Frederick John Groehl (October 25, 1874 – February 21, 1961) was a New York City lawyer and assistant district attorney. He was a prosecutor for the Rosenthal murder case.[1]
Groehl graduated from New York University School of Law in 1903. He was appointed as assistant district attorney under Charles Seymour Whitman. He married May Tisch on March 2, 1904 in Manhattan, New York City.[2]
He ran for New York's 14th congressional district in 1926 and lost. In 1926 he was the defense attorney for Gerald Chapman.[3]
Groehl's wife took her own life with a gun during a bout of depression on June 24, 1927.[2]
He died at the French Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.[1] He was buried in Corashire Cemetery in Monterey, Massachusetts.
References
edit- ^ a b "F. J. Groehl Dies. Ex-magistrate, 86. Lawyer Defended Chapman. Started Concern to Help Convicts Reform". New York Times. February 23, 1961. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ^ a b "Mrs. F.J. Groehl Dies By Shot In Her Home. Wife of Former Magistrate and Lawyer for Chapman Ends Life in His Absence. Had Been Long Despondent. Locked and Chained Door to West 149th St. Apartment and Fired Thrice. Found by Husband". New York Times. June 25, 1927. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ^ "Groehl Still Hopeful. Chapman Attorney Prepares His Motion for a New Trial". New York Times. March 30, 1926. Retrieved 2015-03-31.