Evening star., 1926-04-19
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| ssid wards of this Government had
money, property or cOmpensa ton or
/ pension claims against the Govern,
ment of the United States. privill
ege denied to other attorneys; and
whereby the said Frederick A. Fen.
ming would act as attorney for the
, said DR.. White. or would have his
| lawpartner act as such attorney for
! said DIR. White, in filing in the Su-
| preme Court OF the District of Colum-
bia said DR.. Whites petition praying
! that q certain inmate. found to pos.
sess money. or property, or to have
! a claim against the Government. be
/ adiudged Of unsound mind and a com.
mittee appointed by the court to take
charge of such estate and prosecute
: such claims against the Government
and in which petition said Fennins
would have the said DIR. Whit o
! recommended the said Frederick A
| FenninG as the committee to he an.
pointed. and ] charge that in pur-
sua nee of said wrongful conspiracy
! and improper practice the said Fred.
! erick A. Fenniuc induced the said DIR.
+, W mite to execute over 2G0 such peti.
, lions, which said Fenning filed In the
! said supreme Court of the District Of
! Columbia, wherein said FenninR was
, recommended for committee and In
| Fenninc as committee or guard,a n.
! nd as such said Fenning came in
! possession of the money and property
and income OF his said ward and
| prosecuted said wards ella against
| the Government of the United States.
and out OF which estate and annual
| income. the said Frederick A. Fenning
! has received annually large per
! Centum.
Goes Back 23 Years.
| Il charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning. about % years ago,
! wrongfuly and Improperly solicited
The Justice of the supreme Court of
the District of Columbia. then hav-
ing charge Of lunacy cases. to appoint
him guardian or committee in ALI
lunacy cases. and that said FenninE
was then told by said justice that he
would not appoint as committee or
guardian any person except the one
recommended in the petition, and that
then and continuously since then. the
said Frederick A. Fenning has wrong
fully and improperly solicited all per-
sons who might file such petitions to
mar him therein as committee or
guardian. and he has written many
persons whom he had never seen or
known. urging that they grant him
permission to file such petitions for
hem. with himself named therein as
the one recomme nded for appointment
as qua rdian or committee
Says He Originated Practice.
II charge that the said Frederick
4. Fenning has admitted under oath
hat about % years ago he caused to
he originated the unlawful and i'm
proper practice Of paying out OF the
estate of the person adjudSed TO be
of unsound mind. a fee of so to each
doctor employed in st. Elizabeth's
Hospital who signed one of the two
required affidaVits certifying that he
deemed the person OF unSound mind,
notwithsta nding the fact that the law
requires all of said doctors employed
in st. Elizabeth's Hospital To give all
of their time to St. EliZabeth's Hos
pital. and said Fenning testified under
oath that when about % years ago
hesasked the presiding justice to allow
such fees to said doctors. that said
Justice of the court asked him to look
up whether there was any law allow
ing it, and that after two weeks
search he could find none, whereupon
the court entered an order allowing
it, and that such a fee has been paid
charge that said Frederick A. Fenning
thus caused wrongful and unlawful
system to be inaugurated which
squanders in unwarranted costs the
estate of his wards, and / charge that
said Frederick A. Fenning thus used
his wards money to buy favors from
and to ingratiate himself into the
good graces of all the doctors in 81.
Eliza beth's Hospital, and l charge
that continuously for the past % years
the said Frederick A. Fenning has
thus paid a fee OF $40 to a doctor In
St Eliza beths Hospital. and has paid
a second fs. of SO, either to his
brot her in-laV. DR.. J. Ramsay hewitt.
who during all such time has been cor
oner of said District, or to some other
friendly doctor In the District Of
Columbia, and this. too. when the said
Fenning knew that under the law and
practice in the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. he was entitled
to have doctors give their testimony
in insanity cases for $l25 per day.
Says White Was Influenced.
Il charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning. by inaugurating the
wrongful and unlawful practice Of
paving $40 in each ease TO some doc
tor i'm st. EliZabeth's Hospital for
testifying in Il lunacy case. has In
cited the said DR.. White to wrong
fully a nd unlawfully sell his testimony
to criminals. as he did when he testi-
fed for Clarence DarroW In the Leo
pold and Loeb ease and received there
for $3.50 per day for IA days.
II charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning. since the United states
entered the World War. April 8. 1917,
has been a,'owed by the auditor or
the Supreme Court OF the District of
Columbia and has received az fees
and commissions from the estates VI
his said wards. the enormous sum Of
S9S, ,544.4G, and that, too, when his
services to such wards was of prac-
tically no value whatever, and when
some OF said wards had never seen
him. and that the said anditor of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia has certified officially that said
Frederick A. Fenning has been al
lowed and has received the said sum
of seS.54446 as his fees and commis-
sions since April 6, 1917
Cites Many Cases.
"I charge that the, auditor of the
Sunreme Court of the District of Co
nrnbia has certified officially to the
following: That in the case of Daniel
G.. Campbell, lunacy No. 4O73, the
rate of commission received by Fred
erick A. Fenning amounted to Is per
cent in 1920, "a per cent In 1921. ~
per cent in 1922, % per cent in 1928,
81 per cent i'm 1924 and 30 per cent In
1925: that in the ease of Daniel Paul
Fem, nnacy No. 44O5, the rate OF
commission received by Frederick A.
Fenning. was Is per cent in lS2Vs~lS
uer cent I'm 1921, "a per cent ia 1922.
Is per cent in 1928, rs, per cent in
1924 and II per cent in 1925; that I'm
the ease Of Patrick Griffin, lunacy
No. 4252. the rate of commission re-
ceived by Frederick A. FenniDg was