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and insisted that the correspondence
showed Mr.. F'enning wrote the f1rst
letter.
The Comm Issioncr declared the Phil
lin Barg case first came To him in Il
letter from the War Risk lnsuidncs
Bureau, and upon invest. CATION oG 5he
records at st. Elizabeth's Hospital he
found tho only relative was Used as
Mrs. Annie f.. Post. sister IT pre-
vtously has been testified that Airs.
Post was cousin ot RerS. and Mr.
Fenning had filed a petition for her
in which no mention OF the veterans
mothe was mad Wh.u the hour
FOR luncheon recess arrived Mr.. Ho-
can was still exam ng the with
on this case.
BisntOn Witnesses Neard.
Mr.. Jennings direct mination
Yesterday afternoon was in err upted
at the beginning OF ne session by The
presence of two of MIR. Bia nton's three
rema ming witnesses, who were put on
the stand at this junrture. Mrs. Ma;A
Y. Bumbrey, colored, OF King George.
Va, testified that Mr.. Fenping utilized
her signature TO have him SELF appoint.
ed guardian for her war veteran son
without her knowledge.
She called on him. she declared, TO
obtain assistance in the matter Of
having herself appointed as commit,
tee Of the person and estate. and
signed paper in his Office which she
thought would make such an appoint.
nent possible. Mr.. B,snton read into
t.'" record the petition asking that
Ny. Fenning be appointed s,ia rdia n.
About year later the son died, the
woman declared. and she was made
eXecutrix OF the boys estate. Before
the daa h OF her son Mrs Bumbrey said
she employed Lawyer Darlington"
and pa id him $2a to remove Mr. Fen.
ming and have herself appointed. The
attorney. she testified. avoided her
thereafter and performed no service
RI. Mason WEIGH. a Washington at
torney, testified regarding two con
tracts" he prepa red for Mrs. Hanna
h. Cooke. now at st. Eliza abeth's Hos.
pital, and for whom MIR. F'enning is
committee. The woman desired to
leave her estate. amounting in cash
10 $a.500. tn MIR. and Mrs. j. r. Rice
with whom she lived in this city for
more than four wears. She was ad.
Iudsed OF unsound mind on petition Of
the District Commissioner and Mr..
Fenning appointed guardian.
Took Money From Bank.
Before she was adjudicat ted insane
she withdrew her funds from a bank
and locked them in a trunk at the
Rice home. Mr.. WEIGH, In whose
custody she had been paroled after
being released from Gallinger Hos.
piial on writ OF habeas corpus, dis.
covered this act. and brea king open
the trunk. carried the money to the
bank and redeposited 1t.
Mr.. FenninE. on learning OF this.
wrote the attorney a letter In the ca
pacity Of committee and held him
responsible for &1s interest. which the
hank refused 10 give the account. ow.
ing 10 the short withdrawal MIR.
Welch refused to pay the amount, he
testified.
The third witness. a man named
Robbins. from San Antonio. Texas
had not reached the committee room
on conclusion of MIR. Welch's testi.
mony and Mr.. Fenning resumed the
stand. Mr.. Hogan took I'D charges
number and S. accusing the Com.
missioner Of being a common bar.
rstor" and being guilty OF cha mperty.
Mr.. Jennings answer to these
charges included 15s separate letters
written TO. him BY the War Risk
insurance Bureau and the Vetera ms
Bureau. asking him to serve as com
mittee for World War veterans. The
letters set forth that such a. step was
necessary In order to protect the vet.
Grams war risk insura nee premiums.
The War Risk Bureau had been told
by the War. Navy and Public Health
Service that Mr.. FennIng had a lun-
acy practice and he therefore was
approached. --~s-.r =:
On receipt OF these letters from the
bureaus and In cases where no known
relatives were given. Mr.. Fennins
would go to st. Eliza beth's Hospital
and endeavor 10 find ont the pstients'
family connections. In event none
could he located. DR.. William A.
White. superintendent Of the institu.
tion. as NEXT friend" Of the veterans.
would Ale petitions prepared by Mr..
FenninR to have the vetera ns sd.
Judged Of unsound mind and a guar.
dian appointed.
The Roley Lee case was origina ted
by Percy Dennis OF Grundy, Va, who
said he acted for the mother. Mrs.
Elizs Lee. the witness testified. Mi.
FenninE could not remember whether
the case began with a letter. or BY
telephone. but several letters were
changed between them. resulting in
= petition being sent to Grundy, which
Mrs. Lee executed. requesting Fen.
ninR's appointment as guardian for
her son. About year later. Mr..
Fenning said ne learned she was get.
ting nothing from the sons estate for
her support and he took up the mat.
ter with the Veterans Bureau VI, obi in.
Ing two increases in allotment for her
support.
The session was interrupted for
more than a half.hour by two sue
cessive roll calls which Mr.. Blanton
insisted upon answering.