Evening star., 1926-05-30

again inquired of the witness if she
was insane during her stay in the
hospital. Miss Corbett replied she
was not and furthermore looked after
her mother the entire time. Mr..
Hogan again protested the nature OF
Mr.. Blanton's examination, which was
followed by the turn me loose and
handle him" episode.
Mr.. Blanton contended there were
no court records showing that Miss
Corbett had been committed to the
hospital while Mr.. Hogan maintained
there were. AS the documents were
not before the hearing. Mr.. Hogan
was asked to produce them. He ex-
planned the District Commissioners
instituted the lunacy proceedings
against the two women on the state
ment of DIR. Hamlin.
Asked by Mr.. Blanton what effect
the -two-year stay at the institution
had on her mother, Miss Corbett re-
piled: "It hastened her death"
Mr.. Hogan asked only two questions
on cross-eXamination. The first was
in regard to the death of Miss Cor
belts father, the date of which she
could not remember, and the second
as to the age of Mrs. Corbett at the
time of her death in 1924. The an
swer was 81 years.
Prior to Miss Corbett's testimony
new light on several controversies was
shed by Mr.. Hogan in cross-examin
ing Mr.. Blanton's witnesses.
DR.. w. c. Fowler, District health
officer, testified that about two weeks
ago he asked the Commissioner to
revoke an order he received last year
to ignore the enforcement of a sec
sov, Df Mt so11 iv~aC
the report Of physicians to the health
officer of persons suffering from
venereal diseases. In his letter he
stated he had been attacked in the
press for not enforcing it. Commits
sioner Rudolph approved the applica
ton and revoked the order, the evi
dence showed, but Mr.. Fenning took
no part in the proceedings owing to
his association with the Medical So
ciety which opposed the enforcement
of it.
Chir0practors Had Hearing.
DIR. Hubert N. Roberts, chairman
Of the legislative committee of the
Chiropractors' Association here, testi
fed on direct examination the chiro.
practors had been barred from a
hearing held by Commissioner Fen
ming with the allopaths on a bill to
license chiropractors. Mr.. Hogan de-
veloped the chiropractors had had a
hearing with no medical men present
and that when the medical society
was given a hearing likewise there
were no chiropractors present.
Rodney Kellog Thomas, a $2,1O0 q
year fireman and chauffeur for Mr..
Jennings automobile between March
13 and May 20, testified he had
driven Mrs. Fenning to stores on
Seventh street and certain parts about
Washington" and had waited on the
outside for her. Mr. Blanton declared
that since the investigation began, he
had been detailed to other duties and
the fireman concurred. Mr.. Hogan,
however, developed that Pvt, Graves
now is the chauffeur and that Mr..
Thomas by pre-arrangement, had
been selected as aide to a battalion
chief. Efforts by Mr.. Blanton to have
M. T. Hizer, another fireman, and
chauffeur for Commissioner Rudolph
testify. were ruled down by Chairman
Dyer on the grounds of irrelevancy.
DIR. Herman Schoenfield, a professor
at George Washington University,
testified that during the war Mr.. Fen.
ming, while an officer Of the Army,
appeared in court in uniform, as an
attorney and represented him in q
house election case.