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charged them with improper prac-
tees, Blanton said.
In May. 1906. Congressional iii
vestigation was undertaken by
epecial committee of five members
of the House to determine whether
IAN unlawful combination" existed
between DIR. White and Fenning
The inye sti 6 t n. Blanton
charged. resulted in a .whitewash. :"
The report. Blanton said. evidently
was written by DR.. White himself.
One of the most sensational cases
in which Commissioner Fenning
ever figured was that of Miss Cor
nelia Corbett and her widowed
mother, Blanton charged, who were
cruelty taken from their home and
shanghaied into st. Elizabeth's In
sane Asylum.
fleming Admission" Cited
Blandon produced evidence which,
he said, constituted IAN admission
by Commissioners Fenning that he
kept the courts from discharging
Miss Corbett and her mother after
they had been incarcerated.
but history has revealed his in
famous perfidy, Blanton said.
Shortly after hearings on the case
had concluded, Robert II. Mcneil,
q Washington attorney, had Miss
Corbett and her mother brought
before the court on writs Of habeas
corpus and, after trial. they were
declared to be absolutely sane and
OF sound mind, and, b. the court,
were liberated from st. Elizabeth's.
1T is not possible for any of
US to picture all of the sufferings,
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poor, defenseless women underwent
during the nearly three years that
Frederick A. Fenning wrongfully
kept them incareerated in this In
sane asylum in order to draw his
10 per cent from their property
which he had squandered.
ANY man of ordinary judgment
ought to have known that both
mother and daughter would not lose
their minds simultaneously, except
under extraordinary situations Of
fright
Shock Nearly Fatal
Blanton said that Miss Corbett
has since told him that the shock
and humiliation nearly killed her
mother.
MY God, 1t makes my blood
boil to think about it, especially
when 1 remember that this vul-
ture Is now a Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, living in
honor and in LUXURY Blanton ex-
claimed.
would hate to be judge and
decide what punishment would be
adequate for the sufferings Fred
erick A. Fenning caused these poor
women
Blanton submitted 10 affidavIts
from Miss Corbett to substantiate
his charges.
II Frederick A. Fenning were now
placed in a penitentiary and kept
there % years, the punishment
would hardly be adequate for all
of the injustices and suffsrings he
caused these two poor. helpless
women alone, not considering the
many, many others he has robbed
and defrauded," the Texan shouted.
Renewing his charges of collu-
SION between Coroner hewitt and
Commissioner Fenning, Blanton
charge6 that the records show that
Mr.. Yenning used him as one of
his physicians to swear his wards
into st. Elizabeth's."
Complaints have been made, Blan-
ton said, that certificates issued by
the coroner in cases of deaths at
ST. Elizabeth's didn't state the real
cause"
Even closer competition between
Commissioner Fenning and the
Gawler company than he had
originally charged was alleged to
exist by Blanton.
He said Commissioner Fenning is
attorney for the company, and is a
director and stockholder. He said
the company had refused to give
him Information regarding their
business relations.
Hospital Clerks Testify
Affidavits from Frank NJ Finotti,
for 40 years chief clerk at ST. Eliza
beth's Hospital and Ellen H. FL
motif, at present record and file
clerk at the hospital. We're produced
by Blanton..
Ellen Finotti swore that Com