of the
Traffic Bureau. The police are very
| lenient about this regulation In view
, Of copKested parking conditions. he
/ said. Where motorist formally com
! plains Of his stability 70 move his ca
because Of being hemmed in by some
other car, however, police action is
taken.
| Records Of the Traffc Bureau group
such violations under the general
| head Of miscellaneous cases" and no
| estimates Of the number Of such ar
rests were available today. Officia Is
| said that they were very few, how
| ever.
| This statement was borne out by
I an inspection this morning of the
| So me block in which the Fenning
! episode occurred. There We're six dis
tinct violations of the rule in that
| block, one of them taking place in
precisely the same spot as the Fen
! ming oconrrapCa