Evening star., 1952-10-24
|Grammer's S Attorney
Silent on Appeal After
Talk With Slayer
By W. H. Shippen
Star Stoff Correspondent

life in prison or a hangman's
moose today as his lawyer consid-
cred new moves to save him.
Anthony Federico conferred
with Grammer this morning al
city Jail but made no announce
ment afterWard about what he
planned to do. He has three days
in which to file motion for new
trial.
If he asks a new trial, it will
be considered by the 10 other
judges who sit in Baltimore's cir
cult courts. Sentence will not be
imposed until after they decide.
If there is no request for a new
trial. Judge Moser presumably will
pronounce sentence early next
week.
Mr.. Federico then may appeal
to Maryland's highest court. the
Court of Appeals at Annapolis.
Judge Herman M. MoSer-the
case was tried without jury at
the defendants request-told
Grammer yesterday that he con-
sidered him guilty of the pre-
meditated murder of his wife,
Mrs. Dorothy May Grammer.
Cites Love for Woman.
He said that flove for another
woman was "the drive which
turned a loving husband and a
kind father and man apparently
at peace with himself and the
world into a violator of all those
God-given commandments he had
heretofore apparently respected"
In announcing his decision,
Judge MoSer referred to the pos
sibility that "a blood-spattered'
suit might have been destroyed
by Grammer. @->~s.
The Judge referred to testimony
that Grammer. IS, could have
evaded questions about how he
was dressed on the night of the
death of his wife.
Mrs. Grammer, 33. the mother
Iof three young children, was found
dead on the morning of August 90
in her overturned automobile.
Judge Moser declared that, in
his opinion, this apparent auto
mobile accident was planned and
accomplished by Grammer. He
described the defendant as a man
capable Of planning the death of
his wife so that he could live
for the rest of his life with his
girl friend.
The judge referred directly to
Miss Mathilda Mary Mizibrocky
%, a citizen of Canada and an
employe of the United Nations in
New York.
Grammer received the verdict
with the same stole demeanor
that has characterized his be-
havior since the trial opened last
| Tuesday week.
Accused of PremeditatiOn.
The judge had declared that
he considered Grammer guilty of
first-degree murder because he
was convinced the defendant
acted in a cold, deliberate and
premeditated manner when he
beat his wife over the head with
short length of pipe.
Judge Moser said he had nc
difficulty reaching the decision
that Grammer was a man of high
mental capacity who was capable
of thinking through a clear cut
| pattern of action. Grammer
served as a counter intelligence
agent in the Pacific after the war
and at the time of his arrest was
making $500 a month. plus lib
eral expense account with the
mining firm.
The judge said he could not
believe that Grammer acted in
hot blood. anger or as the re-
suit of drink when he started
striking his wife. Grammer never
took the stand except to give a
limited testimony for the defense
but a confession was introduced
saying he got a little angry at his
wife after they had several drinks
at tavern.
Grammer was quoted by police
as saying his wife accused him of
being more interested in his Job
than he was in her and their
three young children. In his con-
fession, Grammer said he then
stopped the car, noticed a piece
of pipe lying in a vacant lot and
struck his wife with it.
The defendant said his mind
was hazy as to how many times he
struck his wife or whether he
dropped a piece of stone under
the foot throttle of the car before
leaving for New York.
Judge Moser rejected this ver-
sion. He said he was convinced
the throttle of the car had been
| propped deliberately in an effort
to pass off the murder as an acci-
dent.
Other Cars Imperiled.
The judge said this occurred al
the top of long hill and that the
car was pointed toward an i'm
portant traffic lane where it might
have smashed into other automo-
biles. He stated the belief it was
Grammer's intention to send the
car hurting with the body Of hi
wife into some obstruction where
the evidence might be destroyed
by fire or violent collision.
The judge told the packed
courtroom that he was convinced
by the evidence that Gramme1
deliberately broke his wife's skull
by repeated blows on the fore.
head so that 1t would appear thu
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