Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-16
FIND GROCER GUILTY
AFTER TENSE TRIAL
Kazmer Gramales Convicted OF
Receiving Flour Stolen
by Negro.

Kazmer Gramales an east side grocery
man was found guilty by jury IN court
of General Sessions yesterday afternoon,
of receiving stolen goods after trial mat
occuped the court almost the entire day
Former Judge J Frank Ball, counsel for the
defendant made motion for new trial,
with the usual arrest of Judgment, pend
ing decision.
The case WAS one Of unusual character
because of the stubborn resistance put up
hv Gramales when placed under arrest ny
the detectives after he had made az
attempt To clude them by leaving his
house by the side door. and by reason
of the fact that in the lower court hls
hearing ended IN the dismissal ct the case
kazmer. il was shown, bought eight
bags of -four from Henry Thomas
Negro. who had stolen them Tor the
Phillips Thompson Company, by whom
he was employed as driver The dc
PENDANT admitted the purchase. but sad
that he did not know 1t had been stolen.
The case. which was started Yesterday
morning was resumed IN the afternoon
with Detective Sergeant Green : cross
examination by MIR. Ball Detective
kempske told of going to Gramales
home after him Gramales went upstairs
then. and the next time kempsk came
across HIM he WAS at the corner where he
gave kcmpSki and his fellow-o'hcers
stubborn struggle to free himself After
they got HIM back INTO his store, tho de
fcuciant, IL was said, yelled IN follsh tn
get HIM his Ratchet or revolver and he
Kill them
MORE STRUGGLING.
When they tried To got Gramalcs INTO
the automobile Of the police department,
he held onto the top of tho car, and IN his
resistance cracked his head against the
door several times, kempskl sYd lie
further said that he saw no one black-
Jack Gramaes-
Detective Riley told Of the defendants
struggle with the officers, N winch tram,
alcs broke one Of the witness fingers and
severely kicked him in the leg
William G. Phillips, president OF tho
Phillips Thompson Company, idenhfed
tho bags Of -four recovered from ,iramaIes
store MS property Of his company
Henry Thomas, the Negro from whom
the defendant was alleged to have bought
tho -four was recalled 10 the stand by MIR.
Rcinharlt and testified that several
NIGHTS after the sale of the eight bags of
-four To Ciramalcs, tho latter asked Tor
: or 6 more bags II was N trying to get
these that Thomas was arrested
rrIr pErExCE's sInE.
Mrs Gramales was tho first witness
called hy Judge Ball, for the defence
She said that Thomas came 10 her hus-
hands store AT Eighth and Locust streets
and asked him to huv tho eIgs bags oi
-four. SAVING that he had lost the hill
lie was selling il for tho boss, he sand;
and asked 81 for it. saying that he would
get tho bill for tho full amount from the
@hoSs and that Gramalcs should pay
him tho difference then Her husband re-
ol1ircd j receipt Of the Negro, she SAID
Mrs GrAmalps said that Detective
Riley was beating her husband IN the face
when she grabbed his finger, breaking II,
and that ii WAS not her husband VINO
caused the injury 70 the detective, but she
herself
In croSs-examination She SAID that when
the detectives arrived ~ the store her
husband left the house through the back
door thinking that il WIS a colored
woman who had been annoying HIM about
change he had gwen her daughter.
GraInalcs. on the stand, went through
vivid phySicaI description Of ms experience
an being arrested. waving his arms and
clrItching himself when telling Of his
struggle with the detectives, and kicking
the sides Of the witness box when telling
uf kicking 10 get away
In broken English he told his story, and
could hardly be controlled when he once
got started in his narrative Of the affair
His version Of the purchase Of the -four
WAS the same IS testified 20 b. his wife.
He left the house when the detectives
came 10 arrest him a. he thought II was "a
colored woman at the door who had been
ANNOYING him Al the time he had more
than 500 in his pockets and when he was
approached by the detectives OH the
street he feared that they were men bent
on robhing him which was his reason for
irving TO fight them off He denied that
he knew that the -four had been stolen
GraInalcs, in his excitement on the
stand. pulled out q shirt specklcd with
blood and waved il before him II was the
shirt he wore when arrested and the blood
ON il he'd flowed from cuts on his head.
which he said were inflicted by the
detectives in sllbduing him. The shirt he
had carried to the courtroom wrapped In
piece of a newspaper in his back pocket
In reply, Attorney General Relnhardt
called Sergeant Green. He SAID that no
violence was done Gramales until he re-
sisted and underworld to get away. The
4,4,.x4;,.ae bo Soi6 made fhpInSpl YES