Evening star., 1926-04-19
PLAN NATIONWIDE INQUIRY.

District of Columbia violated his oath
and the law by violating the provi-
sions of section 5498 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, in that
he acted as attorney, and received fees
and commissions, in violation of such
law. the penalty prescribed for such
| violation being fine of not more than
| s.. 900 and Imprisonment for not more
| than one year
{ II charge that the said Frederick
! A. Fenning has violated the provisions
of section 500 of Title V of the World
| War veterans act of 1924, as amended
/ by the act of March 4, 1925, which
provides that respecting compensa-
ton and insurance claims filed in said
United States Veterans Bureau for
adjudication, and not prosecuted In
courts, no attorney shall receive fee
Of more than $40 in any one case. the
penalty prescribed for it's violation be
| ing a fine of not more than $500 and
Imprisonment at hard labor for not
more than two years.
Charges ExOrbitant Rates.
| "I charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning has violated the law and
the rules and practice of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia,
which prohibit any committee or
guardian for lunatic receiving as
| compensation more than 10 per
centum of his wards estate or annual
| income, in that the said Frederick A.
Fenning in numerous cases wherein
| he Is committee or guardian has re-
| ceived exorbitant remuneration, rang
| ing from IL per centum TO as mgh as
| 81 per centum, which facts are certl-
fed to by the auditor of the supreme
| Court of the District of Columbia.
Claims Against Government Cited.
II charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning is guilty of what in every
state of the Union Is commonly known
and denominated as the criminal
offense of barratry, and what the com
mon law applicable to the District OF
| Columbia constitutes barratry, in that
| he has excited. stirred up and foment-
| ed claims against the Government,
and ex parte lunacy suits in the Su-
nrene Court of the District of Co.
| Iumbia. ana in that he has especially
| solicited individuals to employ him as
| their attorney to prosecute 1or tnem
| certain claims against various depart
ments of the Government of the
United States. and before the Congress
of the United States, and before the
courts of the United States; ana In
| that he has solicited individuals TO
employ attorneys with whom he was
associated or affiliated to prosecute
claims and suits for them, wherein he
received a division of the fee, and that
| the said Frederick A. Fenning Is ana
has been a common barrator.
II charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning has committed the Of
tense OF champerty, and through di-
root solicitation has induced others
to employ him as their attorney in
many champertous agreements, where
in they were to be out no expense
unless he recovered. in which event
| ne was to be paid a part of the
amount he recovered. and that the
said Frederick A. Fenning is and has
been a common champertor.
DR.. White Brought In.
| II charge that continuously during
the past % years the said Frederick
| 4 F'enning has wrongly conspired
and confederated with DIR. William
A White. superintendent of st. Eliza
beth's Hospital, an institution OF the
United States Government, in an i'm
proper agreement and practice where
| by the said Frederick A. Fenning
was given an improper, selfish, mo-
nopolistic inside concession, not allow
| ed to other attorneys, wherein he
was permitted to personally examine
all records, correspondence and papers
relating to inmates of such institu-
tion, and thereby ascertain which OF
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