The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-12
Consolidated Lighting Co.,
Defendant in Action for
$4,000 Damages
CLAIM FOR DEATT
OF a 9AsCIo
County Court Took Up the
Mortified Shooting
Case To-day

Through his attorney, II. w. Scott,
Nelson Larochelle, administrator OF the
estate of the late Angelo Locascio,.
brought suit to-day against the Con-
solidated Lighting Co. TO recover $4,000
on the life of Locascio, who was electro
cuted while employed as a brick mason
on the annex to the lighting company's
Granite street transformer station June
l6 last The administrator sues in be-
half of the widowed Josephine Locascio
and her two children.
In the case negligence is charged by
the plaintiff because the defendant al
lowed Locascio to work in a place of
extraordinary danger. 1t is claimed that
Locascio was earning $50 week and
more while in the employ of the Con-
solidated company. Papers have been
served on the clerk OF the company and
the writ was entered in Washington
county court to-day. The case is re-
turnable at the March term.
Locascio met death on the afternoon
of June 10 soon after | o'clock. With
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brick structural addition to the trans
former station when he came in contact
with live wire. He fell from the stag
ing with horrible burns about the lower
limbs. Physicians were called, but the
man is believed to have died instantly.
Locascio was married in Constantinople
several years ago and had been a resi-
dent of Barre some time when the fa-
tality occurred.
In county court this morning, Louis
Gomez formerly of Northfield, was ar
raigned on the charge of assault with
intent to kill, the alleged victim being
Matthieu Gordon, who was shot in the
leg. peculiar fact in connection with
this case was that the officers of the law
were forced to make long search before
locating either the accused, who was in
dicted BY the grand jury recently, or the
man whom he was alleged to have shot.
Gomez was finally arrested in Hardwick
after a search around New England, and
Gordon was located in Mr. Airy. n. 9.
Sheriff Tracy, who had been hunting
for Gordon several weeks, as he was
likely to be the most important witness
at the trial, traced him to Cambridge,
Mass, and then to New York City,
learning at the latter place that Gordon
had left for the South. On finding out
that Gordon was at Mt. Airy, he tele-
graphed that Gomez, the alleged assail-
ant, was caught, and for him to come
to New York and meet the sheriff. Cor
don did come to New York and met
Sheriff Tracy, later reporting to the po-
lice in Mortified.
The following jury was drawn in the
,ase: L. j. Benjamin of Woodbury., H. II.
Blanchard of Barre Town, H. w. Com
toek OF Middlesex, j. A. Converse of
Yloretown, Clyde Fitch of Calais, George
/. Kennedy of DtNbury, Edward Nor
way OF Waterbury, A. V. Nelson of
,abot, James r. Stewart of Berlin and
). Swerdferger of Marshfield.
The first witness heard was DR.. G. s.
Iubbell, who testified that Gordon came
o his Office for treatment and he then
old the visitor that it was a case for
he hospital
Gordon testified that he was walking
With Della Congo in Northfeld on the
light when he was injured and that
While they were sitting beneath an apple
rec two men came along and made in
ulting remarks, whereupon he grappled
nth one of them. He said that one man
rev revolver and fired twice, one
hot going wild and the other hitting
i'm. He identified Gomez as the man
Tho had shot him, although Gomez was
Tearing mustache to-day and was
at the time of the assault.
Iordon testified that he went to the
General hospital in Bos-
Oh and had the bullet removed and fur
hermore that he had the bullet in his
ossession.
Ocean Dodge, Woodbury. quarryman,
as brought to Montpelier last night by
equity Sheriff lawson and produced in
,unty court on the charge of contempt
court in failure to pay alimony which,
/ 81 day. had accumulated to 500. 1t
as stated in Dodge's behalf that he had
zen operated on for appendicitis, since
hich time he had not regained his
,rength and had not been able to follow
is regular occupation. The case was
,ntinued with the understanding that
odge should pay along as he was able.