The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-20
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/ lust side.stepped death. The
plane was wrecked, but Har1nOn's
injuries have not been deter
mined.
OF him, but found that he had
been sent to st. EIizabeth's; MIR.
Fenning sent papers already pre-
pared for me to sign, which pro-
vided that he, Mr.. Fenning, pc
appointed guardian and represented
I to me that it was best that my boy
be kept there as his mind was
Eunsourd; and that il would sign
the papers he could get some
money for me and my son; was
almost frantic to see my son and
be able to visit him, and was
ignorant of the facts and of my
rights, and / signed the papers;
next learned that Mr.. Fenning had
become the guardian or committee
of my son, and that the United
States Veterans Bureau had granted
my son a total disability rating
with an allowance Of $3.50 per
month, effective and payable from
June IL, 1919, when he was dis
charged. and that besides drawing
all OF this money Mr.. Fenning was
also drawing the insurance allow
ances.
Gets $40 q Month
This Is but an excerpt from the
lengthy and sworn statement Of
Mrs. Lee, to which an answer was
made, through Representative Mad
den, last Saturday. Mrs. Lees
affidavit mentions receiving for
some months the sum of $3.50.
Mr.. Jennings statement was to-
the ~effect that for two years he
had been paying her $3.50 per
month. Mrs. Lee, questioned on
the discrepancy between her affi-s
daVit and Jennings assertion,
readily admitted receiving the $12O
monthly allotment. Asked why
sIne had not included this in the
AFFIDAVIT, replied, ''I tried to tell
Mr.. Blanton about 1t, but he was
always in such a hurry. He Kept
all my papers and Z am sorry
went to see him. had bad advice
gresham Bianton could get hoiey
out at once"
Mr.. Blanton stated in the Con-
gressional Record:
.swhen 1 inspected st. Etlzabeth's
last Saturday found that Roley
Lee was the habbiest-dressed IN.
mate there, He had on an old suit
that looked like as II It had been
worn until you couldn't tell Its
original color, and il could not have
cost over SIS when it was new,
unless the purchaser Of it had been
robbed. Mrs. Lee, unused to city
clothes, thinks her son dressed with
great taste In fine store clothes.
BIantOn Makes Amends
The interview with Mrs. Lee was
ON Friday. On the following eve-
ming a telephone call from Mr..
BIanton declared that he wished to
make amends for his unintentional
brusuueness and that in order to
make up" had secured from Mrs.
Lee statement and q picture OF
herself and son. AS good as his
word, Mr.. Blanton brought to- the
reporters home the statement and
picture referred to. On that visit
he explained, "I never break my
word. so I sent for Mrs. Lee and
told her The Times would help her
get her son back to Grundy, their
home in Virginia
The Statement" was a reitera-
ton. of Mrs. Lees complaint that
it was Fenning alone who is re-
sponsible for not recommending to
DR.. White that Roley Lee be fur
Laughed into the care OF his mother
and allowed to return to Grundy.
Mrs. Lee closed her appeal with
the request that the Hearst papers
aid her in the release Of her son.
On Sunday night a special de-
livery letter from Mrs. Lee con-
tanned additional photographs. The
address was typed and exactly
matched the envelope and tipping
on the letter delivered personally
by Mr.. Blanton. What hidden spring
had been touched, unless 1t was all
desire to help the woman regain
custody Of her son., is a matter
of mystery and conjecture.
Boy is Harmless
Mrs. Lee claims that the hoy is
harmless, that he obeys her per-
fectly. The hospital heads hold
that he still needs treatment and
observation. Fenning by order of
the courts, here, is committee and
host in himself, as far as Roley
Lee is concerned. The Virginia
courts have appointed Mrs. Lee
her sons guardian and she has
posted bond in the sum OF 5000.
The people at Grundy are standing
D0nInO MIS-. Lee III ner IlSnC TO
take her boy home.
Mr.. Blanton's explanation as to
why justice was not done Mr.. Fen
ming in Incorporating in Mrs. Lees
affidavit the fact that she is now
and has been for two years. re-
ceiving $120, Is that this was an error
at the Printing Office; that the origi-
nal affidavit credited Fenning with
the monthly payments of 1920 to
Mrs. Lee but that this fact acct
dentally was left out OF the record
when 1t was printed.
"But please observe" says Mr..
Blanton, that until. Congressman
Slemp, in 1928. interfered in Mrs.
Lees behalf and forced an allot-
ment Of $157.50. with 1920 of this
amount to be paid to Mrs. Lee, the
mother OF this unfortunate soldier
was receiving but $3.50 per month
for herself and dependent daughter.
DISTRICT HEADS APPROVE
SUMMER WEAR FOR COPS
New summer garb for the Metro