Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02

doctors for testifying in insane cases
was discontinued in 1907.
DIR. Whites testimony, page sos,
shows that practice was discontinued
shortly after he became superintend-
ent.
Also Dr. Whites testimony, page
GIG.
See Jennings testimony. page So
Al.
There Is no law requiring the doc
tors to give all their time to the hos
pital.
Section 1929 of the Revised Stat
utes. as amended by act of February
2. 1909 t35 Stat. 1922. is the only law
upon the subject and relates exclu-
sively to the superintendent of the
Government Hospital for the Insane.
There is no evidence to show DR..
J. Ramsay hewitt received any fee
during the past Is years.
See Jennings testimony, page
S72-S73.
There is no evidence that doctors
giving testimony in insanity cases are
entitled only to S1.25 per day or any
other fixed amount.
Charge No. 9.
81 charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning. by inaugurating the
wrongful and unlawful practice of
paying $40 in each case to some doc
tor in St Elizabeths Hospital for
testifying in a lunaCy case. has melted
the said DR.. White to WrOngfully and
unlawfully sell his testimony to crimi-
nails, as he did when he testified for
Clarence barrow in the Leopold and
Loeb case in Chicago and received
therefor $3.50 per day for ii days.
There is no evidence to support
this charge.
"See Or. Whites testimony, page
$40.
Charge No. 10.
"I charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning, since the United States
entered the World War, April 6, 1917,
has been allowed by the auditor of the
Supreme Court Of the District of Co
lumbia and has received as fees and
commissions from the estates of his
said wards, the enormous sum Of
S9S,544.46, and that, too, when his
services to such wards was of practi-
cally no value whatever, and when
some of said wards had never seen
him, and that the said auditor of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia has certified officially that said
Frederick A. Fenning has been al
lowed and has received the said sum
Of $98,544.46 as his fees and commits
sions since April 6, 1917
Summary of cases, amount of fees,
etc, where Fenning acted as commit
tee of veterans, on pages 30, "a. 25,
&c, 81, also pages 33, "a and IS.
1.-The character of the service rem
dered to such wards is set forth in
each report filed with the auditor of
the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia and approved by the court.
Charge No. II.
"T charge that the auditor of the
Supreme Court Of the District Of Co
lumbia has certified officially to the
following: That in the case of Daniel
G.. Campbell, lunacy No. 4073, the rate
of commission received by Frederick
A. F'enning amounted to Is per cent
in 1920, "a per cent in 1921. % per
cent in 1922, % per cent in 1928,
81 per cent in 1924 and Sc per
cent in 1925; that in the case Of
Daniel Paul Fem, lunacy No. 4405,
the rate Of commission received by
Frederick A. Fenning was Is per
cent in 1920, IS per cent in 1921, "a
per cent in 1922. 25 per cent in 1923.
25 per cent in 1924 and 81 per cent
in 1925; that in the case of Patrick
Griffin, lunacy No. 1852, the rate Of
commission received by Frederick A.
Fenning was 16 per cent in 1920, IS
per cent in 1921, Is per cent in 1929,
rs per cent in 1923, so per cent in
1924, 81 per cent in 1925 and 80 per
cent in 1925; that in the case Of James
A. Higginson, lunacy No. 1887, the
rate of commission received by Fred
erick A Fenning was 80 per cent in
1920, 16 per cent in 1921, IS per cent
in 1922, 10 per cent in 1923, 46 per
cent in 1924 and % per cent in 1925;
that in the case of William John Ken
nedy, lunacy No. 1904, the rate Of
commission received by Frederick A.
Fenning was 80 per cent in 1920, %
per cent in 1921, 25 per cent in 1922.
rs per cent in 1923. 25 per cent in
1924 and 81 per cent in 1925; that in
the case Of Patrick J. Byrne, lunacy
No. 1852. the rate of commission re-
ceived by Frederick A. Fenning was
"a per cent in 1920, "a per cent in
1921. 81 per cent in 1922, 40 per cent
in 1928, 81 per cent in 1924 and "a
per cent in 1925; and that in the case
of John Flavehan. lunacy No. 1890, the